2008 Tour De France Stage 15 - Sunday, July 20: Embrun - Prato Nevoso, 183km

whiteboytrash

Van Velder crashed... something was on the road.

TheDarkLord

Several riders including Cunego and Vande Velde crashed in a traffic circle. Wow, I think at least 20 riders have gone down.

Powerful Pete

Crash. On both sides of a roundabout. Includes Cunego, Ballan, Nibali and Vandevelde. But the group has slowed and is waiting for them.

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Powerful Pete

Doubtful. At the present pace (before the slowdown following the crash) they would end the stage about 4 minutes down from the break.

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Powerful Pete

39 km to go and the break still has 14'22". I think the peloton is racing for fifth place.

By the way, the peloton is riding through Cuneo - a beautiful town worth visiting if any of you ever get a chance - great town and awesome riding in the area too...

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Crankyfeet

They will catch the guys in the break in the team bus after the race. Despite Phil Ligget's inability to comprehend simple math(s).

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TheDarkLord

Agreed. No way they can catch the break now. They could have caught the break if they didn't slow down significantly after Pereiro's crash. Speaking of the crash, Pereiro apparently collided with Hunter which is what precipitated his crash.

missile

I'm not familiar with the skills of the riders in the breakaway. Heard of a couple of them, but don't know much about them. Which one does anyone think will win?

whiteboytrash

watch out for all the action on the the colle del morte before the Prato Nevoso..... It's Cat 3 but very step & they all calling it the mountain of death.....

Crankyfeet

Go Gerrans....

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b1_

Guerrans the Aussie will win

3 of them can climb, one of them being Guerrans.

TheDarkLord

As expected, CSC is putting the hurt in the 3rd category Colle del Morte.

missile

This is from the TdF official website live ticker:



16:42 - Evans Wears Tibet T-Shirt

Cadel Evans has just been seen near the head of the peloton getting some food from a team-mate. With his yellow jersey unzipped, you can see his specially made undershirt which has a motif with the flag of Tibet and a message stating: "Free Tibet".
He wore the same thing earlier this year in Liege-Bastogne-Liege and wondered if it would get cool enough for him to don it while wearing the ’maillot jaune’

If he tries to take it to the olympics, don't you think the Chinese will confiscate it?

Crankyfeet

He'll be lucky to make it through immigration.

Stage 15 - I think Gerrans has got a bit of sprint in him. I know nothing about the other guys... despite my encyclopedic cycling knowledge.

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