Tour de France 2012 – Stage 11 | Visible Procrastinations

Stage Details:

Tonight is Stage 11, Albertville > La Toussuire-Les Sybelles, 148 km

One of the shortest stages in the 99thedition. But riders beware, it is a tough one! The course is simple: after the first thirteen kilometres from Albertville, the peloton will be hard pressed to find a single inch of flat terrain! The cyclists will tackle La Madeleine, La Croix de Fer and Le Mollard one after the other before the final climb up La Toussuire. Let me tell you, the final podium will start to take shape on the finish line here! Those who falter in this stage will get no second chances. The winner will not be known yet, but the losers certainly will. — Christian Prudhomme’s Analysis

Stage 11 preview: Albertville → La Toussuire-Les Sybelles, 148 km (Mountain) [SteepHill]
Albertville >> La Toussuire – Les Sybelles, Stage 11 (140 km) [SBS Cycling Central]
July 12, Stage 11: Albertville – La Toussuire – Les Sybelles 148km [CyclingNews]
11th Stage – Thursday 12 July 2012 Albertville > La Toussuire – Les Sybelles – 148 km [EuroSport]
2012 Tour de France LIVE – Stage 11 [Cycling Fans]
stage 11 – Albertville / La Toussuire – Les Sybelles, 148 km [www.letour.fr]
Stage 11: Albertville > La Toussuire – Les Sybelles [les vaches du tour]

Live:

Tickers/Streaming

SBS 2012 Tour Tracker [SBS]
Tour de France – Albertville – La Toussuire “live match” [Eurosports]
stage 11 – Albertville / La Toussuire – Les Sybelles, 148 km “live” [www.letour.fr]

Results:

Stage 11 results
01 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA (EUROPCAR) 4:43:54
02 PINOT, Thibaut FRA (FDJ-BIG MAT) + 55
03 ROOME, Christopher GBR (SKY PROCYCLING)
04 VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen BEL (LOTTO BELISOL) + 57
05 NIBALI, Vincenzo ITA (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE)
06 WIGGINS, Bradley GBR (SKY PROCYCLING)
07 SÖRENSEN, Chris Anker DEN (SAXO BANK-TINKOFF BANK) + 1:08
08 BRAJKOVIC, Janez SLO (ASTANA) + 1:58
09 KIRYIENKA, Vasili BLR (MOVISTAR) + 2:13
10 SCHLECK, Frank LUX (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) + 2:23
11 EVANS, Cadel AUS (BMC RACING)

GC after Stage 11
01 WIGGINS, Bradley GBR (SKY PROCYCLING) 48:43:53
02 FROOME, Christopher GBR (SKY PROCYCLING) + 2:05
03 NIBALI, Vincenzo ITA (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 2:23
04 EVANS, Cadel AUS (BMC RACING) + 3:19
05 VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen BEL (LOTTO BELISOL) + 4:48
06 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, Haimar ESP (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) + 6:15
07 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay USA (BMC RACING) + 6:57
08 BRAJKOVIC, Janez SLO (ASTANA) + 7:30
09 ROLLAND, Pierre FRA (EUROPCAR) + 8:31
10 PINOT, Thibaut FRA (FDJ-BIG MAT) + 8:51

* Tour de France round table podcast – Stage 11 wrap [SBS Cycling Central]

France’s Pierre Rolland claimed an exciting 11th stage victory after an epic day of racing in the Alps to claim his second Tour stage, a year after triumphing on the Alpe d’Huez.
But as Rolland handed Europcar its second win in as many days after Thomas Voeckler’s Stage 10 victory, the battle for the race’s big prize was raging in his wake.
Wiggins (Sky) had come under attack from both Evans (BMC) and Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) but repelled both to ultimately take 1 minute 26 seconds from last year’s champion.
With Evans dropping to fourth overall at 3 minutes 19 seconds and Nibali third at 2 minutes 23 seconds, he said Nibali could now be his biggest threat.
– SBS Cycling Central

Tour de France Tension Simmers on Twitter;

The spat received more attention after another British cyclist, David Millar, who observed on his Twitter feed, “Oh SNAP! Sky have WAG WAR on Twitter,” using the London tabloid acronym for the wives and girlfriends of male sports stars.
– NYTimes.com

#SBSTDF

#lvdt Stage 11: Round-up, and a write up in the Australian Financial Review none the less.

The #TrollDJ list from last night;
♫ Violent Femmes – Blister in the Sun ~ some great weather for a ride in the Alps, don’t want rain for these corners
♫ Steppenwolfe – Born to be Wild ~ “we can climb so high …“
♫ Adele – Rolling in the Deep (live) ‪~ “don’t underestimate the things that I can do“
♫ Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want ‪~‬ … We didn’t get our successful attack {Cadel didn’t get time on Wiggins}
♫ The Living End – For Another Day ~ …and we will have our time again…
♫ Gotye – I Feel Better ‪~ …better than before…
♫ Stray Palace – Best There Is