2015 Tour De France Stage 4: Seraing - Cambrai, 223.5 km

[AICA ribonucleotide]

Entire race sitting up. Half the peloton where on the side of the road taking a nature break there while Eurosport where on a break.

 

[hrotha]

That was a nice Ronde-like cobbled sector, except on the flat. Nothing like what we'll see later.

 

[Cimber]

Good news for Astana that the break wasnt caught. Now it will last till the string of sectors begin in about 40kms and Westra will be useful for Nibs

 

[Cimber]

Etixx - Quick-Step
@Etixx_QuickStep
Quintana, Contador, and @UranRigoberto suffer mechanicals. Rigo with a bike change. #TDF2015


They are all back up again though. Let them be spared for that on the next important sectors pls

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Looks like isolated showers all day with a head wind into the finish

http://www.meteoconsult.fr/meteo-france/ville/previsions-meteo-cambrai-880-0.php?vue=detail&t=1436273995&chk=a364229eabfc2d0b7337b3f01dbe511a&passerelle_2013=1&xtor=AL-7-[bulletin]-[LaChaineMeteo]-[Quantite_precipitations]

 

[46&twoWheels]

"It's raining men"!!!!!!

 

[Poursuivant]

Apparently it was a planned bike change

 

[TMP402]

Re: Re:

Did anyone see how any of the GC boys did on that section? All I saw was a lot of Gallopin being dropped.

Was he even dropped on the cobbles? seemed to be gapped in the splits before the sector.

Saw Nibali cruising at the front for the whole section, think Froome was close behind but didn't see much else. Think the others are all fine too, it wasn't ridden too hard.

Yeah I was watching video from twenty minutes before, ignore me.

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

Re:

Apparently it was a planned bike change

I could see Uran's bike at the change and he didnt have any flats. Contador's probably was the same. Boom seemed to be back there two with them. Then he pulled in alongside Nibali at the sit of the road for a nature break.

 

[rick james]

Re:

ITV mini-interview reiterates that Froome is looking forward to today and wants to set the record straight. Bluff?

Has he bluffed so far in this years tour?

 

[Kwibus]

Re: Re:

ITV mini-interview reiterates that Froome is looking forward to today and wants to set the record straight. Bluff?

Has he bluffed so far in this years tour?

I think he will do fine. He has plenty of power to ride fast over the cobbles.
Yesterday he was allready shouldering riders away so he will continue doing so today

 

[Vino's Mum]

Liggett and Sherwen doing a Spesh advert

 

[Jelantik]

Re: Re:

ITV mini-interview reiterates that Froome is looking forward to today and wants to set the record straight. Bluff?

Has he bluffed so far in this years tour?

I think he will do fine. He has plenty of power to ride fast over the cobbles.
Yesterday he was allready shouldering riders away so he will continue doing so today

he might surprises us. He could ride better than what some expect him to ride badly. I'm more concern about contador...

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

So the planned bike changes we're seeing everywhere (including possibly Westra right there). Are they changing bikes halfway through for the cobbles in the second half of the race?

 

[rm7]

I also think that Froome will want to show everybody that he's not a *** bike handler.. as I said last week, it wouldn't surprise me to see Froome riding over the cobbles like a motorbike, high cadance.

 

[the sceptic]

Re:

I also think that Froome will want to show everybody that he's not a *** bike handler.. as I said last week, it wouldn't surprise me to see Froome riding over the cobbles like a motorbike, high cadance.

dawg will just stick his arms out so no one will be able to ride past.

 

[franic]

Re: Re:

ITV mini-interview reiterates that Froome is looking forward to today and wants to set the record straight. Bluff?

Has he bluffed so far in this years tour?

I think he will do fine. He has plenty of power to ride fast over the cobbles.
Yesterday he was allready shouldering riders away so he will continue doing so today

He’ll be in an escape after having brought down all the riders behind him...

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Not gonna turn a donkey into a racehorse - marvellous !

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

Uran went back there to get his changed bike checked out. He seemed unhappy with it.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re:

Uran went back there to get his changed bike checked out. He seemed unhappy with it.

Battery not fully charged?

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

It will be interesting to see if any of contenders for the finish sit out the intermediate sprint.

 

[Swifty's Cakes]

Re:

Completely against narrative, Froome is the only one of the fab four to have ridden Paris-Roubaix apparently.

DNF - Crashed into the back of the commisaire's car.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Daniel Lloyd
@daniellloyd1
For me, most dangerous moment is just after Sector 4, 34.5km to go, left turn into crosswind, open road. #TDF2015

Seems almost inevitable that a) there will be more crashes and b) Movistar will dump a lot more time

 

[ILovecycling]

Re: Re:

Costa in the 2nd group

3rd from the front mate.

he was in the second group like 6 km before the first sector, its funny you quote me 20 minutes after

 

[Der Effe]

Froome will do fine just as long as his bike handling skills won't get in the way. But he has skilled helpers and it's not exactly Paris-Roubaix they're racing. The dawg will trash the entire field this Tour de France though, no matter what the outcome of today is. How can anybody not love that man? I mean, when he was asked about what Poels role would be in the team he said he's in the team to get everyone some coffee in the morning. The dawg > life.