Tour de France 2016, July 18, Stage 16: Moirans-en-Montagne / Berne SPOILERS

Melodeon · 17-07-2016 07:32PM #1

Date: Monday 18th July
Type: Hilly
Distance: 209Km
Start/Finish: Moirans-en-Montagne / Berne

Stage Map:

Stage Profile:

Finale:

The General Classification after Stage 15:

Preview (© http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/):

The first part of the stage uses some winding roads, and there are a few stiffer climbs when the route switches between valleys.

At first the stage goes north, then it heads east to the finish. It will be a difficult stage for a sprinter to win. There’s a pause in the route’s undulations just before Berne, but the riders face a steep climb to the finish.

It’s possible that a sprinter could win today, but the uphill finish could mean it comes down to the puncheurs. The lull in the climbing before Berne will allow the fastmen’s teams to gain control, although the climb to the finish does them no favours, again!

Trek-Segafredo will be trying to deliver Fabian Cancellara to a stage win in his home town in his final Tour de France.

LIVE TV:
TG4 - 1.10pm
Eurosport 1 - 1.00pm
ITV4 - 2.00pm

HIGHLIGHTS:
TG4 - 8.00pm
Eurosport 2 - 6.00pm
Eurosport 1 - 8.30pm
ITV4 - 7.00pm

LE TOUR BY LEMONDE:
Eurosport 1 - 12.15am

Inquitus · 17-07-2016 07:44PM

Sagan, GVA, maybe Spartacus because it's his final TDF stage into his home town.

Bookies take on it:

Sagan - 5/1
Kristoff - 8/1
Cav - 12/1
Spartacus - 12/1
Coquard - 14/1
Kittel - 14/1
GVA - 18/1
The Gorilla - 18/1
Bling - 18/1
EBH - 25/1
Alaphilippe - 33/1
Cummings - 40/1

retalivity · 17-07-2016 08:54PM

Do the bookies give the nickname in the odds as well

A weird stage before a rest day. Sagan to ruin the fabianparty

bazermc · 17-07-2016 08:54PM

What, no rest day???

C3PO · 18-07-2016 06:35AM

bazermc wrote: »

What, no rest day???

Tomorrow, I think?

gordongekko · 18-07-2016 07:25AM

Sammy Bennett to get his top 10 finish today.

cunavalos · 18-07-2016 08:35AM

Today is Mandela day so expect a big effort from Dimension Data. Remember last year Mandela day was the day Cummings mugged Pinot and Bardet.
Another long shot is Darryl Impey who looked very strong when helping Matthews win stage 10 but may not get the opportunity as the stage finish suits Matthews

Lusk_Doyle · 18-07-2016 09:29AM

cunavalos wrote: »

Today is Mandela day so expect a big effort from Dimension Data. Remember last year Mandela day was the day Cummings mugged Pinot and Bardet.
Another long shot is Darryl Impey who looked very strong when helping Matthews win stage 10 but may not get the opportunity as the stage finish suits Matthews

If it suits MM then EBH should be in with a shout too.

cunavalos · 18-07-2016 12:03PM

Alaphillippe and Tony Martin have broken away and will attempt a 200km two man TT

gordongekko · 18-07-2016 12:19PM

cunavalos wrote: »

Alaphillippe and Tony Martin have broken away and will attempt a 200km two man TT

Brilliant

pelevin · 18-07-2016 12:43PM

Alaphillippe & Bardet are 2 young French riders easy to like in terms of racing attitude.

gordongekko · 18-07-2016 01:07PM

pelevin wrote: »

Alaphillippe & Bardet are 2 young French riders easy to like in terms of racing attitude.

Alaphillippe hasn't done much to help Dan out.

neris · 18-07-2016 01:17PM

this is boring

cunavalos · 18-07-2016 01:18PM

gordongekko wrote: »

Alaphillippe hasn't done much to help Dan out.

He was never meant to help Dan out. Lefevre selected him to do his own thing so was cleared of any domestique duty.

"We are bringing a French rider to the Tour for the first time in years, and everybody knows how talented Julian Alaphilippe is," Lefevere said. "He won the Tour of California and had a great Dauphiné, fighting hard to book a place in our team for Le Tour. Now the moment has come to give him the opportunity to discover the race and see how far he can go, without putting any pressure on him.

irishrover99 · 18-07-2016 01:22PM

peloton are not gonna let them two much of a gap

gordongekko · 18-07-2016 01:24PM

cunavalos wrote: »

He was never meant to help Dan out. Lefevre selected him to do his own thing so was cleared of any domestique duty.

Where did it say that?

cunavalos · 18-07-2016 01:26PM

gordongekko wrote: »

Where did it say that?

Sorry, it was an interview with LeFevre on cyclingnews
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/etixx-quickstep-name-team-to-support-kittel-for-tour-de-france-stage-wins/

gordongekko · 18-07-2016 01:45PM

cunavalos wrote: »

Sorry, it was an interview with LeFevre on cyclingnews
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/etixx-quickstep-name-team-to-support-kittel-for-tour-de-france-stage-wins/

Sorry I meant where in the article did it say he wouldn't ride for Dan?

cunavalos · 18-07-2016 02:16PM

gordongekko wrote: »

Sorry I meant where in the article did it say he wouldn't ride for Dan?

To be honest looking back on the interview it was probably a misinterpretation on my behalf, I suppose it would be correct to say he was not selected to work as a domestique for Dan (in the Team Sky definition).

Alaphilippe admitted himself he would do his best to help Dan in the high mountains http://cyclingtips.com/2016/07/dan-martin-feeling-great-as-tour-de-france-heads-for-familiar-roads/

The biggest problem for Dan is that Alaphilippe is getting dropped by the Sky train before he can be of any use to Dan.

Another possibility is now that any realistic chance of a top 5 on GC is gone for Dan and seeing that Kittel is misfiring, Etixx are in the need for stage wins and yesterday and today were seen as opportunities for Alaphilippe to get an all important stage win. The question is will he be able to recover sufficiently to help Dan in the high mountains later in the week.

68 lost souls · 18-07-2016 02:35PM

Missed who got the sprint? Was it contested?

gordongekko · 18-07-2016 02:36PM

68 lost souls wrote: »

Missed who got the sprint? Was it contested?

Nearly 40 km to go

Eamonnator · 18-07-2016 02:38PM

68 lost souls wrote: »

Missed who got the sprint? Was it contested?

Sagan got 3rd place, not contested, Cav rolled in after him.

Gallant_JJ · 18-07-2016 02:59PM

All together 22km to go.

Brian? · 18-07-2016 03:16PM

Have money on GvA each way. It's a treacherous finish.

Thud · 18-07-2016 03:16PM

Sam 6mins back so won't be involved

Thud · 18-07-2016 03:22PM

gotta be Spartacus now

irishrover99 · 18-07-2016 03:24PM

more gaps for froome?

godtabh · 18-07-2016 03:24PM

some deviation from sagan

Brian? · 18-07-2016 03:25PM

Thud wrote: »

gotta be Spartacus now

Flattened out too far before the finish

Sagan wins it.

Moflojo · 18-07-2016 03:25PM

Sagan you beauty!

Brian? · 18-07-2016 03:25PM

godtabh wrote: »

some deviation from sagan

After the line though, no?

godtabh · 18-07-2016 03:26PM

Sagan

JK.BMC · 18-07-2016 03:27PM

neris wrote: »

this is boring

WOW!
That was absolutely savage. Can we have a world road race champs in Berne some day.
And looking there closely, was that Sam Bennett again, just outside the top 10????

Eamonnator · 18-07-2016 03:29PM

irishrover99 wrote: »

more gaps for froome?

I think all the GC guys are safe.
Bunch did seem to split

Looking again, I think I am completely wrong, sorry.

JK.BMC · 18-07-2016 03:31PM

Eamonnator wrote: »

I think all the GC guys are safe.
Bunch did seem to split

Where was Quintana? He musta been buried underneath all those rouleurs and lanky classic riders, about eye level with their arses! No sign of him

Eamonnator · 18-07-2016 03:38PM

Quintana was there

Eamonnator · 18-07-2016 03:39PM

Top 5 on GC are all safe anyway

Eamonnator · 18-07-2016 03:41PM

Porte and Dan Martin also safe

isitraining · 18-07-2016 03:42PM

JK.BMC wrote: »

Where was Quintana? He musta been buried underneath all those rouleurs and lanky classic riders, about eye level with their arses! No sign of him

Look out for the yellow helmet. He was there.

godtabh · 18-07-2016 03:49PM

Brian? wrote: »

After the line though, no?

Watching live I couldnt tell but yeah well after the line.

Lusk_Doyle · 18-07-2016 04:06PM

Tony Martin, what a beast:

"Martin went into long-distance individual time trial mode, doing all of the work with Alaphilippe in tow. The German was too strong even for four men to bridge across, and the quartet were swept up by the peloton finally after dangling in no-man's land for the better part of 80km."

dastardly00 · 18-07-2016 04:24PM

After all of Tony Martin and Julian Alaphilippe's hard work in their breakaway, they ended up finishing last!

And Sam Bennett was back to familiar surroundings.... 179th

fishfoodie · 18-07-2016 06:23PM

dastardly00 wrote: »

After all of Tony Martin and Julian Alaphilippe's hard work in their breakaway, they ended up finishing last!

And Sam Bennett was back to familiar surroundings.... 179th

At this stage, the balance on his bike probably doesn't feel right without the lantern rouge hanging off the saddle

After the start he had, I think a finish will be a tremendous achievement.

TheBlaaMan · 18-07-2016 07:50PM

fishfoodie wrote: »

At this stage, the balance on his bike probably doesn't feel right without the lantern rouge hanging off the saddle

After the start he had, I think a finish will be a tremendous achievement.

...and if he gets the Lantern Rouge, along with it will come lots of lucrative invites to post-Tour criterium events.:)

De Bhál · 18-07-2016 08:52PM

What a beautiful town at the finish there. Really picturesque.

Great last 5km. Great finish from Sagan. Legend

cunavalos · 19-07-2016 12:25PM

dastardly00 wrote: »

After all of Tony Martin and Julian Alaphilippe's hard work in their breakaway, they ended up finishing last!

And Sam Bennett was back to familiar surroundings.... 179th

In the hotel afterwards Tony was full of beans and Alaphilippe was dead to the world.

neris · 19-07-2016 01:22PM

cunavalos wrote: »

In the hotel afterwards Tony was full of beans and Alaphilippe was dead to the world.

tony could do with a good meal, hes so scrawny he reminds me of this chap

Tour de France 2016, July 18, Stage 16: Moirans-en-Montagne / Berne *SPOILERS*

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Tour de France 2016, July 18, Stage 16: Moirans-en-Montagne / Berne SPOILERS