Le Tour 2018 stage 11: Albertville > La Rosière 108,5 km

Page 16 - Get up to date with the latest news, scores & standings from the Cycling News Community.
Mar 24, 2013
2,806
232
11,880
I do not know what people are complaining about.
Nibali at least tried. Anything can happen in this downhill. the train can be disrailed :D
 
May 3, 2015
4,833
4,404
21,180
Re:

bambino said:
Calm down. It is a race. It is not all against Sky in unified fashion.

And especially because it is a race, people hate when everyone is satisfied with a podium/top 10...
 
May 21, 2010
2,022
838
13,680
to me its pretty clear Nibali is not riding to win,he is not riding to beat SKY,he is riding to beat anyone else to podium
 
Feb 29, 2012
5,765
717
19,680
Re: Re:

valentius borealis said:
Finn84 said:
Frank crashed.
Is that the same bend where David Arroyo went over the edge in 2007 (and Johan Bruneel in the 90s)?

I think so, also Michael Rogers crashed out of virtual yellow jersey in 2007.
 
Jul 8, 2017
2,305
2,984
17,180
Re: Re:

Serpentin said:
ppanther92 said:
YavorD said:
Come on guys... Nibali is top contender. Valverde is a really strong opponent. Nibali can't just Valverde have Yelow plus 1.30-2 minutes advance esp. because he is not that much better TT than him.. We've seen before that even average riders (hello Pereiro) suddenly becomes top contenders after taking Yellow...
Sky just rode a comfort pace and didnt't really seem to care about Valverde. So what the other teams are expected to do ? Give Valverde free minutes just because they don't like Froome/Thomas/Sky ?

Do you really think Sky would have let Valverde go? Mind games clearly lost by Nibali here.

This. Nibs swallowed the bait.

Hm.. Thomas is better TT rider than Valverde and has/had some advantage over him. So wouldn't be that bad giving 90 seconds to Valv.. esp because this could've kinda prevent Landa/Q attack.
 
Nov 16, 2013
26,686
27,792
28,180
All Danes at least in favourites group. Pretty incredible. Kragh and Dumo attacking.
 
Dec 10, 2009
2,637
418
12,580
Gap now 40 seconds. Was Nibali really worried Valverde was going to win the Tour with this attack?