2012 Tour Down Under Stage 5: McLaren Vale - Old Willunga Hill 151.5km

[More Strides than Rides]

Good Stage; most of us thought it would happen, but it happened in an exciting way, worth staying up for

 

[maltiv]

Good thing Rogers made sure to drop EBH 300 meters before the finish, that was the only effect of his pull on the front

 

[goggalor]

Oh dear. Tears.

 

[Parrulo]

ok this is brings tears to my eyes.

great to see piti back

and he even dedicated the win to xavi tondo!!!!

 

[Gloin22]

EBH can still win the GC with good day tomorrow though.

 

[The Hitch]

Degendt very good climber, he was kom @ tour of Britain.

lolololol. Watch out zoncolan!

ya i laughed out loud at that.

also the movistar kit looks very good on the road. much better then it did on the pictures

Did they actualy say watch out zoncolan?

 

[ingsve]

EBH cracked big time.

I wouldn't say "cracked bigtime" for anyone that was part of the last group of 7-8 but he's a bit from his best form for sure.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

@hitch

no.

awesome valverde, so happy for him

 

[craig1985]

Impressed by Sherwen there doing the interview in Spanish.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I wouldn't say "cracked bigtime" for anyone that was part of the last group of 7-8 but he's a bit from his best form for sure.

he never looked good did he. oh well

 

[BillytheKid]

No finishers for the Shack. Good tactics. No finish!

 

[Fetisoff]

Now, that the stage is over, I'm wondering how the big split happened in the first place. They all seemed to go over the top more or less together, and then all of the sudden - big gap.
Was there a crash or something?

 

[jens_attacks]

nice spanish from paul there.and alejandro crying...
epic stuff worth watching

 

[bassplayer88]

My first post. That was a classy win for piti.. and was what the forum predicted. Bring on the season. I really missed road racing this winter...

EDIT: My first post my ***, take drunk man away from computer...

 

[luckyboy]

Chris Boardman calling the crit stage sprint for Gerrans

 

[Spare Tyre]

Gerrans has been given 1st on GC, with Valverde equal on time.

Should be an interesting finish tomorrow.

 

[cineteq]

Impressed by Sherwen there doing the interview in Spanish.

LOL...he spoke in Italian rather

 

[Parrulo]

damn it machado why didn't you wait for the right time to attack? he only finished 2 seconds back on piti and he attacked much earlier. he could have won if he had the brains <_<

 

[craig1985]

Gerrans and Valverde dead level on time.

 

[Anonymous]

well that ****ed on greenedge's fireworks

and paul, speaking english with a spanish accent. comedy gold.

bedtime

 

[El Imbatido]

I thought the jersey would have gone to Valverde because he won a stage but....

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Now, that the stage is over, I'm wondering how the big split happened in the first place. They all seemed to go over the top more or less together, and then all of the sudden - big gap.
Was there a crash or something?

There was talk of crosswinds earlier in the thread...

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

@BillytheKid
machado came 3rd...

ps. woo machado.

credit to tdu, fun stage.

 

[hatcher]

Matthews was still relatively close at the end then.

 

[AntonioRossi]

okay wth..gerrans is leader?