Criterium de Dauphine Stage 7 Queen Stage

pelevin

Someone might add the cool pictures of the outline of the route, they might not, either way it's the big one in terms of mountains in what's been an incredible race. As far as coverage goes ITV4 seem to have coverage from 2.15 to 4pm which I for one have no problem getting - if that's any consolation to anyone.
Froome obviously the favourite for the stage but it's been full of drama for a while with Sky's efforts trumped by Bardet's crazy descending & Nibali & the gang's crazy attacking, so who knows what'll happen. Van Garderen has also been in great form so even if Nibali's climbing reverts to what he showed 2 days ago & after his efforts yesterday, TVG might prove a very hard rider to dislodge for Sky in the GC stakes.

Pudsy33

Eurosport have changed their tune and this now appears to be on at 2 30

Eamonnator

The Inner Ring's Preview.

http://inrng.com/2015/06/dauphine-stage-7-preview-2015/#more-25272

mhiggy09

It would be a lot better if they started coverage earlier. We missed a good bit of action yesterday.

ThisRegard

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Eurosport have changed their tune and this now appears to be on at 2 30

Yeah, checked this morning and there was no live coverage listed because of tennis and LeMans.

It's not listed as being in HD though.

dastardly00

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Eurosport have changed their tune and this now appears to be on at 2 30

Nadal better hurry up and win this match!!

dastardly00

About 60km left, and the breakaway have a lead of 2'10" as they near the summit of the Cat. 1 Col de la Croix Fry.

Seemingly there are 26 riders in the breakaway: Jonathan Castroviejo, Gorka Izagirre (Movistar), Chris Anker Sørensen (Tinkoff-Saxo), Louis Meintjes (MTN-Qhubeka), Pierre Rolland (Europcar), Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Pawel Poljanski, Chris Anker Sørensen (Tinkoff-Saxo), Marcel Wyss, Jarlinson Pantano (IAM Cycling), Tiago Machado (Katusha), Björn Thurau, Bartoz Huzarski, Dominik Nerz (Bora-Argon 18), David De La Cruz, Pieter Serry (Etixx-QuickStep), Bauke Mollema, Ricardo Zoidl (Trek Factory Racing), Nathan Haas (Cannondale-Garmin), Kenny Elissonde (FDJ), Nicolas Edet, Daniel Navarro, Luis Angel Maté (Cofidis), Louis Meintjes, Daniel Teklehaimanot (MTN-Qhubeka) and Pim Ligthart (Lotto Soudal)

Team Sky are leading the peloton. Simon Yates (4th overall) appears to be struggling to hang on.

3 climbs left: 3rd Cat. Col de Aravis; Cat. 1 Cote des Amerands (it's not really a Cat. 1 though); and the final climb Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc (Cat. 1).

Pudsy33

Sky are drilling it and have already distanced poor Simon Yates

Also Teklehaiminot of MTN picked up the mountains points at the first climb and may keep his jersey. I would absolutely love him to win it.

mhiggy09

According to live updates there's a big break out front of about 20 something riders around 1:10 ahead. Sky bombed it up Col de la Croix Fry and theres less than 50 in the peleton.

mhiggy09

Opps I was typing that and didn't see u had it. Sorry

mhiggy09

Eventually some action on itv4!

mhiggy09

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Sky are drilling it and have already distanced poor Simon Yates

Also Teklehaiminot of MTN picked up the mountains points at the first climb and may keep his jersey. I would absolutely love him to win it.

Yeats is back to the main group

godtabh

HAs Roche been dropped? I dont see him at the front with the rest of the Sky lads

pelevin

mhiggy09 wrote: »

Yeats is back to the main group

W.B.?

mhiggy09

pelevin wrote: »

W.B.?

Haha I could imagine a fella cycling up beside them reading some of W.B. poems.

mhiggy09

godtabh wrote: »

HAs Roche been dropped? I dont see him at the front with the rest of the Sky lads

No he's sitting in behind froome. He'll probably be the last sky rider left with froome

MPFG

pelevin wrote: »

W.B.?

They are his descendants don't you know .... got their cycling genes in Sligo

pelevin

mhiggy09 wrote: »

Haha I could imagine a fella cycling up beside them reading some of W.B. poems.

Yesterday I suppose he could have been alongside Froome reciting 'The Circus Animals Desertion' along with meaningful glances up the road.

Eamonnator

Nibali has cracked.

mhiggy09

There goes nibs

ednwireland

nibali dropped !

godtabh

froome gone

godtabh

second attach

neris

Some movefrom froome

neris

Froome for yellow?

Pudsy33

neris wrote: »

Froome for yellow?

Probably not today

neris

Was really spinning that last 100m

Pudsy33

Super stuff From Mientjes again

neris

Nibbles struggling up that last few hundred

Eamonnator

neris wrote: »

Froome for yellow?

No.
Tejay in yellow

neris

Dont know who has the worst ads itv or eurosport

dastardly00

neris wrote: »

Dont know who has the worst ads itv or eurosport

Eurosport have a lot less. That's the main thing.

dastardly00

Dan is still ahead of team mate Talansky in the GC.

myshall1993

Can anyone tell me what happened to dan martin today. He was in the froome group at the top of the second last climb but was nowhere to be seen at the bottom of the last climb.

myshall1993

Someone must know what happened to dan between the last two climbs

pelevin

More or less to expectation today I thought, tailor-made for Froome, the lads from yesterday being dismissed from the GC reckoning but with TVG riding strongly enough to hold onto yellow. Should make it very exciting for the overall tomorrow.

mhiggy09

myshall1993 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what happened to dan martin today. He was in the froome group at the top of the second last climb but was nowhere to be seen at the bottom of the last climb.

Was wondering what happened to. I seen him in the group at the start of last climb. He must have stealthily went out the back as non of the commentators seen him go either.

Figsy32

mhiggy09 wrote: »

Was wondering what happened to. I seen him in the group at the start of last climb. He must have stealthily went out the back as non of the commentators seen him go either.

He tweeted just now saying he got a flat tyre!

mhiggy09

Figsy32 wrote: »

He tweeted just now saying he got a flat tyre!

That's terrible! I'd say if he didnt have a flat he would have finished before talansky and have moved up in gc. He was looking good alll week yesterday especially.

godtabh

https://twitter.com/danmartin86/status/609748294143766529

pelevin

From start of ITV's coverage I thought TVG came across very likeable in interview. He put in another great ride but I wonder should he have played a bit of poker with Froome and just refused to work with him, sitting on his wheel. Froome seemed unwilling to do any work at the front yday when TVG was working at the front. Was TVG being a bit too honest by comparison today?

On the coverage side of things, I think David Millar is obviously very early days in his commentary career & I think he's improving, but ITV's main guy - god I can't stand him. Just suffocates the race with his talk. It's not radio, let the viewer have some bloody space.

myshall1993

That's so unlucky. You could see the way he was finishing the stage that he was going well. And made it over the second last climb in the froome bunch. Hopefully he can move up the gc tomorrow, he deserves some good luck

dastardly00

Phil Deignan and Nico finished together in 40th and 41st place, 8'56" behind Froome. The two lads seem to disappear out the back when Kennaugh turned on the afterburners on the penultimate climb.

retalivity

Poels, Kennaugh, and even Boswell seem to be making better cases to be in the TDF team than Deignan and Roche...

godtabh

dastardly00 wrote: »

Phil Deignan and Nico finished together in 40th and 41st place, 8'56" behind Froome. The two lads seem to disappear out the back when Kennaugh turned on the afterburners on the penultimate climb.

Are they saving themselves for tomorrow?

MPFG

retalivity wrote: »

Poels, Kennaugh, and even Boswell seem to be making better cases to be in the TDF team than Deignan and Roche...

Boswell won't go to the Tour imo ...not enough experience in a GT tour and still very young

Poels dropped on TTT but is defo going to Tour imo...very good performance today & Thursday


Nico would prob have pulled earlier if not further down the line today ..though yesterday was bad & TTT not great

Deignan very good in bad weather and on steady high climbs but fast pace maybe an issue

Kennaugh great today but dropped on Thursday & yesterday

Mixed bag...not good from Nico for sure but imagine consistency over 3 weeks is key to Tour selection and being top in 3rd week (so form might still need work) and also won't be last in line when Porte back in....

Possibly lined rotated with Poels & Henao depending on terraine,fatigue & legs

But SKY have so many good riders in the wings like Nieve & Kirienkya , Thomas & Konig ...I expect last camp at altitude will decide & nothing is certain

godtabh

Two great pictures

godtabh

Dan the man

Pudsy33

retalivity wrote: »

Poels, Kennaugh, and even Boswell seem to be making better cases to be in the TDF team than Deignan and Roche...

Roche is the road captain and Deignan has been perfectly fine in this. The only person left with Froome yesterday and excellent in the TTT despite not being a renowned trialist. They'll be grand.

godtabh

Pudsy33 wrote: »

Roche is the road captain and Deignan has been perfectly fine in this. The only person left with Froome yesterday and excellent in the TTT despite not being a renowned trialist. They'll be grand.

We didn't see it on TV but from reports Roche was doing a lot of early work in the stage and the dropped back