2015 Dauphiné, stage 5: Digne-les-Bains > Pra-Loup 161km

[indianfanboy]

Looks like the Froome of Vuelta...not at his best but still just a mini attack and no one could match the acceleration

What if Froome is doing the Nibali approach?? and this is him being mediocre

 

[Happy dude]

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WTF tj dropped froome?

WTH LMAO

Well he did do the same to Contador in Catalunya so not entirely unexpected

He didn't outright drop Berto. He attacked and no one could be bothered to follow.

Obviously nobody can ever ever drop the mighty Contador ever

 

[PremierAndrew]

To me, Froome looked to be nearing 2013 Tour level in last year's dauphine. Mont Blanc will be the real test, not a cat 2 climb, but I would still expect him to have more left for a sprint against Tejay (who put in a great ride). That said, Froome also didn't look like he was giving it 100%

 

[Walkman]

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WTF tj dropped froome?

WTH LMAO

Well he did do the same to Contador in Catalunya so not entirely unexpected

That was april. He wasn't marked by contador, and froome is usually really good in the dauphine.

Pretty solid effort today if you ask me. Just that TJVG was way better than anyone had excepted. Still think he is on track for July.

 

[May0maniac]

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Valverde looked cooked. Nibali on the other hand looked like someone who decided not to go deep today.

Yes, at the finish line he looked like a guy who went for an easy ride on the restday, he'll be fine at the Tour.

 

[arvc40]

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WTF tj dropped froome?

WTH LMAO

Well he did do the same to Contador in Catalunya so not entirely unexpected

Bit different here

 

[Ryaguas]

Froome just doesnt have the kick yet but could be improving during the days... TJ in other hand arrived with a really good form... looking for more from him!

 

[Poursuivant]

Froome looked stronger at last years Dauphine, but maybe that is a good thing for him, because in the 2013 TDF, he wasn't as strong in the final week:

 

[indianfanboy]

Looks like Nibali has no respect for this race if he is not even trying...its better he skips everything else and rides the Tour only

 

[goggalor]

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wow tj is good, real good.

Froome not amazing i guess. I don't know how to judge this lol

Seem he doesn't quite have that jet engine in him anymore. In dawg mode he would just keep increasing the pace and grind TJ into submission. We'll see in the Tour though.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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Too bad TVG will have that usual massive bad day in the TDF and there are no ITTs...

Well done Bardet and shame on Nibali, classless.

van garderen's itt has sucked for many years now, ever since he started dropping weight

 

[Arredondo]

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Too bad TVG will have that usual massive bad day in the TDF and there are no ITTs...

Well done Bardet and shame on Nibali, classless.

van garderen's itt has sucked for many years now, ever since he started dropping weight

He finished 6th in the last Tour TT.

 

[Pantani_lives]

I missed the stage while sitting at home. Stupid French with their early finishes.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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wow tj is good, real good.

Froome not amazing i guess. I don't know how to judge this lol

Seem he doesn't quite have that jet engine in him anymore. In dawg mode he would just keep increasing the pace and grind TJ into submission. We'll see in the Tour though.

reminds me of tinkoff trainer who predicted few years ago that froome would be done for within 2-3 years from exhaustion, just because of sky's ridiculous training methods and it's becoming the truth. same happens in track too. they create these monsters and then within a few years they are gone. similar to australian track as well

 

[BigMac]

WTF Nibali, Valverde and Costa. They may as well pay Kennaugh a few beers for reeling them most o the climb.

 

[PremierAndrew]

To me, it looked like Nibali just couldn't be bothered and stopped, he looked less tired than Froome at the finish to me, and Dawg looked fresh

 

[DBotero]

TVG looks really good,i hope he'll keep it up.Froome decent enough,Valverde,J.Rod and Nibali didn't delivered.

 

[ILovecycling]

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I missed the stage while sitting at home. Stupid French with their early finishes.

I missed it too, was on a bike ride tho

 

[Rollthedice]

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To me, Froome looked to be nearing 2013 Tour level in last year's dauphine. Mont Blanc will be the real test, not a cat 2 climb, but I would still expect him to have more left for a sprint against Tejay (who put in a great ride). That said, Froome also didn't look like he was giving it 100%

Froome was dead in the last hundred meters trying to give 110%.

 

[blackmamba]

As expected froome is terrible no surprise there.... dont even worrie about him for Contador in TDF. The guy im worried about is quintana with nibali as a wild card (depending on what dmg he can do in the first week)

 

[Flamin]

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I missed the stage while sitting at home. Stupid French with their early finishes.

You haven't really been paying attention this week then

Anyway, this was a great stage. Fantastic ride from Bardet, really glad he won.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Where was Alaphilipe today ?

 

[ILovecycling]

what about other Astana guys? how did they look?

 

[BigMac]

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Where was Alaphilipe today ?

Dropped on the first half of Allos alongside Nacer.

Was that rhetoric?

 

[thrawn]

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To me, it looked like Nibali just couldn't be bothered and stopped, he looked less tired than Froome at the finish to me, and Dawg looked fresh

Agree on Nibali. I think Valverde just decided to ride his own pace. Always hard to tell at the Dauphine if the rider is just on bad form or just training though.