Eugene Oppelt Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 The gap jumped above the 10-minute mark for a short time, which seems to have ignited the peloton. Sky and Tinkoff are now doing the work on the front and have brought it down to 8:50, a slightly more comfortable advantage.
Eugene Oppelt Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 The leaders are on the first of four climbs, the Alto de Vilaesteva, and their lead has come down yet again. They are now only 8:13 ahead of the peloton.
Eugene Oppelt Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 !!! We've got another abandon in the peloton Astana rider Daniil Fominykh has climbed off.
Eugene Oppelt Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 The leaders have just gone over the top of the first climb, but Sky is chasing behind and the gap is quickly coming down pretty quickly. 7:12 is the latest time check for the four out front.
Eugene Oppelt Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 Astana have also moved up to the front of the peloton. They don't want to let this one go too far and give Fabio Aru another opportunity for a stage win.
Eugene Oppelt Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 Wout Poels is taking this descent a little more cautiously than the other escapees. He's having to chase back on as the road goes up a little bit.
Eugene Oppelt Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 The peloton has just reached the top of the Alto de Vilaesteva, 6:47 after the leaders did.
Eugene Oppelt Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 The results at the top of the first climb has been confirmed. Poels took full points, while Niemiec didn't score anything. That means that Luis Leon Sanchez is safe in the mountains jersey and will be wearing it on the podium tomorrow.
Eugene Oppelt Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 The rain has started to come down on this descent and the peloton is having to pick their way down. A couple of riders have come a cropper on a corner, but nothing serious.
Eugene Oppelt Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 !!!Esteban Chaves looks like he was involved in that, but he has made it back to the peloton. It was only a brief shower and it has stopped, but there is still some damp patches on the road.
Eugene Oppelt Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 Luke Rowe is leading the peloton down very slowly, he and two Astana riders have built a small gap and they will be able to feed back any information to their team leaders. Rowe has been talking into the radio.
Eugene Oppelt Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 The slower pace in the peloton has given the leaders a small bit of respite, but Rowe is now charging down the descent and we can expect it to come down just as quick.
Eugene Oppelt Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 The pace has really strung out the peloton and in a matter of minutes has taken about 30 seconds out of the leaders. Second climb is almost upon the escapees.
Eugene Oppelt Posted September 13, 2014 Posted September 13, 2014 It is really Sky and Astana doing much of the work on the front, we have hardly seen Tinkoff-Saxo and Movistar for quite some time. Tinkoff will be happy to let the others take some of the pressure off them, but Movistar will have to be careful not to let this get away from them.
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