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

[hfer07]

looks like NIbali wants to go...

 

[T-Nielsen]

They can't blame this on the cobbles because they hadn't even reached them jet. It was just rain.

 

[ILovecycling]

So which GC riders have missed the first split?

Probably Valverde and TJvG,Rolland

 

[Walkman]

To me he looked more like mentally broken

What?! Are you high?

Brazil was mentally broken yesterday. Froome was clearly hurting in his arm/shoulder.

 

[Eclipse]

Less crashes on the first bit of pavé than on your average right hander of this stage

 

[Justico]

most promising tour in years transfroomed in most ****ty tour in years already

 

[whittashau]

Nibs and contador looking fine. Racers. That's what cycling is about.

 

[LuckySteveC]

So with Froome out, this should be Contador's tour, however, I guess it will be classed as a hollow victory without Froome there to battle.

 

[jaylew]

Froome for the Vuelta? Whoever wins this TDF is not the strongest that is for sure. Also credit to the many people who don't like him but sound gutted he is out.

Your last sentence is negated by the second one. Anyway, I wanted him to lose in the mountains, not like this. Oh well.

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

Marginal losses, guys.

Letting go one guy at a time.

 

[Tournesol]

They can't blame this on the cobbles because they hadn't even reached them jet. It was just rain.

Exactly.Rain and poor bike handling skills.

 

[MatParker117]

Froome can handle wet roads fine (see Romandie the last couple of years) but stuff like this is ridiculous. I hope he'll be ok for the Vuelta and Richie Porte now has a big chance.

 

[No_Balls]

Could've been a great tour, gonna be a walkover for Contador now. Provided he stays healthy.

And stays on the bike. Damn, wished for fireworks between them but this is part of bike racing and we all knew it.

 

[ILovecycling]

What?! Are you high?

Brazil was mentally broken yesterday. Froome was clearly hurting in his arm/shoulder.

Thats true,but it was very quick decesion,hard to say...
(please dont remind that match)


Costa back

 

[webvan]

He definitely was. There was no hope left on his face. Just broken.

All that energy wasted on humiliating Wiggins and that useless autobiography, hopefully this will humble him...needless to say he won't have his way again next year if Wiggo stays with Sky. Lesson learned (at last) for Brailsford? You would think that the 2011 fiasco would have been enough.

 

[murali]

i just want to listen what all the froomboys want to say now, esp after they saw their fav rider go down.


now this tour winner loses legitimacy of his capability.

 

[purcell]

We didn't even get to the cobbles yet. Should they neutralize every single slippery road?

Clearly, this is what baby Shleck has been saying.

It's too dangerous to ride in the rain, or downhill, or uphill, or around corners, or ......

 

[junkie]

They can't blame this on the cobbles because they hadn't even reached them jet. It was just rain.

This. Dawg did not even make it to the 1st pavé section.

 

[Amsterhammer]

And the great cry eminating from the UK about this stage will be heard for days...

Dude should be able to handle a bike like the other GC guys are.

Froome fell again before the cobblestones. The Dutch commentators were wondering why so many appear to have forgotten how to ride in the wet. There seems to be no rational reason or excuse for so many crashes.

 

[Parrulo]

Costa and Machado on the second group

 

[TourOfSardinia]

There's always the Vuelta

 

[King Boonen]

One GC rider down. The rest got through the first section fine. Over the top much from most here?

 

[rhubroma]

They can't blame this on the cobbles because they hadn't even reached them jet. It was just rain.

I'd say it was both, considering that the cobbles didn't necessarily have to be the physical cause, but the anxiety they caused probably derailed him mentally.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

contador, nibs, jvdb, mollema, porte

no talansky, no van garderen, no valverde, no froome (duh)

 

[ChewbaccaD]

There are people sliding off the road all over the place

...and? Dude should be able to handle his bike better. Gazing at your stem has consequences I guess?