2008 Tour de France Stage 17 - Wednesday, July 23: Embrun - L'Alpe-d'Huez, 210.5 km

[missile]

He was around 1:40 from Schumi in the Cholet TT - so well over a minute over Evans.

Edit: Menchov back in the yellow jersey group! If Schleck attacks, he is an idiot.

Sastre was 1:16 behind Evans in the Cholet TT and the one coming up is quite a bit longer. As such, he'd need at least 2 minutes over Evans in the overall, not just this stage.

 

[jcafcw]

Sastre's overall lead is 1 min. Was this CSC's tactic?

 

[TheDarkLord]

It is a bit boring to see the chase group ride together. Why are there no attacks? Is everyone too tired?

 

[ad9898]

I so hope Evans does not win this tour, he is a joke, Sastre is riding away and he can't even take one turn at the front.

 

[TheDarkLord]

Sastre was 1:16 behind Evans in the Cholet TT and the one coming up is quite a bit longer. As such, he'd need at least 2 minutes over Evans in the overall, not just this stage.

He has a 2 minute lead over the chase group now, and there are still 4.2 km to go. But why oh why is the chase group riding together???

 

[thebluetrain]

he is a joke, Sastre is riding away and he can't even take one turn at the front.

He never has.

 

[missile]

It is a bit boring to see the chase group ride together. Why are there no attacks? Is everyone too tired?

I'd say that most of them evidently are.

 

[Bro Deal]

I so hope Evans does not win this tour, he is a joke, Sastre is riding away and he can't even take one turn at the front.

+1 on that.

 

[missile]

I so hope Evans does not win this tour, he is a joke, Sastre is riding away and he can't even take one turn at the front.

He gets on front for about 2 seconds at a time.

 

[missile]

Ha, see now they're FORCING him to go!

 

[jcafcw]

Evans has to work now

 

[TheDarkLord]

I so hope Evans does not win this tour, he is a joke, Sastre is riding away and he can't even take one turn at the front.

He is pulling now, but the gap is still slowly increasing. It is around 2:15 now with 2.8 km to go.

 

[TheDarkLord]

Evans doing all the work now. The gap to Sastre is almost 2:30.

 

[TheDarkLord]

S. Sanchez escapes. A. Schleck follows. The others are too tired to follow.

 

[thebluetrain]

They make him work then attack him. Haha.

 

[TheDarkLord]

So Sastre has finished. Now we just have to wait to see how much time he puts over Evans and others.

 

[TheDarkLord]

The group sprints and manages to make up almost 15 seconds! So, Sastre will have around 1:30 over Evans...

 

[b1_]

Sastre ya bum!

Nice climb.

 

[Bro Deal]

Sastre looks like he wll be up 1:25 or 1:26 on Evans. That is not enough.

 

[missile]

Sastre looks like he wll be up 1:25 or 1:26 on Evans. That is not enough.

I don't know that that will be enough to cover the TT.