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

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Wonderful win for Boom.

And what a race Nibali rode today. Just an act of greatness.
This might turn out to turn out to be a great Tour.
Contador and many others will have to attack pretty early in the race.

 

[ILovecycling]

Those faces!EPIC

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Contador loses big today.

 

[thrawn]

Must download this after I get home from work today.

 

[Publicus]

Contador easily 3' down

EDIT: 2'54. So looking forward to this weekend

 

[SKSemtex]

Nevermind. This stage was better that P-R this year.

Well done Astana. Well done Shark.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

........... yay !!!!!!!!




:d:d:d:d

 

[The Hitch]

Called it first thing this morning

Good call.

 

[Hmmmmm]

Someone mentioned "epic" being thrown around loosely quite a bit these days, but this stage has got to be considered as one to be remembered for a long time.

 

[hfer07]

Astana 1st & 2nd in the GC

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

if it ever rains in Roubaix again, we know the winner

Yeah, Birdsong.

 

[The Hitch]

Where is that post with Riis saying he sees cobbles as an opportunity

 

[del1962]

Sounds like a great setup for the rest of the tour.

Can Contador get the time back in the mountains, probably, but epic daym, shame Froome is out though, I guess if your wrist is fractured not a stage you can get through

 

[The Hegelian]

Epic, epic, epic.

Astana, Gewiss......

 

[DirtyWorks]

Wtf happened to Contador? Mechanical problems or simply physical problems?

If he loses 2-3 minutes he can get that back in bits over the next 2+ weeks.

The yellow jersey is pretty heavy.

 

[Kender]

Contador and Mollema dropped on the final cobble stroke

but anyway. Lars Boom, 47 km/h..

if it ever rains in Roubaix again, we know the winner

Roubaix is 100km longer than this stage

 

[Publicus]

Where is that post with Riis saying he sees cobbles as an opportunity

lol. Contador was right, it was a lottery today. Nibali hit the jackpot

 

[webvan]

Contador and Mollema dropped on the final cobble stroke

Actually it seems he got dropped AFTER the last section, guess he just had no energy left, unlike Porte. Well it could have been worse...

 

[jsem94]

What an EPIC stage.

It has been said that Tour couldn't be won today, but Nibali has done a huge chunk of the work already. Incredible ride.

 

[JimPanzen]

Looking forward to Conti lighting it up in the mountains then

 

[greenedge]

What a stage easily better than Contador at T-A or some of the Giro ones.

Sad that Froome's out but a battle royale will still take place in the mountains and this should lead to a really open race- can't wait

 

[brilleaben]

I've always thought Fuglsang could win Roubaix one day, finally I have proof to back it up.

 

[Amsterhammer]

Surely this is a post record for a flat first week stage?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1. NEDBOOM Lars 62 BELKIN PRO CYCLING 03h 18' 35''
2. DENFUGLSANG Jakob 42 ASTANA PRO TEAM 03h 18' 54'' + 00' 19''
3. ITANIBALI Vincenzo 41 ASTANA PRO TEAM 03h 18' 54'' + 00' 19''
4. SVKSAGAN Peter 51 CANNONDALE 03h 19' 36'' + 01' 01''
5. SUICANCELLARA Fabian 163 TREK FACTORY RACING 03h 19' 36'' + 01' 01''
6. BELKEUKELEIRE Jens 186 ORICA GREENEDGE 03h 19' 36'' + 01' 01''
7. POLKWIATKOWSKI Michal 74 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 03h 19' 42'' + 01' 07''
8. NEDWESTRA Lieuwe 49 ASTANA PRO TEAM 03h 19' 44'' + 01' 09''
9. ITATRENTIN Matteo 79 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 03h 19' 56'' + 01' 21''
10. FRALEMOINE Cyril 174 COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 03h 20' 20'' + 01' 45''
11. RUSPORSEV Alexander 25 TEAM KATUSHA 03h 20' 37'' + 02' 02''
12. AUSHAYMAN Mathew 185 ORICA GREENEDGE 03h 20' 37'' + 02' 02''
13. BELVANMARCKE Sep 68 BELKIN PRO CYCLING 03h 20' 37'' + 02' 02''
14. BELBAKELANTS Jan 72 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 03h 20' 37'' + 02' 02''
15. AUSRENSHAW Mark 77 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 03h 20' 37'' + 02' 02''
16. BELVAN DEN BROECK Jurgen 131 LOTTO-BELISOL 03h 20' 37'' + 02' 02''
17. GERMARTIN Tony 75 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 03h 20' 37'' + 02' 02''
18. FRAGALLOPIN Tony 134 LOTTO-BELISOL 03h 20' 37'' + 02' 02''
19. BELROELANDTS Jurgen 138 LOTTO-BELISOL 03h 20' 43'' + 02' 08''
20. AUSPORTE Richie 7 TEAM SKY 03h 20' 46'' + 02' 11''
21. GBRTHOMAS Geraint 8 TEAM SKY 03h 20' 54'' + 02' 19''
22. USATALANSKY Andrew 91 GARMIN - SHARP 03h 20' 57'' + 02' 22''
23. NEDDUMOULIN Tom 106 TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO 03h 21' 03'' + 02' 28''
24. FRAPINOT Thibaut 127 FDJ.FR 03h 21' 03'' + 02' 28''
25. PORCOSTA Rui Alberto 111 LAMPRE - MERIDA 03h 21' 03'' + 02' 28''
26. ESPVALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 11 MOVISTAR TEAM 03h 21' 03'' + 02' 28''
27. FRABARDET Romain 82 AG2R LA MONDIALE 03h 21' 03'' + 02' 28''
28. RUSTROFIMOV Yury 29 TEAM KATUSHA 03h 21' 03'' + 02' 28''
29. KAZGRUZDEV Dmitriy 44 ASTANA PRO TEAM 03h 21' 03'' + 02' 28''
30. SVKVELITS Peter 149 BMC RACING TEAM 03h 21' 03'' + 02' 28''
31. USAVAN GARDEREN Tejay 141 BMC RACING TEAM 03h 21' 03'' + 02' 28''
32. KAZIGLINSKIY Maxim 45 ASTANA PRO TEAM 03h 21' 03'' + 02' 28''
33. NEDLANGEVELD Sebastian 96 GARMIN - SHARP 03h 21' 08'' + 02' 33''
34. NEDMOLLEMA Bauke 61 BELKIN PRO CYCLING 03h 21' 19'' + 02' 44''
35. ITAMARCATO Marco 56 CANNONDALE 03h 21' 19'' + 02' 44''
36. ITABENNATI Daniele 32 TINKOFF-SAXO 03h 21' 29'' + 02' 54''
37. ESP CONTADOR Alberto 31 TINKOFF-SAXO 03h 21' 29'' + 02' 54''

 

[l.Harm]

Cancellara so bad.