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Tour de France – Stage 7, Montpellier > Albi

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  • July 5, 2013 at 8:20 am #19289
    drheaton

    Morning all!

    So what's the plan for today?  The previews I've seen all seem split between a Sagan sprint, a Cav sprint or a breakaway with no real consensus.

    Given that Impey holds the yellow I can't see Orica-Greenedge letting a break go if there's anyone close in the GC but you never know.

    I'm not making any changes because it's so unpredictable but I have an itchy finger and might bring in Sagan for Greipel.

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  • July 5, 2013 at 3:00 pm #746093
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    Ghedebrav

    Can’t figure from following
    Can’t figure from following on Twitter and the Tour website whether Kristoff is in the grupetto. Sort of hoping he is, much as I like him, seeing as I swapped him out for Rolland.

    July 5, 2013 at 2:49 pm #746091
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    Alan Tullett

    Looking forward to some green
    Looking forward to some green arrows tonight after 3 days of red, but anyone with Sagan, Gerrans and Rojas will be ok. Me and TERatcliffe will be the main ones to benefit in the forum although I’m sure Wig-billy will do ok as usual.

    July 5, 2013 at 2:41 pm #746089
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    livestrongnick

    luckily i’ve still got EBH,
    luckily i’ve still got EBH, JJ Rojas and Impey so shouldn’t be a total bust for me having Griepel, Kittel and D V Poppel Out the back….. :”(

    Bit bummed that JJ oroz couldn’t have gone on the escape with jensie and picked me up some points X(

    July 5, 2013 at 2:37 pm #746087
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    drheaton

    Balls, should have brought in
    Balls, should have brought in Sagan.

    The only upside is that to bring in Sagan (for Greipel) I’d have had to drop another rider to free up credits and probably would have gone for Gerrans so I’m not too many points down on where I could have been.

    Fingers crossed for a Gerrans win but I have to say, Sagan and Cannondale look strong.

    July 5, 2013 at 2:31 pm #746085
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    Ghedebrav

    Can’t see Bakelite taking
    Can’t see Bakelite taking this, Cannondale are just looking insanely strong driving on the peloton. Nice try, but they’re going to be reeled in, I think.

    July 5, 2013 at 2:29 pm #746083
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    backflipbedlem

    Lotto and Omega have eased
    Lotto and Omega have eased up!

    July 5, 2013 at 2:28 pm #746081
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    Alan Tullett

    Sprinters given up. Orica
    Sprinters given up. Orica chasing the break now.

    July 5, 2013 at 2:24 pm #746079
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    Alan Tullett

    Bakelandts gone again! He
    Bakelandts gone again! He said he’d targetted this stage originally, not 2. Got a different EUS but I hope he’ll do something this weekend. Now Orica and Cannondale will work till the end. Maybe they just want mountain points.

    July 5, 2013 at 2:06 pm #746077
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    Alan Tullett

    26 points in the bag! More
    26 points in the bag! More to come I hope. If Gavazzi and Rojas do well could catch up a bit, especially if people have been tempted to keep their sprint team and save transfers.

    July 5, 2013 at 1:57 pm #746075
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    drheaton

    Cannondale gunned it to the
    Cannondale gunned it to the first sprint and Sagan took full points:

    1. Sagan (CAN) 15pts
    2. Flecha (VCD) 14pts
    3. Sabatini (CAN) 13pts
    4. Clarke (OGE) 12pts
    5. Gerrans (OGE) 11pts
    6. Impey (OGE) 10pts
    7. De Marchi (CAN) 9pts
    8. Albasini (OGE) 8pts
    9. Marangoni (CAN) 7pts
    10. Moser (CAN) 6pts
    11. Koren (CAN) 5pts
    12. Bodnar (CAN) 4pts
    13. Siutsou (SKY) 3pts
    14. Porte (SKY) 2pts
    15. Kennaugh (SKY) 1pt

    Cannondale still pushing hard, Sagan clearly wants the win today and doesn’t want any true sprinters getting back into the peloton.

    That being said, Impey/Gerrans are still up there and could scupper Cannondale’s plans.

    July 5, 2013 at 1:50 pm #746073
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    Alan Tullett

    Gone for the ARs today. EBH
    Gone for the ARs today. EBH had better win or come second to make up for his pathetic sprint yesterday!!

    Sprint group 2′ 30″ roughly. Don’t think they’ll get back in as there are a couple more climbs yet. Hoped this would happen.

    Sagan
    EBH
    Gerrans
    Gavazzi
    Rojas
    El Fares

    are the ones who might score today.

    July 5, 2013 at 1:39 pm #746071
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    Ghedebrav

    Brought in Rolland today,
    Brought in Rolland today, thinking he might want to cement his early KoM lead… he’ll need to get himself over these last two climbs first now, otherwise I’ll have wasted my transfers (took Kristoff out for him).

    Still think we’ll see a late dig from Chava/Kwia today to grab race lead, it’s OPQS’s last chance to wear yellow this Tour. Other option would be a Cannondale shutdown for a Sagan win.

    July 5, 2013 at 1:27 pm #746069
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    drheaton

    Scratch that, the Cav and
    Scratch that, the Cav and Greipel groups are now together, 3 minutes down on the Sagan group.

    July 5, 2013 at 1:25 pm #746067
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    drheaton

    Greipel and Kittel 1 minute
    Greipel and Kittel 1 minute down on Cannondale peloton, Cav another 1 minute behind them.

    July 5, 2013 at 1:19 pm #746065
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    chiv30

    In the fantasy pontoon
    In the fantasy pontoon stakes…..I stuck , was tempted to take cav out after his tumble yesterday but apparently no ill affects :/ so if it ain’t broke and all that đŸ™‚

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