Wednesday, July 15, 2015

LIVE Platoon in descent Tourmalet – Telegraaf.nl

The peloton from stratblokken is shot in the eleventh stage of the Tour de France. Countless riders tried to get away

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 d`Aspin Col and Col du Tourmalet, the legendary names in Tour history. Col ​​d’Aspin and Col du Tourmalet , the legendary names in Tour history. Photo: letour.fr
 The profile of the eleventh stage of the Tour de France. The profile of the eleventh stage of the Tour de France Photo:. ANP

The start of the second mountain stage of the round is extremely difficult, which provides opportunities for attackers. Riders who have saved a day earlier in the first seriously inclined strips could qualify for this.

Lieuwe Westra was one of them. The servant of Astana team leader Vincenzo Nibali just trying to get as many other riders away. The peloton did not commit, so the pace was very high.

In the first two hours broke the peloton several times and ran away several groups. Each time everything came together again. Peter Sagan was able to do in the meantime in the green jersey recapture André Greipel.

In the end, there was a seven which have received the blessing of the pack. Dan Martin then decided on his own to close the gap to drive, leaving eight men came down. That leading group then attacked on the climb of the Tourmalet apart, while Astana team of Vincenzo Nibali and Froome Sky men staged the pace in pursuit.

View the results of the stage and the position in the overall standings

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