Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Pinot calls for Sagan to take a turn on the front but he just shrugs his shoulders. He's waiting for the intermediate sprint as we see Chris Froome descend the last climb. Sam Bennett, the last rider in the race, has abandoned.
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Hesjedal waves his arms, he's not happy with the lack of collaboration in the break either. They still have 4'02 on the peloton with 51km to go but they need to make a proper selection on the next climb.
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 FDJ show Degenkolb and Sagan a bit of steel. Clearly the two sprinters wanted the points but they've not collaborated with the pace setting so FDJ take maximum points. No gifts but Degenkolb and Sagan don't look happy.
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Valverde has been back to the team car and is currently being paced back by a teammate. Sky are still in control and have five men around Froome, while Contador, Quintana and Nibali sit a little further back.
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 At the front of the race Simon Geschke has attacked from the main break. The German has realised that the group isnt work so he's made a move while in the valley before the next climb. 43km to go.
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Ian Stannard sets the pace for the peloton with Simon Geschke opening up a lead of 7'09. Can the German pull off a famous stage win?
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Herrada and Durasek are trying to chase down the Giant-Alpecin rider with the rest of the break at around 50 seconds and the leaders close to starting the penultimate climb of the Col d'Allos.
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Simon Geschke (Team Giant-Alpecin) pushes his lead out to 8'00 with 37km to go. The main field has about 60 riders in there with AG2R, Team Sky and Europcar near the front. Will we see Contador attack once more?
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 The peloton are now on the climb too with the lead to Geschke out to 9'31.
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 The German is gritting his teeth though as the gradient starts to rise. He has a small lead over the rest of the break with 32km to go.
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 The break is starting to split with riders all over the road. Talansky is in one group along with Yates, Valls just ahead of them.
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Ok, I am going to play in the wind. Here is the link, it even works well on the mobile device. http://live.cyclingnews.com/ Someone got 'Dale in trouble...
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Geschke still leads, with his gap over the peloton at 10'02. His major concern will be the remnants of the break who are chasing him down. It looks like Kangert has joined the chase group with Yates and Roche. Talansky is a little further back with a bunch of riders including Porte.
Mntboy Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Group Sagan about to catch Dani T who is a 1:50 down on Geschke.
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Kwaitkowski abandons the race! Must have been the FSA groupset he was using today
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