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Post by therock67 on Jul 18, 2006 11:29:41 GMT
De La Fuente has been terrible since he got the Mountain jersey in the Pyrenees (admittedly it was a savage days riding by him then). The days rest must have done him good! Cant see the T-mobile team n(and phonak for that matter) letting them get away, they will have to drive the peleton on the catch the group up I'd say he (de la Fuente)'s not interested in anything time wise so he'll horse it up the first climb and get whatever mountian points he can, try and stay on for the second, 2nd category climb, and then just burn out on the last one. He's not interested in finishing well, just picking up points so I'd say he'll be erratic in the Alps. |
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Post by therock67 on Jul 18, 2006 11:40:59 GMT
Halgand, Pena, Casper, Boonen, De Jongh... are some of the first riders to be dropped by the peloton on the Col d’Izoard.
Of the lead group Schleck of CSC is best-placed overall, 10 minutes behind yellow.
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Post by therock67 on Jul 18, 2006 11:57:29 GMT
Lead group down to about 20 now. Dropped from it are: Albasini, Eisel, Zabriskie (CSC) and Flecha (RAB).
Garzelli has attacked from the front of that group and has opened a small gap.
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Post by therock67 on Jul 18, 2006 12:03:17 GMT
Garzelli leads the 15th stage with 5km to climb to the top of the Col d’Izoard, then comes:
De la Fuente’s group (Hincapie, Schleck, Mazzoleni et al) - at 30"
1’15" - Flecha and Wegmann
1’30" - Knees and Garcia Acosta
1’45" - Pineau and Vaugrenard
2’00" - Albasini
2’55" - Rujano
3’05" - Eisel
4’00" - Bruseghin, Lopez Garcia, Mercado, Calzati Marchante
5’00" - yellow jersey’s peloton...
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Post by whyohwhy on Jul 18, 2006 12:12:36 GMT
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Post by therock67 on Jul 18, 2006 13:05:36 GMT
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Post by whyohwhy on Jul 18, 2006 13:26:16 GMT
38 points for De La Fuente so far today, some turnaround, wonder will he crack on the L'Alpe like you said.
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Post by therock67 on Jul 18, 2006 13:37:03 GMT
He may not but I can't see him winning the stage. I reckon he might try and save his energy to attack on the first climb tomorrow so he has the KOTM in the bag unless he has done enough already.
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Post by whyohwhy on Jul 18, 2006 13:42:18 GMT
Schleck is the best placed of the leading group, 10 mins beind Pereiro, making him about 5 to 6 mins behind Landis. Cant believe Phonak and T-Mobile ain't doing anything yet. Gap to peleton remaining steady all the time at about 4 mins
If Fleck has a good last climb, he could put himself right in the mixer for the last few days in the Alps
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Post by thepiedpiper on Jul 18, 2006 14:01:35 GMT
gap is just over three minutes now. schleck is favourite to win stage at 3/1
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Post by therock67 on Jul 18, 2006 14:18:40 GMT
Kessler, Kloden, Landis and Evans are leading the pursuit of the stage leaders. Menchov and yellow have been dropped in the chase.
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Post by whyohwhy on Jul 18, 2006 14:19:33 GMT
all kicking off now, Landis broke from peloton, Kloden and Evans chasing him
Tour de France FOOKING LOVE IT
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Post by whyohwhy on Jul 18, 2006 14:48:15 GMT
Schleck wins, Landis back in yellow
Cant wait to watch it tonight. It 'read' like it was a great stage
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Post by therock67 on Jul 18, 2006 14:52:08 GMT
It looked smashing alright. Landis back in yellow but that looks like it was a very brave fight by Pereiro because I doubt he had much support. Kloden seems to have really attacked Landis as well.
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Post by therock67 on Jul 19, 2006 10:07:30 GMT
Today's stage:  Rasmussen has already attacked (after 9km) |
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Post by whyohwhy on Jul 19, 2006 11:06:02 GMT
Rough day following yesterdays horrendous stage.
Landis said in the media, he didnt attack as much as he wanted yesterday to save his teams energy (presumably for today and tomorrow). Kloden did most of the work and was unhappy that Landis didnt help him out and get rid of some of the other top ten racers such as Sastre.
Think it was the beeb, i read that in or the IT.
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Post by therock67 on Jul 19, 2006 11:22:05 GMT
De la Fuente has just been dropped by the peleton near the top of the first climb - he obviously burned himself out yesterday.
Rasmussen, Valjavec and Casar are now 1.5km from the top of the first climb. They are 2’40" ahead of Popovych’s group of 14 with the peleton another 2 minutes further back.
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Post by whyohwhy on Jul 19, 2006 15:03:43 GMT
Landis cracked
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Post by therock67 on Jul 19, 2006 15:05:22 GMT
Just beat me to it wow. Looks like a cracking end in prospect. Definitely one to watch highlights of later. Love seeing a leader crack.
17:03 - Valjavec Caught & Dropped By Kloden’s Group...
There are now just two riders ahead of Sastre: Rasmussen and Leipheimer.
Sastre is 1’40" ahead of Landis.
17:02 - Rasmussen Leads By 3’40"
Rasmussen is 3’40" ahead of Leipheimer.
Sastre is 25" ahead of Kloden’s group...
17:01 - Sastre Leads Landis By 55"...!
Sastre is 55" ahead of Landis who is completely unable to respond to the attacks on the final climb. The yellow jersey is destined to change at the end of stage 16...!
17:00 - Sastre Still Solo...
Rasmussen is 10km from the finish. Sastre is still leading the chase of the favorites. Menchov is now trying to bridge the gap to Sastre who is 20" ahead of Kloden group.
16:59 - Landis Stranded...
Landis has no puff left. He cannot respond to the surge that was started by Sastre. He has already lost 15"...
16:58 - Sastre Attacks!
Sastre has attacked the yellow jersey’s group. Landis has cracked and cannot match the pace of the chase.
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Post by therock67 on Jul 19, 2006 15:06:38 GMT
This is the leaderboard going into today's stage by the way
1 071 LANDIS Floyd PHO USA
2 097 PEREIRO SIO Oscar CEI ESP 00' 10"
3 035 DESSEL Cyril A2R FRA 02' 02"
4 051 MENCHOV Denis RAB RUS 02' 12"
5 014 SASTRE Carlos CSC ESP 02' 17"
6 021 KLÖDEN Andréas TMO GER 02' 29"
7 061 EVANS Cadel DVL AUS 02' 56"
8 026 ROGERS Michael TMO AUS 05' 01"
9 041 LEIPHEIMER Levi GST USA 06' 18"
10 129 ZUBELDIA Haimar EUS ESP 06' 20"
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Post by whyohwhy on Jul 19, 2006 15:08:37 GMT
Fook he lost 2:30 in the space of a few kilometres.
Like Chippolini a few years ago, when he blew up against Rijs i think
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Post by therock67 on Jul 19, 2006 15:11:31 GMT
Rang thepiedpiper there who said landis is going backwards.
Pereiro and Dessel are hanging on in Kloden's group so Sastre won't have it all his own way.
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Post by whyohwhy on Jul 19, 2006 15:13:42 GMT
Kolden needs to attack and catch Sastre.
If it keeps up like this the final time trial on saturday (?) will be fireworks, nevermind tomorrow.
Cracking tour this year
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Post by therock67 on Jul 19, 2006 15:16:34 GMT
This is superb. Menchov has just attacked Kloden. Pereiro seems to be gone but Dessel is hanging in there.
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Post by whyohwhy on Jul 19, 2006 15:17:38 GMT
group of 3 chasing sastre: evans kloden and pereiro.
So much for writing off pereiro!
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