Professional Cycling For the Fans - 2012 Tour de France - Stage 15 - Samatan → Pau - Monday July 16

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dstrong
07-06-12, 03:39 PM
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ooga-booga
07-09-12, 02:22 PM
sagan...
chasm54
07-15-12, 09:30 AM
Cavendish, Greipel, Sagan... Your guess is as good as mine.

rex615
07-15-12, 01:52 PM
Cavendish, Greipel, Sagan... Your guess is as good as mine.

Sagan will be tired from his efforts today, maybe Sky will let Cav have a go since the shouldn't be any threats to the GC on this stage.
canam73
07-15-12, 08:14 PM
Olympics aside, Cavandish must be pretty hungry right now. And considering he rode tempo today I'd say he's even earned himself a lead out man.
bikerjp
07-15-12, 08:34 PM
Sagan will be tired from his efforts today, maybe Sky will let Cav have a go since the shouldn't be any threats to the GC on this stage.

I was impressed Cav didn't get dropped on those climbs today and also lead for a bit. He might be tired too. Advantage Greipel.
ettsn
07-15-12, 08:38 PM
Yeah, I'd say Sagan will need a day after his effort today. Greipel and Cav are both pretty motivated for stages right now, and like was mentioned above, Cav's tempo today should have earned him a leadout or two.
Jquest
07-16-12, 06:10 AM
Cav will get dropped on that little cat 3 climb. That's been the M.O of the teams lately. Unless it's dead flat they crank up the cadence on the short steep climbs at the end of the race and shed Cav and the sprinters who can't hang. Greipel and Sagan at the drag strip again. I think Goss's confidence has been broken by all the near wins.
ultraman6970
07-16-12, 06:23 AM
If they climb slow as yesterday he will stay with the group or will climb decently to chase going down hill. Sagan VS Cav today.
Shifty
07-16-12, 11:40 AM
Well, this seemed like the rest day before the rest day. Farrar took advantage and was ready to sprint....safe for the boy to try one.
YMCA
07-16-12, 11:46 AM
Well, this seemed like the rest day before the rest day.


Ha. Guess you missed the first couple hours.
Andy_K
07-16-12, 01:14 PM
Ha. Guess you missed the first couple hours.

Yeah, it really looked like a bike race there for a while. That was pretty entertaining.
cthenn
07-16-12, 02:22 PM
Two rest days of riding before the rest day of not riding. I was watching the Eurosport feed on my computer...I loved how they got a lot of "this stage is boring" feedback. It was!!! Who won again? Oh yeah, that big-nosed dude. Wednesday can't come soon enough.
Laggard
07-16-12, 03:33 PM
Maybe the best TDF FDJ has ever had.