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

[uconnryan]

The finish is a bit technical no? You're gonna have to be in the top 5-6 to win at the sharp left with 500m to go.

If Jens does't win.......

1. Cav
2. Greipel
3. Sagan
4. Degenkolb

 

[Swede1]

I think gorilla could take it. He has a good leadout and should be in a good position for that last corner. And he seems to be pretty much the fastest in the intermediate sprints so far.

 

[movingtarget]

With Cavendish sick, Sagan on the mend I will say Greipel. If Goss wins it will be an incredible few days for GreenEdge.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Kittel or Greipel for me. I think Cav will need a few days to recover and get back to 100% so he will be targeting a couple of stages in the 2nd week and his beloved Champs-Elysees.

Sagan will be 3rd.

 

[vladimir]

Is it the exact same run in to Marseille as in 2007?
Looking back on the profile from that year it seems identical, but both Bastides and Ginestre were cat 3 climbs that year

 

[manafana]

one thing about greipel is that he does not look a tricky finish tends to sit off the mad pace when tricky bends are coming, van poppel looks smart could well push or a place or win

 

[Kwibus]

Let's just hope there won't be crashes.

There will probably be crashes, but please ...please don't get hurt!

 

[Bavarianrider]

Really hope Omega tries something with Kwiatkoski or Chavanel.
With Cavendish not being at 100% they would be reallly stupid to put all their money on him today.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Ok am i getting this right?

4 sharp corners on the final kmes

Crash a certanity :/

 

[Mkind07]

What do you reckon the chances of Impey nicking the jersey from Gerro are? Apparently he only has to finish 10 places in front of him...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/will-impey-be-the-first-african-yellow-jersey

 

[pastronef]

brig traffic jam on the road to Cagnes sur Mer, possible delay to start.
a local bus crashed on the highway.

https://twitter.com/YukiyaArashiro/status/352342955576659970/photo/1

that's the A8 between Antibes and Cagnes

 

[search]

What do you reckon the chances of Impey nicking the jersey from Gerro are? Apparently he only has to finish 10 places in front of him...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/will-impey-be-the-first-african-yellow-jersey

I think it will happen, either today or tomorrow, as a reward for his good work

but cn has the numbers wrong, they forgot about the timetrial, 7 places it is (and even without the ttt it would be 9 places and not 10 as it's the most recent stage result that determines the leader in case they are equal on aggregated results)

 

[xrayvision]

Sagan, the tourminator is mad, today he takes his revenge.

 

[mickkk]

6 man break from the gun that was quick!

 

[Ferminal]

Can someone give me a good reason as to why Cofidis shouldn't be kicked out of the race?

 

[Pharazon]

feeling sorry for ted king this morning

 

[timmers]

Can someone give me a good reason as to why Cofidis shouldn't be kicked out of the race?

Well the riders haven't broken any rules unlike Team Sky who you think are breaking the anti-doping rules.

Based on your postings in other threads Orica should be out as they must be breaking the rules! You can't have it both ways!

 

[search]

Is it the exact same run in to Marseille as in 2007?
Looking back on the profile from that year it seems identical, but both Bastides and Ginestre were cat 3 climbs that year

the two final climbs are the same but the finish itself is different, yes

 

[The Principal Sheep]

Reports of Gasparotto involved in a crash.

Edit: back up and riding on, seems to be ok.

 

[Pulpstar]

Arashiro virtual leader of the Tour at the moment. Whilst that is not going to bother Sky, Saxo and BMC it means OGE will have to do some of the chase work.

 

[One Man Grupetto]

Can someone give me a good reason as to why Cofidis shouldn't be kicked out of the race?

Have I missed something? Is there a reason why they should be kicked out?

 

[spalco]

Can someone give me a good reason as to why Cofidis shouldn't be kicked out of the race?

What did they do?

 

[Netserk]

Arashiro y.52 . Euc . +00:03:42
delaplace a.212 . Soj . +00:06:01
lutsenko a.68 . Ast . +00:22:54
de gendt t.203 . Vcd . +00:24:48
sicard r.119 . Eus . +00:27:31
reza k.57 . Euc . +00:27:44

 

[Netserk]

What did they do?

They aren't in the botd.

 

[search]

Have I missed something? Is there a reason why they should be kicked out?

for sucking so hard I guess