2013 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 5: Grésy-sur-Aix Valmorel (139 km)

[Miburo]

2013 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 5: Grésy-sur-Aix Valmorel (139 km)

Will Contador rise or drop even further?

 

[LaFlorecita]

My bet is that this will be embarrassing and painful to watch for me

 

[Cimber]

No way he will DNS/DNF - he needs the racing miles.

He wont suck as bad as today. He will be the last to stick with Froome/Porte, but he will get dropped.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

I guess win the stage is the Vino option?

 

[Netserk]

I guess win the stage is the Vino option?

Nope.

This is the Vino option:

He breaks the climb record of the Valmorel

_O_

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

MY guess is that Contador will be dropped by Boasson Hagen early in the climb.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Dns/dnf because I suck at touch screen things

 

[Cimber]

MY guess is that Contador will be dropped by Boasson Hagen early in the climb.

Willing to do an avatar bet on that? if he does I will have a Froome-avatar for the rest of the year, if not you will have a Contador-avatar for the rest of the year?

 

[Miburo]

Nope.

This is the Vino option:


_O_

Exactly. DNS/DNF is andy option or maybe Wiggins option

 

[Dazed and Confused]

now lets see if anybody wants to race this stage or if everybody just waits for a bit of sprint at the end.

Step forward Belkin:

 

[maltiv]

MY guess is that Contador will be dropped by Boasson Hagen early in the climb.

Probably this...

With Contador being but a shadow of his former self, the TDF will be yet another snoozefest. I really hope Contador can turn things around tomorrow, but I can't see it happening at the moment.

 

[spalco]

I don't think his form today was just an off-day, so he'll most likely get dropped, but not in a too-painful-to-watch-for-Florecita way because he's too much of a fighter to let that happen.

 

[jens_attacks]

able to follow i voted but it's unrealistic. but who knows maybe he wants to prove something tomorrow.

what is the record lol? strava?

i see tomorrow a splendid g thomas absolutely slaughtering the field on valmorel. sky will push an infernal pace.

 

[SafeBet]

Really curious to see what the Polish Hammer will do tomorrow. He was superb in Prati di Tivo earlier this spring so he should be able to follow the big names.

I don't think Contador will be dropped too early.

 

[caricas]

contador to be dropped before noval

 

[Zam_Olyas]

I miss the days of a race thread without polls and when polls was only for the off season.

 

[liamito]

Really curious to see what the Polish Hammer will do tomorrow. He was superb in Prati di Tivo earlier this spring so he should be able to follow the big names.

Isn't he getting a bit too ambitious? I mean he wants do well here, the Tour is getting more likely, he want to win Poland...

 

[search]

the plans have changed, he will do the Tour de France

Edit: Source: http://eurosport.onet.pl/kolarstwo/...kiego-tour-de-france,1,5532453,wiadomosc.html

 

[Publicus]

able to follow i voted but it's unrealistic. but who knows maybe he wants to prove something tomorrow.

what is the record lol? strava?

i see tomorrow a splendid g thomas absolutely slaughtering the field on valmorel. sky will push an infernal pace.

This. I think they want to demoralize/humiliate AC and the other GC candidates if possible.

 

[liamito]

the plans have changed, he will do the Tour de France

Edit: Source: http://eurosport.onet.pl/kolarstwo/...kiego-tour-de-france,1,5532453,wiadomosc.html

Does this also mean no Tour de Pologne?

 

[roundabout]

Flat stage before the climb, regular climb. Sky train until 2 km to go.

 

[search]

Does this also mean no Tour de Pologne?

I don't know, somehow I though both races were overlapping again this year, so I though it would be either one or the other. But with one week in between in might be still possible. There's nothing about that topic in the article as far as I can see

 

[airstream]

intensive drilling the peloton and Froomester turning on a Pena Cabarga mode from 2-3k to go. About 400-500 meters attack without flopping on the saddle.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Flat stage before the climb, regular climb. Sky train until 2 km to go.

That first hill is 4,4 km @ 6,6%, ideal for a serious break. However the way things are going in France we will probably end up with Richeze, Arndt and Warbasse being up the road.

 

[JaffaGT]

le Chouchou might try something tomorrow.