'Dale Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Pierre Rolland leads the 29-man break on the slopes of the Col de la Morte. Their lead has been shaved back a little more, and it now stands at 3:54. Thibaut Pinot sits towards the rear of the group, though he seems to be pedalling relatively comfortably.
'Dale Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 There have been no frissons among the 29 leaders on the Col de la Morte. Thomas De Gendt taps out a steady tempo on the front as they enter the final kilometre and the group has shed no passengers on the way up. Rodriguez will doubtless zip away in due course to pick up the mountains points at the summit.
'Dale Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 !!! Joaquim Rodriguez duly leads over the Col de la Morte ahead of Jakob Fuglsang. The Catalan has picked up maximum points in the king of the mountains competition thus far today, though the greatest bounty of all lies atop the next climb, the Col du Glandon.
'Dale Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 The 29-man break has fragmented slightly on this long descent off the Col de la Morte. Pinot, Fuglsang, Gautier and Rolland are among those at the front, but Thomas De Gendt is pacing the remnants back up to them.
'Dale Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Thomas De Gendt accelerates ahead of the intermediate sprint to pick up maximum points. The Belgian continues with his effort after crossing the line, in the hope of attracting a group of willing collaborators with him.
'Dale Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 De Gendt's effort has split the breakaway group. Fuglsang, Rodriguez, Dennis, Talansky, Voeckler, Clement, Anacona and Dan Martin have joined him and they have 25 seconds over the rest of the break.
'Dale Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Ag2r-La Mondiale have missed out in this split, and they are trying to bring the group back together. The peloton continues to trail at 3:25.
'Dale Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 De Gendt opens a lead of 25 seconds over the rest of the breakaway group, which has reformed behind but is struggling to organise itself. The peloton, meanwhile, is at 2:48.
'Dale Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 De Gendt is already climbing even though the Col du Glandon proper has yet to begin. The summit, incidentally, comes with 39 kilometres remaining - there is a long, long haul ahead of the Belgian.
'Dale Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 65 kays to go The peloton keeping its powder dryBut don't blink
'Dale Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Giant-Alpecin lead the peloton on the way down the Col de la Morte. Four days from Paris, many teams are already looking to hold what they have. The big question is whether Movistar are among their number. Will Eusebio Unzue's squad race to retain their two podium berths, or will they take risks in the hope of putting Chris Froome in difficulty?
Gen Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Nice one bertie.. sky don't have to chase he can go go go. Up to moviestar if the gap gets too big.
Patchelicious Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Does anything that comes out of Phils mouth mean anything? "Nibali best decender in the business... Bla bla bla" - gets caught by everybody within 2km...
Patchelicious Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 "Velverde so graceful and good on decents" as he says it he almost crashes... It's like they are trying to sell excitement, there is enough, just focus on that!
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