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Date Posted: 19:02:12 07/20/06 Thu
Author: Joe Bagadonuts
Subject: Re: racing question
In reply to: eugenia 's message, "racing question" on 05:11:24 07/18/06 Tue

>when does a break cease to be a break and become a
>peloton that has merely dropped all the others?
>
>from the daily peloton ticker for state 15:
>
>"1315 CEST - 122 km left. As we start coverage, there
>is a break of 25 men with a break of 3' 50". They are
>on the first climb of the day, the Col d'Izoard. Here
>are the riders in the break:
>Hincapie and Martinez (Discovery Channel), Zabriskie,
>Schleck, and Voigt (CSC), Wegmann (Gerolsteiner),
>Mazzoleni (T-Mobile), Arrieta (AG2r), Flecha
>(Rabobank), Merckx (Phonak), Cunego and Vila (Lampre),
>Arrroyo and Garcia Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne), Charteau
>(Credit Agricole), Landaluze (Euskaltel), Chavanel
>(Cofidis), Garzelli and Albasini (Liquigas), De la
>Fuente and Lobato (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Eisel and
>Vaugrenard (FDJeux), Pineau (Bouygues Telecom), and
>Knees (Team Milram).
>
>"So out of that big group, some names jump out: we
>have two former Giro d'Italia winners, Cunego and
>Garzelli, up there. I think the Lampre duo of Cunego
>and Vila has to be the most dangerous pair of climbers
>in the break. Oh, and the Polka--Dot Jersey of de la
>Fuente is up here, so that is a great move on his
>part. The break is growing slowly -- it's 4'15" now."
>
><a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=9791">http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=9791</a>

It's one of the mysteries of the universe. Peloton simply means platoon, so even breaks are small pelotons. To me, that break was high powered but the main peloton including all of the key contenders remained in the group behind them.

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