Good on you, Mr. Evans! Bonne chance to make it to Paris.
Popo went down hard, too. I'm watching at 103km to go right now.. first climb.
14:50 - Damiani - Cadel’s Tour is Not over...
“What happened yesterday is cycling… these things happen. I’m not happy because I’d be pleased to see Cadel in yellow in Paris. He is a fighter though and there are more mountains to come. I know him very well and I’m sure the Tour is not over for him yet.”
14:50 - Damiani On Cadel Evans...
“I am not happy about what I saw from Cadel,” said Damiani, Evans’ former directeur sportif (from Mapei in 2002 and Silence-Lotto in 2008/2009). “It’s a great shame for him. I’m really disappointed that this happened because I would be very happy to see Cadel win the Tour. “If you want my opinion, I have to say that I don’t think he did good work with his team. He worked a lot. Why? There was a lot energy spent yesterday.”
Break is almost 10’ ahead of peleton as they completed the Cat 3 climb on Côte des Terrasses
~74 km to go including Col du Noyer - 7.4 km climb to 5.3 %
14:23 - No Former Stage Winners In Escape
Of the six men ahead of the peloton - Aerts, Paulinho, Kiryienka, Devenyns, Bouet or Rolland - none have previously won a stage of the Tour. The best in the general classification is Mario Aerts (OLO) who is 44th after nine stages, 32’55” behind Schleck.
Good on you, Mr. Evans! Bonne chance to make it to Paris.
Popo went down hard, too. I'm watching at 103km to go right now.. first climb.