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TdF Stage 18 – Blagnac to Brive-la-Gaillarde

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  • July 20, 2012 at 9:19 am #16377
    drheaton

    Long ‘flat’ day today but a 4th cat climb 10km from the finish may mix things up. Chance for Goss to finally win a stage? Will Lotto/Sky/Liquigas bother to chase down a breakaway for their guys or will it all go the way of Monday?

    My team:

    Wiggins
    Froome
    Sagan
    Hinault
    Jeandesboz
    Vichot
    Simon
    Boeckmans
    Impey

    Hoping for one of my three disappointing french DSs to get in the break and actually do something for once and for a sprint finish without Goss/Griepel.

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  • July 20, 2012 at 12:17 pm #692579
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    drheaton

    Scratch that, Le Tour live
    Scratch that, Le Tour live text has come to the rescue and told me OPQ are on the front, why… I have no idea, do they even have a sprinter?

    July 20, 2012 at 12:16 pm #692577
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    drheaton

    Two Lotto, one Sky, one
    Two Lotto, one Sky, one Greenedge… I can’t really see who’s going to bother chasing this one down.

    Anyone watching coverage? I’m stuck at work, who’s on the front of the peloton?

    July 20, 2012 at 12:08 pm #692575
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    chrisdstripes

    Unlucky Gkam – Roy took
    Unlucky Gkam – Roy took decent points in the intermediate too. I’ve got 15pts there for Boeckmans, and its quite conceivable thats all the points I’ll get today!

    July 20, 2012 at 12:08 pm #692573
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    silas chime

    Sagan(for Nibali)
    Boassen
    Sagan(for Nibali)
    Boassen Hagen 😀 (for C.Sorensen)
    VanGarderen
    Kessiakoff
    Izagirre
    Pinot
    Edet
    Vichot
    Impey(for Albasini) X(

    Can’t see anyone brining this break back as all the sprinters teams(Sky,Greenedge,Lotto) have people in it.Unless Liquigas want it for Sagan of course…

    July 20, 2012 at 11:08 am #692571
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    Gkam84

    Popovych (RNT), Arashiro
    Popovych (RNT), Arashiro (EUC), Millar (GRS), Fouchard (COF), Boasson Hagen (SKY), Hansen (LTB), Vanendert (LTB), Boeckmans (VCD), Paolini (KAT), Roy (FDJ), Costa (MOV), Kroon (STB), Nuyens (STB), Vinokourov (AST), Albasini (OGE) and Gretsch (ARG).

    Got no-one in the break, Roy….I just took him out last night X( X(

    July 20, 2012 at 10:08 am #692569
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    drheaton

    Katusha and OPQ looking to
    Katusha and OPQ looking to shut the break down seeing as they have no-one in it. Looks like a hard day for the break as every team wants a guy in it.

    Breaks been away for 12km and only have a 40 second gap which is shrinking rather than growing.

    July 20, 2012 at 9:56 am #692567
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    drheaton

    Simon in the break for me,
    Simon in the break for me, he’s been poor so far, I expected much more from him, Jeandesboz and Vichot but they let me down.

    le tour wrote:
    Perez, Pineau, Simon, Morkov, Sprick and Fofonov are 40″ ahead of the peloton

    July 20, 2012 at 9:55 am #692565
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    Gkam84

    NO, this break is not good
    NO, this break is not good for me.

    I took two of them out of my stage hunting team and also the guy 22 points ahead in the premium purist has a guy in the break :”(

    At the 23km mark, Perez, Pineau, Simon, Morkov, Sprick and Fofonov are 40″ ahead of the peloton.

    July 20, 2012 at 9:46 am #692563
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    chrisdstripes

    I’ve written off today in
    I’ve written off today in order to have a decent team for Sat and Sun – Hinault could be a good call tho’…

    July 20, 2012 at 9:36 am #692561
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    drheaton

    I think it was last year’s
    I think it was last year’s Vuelta or Giro where Nibali was coasting for the win, someone, possible Rui Costa(?), tried to get the jump on the 5 Liquigas guys and Sagan won the stage as he was the only one who’d spotted it. He got a bollocking from Nibali too 👿

    I think either a small peloton sprint or breakaway win today, I really can’t see Lotto chasing today if they’re not confident of getting Griepel over the hill and Greenedge haven’t wanted to work because they’ve had no confidence in Goss for the last couple of weeks. I went for Sagan/Hinault as they were up there on the last similar stage and are more likely to get over the bumps than some of the out and out sprinters.

    July 20, 2012 at 9:31 am #692559
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    Gkam84

    Pretty sure it is going to be
    Pretty sure it is going to be a mass sprint today, its only a little lump of a Cat 4. So expect all the big sprinters teams to be working hard, Including Sky.

    I have a funny feeling that Liquigas will push it up the climb with Sagan and then go away on the downhill, a bit like they did in another tour and took away 5 guys to win.

    July 20, 2012 at 9:29 am #692557
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    Gkam84

    Sorry, this is a long cut and
    Sorry, this is a long cut and paste about Sorensen

    Sorensen still plans to race…
    We saw Chris Anker Sorensen really having a good go in the Pyrenees. He was 24th in stage 17 and second in stage 16 but he rode most of yesterday’s stage with blood dripping from a wound on his left hand. We asked Saxo Bank’s Nick Gates what happened yesterday… did he put his hand in his spokes?

    “Yeah,” said the directeur sportif, “a newspaper had been thrown out for a rider to put down his jersey for a descent and it went into Chris’ wheel. He tried to rip it out and he got his fingers stuck in the spokes. He’s not in a good way. He had micro-surgery on two fingers last night at the hospital and they’re now patching him up again to see if they can get the green light so he can race. He’s still in a lot of pain but he’s going to have a crack and see if he can race.”

    More on Sorensen’s injuries…
    LeTour.fr asked Nick Gates about the treatment of Sorensen’s wound: what did they have to do? Were there fingertips missing or what exactly is the wound?

    “Basically his small finger was ground down to the bone all the way up the side. They stuck a splint on there and that’ll get him through until the end of the Tour and on Monday or Tuesday he’ll have to go to a hospital and get it really fixed up. He’s a tough guy! The way he got through the stage.

    “The accident happened on a really fast part of the race and they couldn’t dress the wound properly. There was no option. He had to defend his position on GC and he did that really well. He’s held 14th overall so he’s at least happy with that.”

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