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[Jason_Mercier]

Provisional times:

1) Taylor Phinney 1h8'33"
2) Tony Martin 1h8'35"
3) Rohan Dennis 1h8'58"
4) Luke Durbridge 1h9'05"
5) Andrew Talansky 1h9'22"

 

[Jason_Mercier]

JUNGELS HAS DOMBROWSKI AT 100 METRES!!

DOMBROWSKI CROSSES THE FINISH LINE ¡¡1h13'03"!!
NICE TT OF THE MAILLOT JEUNE.

JUNGELS 1h11'08"

 

[Jason_Mercier]

LAST MAN TEJAY VAN GARDEREN...
VAN GARDEREN IS GIVING IT EVERYTHING, HE WANTS TO CONSOLIDATE THE YELLOW JERSEY BEFORE THE MOUNTAIN STAGES...

¡¡¡HE'S GOING TO DO A GREAT TIME!!!

 

[Jason_Mercier]

¡¡¡¡1h8'45"!!!! AMAZINGGG... INCREASES HIS ADVANTAGE IN THE OVERALL.

DREAMED DAY FOR BMC.

 

[Jason_Mercier]

S. Classification:

1) Taylor Phinney (BMC) 1h8'33"
2) Tony Martin (OPQS) 1h8'35"
3) Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 1h8'45"
4) Rohan Dennis (Orica Green Edge) 1h8'58"
5) Luke Durbridge (Orica Green Edge) 1h9'05"
6) Andrew Talansky (Garmin Sharp) 1h9'22"
7) Wilco Kelderman (Blanco) 1h9'49"
8) Richie Porte (SKY) 1h10'22"
9) Dennis Van Winden (Blanco) 1h10'42"
10) Evan Huffman (Astana) 1h10'5o0"

 

[Jason_Mercier]

 

[Jason_Mercier]

General Classification:

1) Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 26h37'56"
2) Rohan Dennis (Orica Green Edge) +03'16"
3) Wilco Kelderman (Blanco) +04'21"
4) Andrew Talansky (Garmin Sharp) +04'35"
5) Bob Jungels (Radioshack) +04'46"
6) Joseph Dombrowski (SKY) +06'50"
7) Peter Sagan (Cannondale) +06'55"
8) Richie Porte (SKY) +07'26"
9) Cameron Meyer (Orica Green Edge) +08'24"
10) Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) +09'47"
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[Jason_Mercier]

Huge differences before arrive to the MT Stages.

 

[Cyivel]

General Classification:

1) Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) 26h37'56"
2) Rohan Dennis (Orica Green Edge) +03'16"
3) Wilco Kelderman (Blanco) +04'21"
4) Andrew Talansky (Garmin Sharp) +04'35"
5) Bob Jungels (Radioshack) +04'46"
6) Joseph Dombrowski (SKY) +06'50"
7) Peter Sagan (Cannondale) +06'55"
8) Richie Porte (SKY) +07'26"
9) Cameron Meyer (Orica Green Edge) +08'24"
10) Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) +09'47"
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[Froome19]

How come the only rider to have changed teams is Dennis?

 

[Cyivel]

The UCI implemented a fixed 10 year contract for every rider at their current team a few years ago much to the annoyance of human rights groups, Dennis had moved prior to that.

 

[Eric8-A]

TT was a nailbiter.

 

[Jason_Mercier]

The UCI implemented a fixed 10 year contract for every rider at their current team a few years ago much to the annoyance of human rights groups, Dennis had moved prior to that.

Nice


..........

 

[Ruudz0r]

Poor Team Blanco still doesnt have a sponsor!

Looking forward to the mountain stages !

 

[Jason_Mercier]

1st Stage: Gante - Gante (Prologue) 10 kms. Luke Durbridge
2nd Stage: Brusells - Brugge - Brusells. (Plain) 210 kms. Mark Cavendish
3rd Stage: Wanze - Arenberg. 220 kms. Bob Jungels
4th Stage: Liège - Bastogne - Liège. 257 kms.Pierre Rolland
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5th Stage: Lanester - Lorient (TTT) 52 kms. Orica Green Edge
6th Stage: Lorient - Mur de Bretâgne. 175 kms. Peter Sagan
7th Stage: Jonzac - Futuroscope. (Plain) 190 kms. Marcel Kittel
8th Stage: Futuroscope - Futuroscope. (ITT) 55 kms. Taylor Phinney
9th Stage: Aigurande - Super Besse. (Medium mountain) 189 kms.
10th Stage: Limoges - Puy de Dome. (High mountain) 188 kms.
* Mountain passes: Puy de Dome (HC)
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11th Stage: Carpentras - Mont Ventoux. (MT ITT) 40 kms.
*Mountain passes: Mont Ventoux (HC)
12th Stage: Saint André de la Roche - Pra Loup. (High mountain) 211 kms.
*Mountain passes: Col St Martin (HC) Col Couillole (HC) Col Champs (1°) Col D'Allos (HC)
13th Stage: Sestrieres - Granon (High Mountain) 202 kms.
*Mountain passes: Mont Cenis (1°) Telegraphe (1°) Galibier (HC) Granon (HC)
14th Stage: Gap - Pinerolo (Medium mountain) 179 kms.
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15th Stage: Bourdeaux - Pau (Plain) 205 kms.
16th Stage: Pau - Toulouse (Plain) 197 kms.
17th Stage: Toulouse - Pamiers (ITT) 69 kms.
18th Stage: Bagnéres de Luchon - Arcalís (High mountain) 244 kms.
*Mountain passes: Col Ares (3°) Col de Port (2°) Envalira (1°) Ordino (2°) Arcalís (HC)
19th Stage: Orthez - Gourette Col D'Aubisque (High mountain) 218 kms.
*Mountain passes: Larrau (HC) Pierre St Martin (1°) Marie Blanque (1°)
Col D'Aubisque (HC)
20th Stage: Saint Girons - Loudenvielle (High mountain) 190 kms.
* Mountain passes: Col de Latrape (2°) Col de Core (1°) Portet de Aspet (2°) Col Menté (1°) Col de Portillón (1°)
Col de Peyresourde (1°)
21th Stage: París - Champs Élysées. 120 kms.*

 

[Jason_Mercier]

 

[Jason_Mercier]

The Tour De France arrives to the Massif Central with a medium mountain stage between Aigurande and Super Besse. Final climb where Rui Costa and Alejandro Valverde won in 2011 and 2008 respectively. This is going to be the first mountain test for the favourites. Maybe today we will discover who wont win the 2016 TDF.

 

[Jason_Mercier]

Stage for explosive climbers and uphill finishers with good climbing skills.
These are the favourites for Cobbles and Hills:

***** Carlos Betancur, Peter Velits, Diego Ulissi, Alexey Lutsenko.
**** Thibaut Pinot, Johan Chaves, Tom J. Slagter, Rui Costa, Andrew Talansky.
*** Moreno Moser, Tony Gallopin, Gorka Izaguirre, Georg Preidler.

Other riders which could get the victory too: Sergio Henao, Romain Hardy, Jay Mccarthy, Romain Bardet, Andrey Amador, Winner Anacona and Jonathan Tiernan Locke.

 

[Jason_Mercier]

-SUPER - BESSE SANCY (1,5 KM a 7'6%)

 

[Jason_Mercier]

HI ALL.
9th stage of the race.

6 men Breakway with: Rui Costa (Movistar) Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) Alexandre Geniez (FDJ) Rafal Majka (TSB) Maxime Bouet (AG2R) and Gorka Izaguirre (Euskaltel) 5'25"ahead of the peloton.

40 kms to go. They are arriving to Col De la Croix ST Robert.

 

[Jason_Mercier]

Relays: Rui Costa (35%) Alexey Lutsenko (18%) Alexandre Geniez (15%) Gorka Izaguirre (14%) ...


In the peloton BMC is pacing with relative calm. Rui Costa is the best classified of the break at more than 11' from VG.

 

[Jason_Mercier]

 

[Jason_Mercier]

The break is already on the ramps of the Second Category. Rui Costa is putting a good rhytm. He needs to tire faster riders than him like Lutsenko or Izaguirre.

 

[Jason_Mercier]

¡¡RUI COSTA IS INCREASING THE RHYTM!!

Bouet CA'NT follow him. He was the next to relay, now there's a gap between Costa and the others!!

Bouet is dropping of the group!!

 

[Jason_Mercier]

MAJKA is closing this gap... At his wheel Izaguirre, Geniez......... and now Lutsenko.