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

[b.broadhurst]

IMO a TTT on Stage 9 of a Tour with the first week as has been designed for this year is ridiculous.

With cobbles still to come tomorrow, you could have squad's down to 6/7. Giant and Trek both lost there power houses in Dumoulin and Cancellara. OGE lost three in Impey, Matthews and Gerrans.

 

[Gigs_98]

Cancellara out with two fractured vertebra.

noooooo

 

[Vasilis]

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Really should be an outright ban on TTT's outside of the first five days of grand tours.

I actually thought is sort of was, no TTT outside first week, exactly for this reason, but I guess not really.

 

[b.broadhurst]

Are we expecting Rowe, Thomas and Stannard with Froome in their wheels to ride away from the rest tomorrow?

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Are we expecting Rowe, Thomas and Stannard with Froome in their wheels to ride away from the rest tomorrow?

 

[SlickMongoose]

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Are we expecting Rowe, Thomas and Stannard with Froome in their wheels to ride away from the rest tomorrow?

No.

Even if they could, the priority will be to keep Froome safe, rather than trying to gain time.

It's a shame, because if Thomas was allowed to ride for himself he'd be a favourite, but he won't be.

 

[b.broadhurst]

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Are we expecting Rowe, Thomas and Stannard with Froome in their wheels to ride away from the rest tomorrow?

I can see it happening and Sky have to be favourites for the TTT now. All 9 appear in super strong form.

 

[Billie]

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Are we expecting Rowe, Thomas and Stannard with Froome in their wheels to ride away from the rest tomorrow?

I can see it happening and Sky have to be favourites for the TTT now. All 9 appear in super strong form.

not at all

 

[ILovecycling]

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Are we expecting Rowe, Thomas and Stannard with Froome in their wheels to ride away from the rest tomorrow?

I can see it happening and Sky have to be favourites for the TTT now. All 9 appear in super strong form.

Lolz, and lolz on flo rolleyes

of course not hey, only thomas,kennaugh and poels are on a good form (and Dawg )

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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Van Avermaet will get no support tomorrow. BMC are obsessed with getting 5th place on GC.

4th or 3rd to be correct... And why not?

 

[Electress]

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Are we expecting Rowe, Thomas and Stannard with Froome in their wheels to ride away from the rest tomorrow?

I can see it happening and Sky have to be favourites for the TTT now. All 9 appear in super strong form.

not at all

Have Sky been in super strong form? If so, I hadn't really noticed.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

How many points are up for grabs at the finishing line?

 

[Googolplex]

30-25-22-19-17-15-13-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

rain is forecasted tomorrow. let's hope!

 

[Miburo]

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rain is forecasted tomorrow. let's hope!

You want quintana to lose 10 min?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

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rain is forecasted tomorrow. let's hope!

You want quintana to lose 10 min?

I don't care for that. I want the best possible conditions for exciting racing

 

[Flamin]

Regardless if it's dry or wet, it will be complete mayhem again. And if we exclude the (semi-)lottery of crashes that could take out anyone, Quintana definitely has the most to fear out of the big 4.

 

[Orbit501]

Where's all the rank outsider predictions?

How about starting with the beast that is Damien Gaudin to take a stage victory from the break in his debut tour. It could be his best chance yet to win a Paris-Roubaix

 

[The Barb]

Really interested to see how a motivated Tony Martin, with the possibility of yellow, goes on the cobbles. I've always thought he could be a great Paris Roubaix rider if he ever decided to tackle it.

 

[Pricey_sky]

If the wind picks up again it could be mayhem out there. In my opinion this is the stage where Nibali must claw some time back, I thought for him to win the Tour he had to be ahead of the others by stage 9. Quintana cannot afford another day shipping time, He's going to be 3 minutes behind by the time we get to the mountains if he's not careful and that is a lot to pull back.

 

[Cimber]

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rain is forecasted tomorrow. let's hope!

All the many forecasts I have checked suggest chance for rain is really small, but I hope you are right though. Some Wind would also be nice, but doesnt seem to be to windy either. Semss as if the weather will be rather nice.

rain is forecasted tomorrow. let's hope!

You want quintana to lose 10 min?

I don't care for that. I want the best possible conditions for exciting racing

+1

 

[LaFlorecita]

Really interested to see how a motivated Tony Martin, with the possibility of yellow, goes on the cobbles. I've always thought he could be a great Paris Roubaix rider if he ever decided to tackle it.

Same, will be interesting.

 

[PremierAndrew]

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rain is forecasted tomorrow. let's hope!

No rain then I see...

 

[PremierAndrew]

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Are we expecting Rowe, Thomas and Stannard with Froome in their wheels to ride away from the rest tomorrow?

I can see it happening and Sky have to be favourites for the TTT now. All 9 appear in super strong form.

I agree tbf. Porte Roche Rowe look like they're in terrific form. Not to mention that all 3 are known for their superb time trialling ability, along with the likes of Kennaugh & Poels

 

[BigMac]

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rain is forecasted tomorrow. let's hope!

No rain then I see...

lol, so much of this now.

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