Very good stage indeed. Glad Sagan has some competition. Gerrans did exceptionally well to get this win.
Happy for Bakelants - gets to keep the yellow for a day more
Happy for Bakelants - gets to keep the yellow for a day more
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How will he be of any use? He's terrible at keeping in front, and he's climbing like a brick.Dekker_Tifosi said:primary goal is helping mollema anyway.
theyoungest said:How will he be of any use? He's terrible at keeping in front, and he's climbing like a brick.
Is he taking the year off or training for La Vuelta?perico said:Wut... Gesink finished in the autobus?
puffin said:Intermediate sprint results from the pack:
6. KITTEL M. ARG 10 pts
7. GREIPEL A. LTB 9 pts
8. CAVENDISH M. OPQ 8 pts
9. KRISTOFF A. KAT 7 pts
10. SAGAN P. CAN 6 pts
Presumably this was a proper sprint between Kittel, Greipel and Cav as they wont feature at the end today. Cav has been behind Griepel in all 3 intermediate sprints they have contested now. I am not sure he is even the favourite in the bunch sprints for this tour.
argyllflyer said:I'd expect Cav to pop up and be very prominent in the pure sprinters stages across central France etc. Green is beyond him while Sagan picks up points in all stages barring injury and mountains.
ILovecycling said:ohh,bad sprint by Sagan..
he has a lot better climbing but his sprints looks worse,we'll see if this pays off in green jersey battle
auscyclefan94 said:Bad sprint? It was perfectly set up for Sagan. He got the wheel of Gerrans but Gerrans beat him in a pure drag race to the line.
Great win by Gerrans. Cam Meyer also did well chasing the break down.
gerro always been fast for those watching the crits in Melbourne. just not a field sprinter. and not as fast as Valverde or Gilbert or Sammy Sanchez or Bartoli.Polyarmour said:1/. First Class lead out by Impey completely put Cannondale on the back foot.
2/. Kudos to Gerro for holding off Sagan. Gerro is obviously a lot faster than people give him credit for.
3/. Monster pulls by Cam Meyer in the final 10km were instrumental in pulling back the Chavanel group.
blackcat said:gerro always been fast for those watching the crits in Melbourne. just not a field sprinter. and not as fast as Valverde or Gilbert or Sammy Sanchez or Bartoli.