Tour de France - Stage 9, 168.5km - Saint-Girons / Bagnères-de-Bigorre, July 7th

[Broth3r]

Just joined, how did the split happen?

 

[goggalor]

Porte group less than 1'20" back now. Porte is at the back though.

 

[Frosty]

5 Sky in the group - EBH/Thomas/Kiri/Porte/Kennaugh?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Porte coming back. :mad

EDIT: maybe not

 

[Poursuivant]

Quintana should attack now.

Porte is struggling in his own chase group!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Porte is struggling even now

 

[virandociclista]

Porte at his normal level agaim..

 

[Ferminal]

Almost 40kmh after 2 hours, unheard of.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Game of chess - the Spanish Variation


http://www.chessage.com/database/opbrowser.php/eco/C48

Four Knights:

Contador, Valverde, JRod & ?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Ive been watching for an hour and the stage is still living off its potential and not off any actual development. Froome doesn't have his domestiques but they are on the way back and hes been sitting pretty the whole way.

Baring in mind that Froome is going to take minutes on Alpe, Ventoux, Annency, and both tts, they really need to do something now or the Tour is over, still.

This exactly.

Btw sky will get back I think

 

[Pricey_sky]

Sky group only 1 min 15 back now, Porte looks ruined though but it will be a relief for Froome just to see a team mate.

Many more twists to come yet I feel. Will Saxo/Movistar let them come back?

 

[goggalor]

Hesjedal struggling. (?)

 

[Scott SoCal]

Hesjedal's sun glasses are hilarious. All he needs now is an Elvis wig.

 

[sultanofhyd]

When does the climb start?

 

[saneguy]

OK Bakelants in the middle group. Skyborg only 1 min behind Froome. Surely they will get back. Someone do something. Race is much better without seeing Skyborgs at the front

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Movistar is blowing Sky to bits.

 

[Hayabusa]

This exactly.

Btw sky will get back I think

The way things are going, Sky may get back but Porte won't!

 

[maltiv]

Time for Quintana to put down the killing blow!

 

[manafana]

let break do its thing i say

 

[ILovecycling]

Movistar is incredibly strong,but Froome is better lol

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Purito and Moreno also dropped

 

[Bakhjulet]

Btw sky will get back I think

Kiry and Kennaugh maybe. Porte looks done, EBH also.

 

[Poursuivant]

Sky are not getting back, Movistar turned it up a gear

 

[Scott SoCal]

Sky group only 1 min back now, Porte looks ruined though but it will be a relief for Froome just to see a team mate.

Many more twists to come yet I feel. Will Saxo/Movistar let them come back?

Expect movi to start the attacks then. They can't allow Sky back in the bunch.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Where is Kiryienka??