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Criterium du Dauphine stage 6

Well the usual breakaway for this stage, but will it last or will the likes of OPQS come to the fore so Meersman can all but wrap up the points jersey.

Decision time for transfers, no doubt there will be a lot of people swapping Bertie / JRod for Froome / Valverde.

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TERatcliffe26 | 10 years ago
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The nightmare continues, gonna take some hefty penalty points tomorrow me thinks

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backflipbedlem | 10 years ago
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Down to 27th overall, wasnt planning on doing that well today, hoping for better in the next few stages

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johnny2names | 10 years ago
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not a great day today, at least i carried one transfer forward. fun and games tomorrow again hopefully!

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Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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My purist for this stage was Hoogerland....maybe tomorrow  19

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chiv30 replied to Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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Gkam84 wrote:

My purist for this stage was Hoogerland....maybe tomorrow  19

Looking at the way he climbed today I'd suggest not .....tomorrow is possibly a day that would suit ten dam , plus being so far off gc he would be allowed to go ....
Ultimately it will depend on how sky want to tackle the first 3 climbs , if they attack from the off to shell ppl then any break hopes will be shot down until after the feed point

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Gkam84 | 10 years ago
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Scores are updating as we speak  26

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JohnnyRemo | 10 years ago
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I thought you didn't get breakaway points in a stage race???
(Good pick, btw)

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drheaton replied to JohnnyRemo | 10 years ago
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JohnnyRemo wrote:

I thought you didn't get breakaway points in a stage race???
(Good pick, btw)

You don't, but riders in the break get points for intermediate sprints and KoM points so it works out the same way.

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enrique | 10 years ago
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1 VOECKLER Thomas
2 HERRADA LOPEZ Jose
3 SEELDRAEYERS Kevin
4 SILIN Egor
5 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
6 MEERSMAN Gianni
7 GAVAZZI Francesco
8 SULZBERGER Wesley
9 GERARD Arnaud
10 KWIATKOWSKI Michal
11 ROHREGGER Thomas
12 CHERNETSKIY Sergey
13 KOREN Kristjan
14 MATE MARDONES Luis Angel
15 GAUTIER Cyril
16 QUINZIATO Manuel
17 DENNIS Rohan
18 SLAGTER Tom-Jelte
19 PORTE Richie
20 TALANSKY Andrew
...

167 PARISIEN Francois
DNF KRITSKIY Timofey
DNF JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
DNF HUGUET Yann
DNS FAVILLI Elia

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enrique | 10 years ago
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enrique wrote:

...my picks for...a breakaway:
... 34.2 Thomas Voeckler..
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chiv30 wrote:

And judging on your finishing position in the Giro.......I'll ignore the breakaway advice you have given  7

Heh heh!  1

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chiv30 replied to enrique | 10 years ago
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enrique wrote:
enrique wrote:

...my picks for...a breakaway:
... 34.2 Thomas Voeckler..
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chiv30 wrote:

And judging on your finishing position in the Giro.......I'll ignore the breakaway advice you have given  7

Heh heh!  1

And as I said not long afterwards his price for breakaway points doesn't make it worth sacrificing anyone , now in the tdf it would be different because if it doesn't work a couple of bad days aren't too bad , in a week long race, it's suicide as I have found out , if you get things wrong

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enrique replied to chiv30 | 10 years ago
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chiv30 wrote:

...his price for breakaway points doesn't make it worth sacrificing anyone...

I guess we're looking at it differently... I think he's worth bringing in on a day like today for someone like Froome, if you're really (!) behind and then swapping him back out the next stage... I think you're talking about having him and keeping him on the whole race.. Which I agree I wouldn't do... I meant for my list to be people you swap in...

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cherrypicked replied to enrique | 10 years ago
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enrique wrote:
chiv30 wrote:

...his price for breakaway points doesn't make it worth sacrificing anyone...

I guess we're looking at it differently... I think he's worth bringing in on a day like today for someone like Froome, if you're really (!) behind and then swapping him back out the next stage... I think you're talking about having him and keeping him on the whole race.. Which I agree I wouldn't do... I meant for my list to be people you swap in...

Of course it's worth it if you can get the right person on the right day!!

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chiv30 replied to enrique | 10 years ago
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enrique wrote:
chiv30 wrote:

...his price for breakaway points doesn't make it worth sacrificing anyone...

I guess we're looking at it differently... I think he's worth bringing in on a day like today for someone like Froome, if you're really (!) behind and then swapping him back out the next stage... I think you're talking about having him and keeping him on the whole race.. Which I agree I wouldn't do... I meant for my list to be people you swap in...

Can I ask why you kept froome in then and not swap him out for tommy v ?
Even with a 10 point penalty he would have been worth it today ......  39

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Stumps replied to chiv30 | 10 years ago
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chiv30 wrote:
enrique wrote:
chiv30 wrote:

...his price for breakaway points doesn't make it worth sacrificing anyone...

I guess we're looking at it differently... I think he's worth bringing in on a day like today for someone like Froome, if you're really (!) behind and then swapping him back out the next stage... I think you're talking about having him and keeping him on the whole race.. Which I agree I wouldn't do... I meant for my list to be people you swap in...

Can I ask why you kept froome in then and not swap him out for tommy v ?
Even with a 10 point penalty he would have been worth it today ......  39

Balls, or lack of  19

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chiv30 replied to Stumps | 10 years ago
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stumps wrote:
chiv30 wrote:
enrique wrote:
chiv30 wrote:

...his price for breakaway points doesn't make it worth sacrificing anyone...

I guess we're looking at it differently... I think he's worth bringing in on a day like today for someone like Froome, if you're really (!) behind and then swapping him back out the next stage... I think you're talking about having him and keeping him on the whole race.. Which I agree I wouldn't do... I meant for my list to be people you swap in...

Can I ask why you kept froome in then and not swap him out for tommy v ?
Even with a 10 point penalty he would have been worth it today ......  39

Balls, or lack of  19

I was trying to be serious but that just made me  24

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ray silvester replied to enrique | 10 years ago
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enrique wrote:
enrique wrote:

...my picks for...a breakaway:
... 34.2 Thomas Voeckler..
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chiv30 wrote:

And judging on your finishing position in the Giro.......I'll ignore the breakaway advice you have given  7

Heh heh!  1

Voeckler scored no breakaway points only those for his stage win and GC placing!!

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enrique | 10 years ago
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live.cyclingnews.com wrote:

...the sprint has sparked an attack. Chavanel kept going and has been joined by other riders...However the peloton has quickly chased them down...

live.cyclingnews.com wrote:

...Frenchman Pierre Rolland (Team Europcar) tried to get in the move...

live.cyclingnews.com wrote:

...Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) has gone across and through the breakaway...

Ah, today is my kind of day... A day of heroics... Chavanel tried, Rolland tried and here comes Tommy Voeckler! Go Tommy!  1

I'd say De Gendt is a good bet for tomorrow and Rolland for the day after!  1

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enrique replied to enrique | 10 years ago
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live.cyclingnews.com wrote:

...Both Chavanel and Tony Martin have sat up after working hard for Meersman but he lacks teammates for the final chase of the break...

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chiv30 | 10 years ago
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Well since stage 2 I've taken 80 penalty points and even if I hadn't I would be no better off .....this is a complete bust .....cest la vie

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TERatcliffe26 | 10 years ago
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Well Ive had an absolute shocker so far. Had to take a penalty to get Froome in for Valverde.

Froome
Meersman
Gallopin
Konig
Dennis
Clement
Chertnesky
Berhane
Fonseca

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backflipbedlem | 10 years ago
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Just know that Vichot is going to do something today, and I um'd and ah'd about sticking him in last night!

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backflipbedlem replied to backflipbedlem | 10 years ago
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backflipbedlem wrote:

Just know that Vichot is going to do something today, and I um'd and ah'd about sticking him in last night!

Phew Vichot has cracked

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enrique replied to backflipbedlem | 10 years ago
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@PelotonWatch wrote:

Matthews off the back
Hushovd also off the back
Chavanel dropped.
Simon Clarke off the back
21.5km to go and 1'08" to Peloton and 1'40" to Bouhanni group.

From their twitter feed...

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stevemarks | 10 years ago
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We have a breakaway of three trying

Juan Antonio Flechas
Bazayev
Huzarski

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ray silvester | 10 years ago
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Meersman and Matthews in for Fuglsang and Konig.

Froome
Kwiatkowski
Veilleux
Fonseca(come on Fonzie!!)
Matthews
Meersman
Navarro
Damuseau
Dennis

3rd in the ITT,25th yesterday but back to the sort of terrain I can't get to grips with this season(my spring classics form will tell you that!!).

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stevemarks | 10 years ago
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Faffed a bit and not overly happy with the result but should get a few points

Meersman
Matthews
Konig
Porte
Dennis
Berhane
Veilleux
Barguil
Gallopin.

Meersman, Gallopin, Matthews obviously what I want to see.

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livestrongnick | 10 years ago
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First int Sprint:-
Gianni Meersman
Sylvain Chavanel
Nikolas Maes

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backflipbedlem | 10 years ago
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Think Meersman has one the first sprint point

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backflipbedlem | 10 years ago
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Great Barguil has crahsed, apparently he's back up on his bike!

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