TDS Stage 8: Wetzikon → Liestal 179 km

[auscyclefan94]

Stage 8: Wetzikon → Liestal 179 km

 

[The Hitch]

Break to succeed.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Tom Danielson (Garmin-Transitions), Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas), Maxime Monfort (HTC), Rui Da Costa (Caisse), Jose Gil (Caisse), Gregory Rast (RadioShack), Sandy Casar (FDJ) Lars Peter Nordhaug (Team Sky) and Gerald Ciolek (Milram).

 

[Jamsque]

Break to succeed.

Seems likely. Certainly the GC men will want to rest up for the TT tomorrow.

If the break does stay away none of them will want to take Ciolek to the line so there will certainly be attacks over all those little climbs at the end.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I am thinking of going to bed. This won't be exciting like yesterdays stage.

 

[stefrees]

I am thinking of going to bed. This won't be exciting like yesterdays stage.

Yesterday exciting?

 

[Moondance]

Monfort is only 5 minutes down. Given his TTing abilities I doubt Rabobank will give the break a lot of leeway if they can help it.

 

[joy118118]

Yesterday exciting?

Only for ACF

 

[Mellow Velo]

Forum equation 2: No BMC involved = No ACF posting blitz.
No wonder nobody else likes BMC!

 

[Jamsque]

The break hasn't been able to get a big gap, if anyone in the peloton can be bothered it shouldn't be too hard to reel them in over the closing kilometres.

 

[sublimit]

Coverage has started, with Japanese commentary.. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/zura000

the chatroom is cracking me up, the obsession Armstrong.

 

[Barrus]

Coverage has started, with Japanese commentary.. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/zura000

the chatroom is cracking me up, the obsession Armstrong.

I really like these commentators, can't understand a word they are saying, but it is quite interesting. Does anyone know what other races they show in Japan?

 

[sublimit]

Not sure but it sounds better than Danish, Flemish or Ligget talking rubbish.

 

[Barrus]

Not sure but it sounds better than Danish, Flemish or Ligget talking rubbish.

Well, it sounds better than Flemish from Exgi, or whatever the channel is called, certainly not better than Sporza

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Tour de Suisse = Tour de Boredom

teh suxxor

 

[tgsgirl]

Well, it sounds better than Flemish from Exgi, or whatever the channel is called, certainly not better than Sporza

Exqi, urgh. I'm Flemish and can get Exqi on TV but am tempted to find another language stream once the footy ends. They're awful beyond belief.

 

[sublimit]

Sporza is OK, great coverage. I have the feeling the commentators know what they are talking about even though i dont understand most of the commentary .

 

[Mellow Velo]

Heck, this 3rd cat is a bit on the tough side.
Once you get a gradient like this, things happen.
(a fact that continues to escape the TDF organizers)

 

[Jamsque]

The peloton seems to have taken their collective foot off the gas, the break's advantage is going back out again. Maybe they'll manage to stay away after all?

Ciolek, Casar and Rast have been dropped, Vanotti dangling off the back. Surely the two Caisse riders will take turns attacking now, if they have the legs.

 

[ScotsBiker]

Quite a few 'bonus climbs' today. The last one was seriously steep.

 

[amp300]

That japanese feed is great quality, chatroom is hilarious too. 'OMG where's Lance!'

 

[ScotsBiker]

I would bet one of the two Caisse guys will win, but froma breakaway 2-3km out.

The Sky guy might break off too.

 

[zapata]

vanotti and casar back, but at least monfort got rid of ciolek. Rojas must be the best sprinter in this group now? Monfort at it again.

 

[Jamsque]

Fuglsang attacks out of the peloton for some reason?

Monfort is in a tough situation now, he definitely won't want to come to the finish with Rojas.

 

[Mellow Velo]

This could get interesting.
The peloton is starting to fracture as the attacks start......
Hard course.