BouncingBrain Posted June 9, 2016 Posted June 9, 2016 Alaphilippe. Wow!Another 5 meters and he may have snatched that win. Super Rider
'Dale Posted June 10, 2016 Posted June 10, 2016 Can see that Berto was coasting inNot sprinting in Probably under the impression that the 3 km rule applies He's an experienced catHe won't misinterpret the rules hey Any case, let s head up the mountains3 consecutive mountain days ????
'Dale Posted June 10, 2016 Posted June 10, 2016 UCI rule 2.6.027: "In the case of a duly noted fall, puncture or mechanical incident in the last three kilometers of a road race stage, the rider or riders involved shall be credited with the time of the rider or riders in whose company they were riding at the moment of the accident."
Pure Savage Posted June 10, 2016 Posted June 10, 2016 Just shows Sky protected Froome better than BMC and Tinkoff, also love watching Froome at the back of the sprints spinning it up at 160 cadence [emoji23][emoji23] If Bertie and Porte had hammered like froome there would have been no gap, they coasted in. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Gen Posted June 10, 2016 Posted June 10, 2016 I hope a worker bee has an on-board camera today. Would be great to see attack from within the bunch. I really enjoyed that live on board footage yesterday
dracs Posted June 10, 2016 Posted June 10, 2016 Just shows Sky protected Froome better than BMC and Tinkoff, also love watching Froome at the back of the sprints spinning it up at 160 cadence [emoji23][emoji23] If Bertie and Porte had hammered like froome there would have been no gap, they coasted in. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkYup, Sky were behind the crash too.....
tombeej Posted June 10, 2016 Author Posted June 10, 2016 The Finish:The ski station summit finish of 6.4km at 6.5% sounds reasonable but it’s got a steady gradient of 8-10% for most of the way and then a flatter section as they approach the village of Vaujany. The early steep part is hard work, it twists with a few hairpins and if the road is wide it’s irregular with a constantly changing gradient, this might be a ski station road but it feels like an old path rather than a route engineered to take buses and trucks up to the top. The road flattens out as they enter the village but then there’s a hairpin bend and it rises at 7% for the final 300m.INRNG
tombeej Posted June 10, 2016 Author Posted June 10, 2016 This is going to be a super hard stage. Because it's short (140km) and very lumpy, they'll be going full taps from the gun.
Gen Posted June 10, 2016 Posted June 10, 2016 This is going to be a super hard stage. Because it's short (140km) and very lumpy, they'll be going full taps from the gun.Oh this is going to be fun to watch
Prince Posted June 10, 2016 Posted June 10, 2016 ASO... French...opinions of Tinkov.......Cofidis.......all very dodge
tombeej Posted June 10, 2016 Author Posted June 10, 2016 Oh this is going to be fun to watch Ja for sure . These shorter lumpy stages usually provide the best racing. The really big mountain stages in the TDF (200+ km over a few massive passes) often become a bit of a procession until the last few kay's of the final climb. The riders just go into their shells to conserve energy as much as possible. But these shorter mountain stages produce the fireworks because many riders feel they have a chance at glory and so they hammer from the gun, with every bump in the road becoming a hill sprint. These are the days that the guys in the grupetto really fear. These are the worst days for them to try and stay inside the cut-off time due to the high speed racing up-front.
Gen Posted June 10, 2016 Posted June 10, 2016 Ja for sure [emoji106] . These shorter lumpy stages usually provide the best racing. The really big mountain stages in the TDF (200+ km over a few massive passes) often become a bit of a procession until the last few kay's of the final climb. The riders just go into their shells to conserve energy as much as possible. But these shorter mountain stages produce the fireworks because many riders feel they have a chance at glory and so they hammer from the gun, with every bump in the road becoming a hill sprint. These are the days that the guys in the grupetto really fear. These are the worst days for them to try and stay inside the cut-off time due to the high speed racing up-front.Ja as recently seen I the Giro.. that one stage was short and hectic
Pure Savage Posted June 10, 2016 Posted June 10, 2016 The Finish:The ski station summit finish of 6.4km at 6.5% sounds reasonable but it’s got a steady gradient of 8-10% for most of the way and then a flatter section as they approach the village of Vaujany. The early steep part is hard work, it twists with a few hairpins and if the road is wide it’s irregular with a constantly changing gradient, this might be a ski station road but it feels like an old path rather than a route engineered to take buses and trucks up to the top. The road flattens out as they enter the village but then there’s a hairpin bend and it rises at 7% for the final 300m.INRNG I love when there is a little flat before the final kick, suspense!!
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