Yeah, you can't not be happy for Tony Martin after that.
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Really interesting day - Nibali and Froome look to be in the best shape of the big four, Contador really fell away yesterday (I watched the stage again this morning, and he lost nearly twenty seconds after going WITH Froome with 500m or so to go).
I would say that Froome's Sky team have gone with a line-up to help them through this part of the race - its where they lost it last year - so the likes of Stannard and G (who probably could have won today if he wasn't working for Froome). That said, Contador's Tinkoff team looked similarly stacked, and he's nowhere. Quintana did really well to stay with it today.
Coq Watch Gives me chance to talk about an interesting couple of days for the sprints. Today's intermediate saw Cavendish (11 pts) pip Bryan Coquard (10), with Greipel (9) and Sagan (8) behind. Sagan (22) got third on the stage, pulling him closer to Greipel, who was dropped, and further ahead of Cavendish (5) and Coquard (7).
Meanwhile yesterday's intermediate was claimed by Greipel (20) ahead of Degenkolb (17), Coquard (13), Cavendish (11) and Sagan (9); the intermediates, as last year are pretty important.
Also discovered this cycling/art website today which captures the mood of the stages really well.
Really interesting day - Nibali and Froome look to be in the best shape of the big four, Contador really fell away yesterday (I watched the stage again this morning, and he lost nearly twenty seconds after going WITH Froome with 500m or so to go).
I would say that Froome's Sky team have gone with a line-up to help them through this part of the race - its where they lost it last year - so the likes of Stannard and G (who probably could have won today if he wasn't working for Froome). That said, Contador's Tinkoff team looked similarly stacked, and he's nowhere. Quintana did really well to stay with it today.
Coq Watch Gives me chance to talk about an interesting couple of days for the sprints. Today's intermediate saw Cavendish (11 pts) pip Bryan Coquard (10), with Greipel (9) and Sagan (8) behind. Sagan (22) got third on the stage, pulling him closer to Greipel, who was dropped, and further ahead of Cavendish (5) and Coquard (7).
Meanwhile yesterday's intermediate was claimed by Greipel (20) ahead of Degenkolb (17), Coquard (13), Cavendish (11) and Sagan (9); the intermediates, as last year are pretty important.
Also discovered this cycling/art website today which captures the mood of the stages really well.