Tour de France Stage 5 Ypres-Arenberg *Spoiler*

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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    Are these cobbles really all that cobbly?

    They don't look that cobbly - you're not going to lose wheels in there...
    Trust me they are bad. I rode on some in Belgiums streets and they were a million times worse than any cobble you would get in England.

    They only went on for a few hundred metres and still my body was in pain after riding them.
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    frenchfighter wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Cobbled sections 5 and 7 out of race

    Source?

    @inrng 19m
    Cobbled sectors 5 and 7 will not be used today reports @LaurentBruwier


    CHeers. Bit a bummer that.
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  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    frenchfighter wrote:
    What is this, circus training?

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    These dirty cobbles belong under the wheels of specialists not GT specialists. Ie/. any mountain and time trial.

    Why not divert Roubaix through a dirt forest for a little bit of spectator pump.
    So by that logic, the sprinters shouldn't have to ride the mountain stages? That'll make them happy!
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    I'm nervous. Hoping for good clean safe muddy carnage, if such a thing is possible.
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    What time is the get go?
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Not until 1pm by the looks of the schedule.
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    will these secteurs coming out mean a shorter stage or are they going the long way round them?
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  • LJK94
    LJK94 Posts: 18
    There will definitely be lots of action today, cant wait for it to get going!
  • tom3
    tom3 Posts: 287
    The_Boy wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    The_Boy wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    Cobbled sections 5 and 7 out of race

    Source?

    @inrng 19m
    Cobbled sectors 5 and 7 will not be used today reports @LaurentBruwier


    CHeers. Bit a bummer that.

    Gutted, suppose it is too late to shoe horn two different sections in.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    There's cobbles...and then there's underwater cobbles!

    Different challenge.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    ‏@thejensie 1m
    Chaos and Mayham here we come- question today is no if you crash- the question is only how often and how hard you crash today.... Gladiators
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    "Als dit maar goed afloopt" translates roughly as "Let's hope this doesn't all end in tears"
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    I'm feeling both gleeful and guilty for feeling so.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Who was it we lose last time they did the cobbles? Frank Schleck, and I'm sure there was another GC rider.
  • epc06
    epc06 Posts: 216
    Turfle wrote:
    Who was it we lose last time they did the cobbles? Frank Schleck, and I'm sure there was another GC rider.

    Armstrong had a mechanical and could not get back on, lost a big chunk of time
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Weather for today as per TdF Twitter

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Can someone please post a livesteam when it goes up.

    ITV4 player starts at 2 and I reckon there could be mayhem before then!
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Just looked it up. Vande Velde was the other GC guy that DNFd.

    Time gaps of GC guys, for reference sake:
    Evans, A Schleck, Hejsedal
    Wiggins, VDB, Menchov - 53 seconds
    Contador - 1'13
    Kreuziger - 1'46
    Armstrong, Sammy Sanchez - 2'08
    Gesink, JRod, Horner - 2'25
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Not many of today's field have experience of doing this in the wet but this guy does

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    edited July 2014
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    Well yes it is all good if it ends well but if it doesn't....?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    edited July 2014
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    will these secteurs coming out mean a shorter stage or are they going the long way round them?

    Reduced to 152.5km from 155.5
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    I would want to change for a cyclocross bike and a Dainese D-air.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    @daniellloyd1 5m
    There is a great slo-mo at 2:00 into this video, showing how advantageous bigger tyres at lower pressure are on pavé: http://gcn.eu/1w0gxkx
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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    coriordan wrote:
    Can someone please post a livesteam when it goes up.

    ITV4 player starts at 2 and I reckon there could be mayhem before then!

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  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Jakob Fuglsang @jakob_fuglsang · 51m
    It's gonna be a crazy day in every possible way...hope my mountainbike roots will help me

    Unfortunately the guys with mtb roots wont be wearing mtb gear
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    What ave speeds are expected?
    Worth the aero disadvantage of some light shoulder/collarbone/wrist/knee padding?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    So odd that we get this in July yet these days, never get anything like it in April.

    Global Warming I tells you!

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  • goonz
    goonz Posts: 3,106
    coriordan wrote:
    What ave speeds are expected?
    Worth the aero disadvantage of some light shoulder/collarbone/wrist/knee padding?

    Good shout, Froome should wear a full body suit.
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Mikkel Condé v2.0 ‏@mrconde 1m
    So. @NFLming reports that rumors have it that sector 8 and 9 will be cancelled too. If so, only 5 pave sections left. #TDF


    Bunch sprint coming up.

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