Tour of California Stage 6: Palmdale - Big Bear Lake (217.7km)

[RedheadDane]

Wait, robbie hunter is in the break?? how is a sprinter in a mountain break.. weird

No... not according to the live-report...

and... how do you get that tracker (and do you have to pay for it?)

 

[killswitch]

No... not according to the live-report...

and... how do you get that tracker (and do you have to pay for it?)

http://tracker.amgentourofcalifornia.com/

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Small group and De Maar is still there

 

[RedheadDane]

Thank you! I'm an odd child... I actually prefer English commentating over Danish!

 

[Califootman]

Hincapie makes a move... still 40K of uphill left.

 

[The Sheep]

Small group and De Maar is still there

how good a TT is he?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

how good a TT is he?

Used to be good at continentals, didn't do a good TT as pro yet though

 

[zapata]

hincapie attack, but not looking spectacular.

 

[kjetilraknerud]

Watching my first stage tonight. This kind of sums up the quality of riders in the race, the peloton consists of the best 3-4 riders from the 3-4 best teams plus the odd rider from smaller teams. And still the top 3 on GC look like they're having an easy ride too me. I hope we'll see some fireworks later though, none of them can rely on the TT, as they're all excellent against the clock.

And I'm delighted to see Tony Martin looking better than earlier in the season, he's doing some great work at the front. Looking forward to seeing him at the TdF.

 

[zapata]

time for someone in the leader group to attack soon, perhaps? something happening?

 

[saganftw]

sagan might attack considering his lack of TT ability,top 3 look like having practice day

 

[Libertine Seguros]

This feels like the Alto da Torre, but not as interesting.

 

[zapata]

andy schleck in slow motion.

 

[kjetilraknerud]

Andy Schleck dropped by the break... Looking forward to TdF, Andy?

 

[killswitch]

Stage should've been 40 kms shorter.

Andy's dropped.

 

[ferryman]

What gives with Schleck. That looked like a broken man.

 

[zapata]

schleck will be alright in july.

 

[jaylew]

Damn, I miss those roads. No real climbing where I live now.

 

[kjetilraknerud]

Radioshack try to attack, but HTC close it down easily each time.

Edit: spelling

 

[zapata]

This feels like the Alto da Torre, but not as interesting.

agree. i'm not trying to find fault with this race, i really want it to be a good one, think there ought to be a good stage race in the usa, but this is not it, yet.

 

[Francois the Postman]

The Bird is cooked!

 

[BikeCentric]

There are too many Anglos in this race - Phil and Paul can't decide who to slobber over most.

 

[ferryman]

But this stage is warming up nicely

 

[zapata]

voigt looks to be climbing better than both schleck and fuglsang. hincapie the rouleur still up front, though.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I may be wrong and it may be exciting, but I already feel like this is a weak version of the Alto da Torre in the Volta a Portugal, a nice long and fairly shallow climb that slowly chips away at the péloton rather than blasting it apart. But this feels longer, shallower and the lack of a summit finish could make it even more underwhelming than I already felt it would be. Torre finishes on a plateau too, of course, but only for a very short distance. This one feels like it will be too long.

The scenery's good though.