RideLondon-Surrey Classic (1.HC) 31/07

[TMP402]

Cannondale team car handing Stannard and Thomas bottles. Fellow Brit Charly Wegelius is in the car.

Edit: and that group is down to three.

 

[SlickMongoose]

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Cannondale team car handing Stannard and Thomas bottles. Fellow Brit Charly Wegelius is in the car.

To be fair it looks like Thomas and Stannard are riding for Pat Bevin.

 

[TMP402]

65km to go. It's now a group of seven at the front. Drucker (BMC), Wallays (Soudal), Lastra (Caja), Bevin (Cannondale), Stannard (Sky), Thomas (Sky) and Matthew Holmes (Madison-Genesis).

And Stannard and Thomas go straight to the front of this new larger group. No rest for Sky.

 

[SlickMongoose]

Thomas should attack on the next climb.

 

[TMP402]

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Thomas should attack on the next climb.

There's no way Stannard can trust his sprint against Drucker and Wallays.

 

[TomLPC]

Millar looks and sounds like a complete plank

 

[TMP402]

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70km to go. Thomas group 35 seconds behind the Drucker group. Then the peloton/Froome group(?) is 3 minutes behind. They seem to have lost 2 minutes in the last 10km.

I think that 3 min timing is back to the peloton and the Froome group is in between.

Looks like it is to the Froome group.

 

[Pharazon]

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Thomas should attack on the next climb.

There's no way Stannard can trust his sprint against Drucker and Wallays.

he can outsprint Van Avermaet remember

 

[Gigs_98]

Does anyone have a stream link? I don't find anything.

 

[TMP402]

Does anyone have a stream link? I don't find anything.

Try searching for a stream for BBC1. They have Brian Smith of Eurosport and David Millar of ITV united for one race.

 

[TMP402]

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Thomas should attack on the next climb.

There's no way Stannard can trust his sprint against Drucker and Wallays.

he can outsprint Van Avermaet remember

Sure, but he can't rely on it.

 

[TMP402]

54km to go. The big climb, Box Hill, starts. Stannard puts in a mini-attack but can't away. Lastra looks laboured.

 

[TMP402]

Thomas attacks. Bevin, Wallays and Stannard follow. Holmes and Lastra are distanced.

Edit: the three did not follow! Thomas has I guesstimate about 20 seconds. 50km to go

 

[TMP402]

Now Froome puts in a mini-attack from the peloton because...!? Trentin follows.

Edit: Now a random seated acceleration from Froome. He's having some training ride fun.

 

[Pharazon]

50k TT to go now for Thomas!

 

[trucido]

Froome's bored.

 

[Hayabusa]

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Now Froome puts in a mini-attack from the peloton because...!? Trentin follows.

Froome was just testing himself, he knows that the break is too far infront now.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

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air helicopter had to be called

Ground helicopter and water helicopter had not been able to attend.

Sorry: couldn't resist

 

[Gigs_98]

Looks like a great race. I think Thomas will stay in front.

 

[Pharazon]

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air helicopter had to be called

Ground helicopter and water helicopter had not been able to attend.

Sorry: couldn't resist

grrrrrr

 

[TMP402]

Looks like a great race. I think Thomas will stay in front.

I'd guess he has a minute now.

 

[SlickMongoose]

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air helicopter had to be called

Ground helicopter and water helicopter had not been able to attend.

Sorry: couldn't resist

I think that was a top gear invention....

 

[ferryman]

Does anyone have a stream link? I don't find anything.

http://95.85.28.62/livestream.php

 

[TMP402]

Usually stagiaires are quite active in this race and it's Wanty's Xandro Meurisse going for it this year.

 

[Poursuivant]

Thomas looks shattered