Paris - Nice, Stage 6 Manosque -> Nice 220 km, Saturday 9/3

[SafeBet]

Updates about the race?

 

[LaFlorecita]

I think he was doing a Ryo parody.

Yea. Havy would never call Gesink a pathetic rider

 

[Afrank]

Updates about the race?

Simon Clarke (GreenEdge) Egor Silin (Astana), Gatis Smukulis (Katusha), Eduard Vorganov (Katusha), Brent Bookwalter (BMC), Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ), Julien El Fares (Sojasun), Borut Bozic (Astana), Jerome Pineau (Omega Pharma QuickStep), Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) Johann Tschopp (IAM Cycling) are the riders in the break today.

110 to go with a 3:30 gap.

 

[SafeBet]

Thanks afrank.

 

[Dedelou]

Simon Clarke (GreenEdge) Egor Silin (Astana), Gatis Smukulis (Katusha), Eduard Vorganov (Katusha), Brent Bookwalter (BMC), Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ), Julien El Fares (Sojasun), Borut Bozic (Astana), Jerome Pineau (Omega Pharma QuickStep), Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) Johann Tschopp (IAM Cycling) are the riders in the break today.

110 to go with a 3:30 gap.

jeannesson would be the best placed GC in that group.. who else?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Simon Clarke (GreenEdge) Egor Silin (Astana), Gatis Smukulis (Katusha), Eduard Vorganov (Katusha), Brent Bookwalter (BMC), Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ), Julien El Fares (Sojasun), Borut Bozic (Astana), Jerome Pineau (Omega Pharma QuickStep), Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) Johann Tschopp (IAM Cycling) are the riders in the break today.

110 to go with a 3:30 gap.

well, this should give us a bit of action.
GC before stage:
Jeannesson +1:49
Bardet +3:38

Also Bookwalter and Pineau could be used on the flat part after the climb for the Tejay and Chavanel duo. Long shot and Sky is running the train.

 

[El Pistolero]

Even Belgian TV thought he was doing poorly the last couple of days. He'll be fine by the Amstel, but it's unlikely he'll do anything this stage.

He's been a domestique this entire week and he had a flat tire the day before yesterday which would explain his time loss. Gilbert had no ambition on Montagne de Lure. He's never been this good in Paris-Nice before.

 

[Publicus]

Robert Gesink quit the race.

 

[Pentacycle]

He's been a domestique this entire week and he had a flat tire the day before yesterday which would explain his time loss. Gilbert had no ambition on Montagne de Lure.

Someone who wears the rainbow stripes can only disappoint, expectations are Skyhigh, especially in Belgium I suppose.

Tbh he seems fine for now, PN is either too light or too hard for him. Performing at MSR shouldn't be a problem.

 

[Dedelou]

Robert Gesink quit the race.

something was going on with him all along and he was never in the race this time

 

[SafeBet]

Gesink abandoned.

Robert Gesink quit the race.

He's so pathetic he managed to quit the same race twice in one hour time

 

[Pharazon]

renshaw abandons

 

[nsylver]

and the excuses for gesink start, well, still happening. Anyways, anyone have a running stream that is not football?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

renshaw abandons

lots of space available in the Blanco team bus tonight.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tschopp secures the polka dot if he finishes the race.

 

[Sasquatch]

Which sprinters, if any are going to be there to battle at the end?

Looks like Bozic is still in the break. He'd have to be the fastest there unless Howard got over.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

76km to go, gap 1:15.

Break on Col du Ferrier now.

Key riders still ahead.

 

[Sasquatch]

Spoke too soon.

The break would've survived if Jeanneson wasn't there.

 

[thirteen]

So do I. That makes two of us who will be disappointed.

make it three, gah!

 

[Samson]

So they're showing the race when all the climbing is done?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

So they're showing the race when all the climbing is done?

yea, but you can read all about the climbing action in tomorrows printed newspapers.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

67km to go, gap 50s

Going downhill now.

Break reduced to:

Clarke
Jeannesson
Bardet
Silin
Vorganov
Tschopp


Sky led the peloton over the last climb.

 

[forkboy84]

So they're showing the race when all the climbing is done?

Really annoys me that Eurosport are showing this live & not Tirreno-Adriatico today. Stupid.

 

[Samson]

Really annoys me that Eurosport are showing this live & not Tirreno-Adriatico today. Stupid.

British Eurosport does. International one doesn't. Don't understand why did they show yesterdays race instead of today's 1st cat climbs.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Oh **** TAWK crashed, hope it's nothing serious