Critérium du Dauphine Stage 5: Parc des Oiseaux - Les Gets

[BillytheKid]

Well thinned out at the finish. Sometimes this type of climb can really hurt because so many can attack. Well done for Kern and Eurocar!

 

[hatcher]

Better result than my prediction

Who was strongest from GC - not Cuddles it would seem - didn't see Brajkovic mentioned?

On first viewing Brajkovic didn't look too good either.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Interesting final, eventhough nobody lost too much time as far as I can see right now.
Very good win by Kern, good tactics from Europcar.
VDB2 looking very strong, hope he wont lose form before the final week of the tour.
Cadel had to go deep today it seems, the last 5Ks he was constantly closing small gaps..

meh, wouldn't read too much into it. anyway, Montee Les Gets is a power climb.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

This was still a 4/5% power climb.

We'll see tomorrow how Wiggins does on the steep stuff

I don't think he will ever be a match for the mountain men in the steep stuff, but a lot of the good climbers aren't at peak yet and it os hard to judge.

I'm certain he wont be good enough at le tour.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

meh, wouldn't read too much into it. anyway, Montee Les Gets is a power climb.

cadel isn't exactly a natural climber tho.
But I agree that it isn't worth fussing about. Good sign that he is below peak maybe.

 

[Anonymous]

were brajkovic and evans taking it easy ? ..Gesink was suprising.

 

[auscyclefan94]

cadel isn't exactly a natural climber tho.
But I agree that it isn't worth fussing about. Good sign that he is below peak maybe.

seriously? irrelevant if he is not a pure climber he normally would be able to easily cover such attacks.

 

[BillytheKid]

On first viewing Brajkovic didn't look too good either.

Two Shacks in the lead chase one was Hermans...pretty shure JBraj was the other.

 

[Ferminal]

Basso in the main group!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

seriously? irrelevant if he is not a pure climber he normally would be able to easily cover such attacks.

not what I meant, I agree he can follow these attacks, but I think evans isn't so bad in power climbs.
he has a big engine.

 

[Jamsque]

GC:

Wiggins
Evans 1'11"
Brajkovic 1'21"
Vino 1'56"

So I guess Braj was in that main group even though he wasn't a factor in the attacking.

 

[BillytheKid]

Yeh he was there too.

 

[Walkman]

cadel isn't exactly a natural climber tho.
But I agree that it isn't worth fussing about. Good sign that he is below peak maybe.

This! I say it's a good sign. In 2009 he was flying and we all know how that turned out at le Tour so I think he is on track for peaking at le Tour!

 

[hatcher]

Two Shacks in the lead chase one was Hermans...pretty shure JBraj was the other.

Yeah he was definitely there, but like Evans he seemed to get gapped a little easier than you would expect.

 

[The Sheep]

vdb looked good

 

[Moncoutie]

Wiggins our 'Glorious leader'! More Stalinist propaganda from Kirby!

 

[cineteq]

Basso in the main group!

No sign of Gesing...

 

[Winterfold]

The GC contenders here are all power climbers though to some extent?

By power climb we mean the kind of climb where a rider with strong TT can set a high steady pace and be very hard to drop yes?

Sometimes that is more about evenness of gradient than absolute % - eg Ventoux is 10+% steep for KM after KM but a rouleur can go OK because it is even.

Psychologically Wiggo will have scored big today - to beat him the others will have to go deep and will they be prepared to do that?

Unless there is a sky fail of some kind of course...

 

[BillytheKid]

GC:

Wiggins
Evans 1'11"
Brajkovic 1'21"
Vino 1'56"

So I guess Braj was in that main group even though he wasn't a factor in the attacking.

Why would he attack today. The Queen stage is tomorrow. He's only 58 Kg and could be dangerous on the final HC climb.

 

[kurtinsc]

Anyone care to comment on Hermans' chances of holding on to a top 10 in the GC?

He was solid in the spring hilly races, and he did okay today... but can he hang on when the real climbs start?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

No sign of Gesing...

he obviously had no interest in this stage as he was riding in the back and let go at the start of the climb

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

No sign of Gesing...

appears to only be concerned with staying safe and getting the km in the legs.

Hopefully he has a go tomorrow (we'll know pretty quick I think, today he was at the back prior to the climb and made no effort whatsoever to stay with it) because the climbs suits him. I don't think he'll win, but some encouraging signs would be nice

 

[Jamsque]

Why would he attack today. The Queen stage is tomorrow. He's only 58 Kg and could be dangerous on the final HC climb.

Easy on the sarky eyeballs. He was the only rider who wasn't visible either starting an attack or chasing one down.

I realize that what impressed me about Wiggins today was that he was responding to accelerations. His biggest weakness as a climber (and arguably as a rider) is how long it takes him to speed up. Hopefully he can do this well tomorrow.

 

[auscyclefan94]

A stage with a 10km @ 4.7% climb with rolling hills in it is much different to a mountain stage with 7 or so classified climbs with a Mountain top finish for 12km @8.2%.

 

[theyoungest]

he obviously had no interest in this stage as he was riding in the back and let go at the start of the climb

He's now officially the only Tour top-10 candidate in this race who has shown nothing whatsoever, but we'll see tomorrow or Sunday, I guess.