Critérium du Dauphiné 2016

[Eugene Oppelt]

It's not how long the stage is, but how fast the parcourse is covered

 

Hold on to your asthma pump, Froomey ????

[Pure Savage]

It's not how long the stage is, but how fast the parcourse is covered

 

Hold on to your asthma pump, Froomey

 

I would say that I hope Contador has chomped down on some spanish beef, but by looking at Contador on the prologue he has not eaten since April.

[tombeej]

Ja as recently seen I the Giro.. that one stage was short and hectic

 

Here's a nice write-up on the characters of the grupetto from Chad Haga from last year's Giro.

[Eugene Oppelt]

And, the lead group for today's stage:

 

**drum roll**

 

 

Woet Poels (Sky), Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), Robert Kiserlovski, Roman Kreuziger (Tinkoff), Steve Morabito, Sebastien Reichenbach (FDJ), Andriy Grivko, Paolo Tiralongo (Astana), Jan Bakelants, Cyril Gautier, Alexis Vuillermoz (AG2R), Jens Keukeleire (Orica-GreenEdge), Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal), Evald Boasson Hagen, Steve Cummings, Daniel Teklehaimanot (Dimension Data), Ryder Hesjedal (Trek-Segafredo), Antonio Pedrero (Movistar), Thomas Voeckler (Direct Energie), Tom Jelte Slagter (Cannondale), Jerome Coppel (IAM), Bjorn Thurau (Wanty), Paul Voss (Bora-Argon 18), Tsgabu Grmay and Luka Pibernik (Lampre-Merida)

[Eugene Oppelt]

A couple of DNS's to tell you about.

 

Alexis Gougeard (AG2R) is suffering from contusions after being brought down in a late crash yesterday, while Chad Haga (Giant-Alpecin) has withdrawn through fatigue. Cofidis' Christophe Laporte and Trek-Segafredo's Niccolo Bonifazio are also non-starters, giving us 167 riders in today's peloton.

[Eugene Oppelt]

Here's the results at the top of the Col du Barioz

 

 

1. Teklehaimanot, 10 pts

2. Grmay, 8 pts

3. Voeckler, 6 pts

4. Poels, 4 pts

5. Bakelants, 2 pts

6. Reichenbach, 1 pt

[Eugene Oppelt]

I would say that I hope Contador has chomped down on some spanish beef, but by looking at Contador on the prologue he has not eaten since April.

Oooooh.... ????????????????

[Eugene Oppelt]

Contador has placed two men in the break in Kreuziger and Kiserlovski. It's Contador's other teammates who lead the peloton, around 1:15 behind.

[tombeej]

As expected, the racing has been hectic from the start. The highlights package is going to be nearly as long as the full length coverage if they keep up like this....

[tombeej]

Here's the results at the top of the Col du Barioz

 

 

1. Teklehaimanot, 10 pts

2. Grmay, 8 pts

3. Voeckler, 6 pts

4. Poels, 4 pts

5. Bakelants, 2 pts

6. Reichenbach, 1 pt

That gives Take-me-home-or-not the KOM jersey for now. Hope he can consolidate with more points today.

[Eugene Oppelt]

As expected, the racing has been hectic from the start. The highlights package is going to be nearly as long as the full length coverage if they keep up like this....

Three words

 

Threshold

Strung out

[tombeej]

Max KOM points again on the next climb for Take-my-jellytot. Good man.

 

Becoming a bit of a ploka dot specialist if he keeps up like this.

[BMCfan]

wheres the updates

[Eugene Oppelt]

44km remaining from 140km

 

News from the finish is that it's dry with a few clouds in the sky. There is a small tailwind too, which will be music to some.

[Eugene Oppelt]

 

Tinkoff are doing the pace setting on the front of the bunch, they'll want to make sure that Contador doesn't get caught behind anything today.

[Eugene Oppelt]

The peloton has really put its foot on the gas in the rolling section between these two climbs. They're closing in on the big group now.