2013 Santos Tour Down Under Stage 5: McLaren Vale -> Old Wilunga Hill, 151.5km

[Afrank]

Here we go...

 

[Parrulo]

santaromita and machado

 

[Gloin22]

EBH & Thomas look very comfortable though

 

[HiCadence]

The king has attacked

 

[Parrulo]

sky not even sweating

 

[Afrank]

Moreno attacks.

Come on Machado!

 

[classicomano]

EBH doing a 1 man SKY train.

 

[Afrank]

Gerrans goes!

 

[classicomano]

Bam Slagter!!

 

[Afrank]

Gerrans just saved Greenedges race, Slagter for the overall?

edit: yep, Slagter gets overall.

 

[the asian]

Slagter !

Lol at those who said he isn't a climber.

 

[maltiv]

Yesss, Slagter!! Awesome ride.

 

[classicomano]

The Butcher gifted the stage, leading the overall now.

 

[Ferminal]

lol, most impressive thing Gerrans has ever done, huge acceleration by Slagter too.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

Crackin stage - good to see Gerrans take the stage but it was some performance by Slagter.

 

[cineteq]

What a fail for Sky!

 

[Parrulo]

lol machado simply can't get it right

GT cracked completely

 

[Unkown]

What an attack by Slagter, but my goodness do they need to fix that jersey!!! Why does RSLT send their strongest guy to soften them up? Don't get why Machado also attacks with 5 km to go and gets caught within the final 2 always.

 

[HiCadence]

Very exciting finish

 

[Afrank]

1. Gerrans
2. Slagter
3. Moreno '10
4. I. Izagirre '12
5. Machado '13
6. Kelderman '16
7. G. Izagirre '16
8. Valls '16
9. Pietropolli '16
10. Hermans '16

 

[the asian]

Overall

1. Sagter
2. Moreno
3. Hermans
4. Ion Izagirre
5. Thomas

 

[maltiv]

How on earth did G lose that much time in like 600 meters? Woah. Looks like he isn't a GT/classics contender after all

 

[theyoungest]

Wow, Slagter. What an attack. The first leader of the WorldTour this year.

Or 'that Blanco guy', as Gerrans respectfully calls him.

 

[Gloin22]

What a fail for Sky!

How is it ?

Thomas wasn't just strong enough. Nothing to do with Sky fail, they set it up perfectly for him with EBH till the last 800 metres.

He just then blew up. Nothing that could be done as he gave his all.

Brilliant win for Slagter though Pure power with that attack

 

[Classic]

Good finish, I was really scared Sky would ruin things for a while there.