TDF Stage 16 - Tuesday, July 20 2010, Bagnères-de-Luchon - Pau, 196 km

[thrawn]

this is awesome racing! hope they can keep it up.

 

[Wergeland]

Van den Broeck to attack when Aerts is done pulling the peleton?

 

[Jamsque]

Madness! Chaos! Violence!

 

[Big GMaC]

'I the Conductor will be stamping a lot of tickets today'

Eurosport

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Sanchez, Rodriguez, Gesink, LL Sanchez, half the top 10 is dropped

 

[Ferminal]

Say it Harmon, say it...

 

[khodder]

LLS also in the Gesink/Samu group...

That leaves VDB, Contador, Schelck and Menchov as the best in the 1st Peloton.

 

[vcampbell]

There is someone who don't like this? Brutal stage.

 

[khodder]

Van den Broeck to attack when Aerts is done pulling the peleton?

Lloyd is dropping back to the Peloton, so Lloyd will do work.

 

[thrawn]

25 secs between contador & sanchez group

 

[Ramira]

Sooo a quick top 15 rundown:

Vino, Hesjedal, Kreuziger, Sastre up front.

Contador, Schlek, Menchov, VDB and Leipheimer in the pack.

Samuel Sanchez, Gesink, Rodriguez, L.L. Sanchez behind.

Kloden and Basso seem gone.

 

[Fourier]

my feed went out, what is happening with the old man?

 

[Ramira]

Voigt last in the race think he might drop out unfortunately then again he is a fighter hope he makes it.

 

[khodder]

25 secs between contador & sanchez group

32 according the the Visual I just saw, 20 seconds between Sastre group and Contador Group.

 

[Ramira]

my feed went out, what is happening with the old man?

If you mean Armstrong he's sitting in the Wheel of Sastre who's in Kreuzigers wheel, he seems pretty good but meh no clue.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Sanchez, Rodriguez and Gesink at 32"
GC re-write.
Utter carnage.

 

[khodder]

Sooo a quick top 15 rundown:

Vino, Hesjedal, Kreuziger, Sastre up front.

Contador, Schlek, Menchov, VDB and Leipheimer in the pack.

Samuel Sanchez, Gesink, Rodriguez, L.L. Sanchez behind.

Kloden and Basso seem gone.

Yep, Basso went REALLY early however. Probably in the Grupetto.

 

[Ferminal]

Wow, there's hardly anyone left in the 2nd group...

 

[Fourier]

Thanks, quite a mountain goat group there, hope they drop that brick

 

[Ramira]

Something tells me Lotto is going to blow everything up for VDB, if they can keep this gap his GC is pretty much guaranteed.

 

[khodder]

Question. Is there more in the break than in Groupe Contador?

EDIT - No, but only about 6 or so More in the Maillot Jaune group.

 

[Moondance]

Lol at Hushovd catching up with Gesink, Rodriguez and the Sanchezes uphill...

Clearly they are having a bad day

 

[superconfex]

Go on Lance take a pull at the front

 

[Ferminal]

Question. Is there more in the break than in Groupe Contador?

10 in the first group 14 in the Contador group.

 

[Big GMaC]

Question. Is there more in the break than in Groupe Contador?

EDIT - No, but only about 6 or so More in the Maillot Jaune group.

11 in the break, 14 in the Conta group