Stage 8: Station des Rousses - Morzine-Avoriaz 189km

[Beech Mtn]

..which makes Cuddles the leader on the road.

Cue ACF celebratory freakout

 

[sublimit]

Flecha helped distance a few riders, but I'm not sure of these tactics..

 

[Captain Serious]

If anyone's interested, the outputs of some of the Columbia riders are working on the MyTrack link, particularly Sivtsov and Grabsch

http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/mytrackstour/

 

[Thee_chisa]

Never underestimate the poor commenting by P&P. Wow, now Phil just confused Saxo for Sky!

too much sun for him.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Kloden has recovered, but Levi is well down the group......or maybe Horner.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

So Sky's plan is to leave Wigans with no teammates on the final climb?

Because you expected to see Flecha there?

Anyhow, they've left it to CSC now.

 

[editedbymod]

Sky are isolating their own leader as well as the other team's leaders. I'm not entirely sure what they are hoping to achieve here.

I guess it sort of makes sense, because once the big accelerations from the serious climbers come on the final slope the likes of Thomas, Flecha and Lovkvist would probably get dropped anyway, so Sky might as well use them up now.

They've managed to drop the Maillot Jaune, though!

The idea is to make the stage as hard as possible. Damage done of and to last climb will benefit the real climbers. This is good for Shleck, Contador and Wiggins.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Cue ACF celebratory freakout

I don't want him to have it.

 

[Fourier]

Karpets sighting

 

[iFev20]

Where's Ivan Basso? And WTF does Paul Sherwin mean by "suppleness"?

 

[Beech Mtn]

Kloden has recovered, but Levi is well down the group.

Levi is back there so he can "look after Vino" ie. watch from behind.

 

[bobs nob]

Cue ACF celebratory freakout

I may have to put him on ignore for a little while.

 

[Cobblestones]

:sigh: do we have to watch Sylvain for the rest of the stage?

 

[Thee_chisa]

brakoviuc off

 

[Jamsque]

Cuddles is looking good to take yellow at the end of the day if he can do a good ride on the final climb. Schlecklet only needs 30 seconds on him, though. Ryder Hes-Jay is even closer but I'd be amazed if he can stay with the leaders on the final climb.

Lance dropped!

 

[zapata]

brajkovic dropped as well

 

[Moondance]

SIR LANCE!!!!!!

NOOOOOOOoooo1ooo1o1oo1o11bgrhjgberhjgbaehrgrbkalebre

 

[Mellow Velo]

Brajkovic gone. Not like the dauphine form.
Armstrong dropped!!!!
Bye bye baby

 

[Delicato]

OK, reality check time for Shack.

Damn, that's nice.

 

[superconfex]

lance gone(GONE)

 

[Beech Mtn]

I don't want him to have it.

You're not a true fan.




Jani dropped, Lance dropped. Yahooooo!!!!!!!

 

[Thee_chisa]

larry off

 

[Fourier]

armstrong distanced from the main group

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Pharmstrong gone

 

[tj_durrant]

the wristband is dropped!!!!!!!