2015 tour de france stage 3, Antwerpen-Hoei 159.5km

[franic]

On the very steep hairpin bend I thought Nibali was going to crack, but apparently he went to the finish line with no effort. On the other hand, I thought Contador was on fire at the start of the Mur but he looked miserable...

 

[happychappy]

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For 1 second Martin will be very angry tonight

 

[DFA123]

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Lol at people saying that Froome is not explosive.

To be honest he wasn't that explosive, Purito flew away from him.

But he put up an incredibly high pace for a long time, which means he almost caught Purito when his pace dropped.

Clearly the the steepness didn't hurt him that much though, showing that even on a short steep climb like this he's clearly near the top.

yep, he rode it like Valverde did in Fleche this year. Just sustained high tempo which shed most riders off his wheel. It looks like even Mur de Huy has become a victim to power-meter riding now.

 

[AlexNYC]

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Race is over for everyone else on GC. In the Physical sense. If Froome stays safe the race is in bag.

This is beyond ridiculous. How can anyone believe this?

 

[pedromiguelmartins]

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Froome will surely lose yellow to Sagan tomorrow... unless there's a repeat of 2010 when climbers managed to finish with Cancellara, Thomas and Hushovd.

Tomorrow Sagan is there to help Alberto.

 

[Mr.White]

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Where was Valverde?!

Not positioned well but just looked like he didn't have the legs or was guiding Nairo.

Out of form

 

[PremierAndrew]

Tony must be gutted. 1 second behind Froome now, who would probably prefer Tony to have it too

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Stybar 10th - NICE !

Maybe yellow for him tomorrow ?

 

[woodburn]

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Impressive to see Cancellara's bike flying on the side of the road during the crash

Motor was still engaged

 

[Catwhoorg]

Poor Tony.

He deserves a day in yellow as much as any modern rider.

 

[sir fly]

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Who could have known...
And we've had the explanation during today's stage, as well.

 

[gunara]

Froome will do well tomorrow too I'm afraid, he has grown into one of the most underrated riders of this era

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

GVA will fancy his chances of taking yellow tomorrow.

 

[Miburo]

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Race over already? Probably. I think the dawg will kill basically everyone, or at least elbow them

LOL, there's still cobbles and the allos descent though

 

[Sasquatch]

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Race is over for everyone else on GC. In the Physical sense. If Froome stays safe the race is in bag.

This is beyond ridiculous. How can anyone believe this?

Pay no attention to these skytards.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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Andy Schleck was second in the flèche wallone 2009, and I think quintana is a very similar rider. So I think its possible that nairo wont even do as bad as everyone expects.

quintana and andy are COMPLETELY different type of riders. still as long as quintana is placed well he won't lose much time. froome will have a harder time on mur

Based on what will Froome do bad? You got a performance of him on a mur like that when he's in top shape? If so then please share.

That is why Froome will not fail (unless he crashes, which ofc could happen to each and every rider).
You know it: Ryo makes a prediction, then it goes the opposite. That led to my T-5 pick for him.

LOLZ.

"Sadly i had Ryos words ringing the ears this whole stage. He did it again"

Same here, the whole day.... First up today was Uran since he praised him in the other thread... and boom Uran crashes.

 

[TMP402]

GVA, Sagan, Gallopin and to a lesser extent Stybar all have a good chance of yellow tomorrow. Not sure of Gallopin's cobbled form, and since Sagan will be looking after Contador, GVA and Stybar will have a good fight for that jersey.

 

[Punkan]

Statement by Froome. Very impressive.

 

[BlackWhiteEagle]

Majkaand Rodriguez already have KOM points. Good

 

[Sasquatch]

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GVA, Sagan, Gallopin and to a lesser extent Stybar all have a good chance of yellow tomorrow. Not sure of Gallopin's cobbled form, and since Sagan will be looking after Contador, GVA and Stybar will have a good fight for that jersey.

I wouldn't rule out Martin though. Yes he doesn't have much cobbled experience, but he's a beast.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Ironically, I think if Purito hadn't slowed down to celebrate, he would have gapped Froome by 1 second, and that could have made the difference for the Panzerwagon

 

[woodburn]

Pretty impressive by Gesink to only be 20 seconds back.

 

[damian13ster]

Froome is insane. If he survises tommorow, he has this Tour in the bag. Only Nibali can match him if he does crazy well tommorow and on descents but stage 2 will hurt

 

[TMP402]

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Race over already? Probably. I think the dawg will kill basically everyone, or at least elbow them

LOL, there's still cobbles and the allos descent though

Look at 2013 descent to Gap. No-one able to distance him until he followed Contador off-road, and then still managed to descend back to the group of favourites (with Porte's help and none from Contador).

 

[arvc40]

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Race is over for everyone else on GC. In the Physical sense. If Froome stays safe the race is in bag.

This is beyond ridiculous. How can anyone believe this?

You can Quote me in 3 weeks. It's far from ridiculous