Stage 10: Modena - Salsomaggiore Terme (173 Km)

[Afrank]

He was already injured iirc,but still a blow for bmc.
He dnf-ed or what?

Yes, abandoned. Caught in a crash and had to go away in an ambulance.

 

[Netserk]

Nacer is so fucking awesome!

And typical Farrar...

 

[Flamin]

The best tactic was to give him a good leadout. The only time in this race they tried that he beat all of the riders in today's stage. Leave him alone and his positioning is woeful.

If Swift felt he had more chance to win the stage by waiting for the sprint, don't you think Sky would have listened to him?

No, they didn't. Bouhanni is quite a good climber, he has top 10s in uphill finishes.
Not being an idiot, he was sitting about 20th wheel to save energy, while Swift was sitting at the front burning himself out and got swallowed up and spit out when the pace quickened even before the crash.

There was a split at about 3.5k to go. Bouhanni was definitely behind it.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

So that's three wins for Nacer.
Can he take the points jersey all the way?

 

[stijndefieuw]

Cannot see anyone take this away from him now..

 

[jens_attacks]

le pharaon nacer _O_

 

[murali]

is points jersey final or is there a scope for someone else to overtake him?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Cannot see anyone take this away from him now..

Might be a question of finishing the race. We shall see.

 

[jens_attacks]

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

 

[Flamin]

Knew it...

Lol, very nice call.

 

[Kwibus]

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Lol, when he went down on a straight road I directly thought of this post. Spot on .

Really had to laugh when it happened. I mean the crash sucks, but cmon Farrar... I also feel kinda sorry for him though...

 

[Kwibus]

If Swift felt he had more chance to win the stage by waiting for the sprint, don't you think Sky would have listened to him?



There was a split at about 3.5k to go. Bouhanni was definitely behind it.

There was a split behind the first 10 riders. There were more small splits on the downhill, but no real time gaps.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Lol, when he went down on a straight road I directly thought of this post. Spot on .

Really had to laugh when it happened. I mean the crash sucks, but cmon Farrar... I also feel kinda sorry for him though...

It wasn't his fault. A Bardiani rider gave him a nudge and everyone knows you don't go anywhere near Farrar at any point let alone in the final km. A lesson learned there hopefully

 

[RedheadDane]

It kinda looked like Farrar just randomly decided to jump off his bike...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

It kinda looked like Farrar just randomly decided to jump off his bike...

He did!

 

[bjbest]

Farrar vs Ferrari, Farrar goes down again

Watching the replay, Farrar rolls up on the outside of the last curve while the guys pulling the leadout are braking. The Lampre rider, Ferrari, then swings out from his inside to his outside and sweeps Farrar's front wheel. Farrar's fault for overlapping right there, Ferrari's fault for playing nasty in that corner. You could argue that it's just sprinting, and those two were fighting for position the whole kilometer leading up to this. Regardless, not a first offense for either one of them.

 

[CycloAndy]

The best tactic was to give him a good leadout. The only time in this race they tried that he beat all of the riders in today's stage. Leave him alone and his positioning is woeful.

Cannondale style tactics. They needed to save EBH for the leadout. Shame Knees was at the ToC, he would have been great at keeping the momentum going after the climb.

 

[Flamin]

There was a split behind the first 10 riders. There were more small splits on the downhill, but no real time gaps.

First group was easily 20-25 riders. Then Lotto dragged the 2nd group back.

Looking back at it, tactics were fine imo but the execution was poor. Cataldo dropping Eisel and Sutton, EBH pulls too hard and gaps the peloton,...

 

[alspacka]

Rule no1: stay in front of Farrar at all times.

Looks like Mezgec dropped a gear again.

 

[Kwibus]

First group was easily 20-25 riders. Then Lotto dragged the 2nd group back.

Looking back at it, tactics were fine imo but the execution was poor. Cataldo dropping Eisel and Sutton, EBH pulls too hard and gaps the peloton,...

Jose de Cauwer also said they should've kept Sutton and Eisel at the front, but then the pace would've been slower and nobody would've been dropped probably. It's not easy. Atleast they gave it a shot.

 

[VeloHuman]

Nizzolo isn't learning from his mistakes. He never times his move correctly. Another cushy leadout from a rival sprinter for Bouhanni.

 

[kingjr]

Nizzolo isn't learning from his mistakes. He never times his move correctly. Another cushy leadout from a rival sprinter for Bouhanni.

he was too slow anyway, Bouhanni had no trouble passing by.

 

[Rajna31]

Nizzolo isn't learning from his mistakes. He never times his move correctly. Another cushy leadout from a rival sprinter for Bouhanni.

On Trek's website, he said that he chose the tactic because he cannot match Bouhanni's speed unless he anticipates and begins the sprint. In the next sentence, he complained that the "sprint was too long" for him. Tiny contradiction, but it's clear that Bouhanni's faster, even Matthews got really close to him.

 

[kingjr]

On Trek's website, he said that he chose the tactic because he cannot match Bouhanni's speed unless he anticipates and begins the sprint. In the next sentence, he complained that the "sprint was too long" for him. Tiny contradiction, but it's clear that Bouhanni's faster, even Matthews got really close to him.

He needs to anticipate, but then he must come from behind Bouhanni.

 

[Rajna31]

He needs to anticipate, but then he must come from behind Bouhanni.

He appears to think otherwise ("But the best way to try and beat him was to start before him and gain some meters"). However, he was proven wrong on 2 out of 2 occassions.