Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 !!! 12km remaining from 205.5km Another crash brings down a number of riders including Chris Froome (Sky), who stands up gingerly and stretches his back.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 Froome remounts slowly and begins pedalling again gingerly. The Sky man has torn his shorts and has cuts on his left side. We haven't seen a full replay of that crash, but it seems as if a couple of riders overshot a corner and Froome was among the six or seven who went down.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 10km remaining from 205.5km Samuel Sanchez (BMC), Bryan Coquard (Europcar) and three IAM Cycling riders also went down in the Froome crash. The bunch remains 23 seconds down on the two escapees.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 8km remaining from 205.5km Etixx-QuickStep lead the charge on the approach to the penultimate ascent, the new addition of the Côte de Cherave. The gap is down to 20 seconds.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 7km remaining from 205.5km Luis Leon Sanchez and Visconti begin the climb with 17 seconds in hand on the Etixx-led bunch.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 The climb is 2.1km at 5% and the two escapees are within sight of the bunch as they reach the midway point.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 6km remaining from 205.5km Vincenzo Nibali accelerates on the climb but he is pegged back by Roman Kreuziger and Julien Alaphilippe.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 5.7km remaining from 205.5km Visconti and Leon Sanchez have been pegged back. After Nibali's move peters out, Tim Wellens punches clear and opens a small gap.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 5.5km remaining from 205.5km Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal) leads over the summit as Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha) punches clear of the bunch in lone pursuit.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 5km remaining from 205.5km Wellens powers over the smoothly-surfaced descent and Caruso is making little inroads into his lead.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 3.5km remaining from 205.5km Wellens leads Caruso by six seconds and must have a handful more over the Movistar-led bunch.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 The peloton has been reduced to just 30 or so riders, and they are on the point of sweeping Caruso back up again.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 2km remaining from 205.5km Wellens carries a lead of 15 seconds into the last two kilometers
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 1.5km remaining from 205.5km Lampre-Merida take up the pursuit but Wellens still has his lead intact and is motoring well...
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 1km remaining from 205.5km Wellens enters the final kilometre and begins the ascent of the Mur de Huy with 14 seconds in hand on the bunch.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 Approaching the famous S-bends, nobody wants to launch an early attack. Valverde finds himself on the front but is keeping the pace as steady as he can.
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