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Stage 14 TdF
There's a surprise, Taaramae tried a break, I knew he'd be on it today, but he didn't get away.
No breaks as yet, but 6 dropped riders with only 30km done
Dropped riders
BERNAUDEAU Giovanni........He BETTER come in LAST TODAY 
SPRICK Matthieu
LANCASTER Brett
URTASUN PEREZ Pablo
ENGOULVENT Jimmy
FARRAR Tyler
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Sagan must be on drugs...
Dropped him last night and made two penalty transfers to bring in Rolland, Kessiakoff, Froome and Pinot, pretty stupid in hindsight but I was expecting a KoM battle in the break. Annoyed as it'll drop me down the standings but at 200 points behind 1st I figured I had to roll the dice.
Sandy Casar.......pain in the arse,
Over the top of the second Cat 1
Casar
Izagirre
Sagan
Gilbert
Sanchez
Paulinho
WTF, Cav is leading the peleton down from a Cat 1
He's not an all out climber, but when it gets lumpy, he holds his own or goes in breaks. Last year leading over the same climb they have just gone over.
Also in 2010 he won the Ordizia classic in Spain, some notable climbers have won that in the past as its up and down all day
He wasn't first over the top.....that was me reading things wrong
Izaguirre first over Port de Lers last year
The Tour's itinerary in 2011 included the climb that the riders are currently on. The rider who took first at the top was Gorka Izaguirre (EUS) who is one of the 11-man group that's at the front of the race today.
The points for the second climb of stage 14 were won by:
1. Sergio Paulinho (STB) 10pts
2. Eduard Vorganov (KAT) 8pts
3. Philippe Gilbert (BMC) 6pts
4. Steven Kruiswijk (RAB) 4pts
5. Martin Velits (OPQ) 2pts
6. Luis Leon Sanchez (RAB) 1pt
Gorka Izagirre
Cycling Archives ranking
Position: 581
Points: 161.00
One-day-races
45 %
Tours
19 %
Stages
9 %
Climbers
7 %
Sprinters
19 %
Time trials
1 %
More of a one-day racer, but 18th on stage 7 so not bad I agree. That's his best finish in the TdF so far. He's only 24 so a lot of time to develop, after all not everyone is Sagan. He's been at the back for a few stages so obviously been saving some energy. I've had him in my team quite a few times but he hasn't delivered big time yet but today could be his day I suppose. Wish I had him for sure, and I didn't think Sagan would go on a break today after yesterday's effort. What the hell is that guy on!!
I think to catch up I need cantwell to win today. Lol
Izagirre 1st over the top. Alan, He's a great climber, thats his forte
Well, the views are stunning today. Hope the racing lives up to it.
my team looked like this
Wiggins
Sagan
Kessiakoff
Sorenson
Pinot
Vichot
Boeckmans
Impey
Izagirre
So at least ive got some points, but then everyone else will have got those points too!
Well you're going to catch me up a bit today. Wish I had left in Sagan and swapped Urtasun for Izagirre, (not that he's a great climber). Have to decide which EUS riders to put in for Wed and Thurs; the ones who've already scored or the ones who haven't yet.
If Sagan stays with them on the Mur, he's got it sewn up. No way LLS or Casar will beat him. But I think that climb will shake things up. I hope we see an interesting stage today in any case. I'd rather at least some of the break crack up on that climb to give my GC riders bigger points. 3k of really steep stuff.
10 minutes, they are not coming back today, with the nearest to yellow being over half an hour down. Interesting on the live ticker, this....
Sagan's not going to wait for Nibali until the final descent, We'll see, but I doubt it. He's out for points and the win if they can stay away.
8 minutes and still rising
No-one today but I wasn't really expecting anything. Sagan's going to pick up max int points then maybe link up with Nibali I suppose. Van den Broeck or Evans have to try something again I think on the descent or just before the top. They've only got a couple more chances.
Make that 6 minutes......
The 11 escapees have an advantage of 4'00" at the 61km mark.
Well at least i'm going to score some points at the inter sprint today and most likely a climb maybe even both
Reckon Sagan will launch Nibali on one of the descents today. Just like Schleck last year
The 11 leaders are now 2'00" ahead of the peloton.
Here's a reminder of who is on the attack:Philippe Gilbert (FRA) BMC, Cyril Gautier (FRA) EUC, Gorka Izaguirre (ESP) EUS, Peter Sagan (SVK) LIQ, Sebastien Minard (FRA) ALM, Eduard Vorganov (RUS) KAT, Sandy Casar (FRA) FDJ, Steven Kruiswijk (NED) RAB, Luis Sanchez (ESP) RAB and Martin Velits (SVK) OPQ.
Seems they are getting away a bit, 2 minutes now and it should be a break day unless someone big attacks on the first Cat 1
They've caught up. Got Sagan and Izagirre with Kessiakoff already scoring.
The eight men in pursuit of Sagan's trio is:
Gilbert (BMC), Gautier (EUC), Izaguirre (EUS), Minard (ALM), Vorganov (KAT), Casar (FDJ), Sanchez (RAB) and Velits.
GO GO GO, Izaguirre FINALLY pulling his finger out for me and Sanchez must be feeling good. Hopefully get them to catch up and that'll be the break, Could have 3 riders up there
Dropped riders
KLÖDEN Andréas
SCHLECK Frank
COPPEL Jérôme
VANENDERT Jelle
CHAVANEL Sylvain
VANOTTI Alessandro
BERNAUDEAU Giovanni
SPRICK Matthieu
LANCASTER Brett
EISEL Bernhard
CAVENDISH Mark
URTASUN PEREZ Pablo
ENGOULVENT Jimmy
FARRAR Tyler
Rolland has just returned to the peloton after his puncture.
Damn! Hope he didn't use up too much energy.
No, let it be Urtasun. I've got him.
For what it's worth I've got.
Froome
Wiggins
Zubeldia
Rolland (mountain points maybe or another stage win or decent place at end)
Vichot (surely he'll go sometime, every other FDJ rider has - today is as good a day as any)
Urtasun (maybe last today now)
Pinot (looking good, will try to win white jersey especially as TJ isn't good on the steep stuff of which we have one today and one on stage 17)
Impey
Simon
Last two did well yesterday and pulled me back into the top 50 Premium. Hoping for more on Mon. Probably swap Froome and Rolland for Sagan and Greipel/Goss. Trying to get top 20 premium TdF and top 20 overall. Not really interested in stage prizes as I don't need the stuff.
Stage 15 Halfords is my big try at winning a bike on a stage win. Got one last year so keeping my fingers crossed. Not many sprinters left to choose now, but getting rid of all the ones who've dropped out for the few that remain.
Sagan (LIQ), Kruiswijk (RAB) and Paulinho (STB) trying to break
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