2014 Paris - Nice, Stage 6: Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon - Fayence (221.5 km)

[Kwibus]

Bad ride from Thomas

Not at all. Very good performance by him. Suprised me for sure!

 

[Carols]

Damn entertaining final 20+km. Nice win for Betanuor...poor Rui!

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Bad ride from Thomas

What did you expect from him if that's your assessment?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

They said a mechanical for Slagter

Looked more like he simply lost all momentum when Villermoz went down.

 

[maltiv]

Betancur really reminds me of Ricco, same style, confidence and characteristics as a rider. I hope there aren't any more similarities, though.

 

[ianstannard]

What did you expect from him if that's your assessment?

Could have tried a little harder to sprint with Stybar

 

[Parrulo]

It was certainly bad luck for Slagter, he looked in total control to be honest.

 

[Netserk]

Great show from Nibs

The Fat Cat showing his class again today _O_

 

[Jancouver]

GC
Betancur -
Thomas - 8s
Costa -18s
Stybar - 22s
Rojas -24s
Fuglsang -25s

 

[Rollthedice]

Was Nibs racing for Birdsong? What was Astana's idea for this stage?
Thomas outstanding, downright surprising. Fat man takes is all! Congrats.

 

[Parrulo]

Could have tried a little harder to sprint with Stybar

After such an effort their lactic acid must have been through the roof, they simply didn't have anything else to give, neither of them.

 

[Jelantik]

Is Betancour the race leader now?

I think so. He is only 5 seconds back from thomas. And with 10 bonus seconds that's more than enough to overtake thomas.

Bentacour is impressive. I saw his photo overweight (almost like noval) a month ago. and he is not even anorexic yet, but he managed to go that fast on the last hill. Won back to back. If he continues like this, and he gets to his anorexic weight, he'll be another Quintana comes TDF.

 

[classicomano]

Looked more like he simply lost all momentum when Villermoz went down.

No it was clear he had a mechanical, he was bossing it at the front and suddenly you could see him pedalling air. Then after the corner someone crashed infront of him.

What a ****ing day, Kelderman and Slagter out.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Betancur really reminds me of Ricco, same style, confidence and characteristics as a rider. I hope there aren't any more similarities, though.

A lot of riders have the same characteristics as Ricco

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Wtf Keldermerckx and the Butcher both get a mechanic in the last few km

Awesome ride by Carlos '5kg above race weight' Fatancur though!!!!

 

[Sykhrzon]

Bentancur leads by 8 seconds now!

 

[jaylew]

Bad luck for Slagter but I think Betancur would still have won. He was on a mission today.

 

[Der Effe]

Slagter problems with his chain, just got confirmed. Was pretty clear as well, as he already got in trouble before Vuillermoz crashed.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Great ride by Betancur. He just needs to learn how to position himself. And hats off to Vuillermoz.. What a ride today! Oh yeah, and great performance by Thomas as well.

 

[Kwibus]

Could have tried a little harder to sprint with Stybar

Your last 2 comments in this thread give me the feeling your a troll.

 

[BigMac]

Great riding and great finish. When Nibali attacked several times on the downhill, I could only think of IzNoGoUd's post where he said something along the lines of ''Nibali with one of his pointless attacks''.

Your last 2 comments in this thread give me the feeling your a troll.

All of them.

It was just an uphill sprint. . . How was this great racing? There was absolutely no selection or significant attacks before the last km!!!

Truth be told, if there were any significant attacks before the last km, you'd still say the racing sucks because It should have been made harder, starting with the route.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Your last 2 comments in this thread give me the feeling your a troll.

Oh don't worry, you're not the only one. I have had that feeling since his post #1

 

[Kwibus]

Looked more like he simply lost all momentum when Villermoz went down.

Villermoz allready passed him because Slagter allready had chain problems before that corner. After that you see Villermoz crash and you can see Slagter pedalling 100000 rounds a minute trying to get his chain back up. Than he raises his hand and looks back as if the find his teamcar right behind him which was kind of funny since he was in the last 400m, but I guess that was a panick reaction.

 

[Kwibus]

Oh don't worry, you're not the only one. I have had that feeling since his post #1

Yeh well so do I, but I wanted to start easy before causing a riot. Guess I wasn't the only one lol.

 

[Pentacycle]

Your last 2 comments in this thread give me the feeling your a troll.

No sweat, he has been following cycling for only a few months. It takes time to understand how these races work.