what a stage

Andre said:

Weird looking setup of a stage for tomorrow. Mountains but not that
big, and then some hills mixed in with flat roads. Any predictions? It
could be interesting.

It's got a 5Km climb 15km before the end. I wish Vino was riding.

"Andre" <[email hidden]> a écrit dans le message de news:
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| Weird looking setup of a stage for tomorrow. Mountains but not that
| big, and then some hills mixed in with flat roads. Any predictions? It
| could be interesting.
|
|
| Andre
|

It could be very interesting. Very tactical with the cat 2 col de Perty 80km
before the end, and no other climbs for the next 60km. Seeing how Phonak
didn't keep up in the Pyrenees, I wouldn't be surprised to see T-Mobile or
Rabobank attack the Col de Perty for all they're worth, hoping to isolate as
many rivals as possible (especially Landis, Evans and Sastre who are the
most vulnerable to such an attack.) If they can get say Rogers and Kloden
over with only Floyd, then they could pick him apart.

So I'd expect the major GC teams to try to send a rouleur or two up the road
to wait on the other side of the col to help their GC guy when he gets over.

trg said:

It could be very interesting. Very tactical with the cat 2 col de Perty 80km
before the end, and no other climbs for the next 60km.

According to:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//tour06/?id=stages/tour0614
there is the Cat 2 Col de la Sentinelle 15km before the end.

"Donald Munro" <[email hidden]> a écrit dans le message de news:
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| trg wrote:
| > It could be very interesting. Very tactical with the cat 2 col de Perty
80km
| > before the end, and no other climbs for the next 60km.
|
| According to:
| http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//tour06/?id=stages/tour0614
| there is the Cat 2 Col de la Sentinelle 15km before the end.

Yes. That leaves around 60 km between Perty and Sentinelle, as I indicated.

Donald Munro said:

| According to:
| http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2006//tour06/?id=stages/tour0614
| there is the Cat 2 Col de la Sentinelle 15km before the end.

trg said:

Yes. That leaves around 60 km between Perty and Sentinelle, as I indicated.

Sorry I thought you meant that was the last climb.

A climb with only 5Km afterwards to the finish could be interesting. If
vino was riding this is where i would expect an attack from him.
Leipheimer could conceivably try something there to get back some time on
gc.