2019 Tour de France – Stage 6 – Mulhouse–LPDBF - 157 km

[tobydawq]

Re:

About making excuses. Nairo Quintana today:

Hay que ir con cabeza mañana; que no sea solo Nairo Quintana el señalado siempre con la presión y el que tiene que atacar. Algunas veces cuando ha atacado Nairo, otros se han aprovechado de ese momento.

Does he suffer from schizophrenia?

 

[Rollthedice]

Bernal and it won't be close

He's lucky Rohan is a bit out of form.

 

[saunaking]

OMG its going to be so awesome

I dont see Bernal attacking and winning, but hopefully he will respond and finish with the best

youtube of the finish by bike --
https://t.co/4ar7H1vkvJ

 

[Salvarani]

A few will probably fall out of contention tomorrow. Hoping it is pretty close between the strongest ones though.

 

[klintE]

Re: Re:

About making excuses. Nairo Quintana today:

Hay que ir con cabeza mañana; que no sea solo Nairo Quintana el señalado siempre con la presión y el que tiene que atacar. Algunas veces cuando ha atacado Nairo, otros se han aprovechado de ese momento.

Does he suffer from schizophrenia?

I think that statement is good material but for psychologists no psychiatrists.
He distance himself from statement he is actually making.
For me: he's consciously lying

 

[Jagartrott]

Barguil in the break - Alaphilippe to follow?

 

[Poursuivant]

Pinot for sure tomorrow.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Aru to break his limiter.
Serious talk, I expect Bernal and Pinot to be up there, it's also gonna be the big day for Nibali and Fuglsang.

 

[Velolover2]

Fuglsang is a former mountain biker. If he is ok, he should feel at home at the double-digit gravel sector.

I think it's between him, Bernal and Yates. The latter two are more explosive but he wouldn't be far away.

1. Yates
2. Bernal
3. Fuglsang

4. Woods
5. Martin
6. Pinot
7. Thomas
8. Quintana
9. Benoot
10. Buchmann

 

[klintE]

And Kruijs-weak?

 

[Velolover2]

Re:

And Kruijs-weak?

11th perhaps. He gets better as the race goes on. There is also Bardet, Nibali, Valverde, Porte, Uran and Landa but you can't choose them all.

 

[Koronin]

Re:

Fuglsang is a former mountain biker. If he is ok, he should feel at home at the double-digit gravel sector.

I think it's between him, Bernal and Yates. The latter two are more explosive but he wouldn't be far away.

1. Yates
2. Bernal
3. Fuglsang

4. Woods
5. Martin
6. Pinot
7. Thomas
8. Quintana
9. Benoot
10. Buchmann

No Valverde? This should be a good stage for him to try to win.

 

[staubsauger]

Bernal or Barguil!

 

[fuiers]

In my predictions I said Alaphillippe, but I suspect he might not be there so I say Thomas. Bernal will lead him and the G will drop everyone.

 

[Red Rick]

Bernal solo by like 10 seconds

 

[Robert5091]

Bardet, Quintana, LRP & A Yates need to make up for the TTT - a poor showing and it'll be more dropped time. Sagan to go in the break for the sprint points after 29 km then it'll be two groups. Who's to lead the peloton, the Ineos train?

 

[JosephK]

Re:

Expect Ineos to drill the final climb and two or three GC riders to lose around a minute.

This is what I expect and fear.

 

[topcat]

1. Nibali
2. Fuglsang
3. Bernal
....
Broken dreams

 

[Avoriaz]

Thanks for the preview and especially the pictures of Mulhouse, TonTon. I spent a year at university there in 90s and have incredibly fond memories of it.

 

[Blanco]

Re: Re:

Fuglsang is a former mountain biker. If he is ok, he should feel at home at the double-digit gravel sector.

I think it's between him, Bernal and Yates. The latter two are more explosive but he wouldn't be far away.

1. Yates
2. Bernal
3. Fuglsang

4. Woods
5. Martin
6. Pinot
7. Thomas
8. Quintana
9. Benoot
10. Buchmann

No Valverde? This should be a good stage for him to try to win.

No. I think he hasn't got the form to win this one from the group of favorites. The strongest climbers of this race will step up on this climb, I'm expecting Bernal, Pinot, Landa and Fuglsang to fight for the win. Bala might try from Col des Chevreres though, that would be an interesting move.

 

[HelloDolly]

Aru to remember the times of his former glory and tear off up the final climb like a mad man and win by 38 seconds !!

As Sean Kelly says some riders find it very hard on the first climbing stage so I expect a few running out of steam

I do think Porte & TJ will go well ...in a 'ride your bicycle like an old lady out shopping kind of way' but still well and better than many

However the winner will be explosive so not Quitana nor Steve K nor Thomas nor Bardet nor Landa

More like Bernal, or Buchman or Pinot or Yates or D martin ftw

God it could any of 15 guys

 

[HelloDolly]

BTW why did Valverde lose all the weight ...he looks ill ...too much

P.S Fuglsang top 5 tomorrow for me

 

[JesusManzano]

Kruijswijk, Pinot or Landa to take the stage
If the break takes it; Alaphilippe, Barguil or Herrada
Thomas/Fuglsang to loose a little time.
Bernal needs to be a better than he was at Suisse, and I am sure he is and will be up there.

 

[Koronin]

Re:

BTW why did Valverde lose all the weight ...he looks ill ...too much

P.S Fuglsang top 5 tomorrow for me

He lost 3kg from his normal race weight. He had put 1kg back on between Occatine and the National Championships and said he was likely going to put .5 to 1kg more back on before the Tour started. He said he was experimenting. He's started the Tour between 1 and 1.5 kg less than his normal race weight. From pictures from the Tour he looks better than he did at Occatine.

 

[hammerthaim]

Nairito and Richie to flail badly. Krushweak in yellow.