2014 Paris Nice, Stage 4: Nevers - Belleville 201.5 km

[Parrulo]

So far this race has been horrible, hopefully there will some fireworks tomorrow

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[jens_attacks]

those steps on the profile...what a meh climb...
i would love rui costa to take it but degenkolb will survive

 

[Parrulo]

I hope Lampre uses Niemec to rip the race into pieces up the climb

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Finally a good design of a flat stage at P-N. 4th try worked. 25% hit rate. Not bad, lol.

Now there is the small inconvenience of trying to watch two races at the same time.

Decision time:

 

[Parrulo]

Usually PN finishes well before Tirreno so you can watch both. Or you can just run one on TV and the other on a stream, which is what i usually do.

 

[jens_attacks]

i watch eurosport so first t-a then paris nice recorded

there must be some brutal brutal pace and attacks in orde to gain more than 25 sec on that climb. 15 kms is also a lot until the finish

 

[Parrulo]

http://inrng.com/2014/03/roads-to-ride-mont-brouilly/

Nice piece about Mont Brouily by The Inner Ring

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Usually PN finishes well before Tirreno so you can watch both. Or you can just run one on TV and the other on a stream, which is what i usually do.

PN scheduled to finish: 15:32 - 16:03

T-A last team on the ramp: 15:43

Pretty pathetic.

 

[Parrulo]

God damn it, i was under the impression they finished at different times. . .

Well TA isn't really worth watching considering it is a TTT. It could get trickier later in the week tho.

 

[RedheadDane]

So far this race has been horrible, hopefully there will some fireworks tomorrow

Hopefully not the crashing kind of fireworks

Usually PN finishes well before Tirreno so you can watch both. Or you can just run one on TV and the other on a stream, which is what i usually do.

Glad I'm not the only one (thinking of) doing something like that.
Basically my plan is watching P-R on the television on my big computer and watching T-A on Eurosport player on my laptop.
So if I post P-N stuff in the T-A thread and T-A stuff in the P-R thread you'll all know why...

 

[Dazed and Confused]

God damn it, i was under the impression they finished at different times. . .

Well TA isn't really worth watching considering it is a TTT. It could get trickier later in the week tho.

I do like a TTT.
Anyway cycling often operates like this:

 

[Jspear]

I'd like to see Tom Boonen get in on the mix.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Looking forward to Betancur's first televised attack of 2014.

 

[Roude Leiw]

Pretty easy, watch PN, check the result of TA. Watching a TTT is borderline boring even if my boys win

 

[BigMac]

Parrulo makes sure that in the future, whenever I want to check this threads, I'll remember how crappy the first stages were. (They were not btw)

Anyway, don't expect Lampre to do anything on that climb, since they rarely ride on front, leaving Costa alone the last 50/60km on the wheel of whoever he can find. On the other hand, Astana has been looking good, with 3+ riders in front of Nibali till the very end. Expect them do try something.

Confident sprinters won't survive the last climb.

 

[UselessToo]

1.Felline 2.Rojas 3.Gallopin

 

[RedheadDane]

Confident sprinters won't survive the last climb.

But maybe the inconfident ones will.
I know that's not what you meant!

 

[BigMac]

But maybe the inconfident ones will.
I know that's not what you meant!

Haha. But your statement actually makes sence.

 

[Wallenquist]

According to inner ring there are no 25% sections, even hard to find some with 20%. It's not as hard as ASO says (or as hard as they wish to be), could still end up with 30-40 men sprint.


Btw, it's first year when PN and TA are finishing in same time. Last year TA was always finishing later.

 

[manafana]

finally a stage to see stuff get mixed up a bit. Thomas has looekd really good so far.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

After missing the split in stage 1, Voeckler seemed to lose time delibirately in order to get in a break. Not sure if he'll do it this stage though, other stages seem more suited for a break. But nevertheless, prepare for Voeckler making weird faces in the camera all day in the break coming days.

 

[The Barb]

This has the potential to be a cracking stage. Even if the climb isn't as hard as it might appear it's hard to see the pure sprinters making it over with the lead pack. Simon Gerrans and Geraint Thomas for me but it's wide open.

 

[postmanhat]

Thomas looks in good nick. Should be looking to put himself on the podium at least tomorrow I suppose

 

[BigMac]

''Sprinters will be ejected and even rouleur-climbers will be dejected...'' in inrng.com.

 

[burning]

After missing the split in stage 1, Voeckler seemed to lose time delibirately in order to get in a break. Not sure if he'll do it this stage though, other stages seem more suited for a break. But nevertheless, prepare for Voeckler making weird faces in the camera all day in the break coming days.

I think he will strike at Fayence or Biot if he has any form,tomorrow there will be a sprint with 30-40 guys imo.