TDF 2019: Stage 4, Reims > Nancy 09/07/2019 - 213,5 km *Spoilers*

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Talking up the wind
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • KnightOfTheLongTights
    KnightOfTheLongTights Posts: 1,415
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Fair play to Tony Martin bringing 200 riders along for his training ride.

    Don't really understand why Jumbo-Visma would effectively sacrifice Martin to such an innocuous break.
    Sure they want to deliver Groenwegen but they could have let it go out further on a stage of this length.
    Plus, he's not the only sprinter there - why are J-V so much more bothered than D-Quickstep, Bora-H, Lotto-S?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Some gaps in the tail of the peloton, but I think the wind is a little too side on and not enough cross-tail.

    Would have to go very fast to blow it up.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    KnightOfTheLongTights wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Fair play to Tony Martin bringing 200 riders along for his training ride.

    Don't really understand why Jumbo-Visma would effectively sacrifice Martin to such an innocuous break.
    Sure they want to deliver Groenwegen but they could have let it go out further on a stage of this length.
    Plus, he's not the only sprinter there - why are J-V so much more bothered than D-Quickstep, Bora-H, Lotto-S?

    Greenroads is the top favourite.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Chute.
    Gallopin and Patrik Konrad on the deck.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Will be more cross-tail later on.
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  • KnightOfTheLongTights
    KnightOfTheLongTights Posts: 1,415
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Greenroads is the top favourite.

    I fancy Matthews for this one.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I like the use of what appears to be a cycle path at 1.7km to go.

    Anyway a stage suitable vache...

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    Et un cheval...

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    Correlation is not causation.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Stat tastic on pcs. Van Avermaet has had 211 race days since his last DNF, the 2016 Il Lombardia.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Sporza interviewed Kasper Asgreen before the start. Seems to be quite chipper about his condition.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Chute for Michael Woods.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Talking about the pinch point
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    that wanty kit is possibly the best in the peloton again.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Kelly saying there is likely going to be a bun fight to get into the pinch point

    Calls coming back from team recons
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • poptart242
    poptart242 Posts: 531
    "Viviani has that aero nose"

    FGS Carlton
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Poptart242 wrote:
    "Viviani has that aero nose"

    FGS Carlton

    he was talking about someone elses aero fairing earlier too. It's a quiet day, filling 4 hours of nothing is clearly difficult. but seriously......
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    Always Sunny! whoooop
  • KnightOfTheLongTights
    KnightOfTheLongTights Posts: 1,415
    A question re. breaks: I know teams will say to certain riders, we want you to try and get in the break tomorrow. But do DS's ever make a pact and organise a break with a couple of other teams who have punchy riders and aren't interested in a bunch sprint? Like, 'We'll put in Skujins if you put in Gallopin and they put in Kung'?
  • KnightOfTheLongTights
    KnightOfTheLongTights Posts: 1,415
    It is live on ITV4 you know?
  • poptart242
    poptart242 Posts: 531
    KnightOfTheLongTights wrote:
    It is live on ITV4 you know?

    Stuck without live TV so it's yer man Carlton or nothing on the Eurosport player for me :cry:
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    KnightOfTheLongTights wrote:
    A question re. breaks: I know teams will say to certain riders, we want you to try and get in the break tomorrow. But do DS's ever make a pact and organise a break with a couple of other teams who have punchy riders and aren't interested in a bunch sprint? Like, 'We'll put in Skujins if you put in Gallopin and they put in Kung'?


    There can be a lot of mobile phone conversations .but deals evolve more often than pre ordained on the road. The riders are involved too. Politicky. The detail to and fro you describing a day before a stage is probably very rare . May have occurred at one time or the other .
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,066
    KnightOfTheLongTights wrote:
    It is live on ITV4 you know?

    Certainly live on itv4 hub player online.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    KnightOfTheLongTights wrote:
    It is live on ITV4 you know?
    yes
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,183
    Despite paying for ES player I'm watching it on ITV player app. Works fine for me (in uk)
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Ok let's see this climb
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Rolf Sørensen is predicting carnage at that pinch point we were talking about earlier.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Rolf Sørensen is predicting carnage at that pinch point we were talking about earlier.

    I am hoping the over awareness neutralises the danger
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Calmejane goes? Weird
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Calamity Jane doesn't fancy that pinch point with an entire peloton, attacks from 11km to see if he can get through it alone.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Calmejane into a head wind
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm

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