Paris-Nice 2017, 5th-12th March

[wheresmybrakes]

That's Contador a sure winner of the tour now. No one to stop him!

 

[MatParker117]

Henao by 29 secs.

 

[frisenfruitig]

Tomorrow is going to be interesting ^^

 

[Scarponi]

Re:

Good win for Porte - looked head and shoulders above everyone else.

Easy to do when you rode at the back of the peloton all week, still impressive he probably would have gone harder if he needed time

 

[Red Rick]

I think Contador sandbagged a little after Porte got away

 

[rei_da_montanha]

Re: Re:

Henao will drop Contador for sure.

For sure! lol

You win some, you lose some

 

[rick james]

That was a great final climb for so early in the year

 

[Irondan]

Great stage today, tomorrow will have lots of fireworks for sure!

 

[portugal11]

Re:

Good win for Porte - looked head and shoulders above everyone else.

What?

 

[benzwire]

Nice to see some fight left in Contador. Too little too late, but good to see and hope he has some in July. Not holding my breath though...

 

[Red Rick]

Shoutout to Pantano. Best domestiqueing Contador has seen in years

 

[spalco]

Uh, Henao is cracking badly. That looks like 30 seconds to Contador already.

edit. or maybe not.

 

[DFA123]

Re: Re:

Good win for Porte - looked head and shoulders above everyone else.

Easy to do when you rode at the back of the peloton all week, still impressive he probably would have gone harder if he needed time

Agreed. He did look very comfortable though.

 

[MatParker117]

Re:

Tomorrow is going to be interesting ^^

Short stage and a descent finish.

 

[Felice Gimondi]

Contador currently still not at his best, probably also affected by a cold in the first days of PN, but clearly assessments yesterday were premature.

 

[Irondan]

All you Contador pessimists do nothing but fuel the fire, keep disparaging him until July then we'll see how well your predictions worked...

 

[DFA123]

Does Martin grabbing bonus seconds, keep him above Contador on GC?

 

[El Pistolero]

It's a shame Contador will be second again in Paris-Nice...

Sky have won every Paris-Nice since 2012 except in 2014... Meh...

 

[jaylew]

Did Martin hold off AC for 2nd on GC with those bonus seconds he got for passing Henao at the end?

Edit: beaten by DFA above

 

[Gloin22]

Henao was never great on long climbs. Pretty good effort.

 

[portugal11]

Re:

It's a shame Contador will be second again in Paris-Nice...

Third

 

[Irondan]

Great ride by Dan Martin, I didn't expect to see him finish so good.

 

[MatParker117]

Henao
Martin 30
Contador 31

 

[Gigs_98]

It's just funny how Contador manages to never win stages. Last year he only won one stage which wasn't an ITT and even on days like this where he manages to drop his main rival there is someone in front of him.

 

[Gloin22]

It's just funny how Contador manages to never win stages. Last year he only won one stage which wasn't an ITT and even on days like this where he manages to drop his main rival there is someone in front of him.

Hes not good enough to win stages, he neither has acceleration nor is the best climber nowdays