TDF 2018, Stage 5: Lorient > Quimper 11/07/2018 - 204,5 km *Spoilers*

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Nibz took tenth place, be interesting to see if there were any splits
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,556
    Valverde 4th
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Sagan looked supremely comfortable from 2km out, let a few wheels go when Phil went and then just rode back into it on GVA's wheel, not seen many stage wins look so easy in such company
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,891
    Gilbert 3rd and Valverde 4th.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Everyone forget that that actually is a ”Sagan Finish" cos he wins in so many other places too...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Great finishing there.

    I still wonder how Carlton sounds like he's never seen a bike race before.
    He's a like a goldfish.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Sagz' sunglasses are FU-UU-GLY!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Sagz' sunglasses are FU-UU-GLY!
    100%
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,891
    Presumably that means Gilbert has gain two seconds on GVA? (+4s -2s)
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Anyway! Waistcoats on!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    The first 38 riders all on the same time. Everybody who is anybody is there.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    So has Sagan got two 2nds as well?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Sagan's English has really improved.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,891
    10 tour stage wins for Sagan now.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Sagz' sunglasses are FU-UU-GLY!
    100%

    And expensive. £200 or so ?
  • cougie wrote:
    Sagz' sunglasses are FU-UU-GLY!
    100%

    And expensive. £200 or so ?
    You get to glue some magnets to your nose though.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    cougie wrote:
    Sagz' sunglasses are FU-UU-GLY!
    100%

    And expensive. £200 or so ?
    You get to glue some magnets to your nose though.

    They look like meccano.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,891
    Stage

    1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 4:48:06
    2 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
    3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
    4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
    5 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
    6 Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
    7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
    8 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
    9 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
    10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida

    GC

    1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 18:22:00
    2 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:02
    3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:03
    4 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:05
    5 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:06
    6 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:09
    7 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:13
    8 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
    9 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:37
    10 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    r0bh wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Big name abandon: Michael Matthews - sick

    Bit of a surprise, he was going well in the TTT on Monday

    Not much of a surprise, I picked him for PTP! I hadn't realised he abandoned and was starting to wonder if I'd picked a rider who wasn't in the race which would be a new low even by my PTP standards.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    edited July 2018
    Cav must be way Back. The 17 minutes group with Greipel is in but he's not.

    Edit - he's in 21 mins down.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    Dh1dhLLWAAIDSJU.jpg:large
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
    cougie wrote:
    Cab must be way Back. The 17 minutes group with Greipel is in but he's not.

    He will be in trouble if he gets in the cab!
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,556
    hommelbier wrote:
    Tom Skujins (Trek) does enough to claim the mountains jersey for tomorrow

    Not unless Chava drops 8 minutes.

    While they both had four points I think two cat 3s trump one cat 3 and two cat 4s

    My comment was based on Thomas Voecklers comment on FR2/3
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    was that G just behind the sprint but in that first group? If so that was some grimacing he was doing. Good effort :)
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    hommelbier wrote:
    hommelbier wrote:
    Tom Skujins (Trek) does enough to claim the mountains jersey for tomorrow

    Not unless Chava drops 8 minutes.

    While they both had four points I think two cat 3s trump one cat 3 and two cat 4s

    My comment was based on Thomas Voecklers comment on FR2/3

    If they're level on points I think it comes down to GC time though, that's what has been banded about?
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Although that doesn't seem to be the case unless Chava really did sit up, as Skuijns is in polka
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    edited July 2018
    Chava actually finished ahead of Calmejane, only a minute and change down.
    So the GC has nowt to do with it and it is the third cats trumping two-fourth cats.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Sagz' sunglasses are FU-UU-GLY!
    100%
    Hat.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    FocusZing wrote:
    Dh1dhLLWAAIDSJU.jpg:large

    So I went to watch the highlights of this stage on ITV Player last night and this is the picture they had against the highlights programme.

    Idiots.

    I won't be using that service again.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.