2014 Tour de France, Stage 5: Ypres – Arenberg Porte du Hainaut: 156km

[Cimber]

According to Rolf Sørensen SKY is lobbying hard to get the organizers to cut more sections

 

[Broth3r]

NetApp leading?

 

[Netserk]

Feillu and Visconti caught.

 

[wollollo]

Feillu and Visconti caught by the peloton.

 

[Liquigas]

When did Contador adopt Kreuziger's guppy mouth look when racing?

When he was paced by Roman the whole Tour last year.

 

[The Hitch]

Journalist: "do you see the cobbles as a threat or an opportunity?"
Riis:"as an opportunity"

Words are cheap. Especially for Riis. Let's see if he puts something real behind them.

 

[MartinGT]

B.Feillu and Visconti been caughty

 

[Publicus]

According to Rolf Sørensen SKY is lobbying hard to get the organizers to cut more sections

That's pretty pathetic.

 

[infeXio]

According to Rolf Sørensen SKY is lobbying hard to get the organizers to cut more sections

Sky are pathetic beyond the realm of possibility

 

[MartinGT]

FFS Sky you set of pussies

 

[mastermind]

I do understand SKY, for trying to do that, even though I despise them for doing it.

 

[Rollthedice]

What's with Westra in the break?

 

[MartinGT]

Break at 1'17"

 

[No_Balls]

According to Rolf Sørensen SKY is lobbying hard to get the organizers to cut more sections

One smell fear from Sky. Should motivate the rest though.

#Patheticsky

 

[Pricey_sky]

To be honest I can't blame Sky for trying, I don't want any more sections removed but they have a leader with a dodgy wrist so why not? Be stupid of them to not try.

 

[mastermind]

What's with Westra in the break?

I think taking the pressure of closing the gap away from Astana?
A better question is, what is Martin doing in the break?

 

[MartinGT]

Riders describing what they do at the start.

John Degonkolb "I kiss my ring"

 

[Scott SoCal]

I can not wait for the position battles. We will see how the fly weights do fighting sector after sector.

This will be epic.

 

[Publicus]

What's with Westra in the break?

According to his comments, he's taking pressure off of the team so they don't have to chase. Seems to me the easier thing to do would be to race for GC and not to hold on to the maillot jaune. It's not like Saxo/Sky/Movistar are going to feel compelled to chase down the break because Astana is represented.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Journalist: "do you see the cobbles as a threat or an opportunity?"
Riis:"as an opportunity"

You forgot to add that he also said that their main priority is to not lose time to the other favorites.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

So.. What the **** is NetApp doing?

 

[Netserk]

Let's see how shiny the Tinkoff jerseys are at the end of the stage.

 

[sultanofhyd]

You forgot to add that he also said that their main priority is to not lose time to the other favorites.

The most straightforward way to achieve both of those goals is to stay at the front and hammer it.

 

[mastermind]

The most straightforward way to achieve both of those goals is to stay at the front and hammer it.

Does Tinkoff have a strong guy on the cobbles?

 

[luckyboy]

This is at 50m to go