Yes I would suggest a Froome breakaway up Ventoux would be appetising
But if i was him i would be consolidating on yesterdays gain
Honestly, I doubt Froome will have the legs to go off on his own today after his recent attacks. However I won't write him off completely because he did win the last time we climbed Ventoux (in 2013).
Quintana is looking very good at this stage. I will go for a far fetched bet and place him as my favourite to take out this stage at his early point in the race.
Yates is also in with a real shot and he needs to make time on a day like today. He's a pure climber and needs a buffer before we hit the ITT.
This breakaway won't last.
Mavic are brave to put their name on the neutral service.
Every time they have a role to play they seem to stuff it up.
Yeah I don't think anyone is going to blame the motorbike. A life's worth more than a bike race. But the organisers are in for an ass kicking for too short a barrier run.If you look at the video from the motor bike it appears that it does an "endo"; looks like contact with the bike on the left side then the rear end jumps up. Also reports on twitter is that a spectator fell over / in to the motor bike, thus the sudden stop.
As for times, Froome, Porte, Mollema should get the same time, but IMHO Froome should be penalsed for ditching his bike and running which every rider knows is is illegal.
He will be effectively asking for (expecting) special treatment while other riders like Porte will suffer for doing the right thing and waiting to fix his bike.
Richie's tyre change on stage 2 was a Mavic job too. 90 seconds to swap a rear out is embarrassing.Lol! I was reading an article not long ago about the equipment teams use, and it focused on the risk if you don't have compatible gear like pedal clips with the "neutral" gear then its at your peril.
Might I add that this would not have occurred had they not shortened the stage. Doing so forced spectators to pack in more tightly and they had no barriers which is probably the reason why the motorbike had to stop. The tour organisers will not hear the end of this one..