2016 Tour de France, Stage 5: Limoges → Le Lioran (216km)

[Pantani Attacks]

Vuillermoz FTW

 

[Lexman]

TdF finally starts after borefest this week....

Contador to lose 2 minutes, drafted to the finish by Sagan (Kreuziger and Majka nowhere to be seen)

Alaphilippe for the winner and take yellow....

 

[sir fly]

I can see Astana trying something here.
Not sure if Movi and Sky will help.
Could be interesting situation in Tinkoff with Sagan in the jersey and Contador not fully recovered yet.

 

[AlexNYC]

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If I'm Quintana, I don't want Valverde taking yellow

Doesn't make a difference when the Skytrain takes off on the Aspin and Valverde gets dropped at one point

At the very least, it would force Movistar to waste energy riding at the front to 'defend' the yellow.

 

[Firzon]

Re: 2016 Tour de France, Stage 5: Limoges → Le Lioran (216km

Stuyven to make amends from stage 2.

I dont think he can recover so quickly, that breakaway must have cost him lots of energy.

 

[DFA123]

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Look right, the likes of Sagan and GvA should drop before the last run in, yet it's not hard enough finale for the likes of Martin, so it leaves Valverde and his French shadow. But maybe one of the more typical GC guys will be willing to give the two a hard time.

This caught my eye from Praying Mantis' excellent preview:

The finale is very technical as there are numerous hairpin bends on the climb and in the final 2.5km.

A chance maybe for Nibali to go over the top of the last climb and stay away? Or maybe even Aru based on his performance in the Dauphine!

 

[tobsie]

Alexis vuillermoz?

 

[Firzon]

Will Voeckler try to go in breakaway?

 

[yaco]

Expect an aggressively ridden with a few teams/riders eyeing the yellow jersey if they nail the stage.

 

[Lexman]

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Will Voeckler try to go in breakaway?

he worked quite a lot at the front of the bunch today....

 

[Anderis]

Re: 2016 Tour de France, Stage 5: Limoges → Le Lioran (216km

5,4 km with 8,1% followed by 4,4km with 7,9% within the last 35k is surely not a one for Sagan, GVA, Matthews, Hagen, Stuyven (!) (all names mentioned in this thread) unless raced horribly conservatively?

 

[saganftw]

i seriously doubt anyone will try anything on the first climb especially with 10k downhill...35km is too far for gaining so little

maybe solitary attacks but not action from big teams

 

[Laplaz]

I think that Nibali will try something tomorrow

 

[Jspear]

Alaphilippe for the win.

AC to lose a minute

 

[liamito]

No love for the early break? I mean, who is going to chase besides Etixx? It should be doable to create a strong large escape group without real GC danger.

 

[UselessToo]

Rui freaking Costa takes this.

 

[Arredondo]

Valverde was 16th in today's stage. He wants that yellow desperately.

And i think he wants a good GC in the end too.

 

[Arredondo]

I hope Purito can do something in the final. An attack on Perthus would be nice.

 

[sir fly]

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Rui freaking Costa takes this.

Good call.
He has to be careful when to make a move.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Valverde was 16th in today's stage. He wants that yellow desperately.

And i think he wants a good GC in the end too.

"I want to make it clear, from this very moment, that I will be losing time on the first week and take things easier so I can help Nairo out and give my best in the mountains”

 

[cellardoor]

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Valverde was 16th in today's stage. He wants that yellow desperately.

And i think he wants a good GC in the end too.

"I want to make it clear, from this very moment, that I will be losing time on the first week and take things easier so I can help Nairo out and give my best in the mountains”

What do Pinocchio, Contador and Valverde have in common?

 

[happytramp]

Re: 2016 Tour de France, Stage 5: Limoges → Le Lioran (216km

I expect this to be ridden hard... Sky and Movistar will smell blood and want to put Contador under pressure. Movistar have the added incentive of setting up Valverde while Ettix will want to make sure Sagan, Matthews et al are nowhere near Alaphilippe and Martin for the final.

1. Valverde
2. Alaphilippe
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3. Martin

 

[Poursuivant]

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I can see Astana trying something here.
Not sure if Movi and Sky will help.
Could be interesting situation in Tinkoff with Sagan in the jersey and Contador not fully recovered yet.

I can definitely see Astana working on those steep climbs

 

[SeriousSam]

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Valverde was 16th in today's stage. He wants that yellow desperately.

And i think he wants a good GC in the end too.

"I want to make it clear, from this very moment, that I will be losing time on the first week and take things easier so I can help Nairo out and give my best in the mountains”

He'll work hard for Quintana

 

[ILovecycling]

I dont care who wins,but I want AC to not lose more than 30s in the final drag.

Maybe Nibali will try something if he feels good!
This stage really depends how Tinkoff will handle the break (they should not let them go too far away in order to not increase pace too much in the final)