4 Jours de Dunkerque - Spoiler

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,710
    Great racing, today. What little we saw of it.
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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    Caught the last 10km or so - thought it was really good racing, Lots of attacks, the final one proving successful. Good interesting stuff.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Great racing, today. What little we saw of it.

    I saw the last 40km without an advert break and think it was on well before then.
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  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    Riders now on final circuit in Dunkerque. Eight more times round a 6.9k circuit. Leading group of five; Bagdonas (AG2R-La Mondiale), Engoulvent (Europcar), Fouchard, Zingle (Cofidis) & Mol (Veranclassic) have just under 4min advantage.
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    Seven more circuits with gap staying at c4 minutes. With FDJ prominent at the front of the peleton the probability of a sprint win by Arnaud Demare is even more likely than a win by Kittel in Dublin later today.
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    Crevaison for Demare but brought safely back by his team.
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    Five more circuits - gap now 3:30
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    With no-one in the leading group a threat to the overall, FDJ are happy to let Giant and IAM work at closing the gap. 26k and the gap is down to 2:45
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    Bagdonas attacks out of lead group and has 15s gap. Peleton still another 2 mins back with 17k to finish.
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    edited May 2014
    Bagdonas reeled back in. Gap to peleton below 2 min with c14k to go.
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    edited May 2014
    IAM working hard to bring Demare (FDJ) up for a sprint finish
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    Final circuit - gap 35s
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    Engoulvent attacks and takes the stage
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Great attack and win from Engoulvent. Don't know how the peloton managed to mess that up.
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    edited May 2014
    Despite the best efforts of FDJ at the end, they left it just too late to pull back the last few from the original leading group.

    With less than 1k to the finish Zingle and Engoulvent looked at each other, then at the fast approaching peleton, Engoulvent shook his head as if to say that's it, all over, Zingle eased off and Engoulvent attacked.
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    Final GC goes, for second year in a row, to Arnaud Demare with Chavanel and Andersen taking 2nd and 3rd respectively.

    This year's race had some of the best racing I've watched this year.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    hommelbier wrote:
    Final GC goes, for second year in a row, to Arnaud Demare with Chavanel and Andersen taking 2nd and 3rd respectively.

    This year's race had some of the best racing I've watched this year.

    Thanks for all the updates. This thread is bookmarked for a rainy day. Tremendous racing.
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  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    Fantastic use of the road with his last attack. Very good.
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  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    Today's finish

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ea5fWA23Dc
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    Really canny attack from Engoulvent. Using the split in the road over the bridge, Zingle didnt realise until about 2s after he'd gone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4EiZo1yMdg Last few kilometres here.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    hommelbier wrote:
    Today's finish

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ea5fWA23Dc

    :lol:
    Brilliant move even if he does have an ugly style!
    He looks huge on the bike.
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