Tour de France - Stage 8, 195km - Castres / Ax 3 Domaines, July 6th

[WindLessBreeze]

Colombia es

Colombia se respeta!/Colombia no coge e$$a!.....Next year, when Henao?/SKY, Urán*/OPQS'?, Betancur/AG2R, etal; are finally given the chance to ride TdF, you'll certainly find it out!

 

[sultanofhyd]

Did anyone timed quintana up that climb?

ASO did. 46"55'.

 

[maltiv]

Kennaugh alone has taken 40 seconds from Quintana...Ridiculous.

 

[perico]

Van Garderen = the new Bobby Julich

 

[Warhawk]

Van Garderen clearly is having a bad day: he isn't exactly a great climber but I don't think he's doing as much as we could expect from him.

Like I said, he has crashed twice, possible he's just hurting more than we thought.

 

[willbick]

yea he is still there

Oh good, thanks. My 500/1 ew gc bet is still alive lol

 

[Parrulo]

Rogers...?

Don't think Roger will be there when there are only 10 guys left.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

He's going to be caught right at the base of the climb

 

[The Hitch]

He's a good TTer as has been mentioned many times, so what exactly is his problem here?

He is far from the best tter. He can limit his losses but 50k pan flat i dont see him excelling at really. PV had lots of steep hills and descents, people forget.

 

[roundabout]

Quintana nearly caught by the great downhiller Rolland

 

[Zam_Olyas]

chassepatate ‏@chasse_patate 2m
The average speed of Quintana on col de paillhères is 19.6 km/h. About 2 mins slower than Ullrich's record

 

[goggalor]

Do you still think he's ok after losing 30 secs on this decent?

No, that was bad. Rolland barely lost anything.

 

[uconnryan]

Stage winner predictions? I got Valverde

 

[willbick]

Kennaugh alone has taken 40 seconds from Quintana...Ridiculous.

Dont tell me, sky are on the new 'super decending drugs' lol

 

[darwin553]

Don't think Roger will be there when there are only 10 guys left.

Wouldn't be so sure about that...Porte's presence will give Mick Rogers extra incentive

 

[Parrulo]

Like I said, he has crashed twice, possible he's just hurting more than we thought.

Quintana crashed 5 times in 3 days and he is flying up mountains like people predicted before the tour.

TJVG simply is overrated as a climber.

I wonder where our buddy Jason Mercier is. . .

 

[Ferminal]

Quintana nearly caught by the great downhiller Rolland

He's OK when not crashing.

 

[Vino's Mum]

Stage winner predictions? I got Valverde

Froome Porte 1-2

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Here we go, final climb

 

[Broth3r]

He must be insane. No way will Costa ever be able to follow the top 5 climbers here.

Probably, but now that I think about it I do see where he's coming from. It's likely he's betting on a repeat of the Verbier in '12. The final climb isn't too different and Sky already let go a Movistar who's better rated in high mountains than him.

But of course the competition wasn't nearly the same.

 

[Hayabusa]

If Quintana and Rolland work together, they have a chance. If they don't then I think it's game over.

 

[cineteq]

I thought Quintana was alright. He was good in the Dauphine last year.

He is. Nobody said he was the fastest descender.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Rolland - man of steel

 

[cocteau_ireland]

Wouldn't be so sure about that...Porte's presence will give Mick Rogers extra incentive

Yeah they should round out the week of the Aussie Rules

 

[woodburn]

Paul sharing some of the pacemaking with Phil with his play-by-play at the start of the climb.