Tdf Stage 5 *Spoiler*

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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    solo breakby the Cofidis pie eater!
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Goss driving Greipel wins!!
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Cav ran out of legs. Had to go way early. Chapeau Greips.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Cracking finish.
  • ALaPlage
    ALaPlage Posts: 732
    Disappointing Cav didn't have the legs but thanks Guys for the commentary. Really helped. Just need to find a local bar that has the TDF on screen for the rest of the hol :D
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Curse my National Pride!

    Good work Greipel. Great ride by that Cofidis boy! Where are you then Rapper..?
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  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    That Garmin riders went over the bars very fast!! Looked to be hurt :(

    Cav was alone for more than a km and had lots of ground to make up. He was back in the saddle about 50m for the line and was maybe 5th.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    I think Sky were drilling too far out, Greipel spared the horses a bit. Overhead shot shows Greipel smashing it and Cav labouring.

    Chapeau to the break as well, they made a great race of it.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Go Greipel
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    Go get em Andre.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,554
    I think Sky were concerned about the last sharp bend and put too much effort into getting there first, and Cav was then on his own too far out.
    Well done Greipel for a strong finish.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,554
    1. Andre Greipel (GER) LTB - 196.5km in 4h41'28"
    2. Matt Goss (AUS) OGE
    3. Juan José Haedo (ARG) STB
    4. Mark Cavendish (GBR) SKY
    5. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) COF
    6. Tom Veelers (NED) ARG
    7. Oscar Freire (ESP) KAT
    8. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) LAM
    9. Sebastien Hinault (FRA) ALM
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Ouch. Farrar's a bit bloody.
  • nweststeyn
    nweststeyn Posts: 1,574
    Just what I've come to expect from Ghyselinck! Letting everyone down in the last 500m ;)

    Seriously though, good finish... Looking forward to some hills though.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Hmm... I think Peta told Sky to go too far out. She might be better off handing the race radio back to Dave
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  • brettjmcc
    brettjmcc Posts: 1,361
    Cav 5th apparently, been altered
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    I think Sky were concerned about the last sharp bend and put too much effort into getting there first, and Cav was then on his own too far out.
    Well done Greipel for a strong finish.

    I thought that.

    Looked like they'd used up all their men with 1.5km left to go. Never did get the hang of that sprint train did they?
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Hmm... I think Peta told Sky to go too far out. She might be better off handing the race radio back to Dave

    She wanted a long one :lol::lol:
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  • thamacdaddy
    thamacdaddy Posts: 590
    That wasn't a sprint train that was keeping wiggo out of danger until past 3km, which is the right move and can benefit both their key riders.

    Would have been good to leave a few on for Cav though into the final 1km, think he had to drop back to tag onto the Lotto boys etc.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    thamacdaddy wrote:
    That wasn't a sprint train that was keeping wiggo out of danger until past 3km, which is the right move and can benefit both their key riders.

    Would have been good to leave a few on for Cav though into the final 1km, think he had to drop back to tag onto the Lotto boys etc.

    +1, BMC were doing the same thing on the other side of the road.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Only caught bits of the run-in. Who was it precipitated the crash? From the heli shot it looked like a Sky rider leaning on a considerably larger Argos rider but the feed was dreck so hard to make anything out.
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    I just hope Sky don't thrash the mountain goats towing Cav tomorrow. They have bigger fish to fry
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    LangerDan wrote:
    Only caught bits of the run-in. Who was it precipitated the crash? From the heli shot it looked like a Sky rider leaning on a considerably larger Argos rider but the feed was dreck so hard to make anything out.

    Somebody and farrar having a shoving match, looked like farrar was winning, but the wheel he was looking to get on (Lampre) moved across too and cut his front wheel off.

    Re: The Sky Train... Cheerfully withdrawn!
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Cyclingfans says Farrar tried to get on the Argos team bus for a dust-up with Veelers... I thought Tyler was a Buddhist! :lol:
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    I thought Farrar only had himself to blame there. Didnt really see the need for him to get involved in a shoving contest at that stage.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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    Crash:
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    Finish:
    http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozon ... /1.1356943
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  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Looked like Mark didn't have the legs at the end. A shame. The real problem is that his rivals know he's vulnerable.
  • cornoyemade
    cornoyemade Posts: 180
    such a wonderful day . . . on vacation at a five star hotel, woke up with my gorgeous young wife, stayed in bed with her until noon, and now reading about cavy losing to Greipel. priceless. :D
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    cornoyemade wrote:
    such a wonderful day . . . on vacation at a five star hotel, woke up with my gorgeous young wife, stayed in bed with her until noon, and now reading about cavy losing to Greipel. priceless. :D


    Ta dah! you are Andre Greipel, I claim my five pounds.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    afx237vi wrote:
    Cyclingfans says Farrar tried to get on the Argos team bus for a dust-up with Veelers... I thought Tyler was a Buddhist! :lol:
    There's a video of it on YouTube. I can't post the link, just search for Farrar + Argos
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Whole lot of nothing, but funny as! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbVpWOYjk7Y
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