TDF 2019: Stage 5, 10/7/2019 - 175,5 km *Spoilers*

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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    "Si" Clarke in the break. I can almost hear the collective groan of Eurosport viewers. :lol:

    Long day in the armchair for them!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,636
    Sporza not live for another 20 mins or so.

    *must resist criticising every commentator that's not Wuyts.*
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    Well I don't think they will make the finish .
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,701
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Sporza not live for another 20 mins or so.

    *must resist criticising every commentator that's not Wuyts.*

    It's a pain in the arse. With ITV on a break every 5 minutes, it means I have to suffer Kirby from time to time.

    As I suggested earlier. Bora and Sunweb controlling the gap.
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  • KnightOfTheLongTights
    KnightOfTheLongTights Posts: 1,415
    Peloton keeping them on a short leash.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,636
    KnightOfTheLongTights wrote:
    Peloton keeping them on a short leash.

    Bora licking their lips.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,701
    Rick: Sporza talking down Thomas for tomorrow and up for the third week?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,636
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Rick: Sporza talking down Thomas for tomorrow and up for the third week?
    Yes, consensus in Belgium (not Boonen) is his build up was not good enough.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Bunch being killjoys and keeping the break on a very short leash indeed. Interested to see if WVA tries anything, a few bonifications/a small gap and he's in yellow. Obviously that would still be a pretty tough task
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,701
    ShutupJens wrote:
    Bunch being killjoys and keeping the break on a very short leash indeed. Interested to see if WVA tries anything, a few bonifications/a small gap and he's in yellow. Obviously that would still be a pretty tough task

    Could well backfire after the sprint. By then they will be lucky to be 40s ahead and in bridgeable range.
    46kph average is ridiculous.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,636
    Valverde looks so skinny.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:
    Bunch being killjoys and keeping the break on a very short leash indeed. Interested to see if WVA tries anything, a few bonifications/a small gap and he's in yellow. Obviously that would still be a pretty tough task

    Could well backfire after the sprint. By then they will be lucky to be 40s ahead and in bridgeable range.
    46kph average is ridiculous.

    Yes Swifty warned that that would be the case if they got too close, looks to be fine now around 2 mins.

    Bunch looking very relaxed to say they're only a couple of mins from the sprint, as Matt and Ben head through the feed zone
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Thought Sagan would do better there.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Thought Sagan would do better there.

    I think he has looked a bit sluggish in sprints so far this tour as a whole. Could see him doing another 2015 and winning green without any stages
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,150
    If I finally get to do the planned holiday to the Italian lakes next year I think I might book a couple of nights stopover in this area, very pretty.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    mididoctors wrote:
    Clarke and wellens ..skunjs ..+1

    RIP anyone listening to Carlton.
    Nailed on winner that Si Clarke.

    Glad I am in back to back meetings then :D
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    ShutupJens wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Thought Sagan would do better there.

    I think he has looked a bit sluggish in sprints so far this tour as a whole. Could see him doing another 2015 and winning green without any stages

    I'm not sure "sluggish" is quite the right word... I think in the past he's made up for slightly poor positioning by forcing a way through somehow, but is maybe a little reluctant to do so this year - knowing he needs to finish the race to take the record 7th green jersey.

    He was a tyre away from the 1st stage and a it boxed in yesterday, on a finish that favoured the pure sprinters.
    He's not out of the top 5 on an individual stage yet.
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  • richard_t._biscuit
    richard_t._biscuit Posts: 246
    edited July 2019
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Thought Sagan would do better there.
    I think he'd be pretty happy with that. Only being beaten by Viviani and ahead of Matthews who I suspect he'd consider his main rival for green. Also Sagan and Matthews would probably hope to be at the sharp end in the finish today, whereas Viviani wouldn't, so they'd likely be holding more back.

    I would agree that we're not seeing prime Sagan so far though. He seems to be a little lacking in top end without performing any better on climbs. Pretty high bar though...
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Some very nice scenery indeed today! Such a picturesque part of the world. Bunch looking very relaxed, think I might pop out for a short spin while there's nothing occurring
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,235
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Valverde looks so skinny.
    3kg lighter than usual according to Bruyneel.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    Sunweb need to get behind Matthews even if he is a knob
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    Caleb Ewan out the back
    "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
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,760
    PCS - "CUMMINGS Steve (Team Dimension Data) is at the back of the peloton"

    Should be a pinned comment most days surely.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Really smashing scenery.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,760
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Really smashing scenery.

    Just switched on to see after this comment, and it wasn't quite what I was expecting. Was an advert for holidays in Almeria.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,701
    Gallopin taken out by a

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,701
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Really smashing scenery.

    About to get better. Riquewhir and Kayersberg coming up.
    Another area of France I have spent a chunk of time in.
    More alcohol producing connections. :D
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,636
    mididoctors wrote:
    Caleb Ewan out the back

    Very early. Pace is decent but not mental.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    KingstonGraham wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Really smashing scenery.

    Just switched on to see after this comment, and it wasn't quite what I was expecting. Was an advert for holidays in Almeria.

    :lol:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,701
    Riquewhir.

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