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Le Tour de France 2014 - Stage 12 - Bourg-en-Bresse - Saint-Etienne
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 17-07-2014 09:46
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Today we got to Saint-Etienne, an often visited city for TdF. For 21st time a stage is going to finish here, latest 2008 winner was the German Markus Burghardt riding back then for Team Colombia beating Barredo in a 1vs1 situation after a breakaway.
Can John Degenkolb extend the german spree during this Tour de France and make it 2 in a row for Germans in Saint-Etienne? Kristoff and Coquard tend to disagree but they'll have to beat the headbanging German in the mass sprint.
Also a funny tweet from the Awesome Sep:
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Edited by Kirchen_75 on 17-07-2014 09:50
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| pesci |
Posted on 17-07-2014 09:53
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What a pity for Talansky, yesterday was amazing how he fought alone... |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 17-07-2014 10:07
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Nice that you avoided Sagan as challenger for Degenkolb. 
Kristoff, Degenkolb, Sagan, Coquard, Trentin and Bennati is my projected top5.
Also Garmin is stupid, it was only a torture for Talansky yesterday, so silly...
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| dark_x2012 |
Posted on 17-07-2014 10:29
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Why do you think Greipel will be dropped? The climbs aren't steep at all and I think he'll be able to hang with the peloton. |
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| Wilier |
Posted on 17-07-2014 10:41
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Rui Costa seems to be suffering from Bronchitis, which is the reason he couldn't keep up yesterday. |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 17-07-2014 10:43
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I think Kittel could defer to Degenkolb to have another easier day (possibly/maybe) and given how strong the former finished yesterday but I think Greipel could well be there at the end so I'll go for him.
Alternatively, to truly hedge my bets, I'll go for a German to win
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| niconico |
Posted on 17-07-2014 11:06
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Starting to fancy a bunch sprint here. As said the climbs aren't steep and guys like Kristoff, Greipel and Coquard could be in there in the finale. Depends on the group that gets away.
Could be a sign that the break won't be allowed off today.
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 17-07-2014 12:20
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Km 12: 20 seconds
At km 12, Sebastian Langeveld (Garmin-Sharp), Gregory Rast (Trek), Simon Clarke (Orica), David De La Cruz (NetApp) and Florian Vachon (Bretagne-Séché) have 20 seconds lead. |
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 17-07-2014 12:24
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45 seconds now, they are gone. |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 17-07-2014 12:33
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Kristoff, Degenkolb, Sagan, Coquard, Trentin and Bennati is my projected top5.
Sounds like a top 6 to me
If Degenkolb is as good as he was yesterday, then I think he'll win, but I wouldn't discount Greipel, although he didn't stay in the group yesterday (presumably he realised the stage was too hard for him) he seems to be better at getting over the hills recently.
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| Malkael |
Posted on 17-07-2014 13:38
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Degenkolb and Giant Shimano must be feeling up for this given how many men they have dedicated to the front of the peloton to control the breakaway. 117km remaining and the gap is currently 3'33".
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| xxeerroo |
Posted on 17-07-2014 13:58
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cant wait to get it back to the mountains. sprints just don't do it for me. hope the breakaway survives.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 17-07-2014 14:14
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Crash De La Cruz and Langeveld
De La Cruz with either a dislocated shoulder or broken collerbone it seems
his tour is likely over.
edit: Abandon De La Cruz
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 17-07-2014 14:27
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Poor De La Cruz, looks painful as fuck . |
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| Malkael |
Posted on 17-07-2014 14:31
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That was possibly one of the worst times to have had a puncture, if the reports that De La Cruz' tire punctured during the corner are true. Langeveld probably considering himself lucky to also not have been significantly injured given his backwheel was suddenly taken out from nowhere.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 17-07-2014 14:36
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Malkael wrote:
That was possibly one of the worst times to have had a puncture, if the reports that De La Cruz' tire punctured during the corner are true. Langeveld probably considering himself lucky to also not have been significantly injured given his backwheel was suddenly taken out from nowhere.
Langeveld showed some bike handling there, keeping his balance while going down, losing momentum at the same time to prevent injuries. so not 100% luck 
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| Malkael |
Posted on 17-07-2014 14:55
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Breakaway obviously going to be on a tight leash today. Europcar to the fore helping Giant Shimano keep the breakaway in check for Bryan Coquard. 70km remaining and the gap is only about 2'20".
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 17-07-2014 15:03
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Hopefully they get them reeled in before the last climb and we see people attack. |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 17-07-2014 15:14
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nacho63 wrote:
Hopefully they get them reeled in before the last climb and we see people attack.
Cannondale, Omega and similar teams with punchy sprinters would surely like higher tempo up the last climb. I hope 
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| SotD |
Posted on 17-07-2014 15:15
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
Nice that you avoided Sagan as challenger for Degenkolb.
Kristoff, Degenkolb, Sagan, Coquard, Trentin and Bennati is my projected top5.
Also Garmin is stupid, it was only a torture for Talansky yesterday, so silly...
It's always nice to project 6 guys for 5 spots
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