Paris Nice - Stage 7 - Brignoles → Biot - Sophia Antipolis - 216km

[Tuarts]

All back together now. There'll be a break away on the next climb you'd think. When does coverage start?

 

[Raceoftruth]

Sagan dropped! May get back on on the descent but with two cat 1 climbs to follow likely not to win this one, depends how hard they race!

 

[Cobblestoned]

Sagan back. Tutto completto. 70km done.

Vino and Astana hot today

Attacking again - group forming

 

[jens_attacks]

vino making all the moves,fighting in kivi's memory.damn i want to see it live!how much do we have to wait?

 

[Cobblestoned]

All back together now. There'll be a break away on the next climb you'd think. When does coverage start?

myp2p says 15:30
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=107609&part=sports

 

[search]

vino making all the moves,fighting in kivi's memory.damn i want to see it live!how much do we have to wait?

first coverage starts in 1 hour and 20 on Eurosport UK. Sporza half an hour later, I couldn't even find it on french tv schedule...

 

[thirteen]

vino making all the moves,fighting in kivi's memory.damn i want to see it live!how much do we have to wait?

+1

i want to see this -- NOW!!!

 

[Tuarts]

7 riders already given up today. Must be a hard (albiet "boring") race.

 

[ansimi]

I think Tony Martin is a worthy P-N Champion. He's a fantastic rider and I love watching him turn himself inside out - he does not make it look easy. I hope a big win like this gives him an itch to really see what he can do with his future. Is his contract up this year? It would be great to see him using that power to make the peloton chase him instead of him leading the peloton against the break.

My disappointment with this race has been that we never really got to see serious climbing. Even if it were only for a few minutes, I would have liked to have seen the riders all suffering and feeling alone and out of the saddle. We just didn't get that.

For today, I'll cheer for a Frenchman in a breakaway or for a Vino/Astana win for Kivilev.

 

[cineteq]

Wanna see Radio Shack attacks. Levi and Jani must do it!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

7 riders already given up today. Must be a hard (albiet "boring") race.

Did you see how much climbing they put in the Tour of California stage to Big Bear? There was tons of it. People were giving up left right and centre.

But it was still a boring race.

 

[thirteen]

Did you see how much climbing they put in the Tour of California stage to Big Bear? There was tons of it. People were giving up left right and centre.

But it was still a boring race.

LOL! true.

but i will watch paint dry as long as Vino's there

 

[Mellow Velo]

Km 88 - Kroon and Berthou lead the main bunch by 5:30
On the 1st cat, with still 120 odd kms to go.
The headwind is toughening up the course, which is good, no?

 

[Tuarts]

Did you see how much climbing they put in the Tour of California stage to Big Bear? There was tons of it. People were giving up left right and centre.

But it was still a boring race.

Tell that to the riders!

 

[Tuarts]

Looks like Roche will be seeing his family at the finishe a little sooner than expected.

 

[Tuarts]

And another 2 drop out! Jurgen van de Walle (OLO) and Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre)

 

[taiwan]

Maybe we'll see Movistar get on the front and try to split the bunch for Xavier Tondo.

 

[sublimit]

And another 2 drop out! Jurgen van de Walle (OLO) and Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre)

I can understand Gavazzi dropping out, He could go well at M-S-R and no real reason to carry on. Surprised Roche And Capecchi giving up though.

 

[Cobblestoned]

Aha, Kroon.
Perhaps my wish comes true and a BMC rider wins today.

 

[Cobblestoned]

Casar out too

Is he ill or injured ?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Looks like Roche will be seeing his family at the finishe a little sooner than expected.

He seems to have no form at all, after being ill in the pre-season.

 

[Sasquatch]

Looks like this could go down to whether or not Feillu, Goss or Sagan survive.

 

[auscyclefan94]

final 22km of T-A are now showing on a live feed if people are interested.

 

[Ferminal]

Looks like this could go down to whether or not Feillu, Goss or Sagan survive.

Final km is 6%, they would need a strong team to keep it together long enough for them to have a sprint at it.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Tell that to the riders!

The riders don't have to watch the tedious rubbish they sometimes serve up. So yes, to the riders the Big Bear stage may have been really exciting, but to us watching at home it was dreadful.