TDF 2013 - Stage 5 *Spoilers*

Richmond Racer

Above The Cows wrote:

Oh jesus, I've just realised I picked Cav for tomorrow's stage earlier today. Do I go and change it? I'm getting really superstitious. If he doesn't win it will be my fault. :? :shock: What do I do? Help!

No, stay with him. Once he's broken his duck at the Tour, he likes his back-to-back wins

above_the_cows

And a great victory for the Netherlands!

Yay



It's no longer just Vos.

Lanterne_Rogue

Bit late to the party today - had to catch the finish on +1 whilst still out of breath from the commute home. Worth the effort though. On the Sagan/Cav speed debate, I reckon it was only tucking behind Greipel (and what happened to him?) that dragged Sagan up there - once he was in the wind he didn't take anything out of Cavendish's lead.

I guess someone will be along in a moment to correct me and assert it was a boring, flat waste of an afternoon...

above_the_cows

RideOnTime wrote:

Are we going to see lots more mountain runners today. Oh look there's some cyclists who've just ridden 100k+ at 40kph now I'm going to impressively run along and get in their way for 150m in my underpants/tight speedos/batman costume before passing out at the side of the road.

Most prescient RideOnTime considering today's events with the nifty take out of running man. Most prescient.

graeme_s-2

oldwelshman wrote:

Great finish.
Can't believe how many moaning about EBH being on Cav's wheel? So what was Cav not on wheels for the entire race until last 300m? Who's wheel should he have been on then I wonder? Schlek's?

I noticed several people mention this (me included), but I'm not sure I noticed anybody moaning. I certainly wasn't, was just an observation

Pross

EBH doing Cav a big favour by relegating Sagan to third so I'm sure Cav will be more than happy to have him on his wheel on every sprint stage.

DeadCalm

Geraint feeling a little chirpier today?

Geraint Thomas ‏@GeraintThomas86 27m
So Tony Martin got fined for world champ stripes on his bike yesterday?? What about @PhilippeGilbert tattoo?? #offwithhisleg

No_Ta_Doctor

DeadCalm wrote:

Above The Cows wrote:

ddraver wrote:

certaintly not doubting him on PTP anymore



Housemate's bf would have never made that mistake! :P

Nah, it's a good idea. You pick Sagan and he doesn't win. That's why I've been picking him for the last stages and he hasn't won a sausage. It's true. I don't think Sagan's ever won when I've picked him for PTP, OK maybe G-W but that's it. I suppose it depends if you want Cav to win stages or you want to win PTP though... I'm selflessly sacrificing my PTP chances for Cav.

Indeed. I've made it a policy this year never to pick for PTP someone I'd actually like to win.

As a joke I picked Wiggins for every stage, including the TTT, of the Giro.

I'm very, very sorry and I won't do it again.

Richmond Racer

Broken rib for Ryder

Gregor Brown
@gregorbrown
Hesjedal fractures his rib in finish crash #tdf
1:00 p.m. Wed, Jul 3


Ooof, Garmin are in the wars. Now it seems that CVV has a 'cervical contusion' (presumably from the earlier crash today)

Turfle

Poor Ryder.

Anyone know what caused it? I saw Bouhanni go down first, but I haven't had a chance to watch a replay yet. Was he veering all over the place again?

Richmond Racer

DeadCalm wrote:

Geraint feeling a little chirpier today?

Geraint Thomas ‏@GeraintThomas86 27m
So Tony Martin got fined for world champ stripes on his bike yesterday?? What about @PhilippeGilbert tattoo?? #offwithhisleg

Seemingly the entire team is, sign of excellent morale, I'd say.

Li'l Pete's come out with a good 'un:

Peter kennaugh
@Petekennaugh
Just for the record sprinters teams at the tour de France edvald boasson Hagen finished 2nd today #justsayin
5:12 p.m. Wed, Jul 3


and Stan's tweeted for the first time in a year:

Ian Stannard
@IStannard
Lots of Welsh & Scottish flags today! Where's the St George Cross people #slaythedragon #tdf #Englishpride
5:17 p.m. Wed, Jul 3

DeadCalm

Turfle wrote:

Poor Ryder.

Anyone know what caused it? I saw Bouhanni go down first, but I haven't had a chance to watch a replay yet. Was he veering all over the place again?

ITV pundits were blaming one of Cav's leadout men dropping back sloppily. They only showed it once so I couldn't really see if they had a point.

DeadCalm

Richmond Racer wrote:

Broken rib for Ryder

Gregor Brown
@gregorbrown
Hesjedal fractures his rib in finish crash #tdf
1:00 p.m. Wed, Jul 3


Ooof, Garmin are in the wars. Now it seems that CVV has a 'cervical contusion' (presumably from the earlier crash today)

Ryder is really having a miserable year. Poor fella.

Richmond Racer

JV's just given Gregor Brown a twitter slap for the Ryder Rib tweet, saying that Ryder fractured his rib on Stage 1, its not that bad, he's fine blah blah

No_Ta_Doctor

Richmond Racer wrote:

Broken rib for Ryder

Gregor Brown
@gregorbrown
Hesjedal fractures his rib in finish crash #tdf
1:00 p.m. Wed, Jul 3


Ooof, Garmin are in the wars. Now it seems that CVV has a 'cervical contusion' (presumably from the earlier crash today)

Blimey. I think CVV might have been hiding something from us.

Richmond Racer

No tA Doctor wrote:

Richmond Racer wrote:

Broken rib for Ryder

Gregor Brown
@gregorbrown
Hesjedal fractures his rib in finish crash #tdf
1:00 p.m. Wed, Jul 3


Ooof, Garmin are in the wars. Now it seems that CVV has a 'cervical contusion' (presumably from the earlier crash today)

Blimey. I think CVV might have been hiding something from us.

I knows. Its all very contusing

Turfle

DeadCalm wrote:

Turfle wrote:

Poor Ryder.

Anyone know what caused it? I saw Bouhanni go down first, but I haven't had a chance to watch a replay yet. Was he veering all over the place again?

ITV pundits were blaming one of Cav's leadout men dropping back sloppily. They only showed it once so I couldn't really see if they had a point.

Having watched the ITV replay I'm still none the wiser. Trentin didn't seem to do much wrong in going back through the peloton, but I couldn't see if Bouhanni was at fault for hitting his back wheel. Maybe just one of those things.

ddraver

David Millar ‏@millarmind 16m
Crossed paths with a frustrated @GeraintThomas86 at the front of the bunch today, 'Look at this! 5 fucking GC teams fighting for position.'

He continued, 'Why don't we just let the leaders sit there and leave them alone?' Then he looked at me with a smile, 'G for President!'

Only Geraint aka 'G' could refer to himself in the third person as a presidential candidate and get away with it.

#voteforG I see a project for @TeamSky & @franmillar. T-shirts? Do it

iainf72

underlayunderlay wrote:

I guess someone will be along in a moment to correct me and assert it was a boring, flat waste of an afternoon...

You rang?

Ok, I didn't watch it. I just saw the live CN coverage and deleted it the recording unwatched.

Richmond Racer

Sky reckon tacks were chucked on the road today.

From their website:

'Sports Director Nicolas Portal also chose to heap praise on Boasson Hagen, but revealed there had been a worrying spate of flat tyres with around 60km to go which appeared to have been caused by tacks being thrown on the road........
...."Richie [Porte] and G [Thomas] both experienced flat tyres though, and we think they might have been down to people placing tacks on the road. They were in the tyres when we inspected them after the race, and a few other teams also experienced similar problems. That's a bit of a worry but thankfully nobody was hurt." '


Cuddles had better keep an eye on Tejay...he has previous in tack-y scenarios...

mididoctors

Above The Cows wrote:

And a great victory for the Netherlands!

no chevron petrol stations

DeadCalm

Above The Cows wrote:

Oh jesus, I've just realised I picked Cav for tomorrow's stage earlier today. Do I go and change it? I'm getting really superstitious. If he doesn't win it will be my fault. :? :shock: What do I do? Help!

My refusal to pick Cav has already cost me a share in the lead of the TDF PTP and I'm sticking to my guns for stage 6. If you pick Cav and he fails to win as a result, I guess I can assume that, unlikely as it may seem, my PTP choices have no impact on what happens in real life after all.

andytee87

Turfle wrote:

DeadCalm wrote:

Turfle wrote:

Poor Ryder.

Anyone know what caused it? I saw Bouhanni go down first, but I haven't had a chance to watch a replay yet. Was he veering all over the place again?

ITV pundits were blaming one of Cav's leadout men dropping back sloppily. They only showed it once so I couldn't really see if they had a point.

Having watched the ITV replay I'm still none the wiser. Trentin didn't seem to do much wrong in going back through the peloton, but I couldn't see if Bouhanni was at fault for hitting his back wheel. Maybe just one of those things.

Looked like Trentin did nothing, kept his line. Bouhanni started sprinting with his head down and went straight into the back of Trentin....carnage ensues.

Roobsa

Did anyone else spot this guy? I think that's the new way to watch a road race.

rick_chasey

He's unbelievable.

Any you tubes for the final km??

adr82

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOvmgPDwJ8M

dolan_driver

Roobsa wrote:

Did anyone else spot this guy? I think that's the new way to watch a road race.

Could he be classified as a "dickhead"?

DD.

Turfle

Cav really does make you feel quite silly for ever doubting him.

Mad_Malx

The length of this thread indicates that there will be 40 pages if Cav loses tomorrow.

ddraver

No cos a lot of those discussions were on Wine, Geology and gastronomy (not to mention a minor breakdown from me), not actual cycling...