Paris-Nice stage 4, Crêches-sur-Saône to Belleville, 191km

[Havetts]

Yay de Gendt

 

[spalco]

Serves the sprinters right. Hat off to the 4 breakawayers and de Gendt and Voeckler in particular, well done.

 

[luckyboy]

leads by 21 secs. Or at least ahead of Goss by that.

 

[Mellow Velo]

I had Tommy V down to win..............yesterday.
A few teams will be fed up with the one man band that is Tommy de Gendt.

 

[kurtinsc]

It sounded like Goss was having trouble and at the back of the main group from the ticker.

Was this a case where the other teams were counting on HTC to finish off pulling the break back... but with Goss struggling they didn't?

 

[cineteq]

De Gendt back in yellow!!

 

[thirteen]

the sad thing is de gendt will get screwed

Tommy did do an awful lot of work during the race... but, yeah, without de Gendt they never would have held at the end.

 

[michaeld]

the sad thing is de gendt will get screwed

He needs to work, he needs the time gap. He got yellow, so it looks like this worked out fine.

 

[Moncoutie]

Great finish, pleased they managed to stay away. Always good to see Tommy V win, but De Gendt was the star today, unbelievable ride!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Tommy did do an awful lot of work during the race... but, yeah, without de Gendt they never would have held at the end.

don't get me wrong, I think they all did well and I never dislike a Tommy V win. But De Gendt carried them in the last 5-10km, but he get's rewarded anyhow, so all good

 

[spalco]

Tommy did do an awful lot of work during the race... but, yeah, without de Gendt they never would have held at the end.

I'm sure he's content with taking yellow. Also, I don't think the others were really playing tactics much, they all looked pretty much spent.

 

[Jamsque]

Wow what a finish, De Gendt absolutely crucified himself to keep the break away and get the yellow back, and it's always great to see Voekler get a win.

 

[boomcie]

De Gendt just blew some minds.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I'm sure he's content with taking yellow. Also, I don't think the others were really playing tactics much, they all looked pretty much spent.

I agree, think they all knew their best hope of survival was with de gendt.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

de gendt, what a beast _O_

 

[Grzdylu]

General:
1. DE GENDT Thomas VACANSOLEIL-DCM
2. VOECKLER Thomas TEAM EUROPCAR + 00' 10"
3. PAURIOL Rémi FDJ + 00' 16"
4. GOSS Matthew Harley HTC - HIGHROAD + 00' 21"
5. DI GREGORIO Rémy PRO TEAM ASTANA + 00' 24"
6. HAUSSLER Heinrich TEAM GARMIN - CERVELO + 00' 27"
7. HENDERSON Gregory SKY PROCYCLING + 00' 27"
8. ROY Jérémy FDJ + 00' 30"
9. GALLOPIN Tony COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE + 00' 31"
10. GAUTIER Cyril TEAM EUROPCAR + 00' 32"

 

[Francois the Postman]

Yeah, De Gendt got what he was riding for this time. Back in yellow. I never saw that coming. One happy sponsor I think. Good to see their Karma returned, after their positive and supportive stance when **** was hitting the fan from all sides, a couple of months back.

 

[Chuffy]

Get in!
Wish I'd seen that rather than 'watching' by proxy.

 

[Parrulo]

de ghent was amazing today

i am already a fan

 

[The Sheep]

why is the interview in english?

 

[Jamsque]

why is the interview in english?

I think if they can't do the language of the country the race is held in the next step is English.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Heroic effort by de Gendt. Shame he didn't crown it with another stage win. I mean he must have taken 50% of the leads in the breakaway group.

 

[Grzdylu]

De Gendt is not bad chronoman.

 

[boomcie]

De Gendt is not bad chronoman.

Correct, but don't get ahead of things. We'll see how it all pans out.

 

[ansimi]

Great finish! The whole breakaway group worked really well. De Gendt is earning lots of fans and Tommy V is making his fans happy