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Stage 10
We will go from Aurillac to Carmaux.The route is lumpy.riders should be careful to not lose time.
Favourites:Gilbert,Vinokourov,Freire
Outsiders:Breakaway,Evans,Sanchez(PLAYER),Cunego
6 man breakaway happens with Fernandez(PLAYER) being on it.
A.Kolobnev(CAT)
A.Charteau(EUC)
E.Gaspartto(AST)
K.Fernandez(EUS)
J.Simon(SAU)
J.Pineau(QST)
In the last hill Kolobnev attacks and wins the stage.
But there were some actions in the peloton.
S.Sanchez attacked and then Evans countered him as well as a lot others and 18 man rode away from others.
And Evans attacked again and got a clear gap
And Vinokourov and Gilbert attacked and got a gap.
But thanks to the bad sprint from Evans,Vinokourov and Gilbert and brilliant sprint from Chavanel and co.;18(including S.Sanchez(PLAYER)) man finished 1'56'' behind of Kolobnev.And then the big group of
Lövkvist,T.Martin,Horner,Tondo,Klöden,Luis Leon Sanchez,P.Velits,Hesjedal,Leipheimer,Cunego,Coppel,Arroyo,NibaliRoche,Karpets,Wiggins,Gesink,Le Mevel,Anton(PLAYER),Kreuziger,Van Den Broeck,Gadret,Nieve(PLAYER) arrived 2'33''behind of Kolobnev and 37 seconds behind the first GC group.Brajkovic and Rogers arrived 3'22'' behind Kolobnev and Taaramae arrived 3'39'' behind Kolobnev
Stage Results
1A.Kolobnev
2E.Gasparotto +25''
3A.Charteau ST
4J.Pineau ST
5J.Simon +46''
6K.Fernandez(PLAYER) ST
1st GC Group+1'56''
Lövkvist,T.Martin,Horner,Tondo,Klöden,Luis Leon Sanchez,P.Velits,Hesjedal,Leipheimer,Cunego,Coppel,Arroyo,NibaliRoche,Karpets,Wiggins,Gesink,Le Mevel,Anton(PLAYER),Kreuziger,Van Den Broeck,Gadret,Nieve(PLAYER)+2'33
Brajkovic and Rogers+3'22''
Taaramae+3'39''
GC
A.Schleck still in the lead but big changes below.I will write the GC before the stage 12.
KOTM
No big changes
Sprint
No big changes Freire still in lead.
Young.
Sagan increases his lead.No big changes below
Team
We climb some places.
The user formerly known as 'The Schleck Fan' Gracias Alberto.
Stage 11
Today we will go from Blaye les Mines to Lavaur.The stage is flat.But before a very hard last part of the Tour riders can make it an ''unofficial rest day''
Favourites:Cavendish,Pozzato,Petacchi
Outsiders:Bennati,Freire,Breakaway,Hushovd
A breakaway of 5 formed including Fernandez(PLAYER) on it
R.Pauriol(FDJ)
E.Gasparotto(AST)
K.Fernandez(EUS)
B.Leukemans(VAC)
A.Charteau(EUC)
The peloton made it an unofficial rest day and Leukemans won it witha long solo attack.Fernandez finished 5th.And Gasparotto took the yellow
GC
Gasparotto gets the lead no changes except of that
KOTM
No big changes
Sprint
Ale-Jet closes on Freire but Freire still in the lead by 2 pts.
Young
No changes
Team
We are 2nd now only 19 seconds behind ASTANA.
Word from DS:
Today:Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Tomorrow:The first real mountain stage.A mythical stage with 1st category La Hourquette d'Ancizan and Hors Categorie Col du Tourmalet and finish on another Hors Categorie climb Luz Ardiden.Expect lots of fireworks.
Edited by Forever the Best on 13-08-2014 13:03
The user formerly known as 'The Schleck Fan' Gracias Alberto.
Today's stage is 211 kms long and we will go from Cugnaux to Luz Ardiden.
After a long flat part we will climb1st category La Hourquette d'Ancizan firstly.After the descend we will clim HC categorie Col Du Tourmale(Souvenir Jacques Goddet).And finally we will climb the HC categorie Luz Ardiden.
Km 141.5, Hourquette d'Ancizan (1538 m), 9.9 km @ 7.5% - Category 1
Km 175.5, Col du Tourmalet (2115 m), 17.1 km @ 7.3% - Category HC
Km 211.0, Luz-Ardiden (1715 m), 11.3 km @ 7.4% - Category HC
FAVOURÄ°TES:Contador,A.Schleck,Evans
OUTSÄ°DERS:Basso,Breakaway,S.Sanchez(PLAYER),Rodriguez,Nibali,Gesink
A breakaway of 4 has been formed.
Marzio Bruseghin(MOV)
Mikel Nieve(PLAYER)(EUS)
Pierre Rolland(EUC)
Jerome Pineau(QST)
At La Hourquette d'Ancizan lots of riders lost contact with the peloton including maillot jaune Enrico Gasparotto(ASTANA)
And Pineau lost the contac with the BOTD(Ancizan or Tourmalet can't remember)
Bruseghin and Nieve dropped Rolland at the slopes of Tourmalet.
Bruseghn had a small gap over Nieve and got the Souvenir Jacques Goddet Prize with cresting the Tourmalet in the lead.
Nieve bridged to Bruseghin in the descent as they started the Luz Ardiden climb together.
And Bruseghin dropped Nieve at the slopes of Luz Ardiden.
In the peloton Joaquim Rodriguez(KATUSHA)attacked early at Luz Ardiden along with Cadel Evans.They caught them.Then Rodriguez attacked again and got a gap.
And Evans,Contador and A.Schleck attacked as they bridged to Rodriguez.Then Basso and S.Sanchez(PLAYER) attacked and bridged to these 4.
And then Contador,Evans and A.Schleck attacked again and this time Basso,S.Sanchez(PLAYER) and Rodriguez couldn't follow.
And Scarponi,Gesink and Nibali bridged onto us but then we dropped them thanks to Basso's steady tempo.
Then Contador upped the pace and Evans left a small gap between Contador-Schleck and himself.Now he has to limit his losses.
And firstly Contador-Schleck then Evans caught and passed Nieve while Basso's tempo was too much for S.Sanchez and Rodriguez.
Marzio Bruseghin won the stage 1 minute 10 seconds ahead of Conta and A.Schleck while Evans arrived at 1'16''.Then Nieve just hang on for 5th ahead of Basso 1'40'' behind.Then Rodriguez and Sanchez arrived 1'49'' behind.Vino and Cunego finished 2'12'' behind and Scarponi-Gesink-Anton-Nibali-Van Den Broeck finished 2'17'' behind.
Stage Results
1Marzio Bruseghin 5h50'30''(MOVISTAR)
2Alberto Contador +1'10''(SAXO-BANK SUNGARD)
3Andy Schleck +1'10''(LEOPARD-TREK)
4Cadel Evans +1'16''(BMC)
5Mikel Nieve(PLAYER) +1'40''(EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI)
6Ivan Basso +1'40'' (LIQUIGAS)
7Joaquim Rodriguez +1'49''(KATUSHA)
8Samuel Sanchez(PLAYER) +1'49''(EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI)
9Alexandre Vinokourov +2'12''(ASTANA)
10Damiano Cunego +2'12''(LAMPRE)
..
Scarponi-Gesink-Anton-Nibali-Van Den Broeck+2'17''
Leipheimer-Gadret +2'29''
F.Schleck-Kreuziger +2'37''
Le Mevel-T.Martin-L.L.Sanchez-Hesjedal +2'45''
Wiggins-Klöden-Arroyo-Velits-Coppel +2'49''
Karpets-Taaramae +2'54''
Brajkovic +3'37''
Horner +3'44''
GC.Andy Schleck is back onto the lead.
1A.Schleck
2C.Evans +1'05''
3A.Contador+1'19''
4I.Basso+1'49''
5M.Scarponi+1'54''
6S.Sanchez(PLAYER)+2'20''
7D.Cunego+2'29''
8F.Schleck+2'57''
9J.Gadret+3'04''
10L.Leipheimer+3'06''
11T.Martin+3'07''
12V.Nibali+3'23''
13I.Anton(PLAYER)+3'28''
14P.Velits+3'31''
15J.V.D.Broeck +3'33''
16R.Gesink+3'47''
17J.Coppel+3'51''
18L.L.Sanchez+3'55''
19J.Rodriguez+4'06''
20B.Wiggins +4'11''
Polka-Dot.We lost the lead to Bruseghin
1Bruseghin 68
2Nieve 46
3Contador 32
Points
Freire extends his lead
Young
Gesink is the new leader
Team
We are the new leaders!!
Edited by Forever the Best on 15-08-2014 15:24
The user formerly known as 'The Schleck Fan' Gracias Alberto.
Stage 13.The stage from Pau to Lourdes is a mountain stage.Because the Col'd Aubisque will be passed 41 kms from the line.And being the finish is uphill we can expect a climbers punchy uphill sprint today.
Km 43.5, Côte de Cuqueron, 1.5 km @ 8.1% - Category 3
Km 65.0, Côte de Belair, 1.0 km @ 8.4 % - Category 4
Km 110.0, Col d'Aubisque (1,709 m), 16.4 km @ 7.1% - Category HC
Favourites:S.Sanchez(PLAYER),Vinokourov,Evans
Outsiders:Contador,Rodriguez,Cunego,Schlecks,Breakaway
The BOTD
P.Tiralongo(AST)
A.Kolobnev(KAT)
M.Nieve(EUS)
As we start the climb Hesjedal,L.L.Sanchez,Velits,Anton and Klöden make their move while Nieve drops his companions behind as he crests the top.Then Anton arrives.Then peloton arrives with Rodriguez and Van den Broeck with small gap ahead of the 15 rider main chase(the biggest favourites including S.Sanchez).
And thanks to high tempo peloton is left behind.In the peloton there are
vinokourov(one of the stage favourites)
L.L.Sanchez(18th in GC)
L.Leipheimer(10th in GC)
J.Coppel(17th in GC)
B.Wiggins(20th in GC)
T.Martin(11th in GC)
as well as Kreuziger,Le Mevel etc. are in peloton
And BOTD and Anton as well as Rodriguez and Van Den Broeck gets caught in the descend.
And Nieve gets dropped from the peloton.
On the uphill sprint Evans launches off with Contador;and S.Sanchez(PLAYER) follows them and overtakes them and sprints onto the victory!!!!!!!!!!
Gora Samuel,Gora Euskadi!!!!!!!Anton also arrives in same time
Cunego arrives 18'' behind while Leipheimer and T.Martin lose 58''
Stage Results
1S.Sanchez(PLAYER) 3H57'08''
..
15I.Anton(PLAYER) st.
..
Cunego +18''
Le Mevel +33''
Kreuziger +48''
Klöden,L.L.Sanchez +53''
Rest +58''
GC
1A.Schleck
2C.Evans +1'05''
3A.Contador+1'19''
4I.Basso+1'49''
5M.Scarponi+1'54''
6S.Sanchez(PLAYER)+2'20''
7D.Cunego+2'47''
8F.Schleck+2'57''
9J.Gadret+3'04''
10V.Nibali+3'23''
KOTM.Nieve closed the gap
1Bruseghin 68
2Nieve 66
Points
Freire extends his lead
Young
Gesink extends his lead
Team
We are still on lead.
DS:A brilliant stage.S.Sanchez finally got the stage victory today.We are so happy.
Edited by Forever the Best on 15-08-2014 15:37
The user formerly known as 'The Schleck Fan' Gracias Alberto.
