Tour de France Stage 2 Brussels - Spa, 192 km Monday, July 5 2010

[maltiv]

With Taaramae being part of leader group, the Peloton is not gonna take it easy over the hills, guy is a legit top 10 contender.

Hmm, my guess is that he's simply going for the KOM jersey. Same with Matthew Lloyd perhaps.

 

[mowie133]

who is chaseing??? the gap is going down

 

[auscyclefan94]

who is chaseing??? the gap is going down

saxo probably at the moment...

 

[Ferminal]

Have to say... If you're gonna pick a break to stay away, this would be one of them: Chavanel, Lloyd, Burghardt, Pineau, Taaramae, Gavazzi and two others. Wonder whether Columbia will volunteer to do most of the work again today, with the finish being what it is?

Either way, Freire FTW, although it would be nice to see this high quality break duke it out in the finale. Gavazzi FTW in that case.

Also, I'm really surprised Voeckler isn't in this.

Nice group, any one of them could solo to victory.

 

[Spare Tyre]

who is chaseing??? the gap is going down

According to the Le Tour ticker Saxo is doing the work on the front of the peloton.

 

[mowie133]

saxo probably at the moment...

bit odd

 

[Ferminal]

Ticker reports rain in Spa. Better get off the slicks.

 

[Sophistic]

Its a big,strong group and once they hit the hills, the difference in effort to the riders in the peloton is not gonna be that gigantic.And for what should he rest?The cobbles tomorrow might not be that selective after all and then its 3 days of easy riding, so i don't see how Taaramae is ruining his chances for the gc today.

 

[auscyclefan94]

The descent off the stockieu is suppose to be quite dangerous as it has cobbles at the end of the descent. Good luck Gesink, schleck and menchov.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Pineau

Could it be another day for Jerome?

He did it in the Giro!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-5/results

 

[Mellow Velo]

France tv went live 10 minutes ago. First thing they said was it is raining at the finish line.
A couple of minutes up on the fastest schedule. Yes, it must be the Tour....erm....

Burghardt in the break? Sorry, ACF, but that isn't good news for Cadel's GC chances. The team are hedging their bets already, which says they aren't very confident.

 

[riobonito92]

46.4 kph for the second hour!

 

[Moondance]

The descent off the stockieu is suppose to be quite dangerous as it has cobbles at the end of the descent. Good luck Gesink, schleck and menchov.

You might not be aware of this, but the Stockeu is a regular part of Liege-Bastogne-Liege... So I think almost everyone is familiar with it, and we'll not have too many problems.

 

[luckyboy]

Anybody seen this advert? (Andy & AC for Specialized) It was on British Eurosport either yesterday or the day before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzPq0hDdDhs

Thought it was pretty good.

 

[theyoungest]

The descent off the stockieu is suppose to be quite dangerous as it has cobbles at the end of the descent. Good luck Gesink, schleck and menchov.

Or any rider who has crashed once or twice in a descent. Basically anyone. Schleck might be the exception to the rule.

 

[Von Mises]

With Taaramae being part of leader group, the Peloton is not gonna take it easy over the hills, guy is a legit top 10 contender.

Taaramae has said that in this part of his career (he just turned 23), he does not think about GC of Grand TOurs, that it is better to win a stage, than to finish 14th in GC.

 

[Publicus]

Quiet around here.

 

[roundabout]

Jeez, Taaramae, Pineau and Lloyd really want the KOM points

 

[sportzchick]

Quiet around here.

Calm before the storm

 

[Publicus]

Jeez, Taaramae, Pineau and Lloyd really want the KOM points

And Taaramae just doesn't have enough kick for these cotes.

 

[B.Rasmussen]

Jeez, Taaramae, Pineau and Lloyd really want the KOM points

Good to see a real battle for the KOM jersey so soon.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Quiet around here.

Not now! ACF94 is here!

Or any rider who has crashed once or twice in a descent. Basically anyone. Schleck might be the exception to the rule.

I said them because they aren't known for great descending skills or bke handling.

 

[Parrot23]

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[Publicus]

Terrible crash.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Split in peleton. Santambrogio and a few BMC boys have come to the front!

Liggett said earlier:
"These boys can go up these climbs at 100km/hr!"

Funny how lotto were all at the back of the peleton and they caught out! Coincidence?