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

[Dutchsmurf]

The pace is high, it's only Porte who's making it look like it isn't.

The pace isn't that high at all. Not many people dropping and they aren't getting closer to the break either.

 

[The Hitch]

2 hours ago i read that porte was cracking. Then half an hour later, 15 minutes after that. Another 3 or 4 times in the hour after that.

And still he remains same distance behind the leaders as before.

The pace is high, it's only Porte who's making it look like it isn't.

And froome is getting as much slipstream from that as everyone else.

 

[goggalor]

He is 51 seconds behind now.

P. sure that was his GC deficit.

 

[Linkeballer]

Schleck is gone, right?

 

[wwabbit]

Porte just needs to limit his losses such that the podium will be within striking range with the ITTs

 

[karlboss]

The pace isn't that high at all. Not many people dropping and they aren't getting closer to the break either.

exactly, opportunity lost.

 

[kingjr]

Porte flying up the climb now.

Still 1:20 behind.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Want me to tell you what happens? Porte catches up and shreds Movistar on the last climb.

 

[Scott SoCal]

The pace isn't that high at all. Not many people dropping and they aren't getting closer to the break either.

Movi are waiting. Don't know for what. Maybe Vaverde hurt himself earlier.

 

[maltiv]

Movistar is the biggest joke of a team in the entire peloton.

Have they not read "Cycling tactics for dummies"? I'm sure the first segment there is "When the yellow jersey is isolated with 160 km to go, you attack him"

 

[ILovecycling]

poor castroviejo

 

[cineteq]

Where TF is Saxo?

 

[sjonnie]

Still 1:20 behind.

Two of the Movistar boys are dropped and they have a new pace man, they're closing the gap to Clarke now, Porte is holding around 1:20 back on the malliot jaune.

 

[Bushman]

Lutsenko only now dropped from the Froome group. Impressive.

 

[Gubby Allen]

Porte is fine. He'll come back. Sky just wants to keep this from looking ridiculous.

and if he doesn't?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Rolland looks ridiculous in full polka dots. It's like he he's wearing pajamas.

 

[goggalor]

Porte 1'45" down. He's not closing.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Oh cmon, Porte isn't flying

if Gesink can come back on the climb while Movistar is making pace, the pace wasn't that high.

Porte isn't flying. He might come back but will still die at the final climb. If he doesn't then it's simply more proof Sky is ridicolously strong

 

[kingjr]

Porte 1:46 behind Froome. Damn he is flying.

 

[Bakhjulet]

Porte losing time now.

 

[Gloin22]

Want me to tell you what happens? Porte catches up and shreds Movistar on the last climb.

You're so full h of bull****, you know..

 

[Vino's Mum]

Porte 1'45" down. He's not closing.

Just tuned in. How come Porte's behind?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

and if he doesn't?

Then Froome will shred them himself.

Now saying Porte is 3 min down.

 

[kingjr]

Just tuned in. How come Porte's behind?

Sky got shredded early he had to do chasework for Froome and got dropped later. Tried to catch up with Thomas EBH and Kennaugh, who crashed earlier, but is on his own now.

 

[saneguy]

Schleck is gone, right?

He is very much in the yellow jersey group.