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

[Dazed and Confused]

This stage could be the end of GC dreams for a lot of guys.The only bad thing about this one is that crashing are imminent,let's hope nobody is forced out by injuries.Valverde could be the man to surprise everybody here.

nah, only a couple of GC contenders/pretenders will lose serious time.
Others will drop 60-90s or even less.
It will setup a great race for the reminder of the tour.

 

[murali]

i support. valverde not to crash.


Terpstra FTW

 

[VeloHuman]

GC riders might have a rough go of it in the rain, but I think the cobblestone specialists are going to have a tough time escaping the sprinters. Sagan, Degenkolb, Kristoff, and Demare have a great shot here without Kittel in the picture.

 

[Arredondo]

GC riders might have a rough go of it in the rain, but I think the cobblestone specialists are going to have a tough time escaping the sprinters. Sagan, Degenkolb, Kristoff, and Demare have a great shot here without Kittel in the picture.

And the fact that Sagan and Degenkolb are one of the best cobbled specialist of the peloton, based on their last perfomance in PR. I can only see a really good Cancellara drop them.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Kristoff to win the stage, Froome to loose some time as a result of his crash today.
AC, Nibbles, Valverde and Talansky to get through without problems
Im worried for VDB though

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Hopefully the weather is so bad that the peloton is in bits before the cobbles

 

[Akuryo]

Will be nearly impossible to predict. If Kwiatkowski can hang on to Terpstras wheel maybe he can steal some vital seconds. He needes every single one of them if he wants to reach white/top 10.

 

[jens_attacks]

ok hardcore statistics cycling fans, help
is there a rider in the peloton tomorrow who ever rode on a rainy/muddy roubaix?
i remember that cancellara said he's worried about it lol. if god damn fabian freakin cancellara is worried then what about alberto,chris or papy horner???!!!

 

[LaFlorecita]

ok hardcore statistics cycling fans, help
is there a rider in the peloton tomorrow who ever rode on a rainy/muddy roubaix?
i remember that cancellara said he's worried about it lol. if god damn fabian freakin cancellara is worried then what about alberto,chris or papy horner???!!!

I read on Twitter Voigt, Hayman and Chavanel raced the rainy 2001 PR

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

ok hardcore statistics cycling fans, help
is there a rider in the peloton tomorrow who ever rode on a rainy/muddy roubaix?
i remember that cancellara said he's worried about it lol. if god damn fabian freakin cancellara is worried then what about alberto,chris or papy horner???!!!

Papy Horner will ride the cobbles out of his saddle like a champ

 

[Pulpstar]

Sagan could be in yellow at the end of tommorow ?

 

[Jagartrott]

Belkin has the best riders for this, IMO.

 

[kingjr]

ok hardcore statistics cycling fans, help
is there a rider in the peloton tomorrow who ever rode on a rainy/muddy roubaix?
i remember that cancellara said he's worried about it lol. if god damn fabian freakin cancellara is worried then what about alberto,chris or papy horner???!!!

Voigt and Hayman did in 2001 but finished way down, and Petacchi DNF

 

[jens_attacks]

thanks florecita and kingjr. i'm very nervous about this.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

The rain looks a non-event according to this :-

http://www.tameteo.com/meteo_Roubaix-Europe-France-Nord--1-25380.html

 

[the sceptic]

thanks florecita and kingjr. i'm very nervous about this.

Well, if Froome loses say.. 5 minutes, then he will surely do some mutant Pantani esque attacks when we get to the mountains

Im mostly worried about Papy.

 

[Pulpstar]

The rain looks a non-event according to this :-

http://www.tameteo.com/meteo_Roubaix-Europe-France-Nord--1-25380.html

As someone who also follows Test match cricket, the forecast and the reality can be two different things ^^;

 

[Jagartrott]

The rain looks a non-event according to this :-

http://www.tameteo.com/meteo_Roubaix-Europe-France-Nord--1-25380.html

Even a little bit will make the cobbles slippery. I'd say it's even worse, you may think you're alright, and suddenly one section is like ice.

 

[Warhawk]

As someone who also follows Test match cricket, the forecast and the reality can be two different things ^^;

Only because test cricket lasts so long that the seasons can change during the match.

 

[Netserk]

ok hardcore statistics cycling fans, help
is there a rider in the peloton tomorrow who ever rode on a rainy/muddy roubaix?
i remember that cancellara said he's worried about it lol. if god damn fabian freakin cancellara is worried then what about alberto,chris or papy horner???!!!

Matthew Hayman. Voigt DNF'ed back then. I don't think La Machine raced that edition.

Boonen, Hushovd and Engoulvent also rode in 2002, but neither are participating in this year's Tour.

 

[difdauf]

How many of you guys are praying for rain ? you evil !

 

[Der Effe]

Demare ftw!

 

[Arredondo]

Matthew Hayman. Voigt DNF'ed back then. I don't think La Machine raced that edition.

Boonen, Hushovd and Engoulvent also rode in 2002, but neither are participating in this year's Tour.

Chavanel was 52th back then.

 

[Netserk]

Chavanel was 52th back then.

Next time when you try to correct me, please read my post.

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Paris_Roubaix_2002

 

[jens_attacks]

How many of you guys are praying for rain ? you evil !

i always do for paris-roubaix and it never happens


i want to see every gc contenders reaching healthy the vosges and not with big gaps between them. ok maybe froomey and alberto with a 3 minutes gap to nibali won't be so bad