'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 There's also a group of 11 dropped riders behind peloton incl. Péraud, Cavendish, Démare, Kennaugh, Teklehaimanot at 3mins
'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Yesterday's stage winner Stephen Cummings sitting on the back of the peloton, his preferred position when he's not gunning for the victory.
'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 The gap for the escapees has gone out to two minutes as the Cavendish group at the back continues to lose ground. Etixx will be hoping that this move sticks.
'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 The riders have two fourth cat climbs in quick succession, the Col du Bez and the Col de la Croix, before a long descent into the vallery.
Vetseun Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 arrrggghhhhh Load shedding. Eskom is upsetting me now! But.....maybe better that I not voice my opinion at the moment as it appears as if my inputs are not appreciated by certain hubbers.
'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 The leaders have dispatched with the second and third climbs of the day with Pinot taking points on the first and Rogers rolling through to claim the second.
'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 It is an interesting mix of riders in this leading group, with a couple of sprinters, some pretty strong climbers and some strong rouleurs. Michael Rogers can help Sagan if it comes to a sprint from this group but he's a stage contender on his own and he could go on the attack late on. Simon Geschke and Lars Bak are also wildcards in this group and could upset things with an attack.
'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Thibaut Pinot is the best placed rider in this escape group at 30:57 down on the overall classification. He was also in the break yesterday and came close to a stage win but was out done by Steve Cummings. The Frenchman was bitterly disappointed.
'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 Katusha have been doing most of the work in the early part of this stage but Sky take over on this lengthy descent. Luke Rowe is the rider on the front and he has Chris Froome on his wheel.
'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 There are around 20 kilometres of descending for the riders before they hit a series of small lumps and the intermediate sprint. Another 20 points available for Sagan there.
'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 arrrggghhhhh Load shedding. Eskom is upsetting me now! But.....maybe better that I not voice my opinion at the moment as it appears as if my inputs are not appreciated by certain hubbers.How long is the loadshedding there in Bloem'?
'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 This descent is now easy challenge. It's very twisting and the better descenders have pulled out a small gap. The roads are slightly damp as well, but it doesn't appear to be from the rain.
'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 The gap between the leading four and the five chasers is 10 seconds as we continue down this descent. The peloton keep the advantage level though at a touch over two minutes.
'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 As to road levels out a bit, the nine escapees come back together. They now have 2:24 on the peloton going into the valley.
'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 90 kms to go The Skyborgs control the peloton 2:30 behind the leaders
'Dale Posted July 19, 2015 Posted July 19, 2015 For now, though, Team Sky seem happy to let the advantage edge out to 2:44. Richie Porte looking very comfortable as he laughs and jokes with one of his teammates.
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