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

[The Hitch]

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I'm not sure how so many people don't like Sagan.

Libertine's essay should be ready for the end of the stage.

 

[classicomano]

All this rain is heading straight for the course.

 

[sir fly]

Some of them in the France, some in the Belgium...

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Sean Kelly picks CAV FTW ?

 

[franic]

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I'm not sure how so many people don't like Sagan. Maybe because he is entertaining and if there were more like him cycling wouldn't be such a niche sport?

Anyway, I get the feeling that this will be an anti-climatic day

Yup, I fear that

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

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Will Nibali actually attempt to attack today?

The plan is to follow Boom's wheel with Westra up the road.

 

[Rechtschreibfehl3r]

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Kristoff seems to have no interest in the green jersey after all.

Has been more or less invisible so far overall, will be interesting to see how his form actually is. After the season he had so far, he might just have hit a low.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Will Nibali actually attempt to attack today?

I would wonder if not

 

[rick james]

Yip weather looks like its getting worse

 

[TMP402]

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Sean Kelly picks CAV FTW ?

Cavendish thinks it's possible, so why not?

 

[Jelantik]

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Kristoff seems to have no interest in the green jersey after all.

he is confident to win lots of stage..

 

[mrhender]

No day off for Vansummeren...

 

[franic]

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Will Nibali actually attempt to attack today?

I would wonder if not

You all think he’s a great specialist in the cobbles. He’s not!
The only way he can gain time is if he sits 2cm behind Boom’s wheel and is escorted like one year ago with Fuglsang

 

[sir fly]

7. July in SFRY, as well, Kirby.

 

[Googolplex]

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You all think he’s a great specialist in the cobbles. He’s not!
The only way he can gain time is if he sits 2cm behind Boom’s wheel and is escorted like one year ago with Fuglsang

If it's so easy, why didn't Contaor just sit in Nibali's wheel and got escorted too?

 

[tomorrow]

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LOL Sagan

What did he do?

 

[damian13ster]

He might not be a specialist but he was dropping them last year and is obviously couple of levels above other GC contenders

 

[TMP402]

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LOL Sagan

What did he do?

When he, Cavendish, Greipel and Degenkolb contested the sprint, having gone off the front of the bunch, he jokingly indicated they should work together to maintain the gap.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re: Re:

You all think he’s a great specialist in the cobbles. He’s not!
The only way he can gain time is if he sits 2cm behind Boom’s wheel and is escorted like one year ago with Fuglsang

If it's so easy, why didn't Contaor just sit in Nibali's wheel and got escorted too?

It's not easy. But it is different to being so good on cobbles that he can just "attack" a field like this. On the other hand, if the race breaks up and is torn apart, Boom will be able to maintain a higher pace than the escorts of the other big riders because Nibali will be able to hang on better.

 

[franic]

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You all think he’s a great specialist in the cobbles. He’s not!
The only way he can gain time is if he sits 2cm behind Boom’s wheel and is escorted like one year ago with Fuglsang

If it's so easy, why didn't Contaor just sit in Nibali's wheel and got escorted too?

It’s not so easy. Of course Nibali can handle his bike pretty well, for sure better than any of the top 4. But bike handling skills matter much more with heavy rain than with no rain or light rain like today

 

[Publicus]

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You all think he’s a great specialist in the cobbles. He’s not!
The only way he can gain time is if he sits 2cm behind Boom’s wheel and is escorted like one year ago with Fuglsang

If it's so easy, why didn't Contaor just sit in Nibali's wheel and got escorted too?

If you believe Contador (1) his gears/deraillur were clogged with mud and couldn't shift and (2) didn't want to take risks in the rain.

 

[damian13ster]

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LOL Sagan

What did he do?

Went on a breakaway with Coquard, Cavendish, Degenkolb and Greipel

 

[spalco]

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I'm not sure how so many people don't like Sagan. Maybe because he is entertaining and if there were more like him cycling wouldn't be such a niche sport?

Apart from the groping thing, he's arrogant, and he's not really won as much yet as his "superstar" status would suggest.

Besides, even if all cyclists were flamboyant/charismatic like Sagan, cycling will always be niche on a world level, simply because it's inherently, inevitably a boring sport (and I don't mean that in bad way).

 

[Rechtschreibfehl3r]

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You all think he’s a great specialist in the cobbles. He’s not!
The only way he can gain time is if he sits 2cm behind Boom’s wheel and is escorted like one year ago with Fuglsang

If it's so easy, why didn't Contaor just sit in Nibali's wheel and got escorted too?

It’s not so easy. Of course Nibali can handle his bike pretty well, for sure better than any of the top 4. But bike handling skills matter much more with heavy rain than with no rain or light rain like today

So he's not a speacialist (which I agree with), but he's just much better handling himself on cobbles in difficult circumstances. So if the race was hard enough, why wouldn't he try to attack the other GC Contenders?

 

[ILovecycling]

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LOL Sagan

What did he do?

When he, Cavendish, Greipel and Degenkolb contested the sprint, having gone off the front of the bunch, he jokingly indicated they should work together to maintain the gap.

lol