2013 Tour de France, Stage 5: Cagnes-sur-Mer→Marseille (229 Km)

[Red Rick]

Does anyone know what the record is for winning stages in consecutive years?

 

[Ferminal]

@Movistar_Team 1m

Nairo Quintana e @ivangutipal fueron los #movistarteam más cerca de la caída a 300 metros de meta. Ninguno ha sufrido lesión alguna. #TDF

 

[willbick]

The front image was decieving, i realised i was wrong after the top view. But i can tell, maybe 150meters.

maybe 1.5 km

 

[el chava]

I would, don't put the crash on the sprinters, they were all there at the line, GC guys all crashed by themselves BEHIND the bunch of sprinters and wannabe sprinters

not if the stages are hard enough. ah, there's always the tour of austria for me then.

 

[del1962]

@Movistar_Team 1m

Nairo Quintana e @ivangutipal fueron los #movistarteam más cerca de la caída a 300 metros de meta. Ninguno ha sufrido lesión alguna. #TDF

translation please

 

[infeXio]

translation please

No one suffered any injuries - from movistar

 

[BigMac]

translation please

None of them is seriously hurt.

 

[jaylew]

@Movistar_Team 1m

Nairo Quintana e @ivangutipal fueron los #movistarteam más cerca de la caída a 300 metros de meta. Ninguno ha sufrido lesión alguna. #TDF

No injuries. Good to hear.

 

[Flamin]

I wonder if Sagan will ever get a decent leadout by his team...

Yeah, in the final 5k he actually had a few team mates close to the front, but they were all over the place. No organisation whatsoever, all individuals. So in the end, he did pretty much everything on his own, again.

 

[Flamin]

Like a baws

Kittel crashed though

 

[Eyeballs Out]

VDB2 got up under his own steam but was limping

 

[Sasquatch]

No he won't.

He just needs to attack on one of the harder stages.

He needed to go with the move on stage 2 and he should give up sprinting from a reduced group. If Gerrans can beat him, he has no chance to win a sprint, so he needs to win by attacking. All or nothing.

 

[kingjr]

VDB2 got up under his own steam but was limping

Yh right leg seemed to be hurting.

 

[kottila]

Yeah, in the final 5k he actually had a few team mates close to the front, but they were all over the place. No organisation whatsoever, all individuals. So in the end, he did pretty much everything on his own, again.

Just like kristoff and ebh. At least their teams aren't even trying.

 

[Pulpstar]

Terrible stage tommorow. 0% chance for break I think.

 

[willbick]

He just needs to attack on one of the harder stages.

He needed to go with the move on stage 2 and he should give up sprinting from a reduced group. If Gerrans can beat him, he has no chance to win a sprint, so he needs to win by attacking. All or nothing.

lol. hes trying to win green

 

[Afrank]

No one suffered any injuries - from movistar

Good to hear, had me worried there for a bit when I saw Quintana might have crashed.

 

[Lanark]

Terrible stage tommorow. 0% chance for break I think.

Could be echelons if we're lucky.

 

[slosada]

I wonder who does the translations in Eurosport. The same guy is translating from Spanish, German and French...

By the way kudos for the imagination the guy has as what he says is totally unrelated to the original language (ex. LeFevre said Cav didn't want to take the medication in French they translated he was OK thanks to the medication).

 

[arvc40]

Like it or not sprints and crashes are a part of TdF. There would be no point in leadout trains and jostling for position if everyone not interested in the sprint were allowed to drop back.

Ok, thats fine aslong as Cavendish is made to keep up more on all the stages he loses 10 min in to suit himself

 

[trevim]

I don't really mind this kind of stages where the sprinters really do work fot the wins and there's actually a chance that someone could get away.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Ok, thats fine aslong as Cavendish is made to keep up more on all the stages he loses 10 min in to suit himself

There's already a mountains jersey for people who like climbing and can happily be nowhere near the front on sprint days.

The overall winner needs to be at the front all the time.

 

[Bushman]

He just needs to attack on one of the harder stages.

He needed to go with the move on stage 2 and he should give up sprinting from a reduced group. If Gerrans can beat him, he has no chance to win a sprint, so he needs to win by attacking. All or nothing.

Did you see his sprinting today? He can definately win from a reduced sprint.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

This tour has been particularly lucky for the GT contenders. Usually we've lost 25% of them to a broken-something by now.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Perfect work by OPQS today and Cav delivered. Congrats.