Tour de France Stage 5 Ypres-Arenberg *Spoiler*

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  • talius
    talius Posts: 282
    not sure why all the surprise re Nibali, he's been one of the most aggressive riders / best bike handlers for years. he should be doing well in this type of week 1 of a tour
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    frenchfighter wrote:
    So what is Cancellara waiting for? Got to go at some point.

    Last section I suspect.
    Longest section atm
    _
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Talansky group still ahead of Contador? Thought they'd been caught?
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Can't wait to watch this stage tonight. Am listening and alt-tabbing between work apps and Cycling Fans stream - not ideal.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    The gap continues to widen.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Talius wrote:
    not sure why all the surprise re Nibali, he's been one of the most aggressive riders / best bike handlers for years. he should be doing well in this type of week 1 of a tour

    Weight mainly. That and he crashes a lot.
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    lawrences wrote:
    I'm at a gold mine in the middle of the Atacama desert so streaming is impossible.

    :shock:

    We've got correspondents in Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Denmark and other places, but THAT will take some beating :lol:

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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    TMR wrote:
    Can't wait to watch this stage tonight. Am listening and alt-tabbing between work apps and Cycling Fans stream - not ideal.
    Don't worry, we'll let you know if anyone else has to abandon so you can get straight to gloating.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    adr82 wrote:
    Talansky group still ahead of Contador? Thought they'd been caught?

    My mistake.
    _
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    GPS did say the'yfd been caught but corrected now.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Cat well and truly among the pigeons here, this is exactly why some of us want stages like this. Excluding Froome this stage is all about Nibali using the stage to his advantage. He may have won himself the Tour today while others have been faffing about and moaning.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    adr82 wrote:
    TMR wrote:
    Can't wait to watch this stage tonight. Am listening and alt-tabbing between work apps and Cycling Fans stream - not ideal.
    Don't worry, we'll let you know if anyone else has to abandon so you can get straight to gloating.

    *burn*
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Porte Thomas ride away from Contador group
    _
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    I can't see Renshaw stealing this from Sagan, but fingers crossed. Happy with either of them to win.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    adr82 wrote:
    Talansky group still ahead of Contador? Thought they'd been caught?

    My mistake.
    Not just you - I saw a graphic on ES that said "Leaders - Talansky @ 1:54 - Contador @ 1:52" :P
  • the article don
    the article don Posts: 578
    Bertie's lovely fluid style goes to pot on the cobbles. Almost looks like he's scared to look up.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Is that Thomas taking Porte away from Bertie and co.?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    lawrences wrote:
    I'm at a gold mine in the middle of the Atacama desert so streaming is impossible.

    :shock:

    We've got correspondents in Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Denmark and other places, but THAT will take some beating :lol:

    Wow! The Atacama desert. Amazing.

    G and Porte on a charge. Go on Toblerone Boy.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    lawrences wrote:
    Rick can you set up a proper live text updates for bikeradar? because your forum posts are beating the BBC news rubbish.

    I'm at a gold mine in the middle of the Atacama desert so streaming is impossible. I can't wait to watch the highlights in 6 weeks time what a stage.

    I'll only do it for races with at least 10% cobbles.
    _
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Sky attacking Contador group
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  • bluemoon17
    bluemoon17 Posts: 718
    Astana riding off the front!!
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    FUGLSANG!!!
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Astana ride away!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    The_Boy wrote:
    Sky attacking Contador group

    More like Contador telling benatti not to go too fast and Porte following thomas
    _
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Glad G and Porte are trying to gap it, not dragging Contador along.
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    edited July 2014
    Wow, Astana not hanging around

    2:07 to Contador
  • lawrences
    lawrences Posts: 1,011
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    lawrences wrote:
    I'm at a gold mine in the middle of the Atacama desert so streaming is impossible.

    :shock:

    We've got correspondents in Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Denmark and other places, but THAT will take some beating :lol:

    Ok, here is my first live reaction from the office. Everyone is seemingly ignorant of Froomes plight and the entire event as a whole, Pablo has just finished hole punching some papers.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Westra is doing an insanely good job. Putting the Classics riders to shame. All they are doing is sucking wheels. Zero class.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Canc playing poker with Sagan :)
    _
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    edited July 2014
    Sagan and Cancellara playing cat & mouse....

    FC has to let a gap open then jump across to the small cluster up the road.
    Un uomo solo al commando

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