Official Thread: Stage 16 TdF Martigny - Bourg-Saint-Maurice

[OKRider79]

Not attacking.
Getting back.

Semantics. He attacked the group he was in, who was likely pacing with him to play it safe. Now if the lead group can hammer it out on the descent, they can gain some big time on the second group (potentially). Again, if that was planned, it's freaking brilliant, IMO.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Who did he shed exactly?

He brought the others back actually in a way...

 

[Wergeland]

Where's Sastre? Is he with Evans and Zubeldia or even further down?

 

[Parrot23]

Andy Schleck didn't fully commit: his mistake.

He kept looking back, looking back when attacking. Sign of not fully committing to an attack.

 

[Wergeland]

Frank is back.

 

[frizzlefry]

Classic Armstrong. Nobody can ever figure him out.

 

[BroDeal]

Wiggins should have helped Andy Schleck.

 

[Anonymous]

Dave Z coming back. Problem with that break was that only Schlecklet and his brother were willing to push the pace.

 

[frizzlefry]

Dave Z coming back. Problem with that break was that only Schlecklet and his brother were willing to push the pace.

Plus they wasted the Sorensen's.

 

[BroDeal]

It is just not steep enought for a guy like Andy. Maybe toughening up this stage will pay dividends tomorrow.

 

[El Imbatido]

Evans blew pretty spectactularly

 

[Parrot23]

Okay, I see vis not steep enough for Andy S (the lighter guys' advantage is bigger the steeper it is).

Yeah, Wiggo only make a slight pull when Lance was about to join.

 

[frizzlefry]

Evans blew pretty spectactularly

As always.

 

[Titaniumtim]

I need to be clearer in my posts. What I meant was if any other potential GC riders stayed with him then he would attack and try to break them up. He ended up bringing Vande Velde and others up so it didn't work. I was just wondering if that was the plan.

 

[Cobber]

Evans blew pretty spectactularly

Yeah... pretty surprising really. A lot of people that you would expect to be dropped before Evans reached the summit with the Yellow Jersey group.

 

[BroDeal]

Evans blew pretty spectactularly

I think Evans might be slightly sick or something. He should have been able to keep pace with the likes of Vande Velde and the others who followed Armstrong back to the yellow jersey group. This type of climb should suit him.

 

[Ziptie]

Wiggins should have helped Andy Schleck.

Just the fact that he's there is amazing to me.

 

[frizzlefry]

I would have given anything to be in the Saxo car when Armstrong attacked.

 

[BroDeal]

Poor Voight. Ouch!

 

[klodifan]

Oh, no! Jens!

 

[Wergeland]

Ohh... Poor Jens! That did'nt look good. He slid on the white line.

 

[frizzlefry]

That looked like the Beloki crash only he landed on his shoulder and face. He hit hard.

 

[BroDeal]

Just the fact that he's there is amazing to me.

It's perfectly normal for a rider in mid career to suddenly become one of the best climbers in the world.

 

[Parrot23]

Is see CN live report says: "the Schlecks split the group, but then backed off a little"

That's what I though. Prob. didn't think their gap was big enough to hold on the descent. But still Andy's mistake for hedging.

 

[dgodave]

It's perfectly normal for a rider in mid career to suddenly become one of the best climbers in the world.

9 kg weight loss....?