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Brian? · 27-03-2015 9:19am

Darkglasses wrote: »

Not too good. Can't see De Clercq holding off the real killers like Porte, Contador, Martin or Uran. If one of them really wants to go for it, they'll take the 30/40 seconds off him easily.

I'm not sure where you see the time gaps happening. No big mountains left

pelevin · 27-03-2015 10:19am

Chris Froome at 50/1 with PP looks a good bet for the overall. He's only 28 & a half minutes down.

dastardly00 · 27-03-2015 11:22am

Sky, Tinkoff and Movistar are probably the only teams capable of putting the hammer down when the road rises, but it might not be enough to put De Clercq under serious pressure.

From cyclingquotes.com:

the organizers have decided to follow a more straight line to the finish that send them up the only major climb of the day. The category 2 Alt de Lilla (4.1km, 4.8%, max. 7%) is a nasty little sting in the tail after a very long day in the saddle. From the top, only 10.1km remain and they are almost all downhill, with the riders reaching the bottom just 3.4km from the line. However, the downhill is mostly on a long straight road that doesn't offer any real technical difficulties and it will be much easier for the peloton than for any escapees to keep a high pace in this section

Lampre rider Rafa Valls to win today maybe? :P

GC:
1. Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal
2. Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 21"
3. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 26"
4. Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin 27"
5. Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 28"
6. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step 45"
7. Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana 48"
8. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 51"
9. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar 52"
10. Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC 54"

Pudsy33 · 27-03-2015 11:56am

Are there Bonus seconds on offer? That might be Martin et als best hope.

dastardly00 · 27-03-2015 12:17pm

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Are there Bonus seconds on offer? That might be Martin et als best hope.

There are 10-6-4 bonus seconds to the first three riders on each stage. The intermediate sprints each offer 3-2-1 bonus seconds.

Pudsy33 · 27-03-2015 12:23pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

There are 10-6-4 bonus seconds to the first three riders on each stage. The intermediate sprints each offer 3-2-1 bonus seconds.

Ah very good, they'll be competitive today. The last stage looks like it could separate the field as well.

Pudsy33 · 27-03-2015 1:32pm

Lotto Soudal tries to shut out Martin in the intermediate sprint but he managed to pick up third place behind Valle and Henderson. So he's up to 3rd in the gc.

bazermc · 27-03-2015 3:48pm

California! You what Carlton?

NewDirection · 27-03-2015 4:07pm

I hear Dan has gotten caught out in the echelons. Can somebody watching it keep us up to date on how that pans out

D3PO · 27-03-2015 4:09pm

NewDirection wrote: »

I hear Dan has gotten caught out in the echelons. Can somebody watching it keep us up to date on how that pans out

Martin in second group 20 seconds down. Closing the gap to the lead group though. De Clerq 1 min down atm in 3rd group

Pudsy33 · 27-03-2015 4:13pm

looks like he will get on

D3PO · 27-03-2015 4:13pm

gap going out again 37 seconds now. I dont think hes going to get back on

dastardly00 · 27-03-2015 4:15pm

D3PO wrote: »

gap going out again 37 seconds now. I dont think hes going to get back on

Those time gaps have been wildly inaccurate all week long so I wouldn't accept it as correct.

Pudsy33 · 27-03-2015 4:16pm

D3PO wrote: »

gap going out again 37 seconds now. I dont think hes going to get back on

if they blow it on this stage it's an absolute cock up by Garmindale

D3PO · 27-03-2015 4:17pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

Those time gaps have been wildly inaccurate all week long so I wouldn't accept it as correct.

thats possible and i hope your right. I can only post the information I have though.

D3PO · 27-03-2015 4:17pm

latest gap is 50 seconds to Martin. Hes aint getting back on if thats even remotely correct

Darkglasses · 27-03-2015 4:19pm

Pudsy33 wrote: »

if they blow it on this stage it's an absolute cock up by Garmindale

Psst...don't forget to close your spoiler tags

D3PO · 27-03-2015 4:19pm

53 seconds now its growing all the time. 20km to go

Pudsy33 · 27-03-2015 4:19pm

his habit of sitting at the back may have come back to bite him. He was second favorite to win this thing after De Clerq got dropped. So disappointing

D3PO · 27-03-2015 4:21pm

seriously pudsy close the damn spoilers

D3PO · 27-03-2015 4:22pm

martin 1 min down now. so hes official gone from the GC. not going to keep updating the gap as at this point its academic.

Pudsy33 · 27-03-2015 4:22pm

They are appearing as spoilers on the mobile site. Apologies I'll stop posting

Darkglasses · 27-03-2015 4:23pm

Pudsy33 wrote: »

They are appearing as spoilers on the mobile site. Apologies I'll stop posting

You don't have to stop posting, just type [/spoiler] at the end

dastardly00 · 27-03-2015 4:23pm

Carlton said that Nico is in the lead group.

D3PO · 27-03-2015 4:26pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

Carlton said that Nico is in the lead group.

Yep Sky started the echelons so a lot of their guys are there.Kelderman was also caught out but most of the GC guys made it posso aru uran bertie and porte all made the top group. Tactically awful by dan and garmin to let it happen tbh. even worse by lotto tbh De Clerq had the GC sown up

dastardly00 · 27-03-2015 4:30pm

Valverde has attacked. Jaysus. I've seen it all now.

Darkglasses · 27-03-2015 4:32pm

Called it, kinda. Didn't fancy De Clercq or Lotto Soudal in this situation, with the talent in this race

dastardly00 · 27-03-2015 4:41pm

I tip my hat to Valverde. Chapeau.

Darkglasses · 27-03-2015 4:42pm

Great finish by Valverde, such a clever rider

D3PO · 27-03-2015 4:42pm

valverde showing some strong classics form this week. Very good win by him

Darkglasses · 27-03-2015 4:44pm

Porte the new leader apparently, having a great 2015

Pudsy33 · 27-03-2015 5:31pm

Hugely entertaining stage, genuinely didnt think they'd take som much time out of De Cerq but hats off to Sky, they played a blinder. Disappointing to see Martin lose out though, Garmin wont be happy he was caught on the wrong side of the split. I reckon he'd be in yellow otherwise.

And sorry about the lack of spoiler tags earlier, I've gotten the hang of it!

MPFG · 28-03-2015 1:52pm

Nicolas Roche diary of yesterday's stage

http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/nicolas-roche-valverde-attacked-us-and-really-put-me-in-the-hurt-box-31101111.html

I must say Nico Rocge has been a good teammate all week...up there helping in every stage ...Kirienkya & Lopez have been up there but not everyday for each ...Poels has helped on occasion too but Konig is no where to be seen ??? And Froome was cruising at the back last 2 days

Nico is such an honest rider hope he has something left in the tank in Aug/Sept when he /if he gets a chance to ride for himself

(Gosh just read about that sadomasochistic murderer as I looked for the diary...eeeww...who'd have thought !!!)

neris · 28-03-2015 2:09pm

MPFG wrote: »

(Gosh just read about that sadomasochistic murderer as I looked for the diary...eeeww...who'd have thought !!!)

This been you for the last few weeks?

MPFG · 28-03-2015 2:13pm

I live in London where we are sheltered from that kinda thing

Dr. Bre · 28-03-2015 2:15pm

whats the route like today? lumpy?

MPFG · 28-03-2015 2:24pm

Dr. Bre wrote: »

whats the route like today? lumpy?

Only lumpy at beginning ...flat ish run in to finish of 20km ish

Very large break with some interesting names reported: Preidler, Cano, Vorganov, Chernetski, Silin, van Garderen, Soler, Danielson, Verona, Alaphilippe, Lecusinier, Durasek, Kruijswijk, Hivert, Vachon, Paterski, Navarro, Chetout, Jeandesboz, Minnaard and Cousin.

Lusk_Doyle · 28-03-2015 3:38pm

MPFG wrote: »

I live in London where we are sheltered from that kinda thing

You don't get regular news updates of the goings-on in the colonies?

MPFG · 28-03-2015 3:54pm

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

You don't get regular news updates of the goings-on in the colonies?

Nah....no point bothering with the minions when you are at the center of everything !!

MPFG · 28-03-2015 4:26pm

Lots of crosswinds today also...Break down to 15 riders wt TJVG & Tom Danilson pushing it ...SKY, TCS & Movistar chasing ...crash with some riders down

MPFG · 28-03-2015 5:03pm

Repots say that Contador had a bad cash with about 3K to go

MPFG · 28-03-2015 5:07pm

Dan Martin now missing off GC so maybe he was in crash earlier or puncture

MPFG · 28-03-2015 5:55pm

Martin now back on GC top 10 !!

dastardly00 · 28-03-2015 7:20pm

There wasn't any change to GC after the stage today?

letape · 28-03-2015 10:26pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

There wasn't any change to GC after the stage today?

Yes no change. Contador's crash was within the last 3km so didn't lose any time.

ted1 · 28-03-2015 11:38pm

Meet all the guys yesterday at the finish line. Over in Barcelona/ Salouwith the family for the week and they were Fi using at port adventures when we were coming out, the speed of them is crazy, good bunch of guys

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