[John_D]

Re: Cycling : Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:49 pm  

Fungus The Muffin Man wrote:

looks like leakygaz are trying to set up nibs?
and cuddles is dropping off the back!!!

Definitely the former. Hadn't noticed the latter! (trying not to be too obvious in watching it at work)

[John_D]

Re: Cycling : Wed Jul 18, 2012 1:57 pm  

Leaky have really cranked it up on the front and, yes, Evans is in a huge hole. Could easily drop behind van den Broeck by the end of today

Re: Cycling : Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:03 pm  

[quote="John_D"]Definitely the former. Hadn't noticed the latter! (trying not to be too obvious in watching it at work)[/quote]

all right for some ?

sounds like a right cushy number there mate ?

[John_D]

Re: Cycling : Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:06 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

all right for some ?

sounds like a right cushy number there mate ?

Aye, it's all right. But what with the company sponsoring the leader's team, I can claim I was just being corporately patriotic if I get caught

Re: Cycling : Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:11 pm  

How does this stage compare to the others in terms of difficulty? Looks particularly brutal today.

[John_D]

Re: Cycling : Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:13 pm  

SFW wrote:

How does this stage compare to the others in terms of difficulty? Looks particularly brutal today.

It's a ----ing ----.


Leaky shut it off. Odd. As a result, BMC have paced Evans back to the peloton.

Re: Cycling : Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:18 pm  

I think the riders will say it's been a really difficult day, what with the heat. However the yellow jersey group is substantial sized coming up to the last 20km. Sky have manintained a decent pace with a bit of leakygaz help. All the main GC riders are still there. The break is 9 mins away. If it's gonna get interesting Nibs needs to attack at somepoint otherwise the group will just stroll into finish.

Re: Cycling : Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:26 pm  

SFW wrote:

How does this stage compare to the others in terms of difficulty? Looks particularly brutal today.

probably the toughest for Bradley to defend so far with the heat now a big factor with the same tomorrow in the same area where the riders do a big loop of the mountains - the last chances the others will get to attack the leader - the following day ending in Brive down the road should be a comparative doddle for the Yellow Jersey - may go down and see the end of that one

I can congratulate Bradley in my Saints shirt & cap !

[John_D]

Re: Cycling : Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:29 pm  

Evans dropped again as Basso and van den Broeck up the pace of the peloton once more.

Voeckler going for a trademark banzai move off the front

[John_D]

Re: Cycling : Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:37 pm  

It's on. Nibali jumps away, Froome and Wiggins go after him together. Everyone else is left behind. This is it