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

[whittashau]

God, I can't believe how horrible that Alien looks on a bike.

 

[BYOP88]

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

Nope. He's going to take time or all his GC rivals.

 

[The_Cheech]

Holy smokes! Froome seems really nervous.

 

[No_Balls]

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Its such a shame Froome throwed away his TT-talents - which lasted during his adopted countrys Olympic - who inarguably made hime that one year to the best in the discipline of all time. He could have benefited from that here.

But perhaps Brailsfords gains have made him to one of the best classic riders? With the right amount of tailwinds and good equipments he could very well take the sprint finish here.

 

[Punkan]

GVA, from the live feed

But I'm happy with my condition and today, I'm on much more favourable ground. Cobbles suit me a little bit better. Obviously it's a stage I've had in mind and which I pinned down. The priority remains to look after Tejay of course. But I will also have a little bit of freedom and hopefully I can go for a stage victory.

Something tells me that we will see GVA attacking on the cobbles. He just can't help himself.

Also counting on Vanmarcke and Stybar to attack.

 

[sultanofhyd]

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Trick question: If TeJay gets yellow this week, would he officially be the second, third, or fourth American to wear the jersey?

Third - LeMond, Hincapie?

 

[Andro]

Splits in the peloton. Very fast pace.

 

[TMP402]

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

Well they're leading the peloton so they're putting the bluff into action.

 

[46&twoWheels]

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God, I can't believe how horrible that Alien looks on a bike.

he looks almost angry more than determined

 

[SeriousSam]

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Trick question: If TeJay gets yellow this week, would he officially be the second, third, or fourth American to wear the jersey?

Third - LeMond, Hincapie?

 

[sultanofhyd]

Are you guys kidding? Froome is wearing the yellow jersey, ofcourse Sky would be at the *** front.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

SKY wants to isolate themselves

 

[TMP402]

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Trick question: If TeJay gets yellow this week, would he officially be the second, third, or fourth American to wear the jersey?

Third - LeMond, Hincapie?

Oddly Zabriskie and Landis' days in yellow still count, but Armstrong's don't.

 

[hrotha]

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Are you guys kidding? Froome is wearing the yellow jersey, ofcourse Sky would be at the **** front.

They're clearly going beyond the standard "pace the peloton" fare that's traditionally the task of the leader's team, and well into "speed up so that we're in the best possible position for the upcoming cobbled sector".

 

[ILovecycling]

Costa in the 2nd group

 

[Punkan]

Sky burning matches too early?

 

[ILovecycling]

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SKY wants to isolate themselves

this will be hillarious fun , vive Brailsford and Portal

 

[SeriousSam]

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Sky burning matches too early?

Brailsford has been spotted on the telephone with Paris Roubaix Legend Bradley this morning for additional advice. They know what they're doing.

 

[BYOP88]

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Sky burning matches too early?

Nope. Remember the Tour in 2012 and they had guys riding on the front for 30km then the next guy did 30 etc. Sky will blow them away and end up with 5 or 6 guys in the front group.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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SKY wants to isolate themselves

this will be hillarious fun , vive Brailsford and Portal

 

[LaFlorecita]

Did anyone else see Sagan looking around for Alberto and then going back to pick him up?

 

[TMP402]

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

 

[sir fly]

http://koeninlenord.blogspot.com/2007_02_18_archive.html

 

[Hayabusa]

Cavendish leading the peloton and working for Martin, an apology for Stage 2?

 

[Andro]

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

Didn't Quintana ride this year?