Paris-Nice Stage 5:Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise Vernoux-en-Vivarais: 193 km

[Sasquatch]

Evans and Gesink, same dif

Hey, that's an insult to Porte...apologise.

Porte will be a better rider than Evans ever was.

 

[theyoungest]

Porte will be a better rider than Evans ever was.

Now you're just trolling ACF.

 

[Tuarts]

De Gendt has been dropped

 

[Roland Rat]

De Gendt has been dropped

Just lulling them into false security.

 

[Anonymous]

must have been some climb to have haussler and henderson in the chase group.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Luis Leon not a mountain goat? Lol.

Contador would LOVE a domestique like Lulu.
Actually Lulu is just a downgraded version of Contador. Perfect for a stage race like Paris-Nice.

yeah but LuLu always cracks in a GT

 

[theyoungest]

Escape group: Westra, Lopez Garcia, Le Mevel, Jeannesson, Dupont, Hardy.

 

[Tuarts]

Well if he's winding up like a spring ready to charge, he better hurry up soon.

 

[nvpacchi]

he's a good climber, of course, and well suited for a race like Paris Nice, but just in regards of pure uphill qualities he just isn't near the top.

he's very good in focussing on single stages and in preparing to be perfect in shape for short stage races, but that's it. In his whole career he had one top 10 result on a grand tour mountain finish (Alto de Cotobello / last year's Vuelta)

And the only reason he was in the top 10 on that stage is because he snuck into the break. When the Cotobello started, Nieve dropped him immediately.

That finishing ramp has Samu written all over it, Lulu too (if he hadn't crashed and if the Mure wasn't directly before it)

 

[Michielveedeebee]

De Gendt's back in bussiness
And De Weert abandoned because of his injuries

 

[Captain_Cavman]

According to the live race report on CN, the riders are getting further and further from the finish. First to realise and turn round ftw.

 

[jens_attacks]

Just lulling them into false security.

funny that's the first thing that came into my mind too.he's just faking...

12:41 - Résultat au sprint de Saint-Chamond (km 38)
1. Haussler, 3 pts / 3’’
2. R.Feillu, 2 pts / 2’’
3. Vinokourov, 1 pt / 1’’


13:26 - Résultat et écarts au col de la Croix de Chaubouret (km 54)
1. Westra, 10
... 35’’
2. Dupont, 8
3. Jeanesson, 6
4. Lopez Garcia, 4
... 1’
5. Le Mével, 3
6. Vinokourov, 2
7. Verdugo, 1

this is vino's day...he just fought for a sprint named andrei kivilev(kivi will never be forgot).i'm sure he will deliver today.allez astana!

 

[Mellow Velo]

No doubt they have been soft pedalling until today.
The average speed in the second hour of the stage was 37,8 kph for an overall average speed of 41,1 kph.
That, over heavy roads, 3 climbs, including a 1st cat.
An early finish today due to full on, GC racing.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Vino's got enough S P U N K (defeat that word filter!) to make it his day, especially if the gap stays until the last Cat1 Mure. It'll be interesting. Gap's going up cuz everyone's munching there lunch?

after yesterday... no multitasking for me today. You guys have fun watching. For me it's "hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to work we go".

 

[jens_attacks]

they're going fast.astana already at the front driving the peloton.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

How many km remaining ?

 

[Mellow Velo]

How many km remaining ?

72 and 45 minutes to live pics.
http://www.letour.fr/indexPNC_us.html
For easy updates.

 

[boomcie]

How many km remaining ?

Still 71 to go.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

thanks mw and boomcie.

exciting stuff

 

[boomcie]

thanks mw and boomcie.

exciting stuff

Yeah, here's to hoping we'll see some fireworks today

 

[Christian]

Just got back from my recon of tomorrow's ITT course. Unfortunately I forgot my camera so I had to take pictures on my cell phone ... I'll try to upload them later. Now for spaghetti

 

[thirteen]

this is vino's day...he just fought for a sprint named andrei kivilev(kivi will never be forgot).i'm sure he will deliver today.allez astana!

allez vino!!!

unfortunately (or fortunately?) i've found he rarely wins the ones that have his name on it (only to come back and eat the field alive when you don't expect it )

come on, sasha, prove me wrong!

 

[Tuarts]

thanks mw and boomcie.

exciting stuff

I bet you have to restrain yourself from waking the neighbours.

 

[Ney the Viking]

Just got back from my recon of tomorrow's ITT course. Unfortunately I forgot my camera so I had to take pictures on my cell phone ... I'll try to upload them later. Now for spaghetti

Cool, looking forward to that.

 

[Ferminal]

Bye Bye Sagan?