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

[pigoonse]

Oh but...I expect Alberto Contador to attack, attack and attack! This race is going to be even more of a fight now

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

F.Schleck loses 8 minutes
Rolland 4
Konig and Peraud 3'46

 

[L'OgreDeRostock]

I personally couldn't ask for more. That was one of my best moment of the season so far... Nibali is a great bike handler.
Shame for Froomey but 2014 is definitely not his year. I hope he's not too badly hurt.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Hitch dream came true today. Contador lost nearly 3 minutes today.

Man, Contador was weak today. I had him down at +90s originally. Much worse now.

I mean Van Garderen, Talansky, Bardet etc were all better.

Anyway this is what racing is all about.

 

[hfer07]

Praise the Lord for today's magnificent Stage, which truly revealed the authentic Champions from the fakes, and for giving us a glance on how Paris-Roubaix should be ridden on with the proper conditions added......

Hats off to Boom, Vincenzo & Fuglsang - truly warriors

 

[kingjr]

F.Schleck loses 8 minutes
Rolland 4
Konig and Peraud 3'46

Horner 4.16

 

[jilbiker]

Can't see him getting more than 20-30 secs per MTF.

Incredible the fans AC has. Wasn't Quintana down almost 3 minutes at some point in this year's Giro?? I don't think he panicked at all.

 

[trevim]

Incredible the fans AC has. Wasn't Quintana down almost 3 minutes at some point in this year's Giro?? I don't think he panicked at all.

Quintana was riding against Evans...

 

[Arredondo]

Pappy Horner loses only 4.16. He's still gonna smash this race

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Almost forgot.
Great win for Boom. His finest victory?

 

[Pulpstar]

Great stage for Nibali, the GC is beautifully poised now.

 

[MartinGT]

This had made the mountains even more interesting

 

[Ramira]

Incredible the fans AC has. Wasn't Quintana down almost 3 minutes at some point in this year's Giro?? I don't think he panicked at all.

Quintana had shown in the last TDF he was easily the second best climber in the world though, and his competition was Uran not a top 10 climber. Contador hasn't shown he's significantly better than Nibali or Valverde in a GT since he came back from his suspension.

 

[Publicus]

Incredible the fans AC has. Wasn't Quintana down almost 3 minutes at some point in this year's Giro?? I don't think he panicked at all.

I'm not panicked at all. I've followed AC long enough to know that he's going to take the fight to Nibali all the way to Paris.

 

[SecomBe]

Fantastic!! greatest stage I have seen in 18 years of watching.

 

[Marco Pantani]

So far we have

Nibali/Fuglsang
Kwiatkowski +48
Van den Broeck +103
Porte +112
Talansky +123
Costa +129
Pinot
Valverde
Tejay
Bardet
Mollema +145
Contador +155
Rolland +237
Papy


Uff uff uff.

 

[murali]

Congrats to Nibali. he got lucky not to be behind any crash.

Big congrats to Boom. he really rocketed to victory.

great ride by kwiatkowski. he is going to be in white jersey in the next mountain stage.


this has been a very destructive stage

 

[the sceptic]

Horner 4.16

Not too bad.

 

[MartinGT]

Porte 1'54" down on Nibbles.

He's been pump all season, where is that special juice.

 

[cineteq]

I'm not panicked at all. I've followed AC long enough to know that he's going to take the fight to Nibali all the way to Paris.

I doubt it this time. He's not in his best shape.

 

[SKSemtex]

Question. Was ever Tour when the winer picked up the yellow jersey in the first stage and and have it till the end?

 

[pigoonse]

Lars, freaking awesome, Boom on the podium with his baby darling...

Congratulations to Lars Boom!

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Still think that if Contador had the choice of losing 3 mins to Nibali or a Froome DNF he would prefer the latter.

 

[manafana]

Contador was not as good as i thought he be but probably as much due to the rain as much as wet roads.

JVDB impressed me and talansky was good but Nibali just a star today.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

What an amazing stage! Definitely one of the most epic races I've ever watched.

This is between Nibali and Contador now with Lil' Richie the main candidate for the last podium spot. I still have Contador as the favorite for the title, but it's definitely close.