2014 Tour de France Stage 4: Le Touquet-Paris-Plage / Lille Métropole: 163km, flat

[therhodeo]

Big mistake from Kwiato getting caught out.

QS riders just don't do that.

 

[indianfanboy]

Cannondale initiated it

 

[kingjr]

Did some of Kittel's train get dropped? I'm struggling to understand why Lotto has on the gas.

Ji Cheng and Devenyns have been dropped, but they won't be needed much anymore today anyway, don't know about others.

 

[glassmoon]

All this because of Kwiatek? It can't be.

 

[indianfanboy]

1:30 is the gap

 

[cineteq]

Horner, Kwiatkowski, Demare, Purito in the second group

I guess Horner's no a favorite anymore

 

[MartinGT]

58s now, looks like its coming down

 

[l.Harm]

OPQS is closing it

 

[therhodeo]

OPQS is closing it

The team you either want driving the split or trying to close the gap.

 

[argyllflyer]

Why is Cassel not a classified climb?

I would guess because it is insignificant compared to the other climbs across the 3 weeks. Plenty of big 'wee' bumps weren't categorised in Yorkshire.

 

[Publicus]

My tactical nous is not great, but I don't see the point of Cannondale/Lotto driving here. Kwiat isn't a threat to either of their interest.

EDIT: Looks like they turned the gas off.

 

[therhodeo]

Lampre moving up to disrupt the train?

 

[kottila]

Izagirres handlebars(?) broke just as Froome crashed: http://imgur.com/a8w2dqO
How does this happen on a modern race bike on a flat stretch and why did it happen just as Froome went down when Izagirre was nowhere near him

 

[indianfanboy]

The Peloton has slowed down,,,too bad what was that for

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

they are coming back..peloton stopped

 

[Lance Armstrong]

My tactical nous is not great, but I don't see the point of Cannondale/Lotto driving here. Kwiat isn't a threat to either of their interest.

It takes a few kms till they get info nobody important missed the split.

 

[MartinGT]

My tactical nous is not great, but I don't see the point of Cannondale/Lotto driving here. Kwiat isn't a threat to either of their interest.

EDIT: Looks like they turned the gas off.

Maybe trying to drop some of Kittels lead out men?

 

[Pricey_sky]

OPQS putting riders back to get Kwiat back up to the bunch.

 

[Publicus]

It takes a few kms till they get info nobody important missed the split.

That's probably makes the most sense.

Maybe trying to drop some of Kittels lead out men?

I wondered about that as well, but none of them were dropped.

In any event, the fun appears to be over

 

[mrhender]

Apparently 4 SKY riders in the Purito group..

With a bruised Froome (strong wind?) somebody could be cynical and try to do something..

 

[glassmoon]

Well fun is over... Back to work then

 

[mr. tibbs]

Izagirres handlebars(?) broke just as Froome crashed: http://imgur.com/a8w2dqO
How does this happen on a modern race bike on a flat stretch and why did it happen just as Froome went down when Izagirre was nowhere near him

Wild. It's hard to believe that Movistar's mechanic would make the mistake of crushing a steering tube, so just plain old structural failure?

 

[Super Voeckler]

always good value tommy v ;D

 

[kingjr]

Terpstra crashed

 

[murali]

Terpstra crashed

seems unhurt.

he is on his way back to peloton