Tour de France 2017 stage 9: Nantua > Chambéry - 181,5 km

[klintE]

Roglić KOM leader

 

[TommyGun]

Really strange patch of grass in the middle of the road..

 

[TomLPC]

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Upping the pace means you have to go to the front with a few men who hopefully can go so strong with 112k before the finish and two other HC climbs that they can shed the likes of Nieve, Landa or Henao and still have enough in the tank to protect their leader.

You wouldn't need much at all to drop Knees and Rowe, the sooner they drop the sooner the good climbers can start tiring themselves out

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

Those roads don't look the best.

 

[deValtos]

Sky doing a good job leading the grupetto ... oops I mean peloton

 

[Bavarianrider]

Re: Tour de France 2017 stage 9: Nantua > Chambéry - 181,5 k

Betancour will be in yellow, there's Little doubt abou this at this Point. :surprised:

 

[Rollthedice]

Re: Re:

Upping the pace means you have to go to the front with a few men who hopefully can go so strong with 112k before the finish and two other HC climbs that they can shed the likes of Nieve, Landa or Henao and still have enough in the tank to protect their leader.

You wouldn't need much at all to drop Knees and Rowe, the sooner they drop the sooner the good climbers can start tiring themselves out

Hopefully that will happen on Colombier.

 

[craigmalone]

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Upping the pace means you have to go to the front with a few men who hopefully can go so strong with 112k before the finish and two other HC climbs that they can shed the likes of Nieve, Landa or Henao and still have enough in the tank to protect their leader.

Don't have to shed those guys now, but earlier they start riding the better your leader's chances will be on Mont du Chat. If BMC threw Schar and Roche to the front, they could burn off Knees and Rowe and distance them enough that when they're done, it's Kwia who has to ride. If it comes to Mont du Chat, and Sky are still using Rowe or Knees, you've no chance

 

[MikeTichondrius]

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Those roads don't look the best.

Well I figure there's reasons like this for the TDF avoiding some of these climbs for so long. They've only recently become a bit more bold about them. Even so I bet they requested plenty of improvements all over...

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Probably worth remembering what happened in the Dauphine. Everyone who went early on Mont du Chat blew up, I wouldn't be surprised if they're all worried about spending too much energy before they get there.

 

[sir fly]

Looking the teams following Sky's rouleurs, you could make an impression they just want to get through today.
On the other hand, 100+ to go...

 

[JackRabbitSlims]

Carnage..

 

[markene2]

Nooo lutsy

 

[TomLPC]

Who's down, eurosport are doing a silly package and ITV are on a break

 

[Ricco']

Mont du Chat don't have a very wide road. Can Sky use Thomas, Kiry, Henao, Nieve, Landa, Kwia, Rowe, Knees and Viviani to block the road, so no one can attack?

EDIT: I know Viviani isn't in the race, but at this pace he can start his journey from Italy (or Austria, if he's still there), and arrive at the bunch just before the start of Mont du Chat.

 

[gregrowlerson]

You should never allow Luke Rowe to lead you over the top of an HC climb.

They just did.

 

[spalco]

Huh, did a rider go off the cliff, or why's there an extra bike?

 

[deValtos]

Herrad + 2 Astana

 

[TommyGun]

Here is the grass again!! SO dangerous

 

[markene2]

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Huh, did a rider go off the cliff, or why's there an extra bike?

Lutsenko did...

 

[Alexandre B.]

Astana has a reason to ride in front of the bunch now.

 

[MikeTichondrius]

AG2R taking over the front? What's their score here? Surely Bardet won't go kamikaze down this crazy descent!

 

[TomLPC]

Ag2r thank god

 

[Eyeballs Out]

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Huh, did a rider go off the cliff, or why's there an extra bike?

Not really a cliff - just a grass bank fortunately

 

[bajbar]

Bardet going to try somehing on a decsent?