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

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The amount of weight valverde has dropped gets more every time I hear it

    He's probably lost 3kg by just not having his hairplugs renewed.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Bloody fast stage
    "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: 28,228
    Bloody fast stage

    When do the boring ones start?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Ebh grovelling attempt to get back on

    How did he get dropped? He'd have been a favourite for this stage a few years ago.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Pross wrote:
    Ebh grovelling attempt to get back on

    How did he get dropped? He'd have been a favourite for this stage a few years ago.

    Not sure I missed it...
    "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
  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    So Rowe is not leading mountain stage this time.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Bloody fast stage

    When do the boring ones start?

    They put them all in the Giro this year, to confuse hipsters.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Eguisheim has a birdie sanctuary where they keep these.

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    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    mamil314 wrote:
    So Rowe is not leading mountain stage this time.

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    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    What, he had a couple of goes last year. After injury, no less
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Ebh nearly back... Only one or two sticky bottles
    "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: 18,912
    Rui Costa has a go
    "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
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Come on Edvald!
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Getting a good gap actually
    "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
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Those hairstyles are a disaster!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Sagan.
    Not too sluggish :-D
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Lol.. sunweb ran out of men
    "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
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Dominant sprint that, glad I kept my nerve on PTP!
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Sagan.
    Not too sluggish :-D

    OK my feed must be super delayed here in Greece.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Well taken by Sagan
    "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: 22,730
    Picture fail 20m before the line. Excellent. :oops:
    Matthews: What a waste of a good team effort.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Pross wrote:
    Dominant sprint that, glad I kept my nerve on PTP!

    Sunweb had noone left to help Matthews get into position
    "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
  • Another enjoyable stage. So much for “dull first week” syndrome.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Picture fail 20m before the line. Excellent. :oops:
    Matthews: What a waste of a good team effort.

    Rui Costa soaked up the last of their legs...
    "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: 18,912
    Electronic gearing is a liability .
    "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
    Sagan dominant, but Wout's sprint for second was seriously strong from a it too far back.
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  • mamil314
    mamil314 Posts: 1,103
    Haha Sagan looked a bit lost for celebration for a second
  • Electronic gearing is a liability .
    Not really.
  • FocusZing
    FocusZing Posts: 4,373
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Class. Pulled the old reverse psychology trick by doubting his ability to win. Knew it would work