Tour de France Stage 4: Amiens – Rouen (174.2k)

[Rob5091]

Lenny looks like he's recovered quite well from whatever was affecting him in Stage 1

Bahrain said he was saving himself - for this stage by the look of it - but the Battle of the Lennys has begun!

 

[scribers]

These guys gonna funk around and let the peloton spoil their plans

 

[Boehmand]

Asgreen just taught Lenny a lesson on that KOM

 

[proffate]

I hate that the sport is not about sports but about money money and some more money

It's called professional sports... it's not like these guys are engaged in intrinsically productive activity so the economic value has to come from somewhere, and that's your attention.

Also the wearing of some corporate jerseys is not the bad part. It's the fact that sports are rapidly becoming just a substrate for gambling. On this forum people mostly worry about clinical matters. Every other sport, the fans fret about match fixing.

 

[Sciatic]

But then again: what is he doing? Why attack on a flat mountain more than 2k from the top when you want to reach the other dots afterwards and it's a 4 man group? Seems not ideal to me.

Oh you're right, especially when we now see his sprint was good enough anyways. But I think the group knows they have no chance of staying away: Alpecin not only want to keep MVDP in yellow but also give him a chance at a stage win, and there will be GC action as well. They would have needed to be up 5 minutes at this point to stay away.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Some artwork on one of the farm fields, evidently prizes are awarded to the farmers for the best ones. (You learn something new every day. )

 

[RobertCrawley]

Dots

The next Virenque.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Wout so carefully looking after Vingo.

Wout doesn't want to piss the real boss of the team off...

 

[YavorD]

Pogacar will force Vingegaard to be first on the last 3rd category only to gift him the polka dot for the TT.
The ultimate chess.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogacar will force Vingegaard to be first on the last 3rd category only to gift him the polka dot for the TT.
The ultimate chess.

Before the top they will play games for so long that Milan will pass them.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

RB Bora staying out of it so far

 

[RobertCrawley]

Some artwork on one of the farm fields, evidently prizes are awarded to the farmers for the best ones. (You learn something new every day. )

I can't remember the exact prize. Something about being invited to an event involving the Tour.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Asgreen with the old big increase in pace after tepid day, too many big guys in the peloton this time for it to work unfortunately.

 

[Boehmand]

Oh you're right, especially when we now see his sprint was good enough anyways. But I think the group knows they have no chance of staying away: Alpecin not only want to keep MVDP in yellow but also give him a chance at a stage win, and there will be GC action as well. They would have needed to be up 5 minutes at this point to stay away.

I’ve seen plenty of commentators in the past, saying a break with Asgreen is not staying away - the truth is none of us ever know, because some days the dude just refuses to get caught.

 

[Sciatic]

Oh no, another intermediate sprint coming up. At least the break will take the top points but the sprinters (minus Phillipsen of course) will be at it again.

 

[proffate]

Oh you're right, especially when we now see his sprint was good enough anyways. But I think the group knows they have no chance of staying away: Alpecin not only want to keep MVDP in yellow but also give him a chance at a stage win, and there will be GC action as well. They would have needed to be up 5 minutes at this point to stay away.

History tells me Asgreen has a chance, the others not so much.

 

[Sciatic]

I’ve seen plenty of commentators in the past, saying a break with Asgreen is not staying away - the truth is none of us ever know, because some days the dude just refuses to get caught.

Well, I would be thrilled to see him stay away. But those other instances were more likely flattish stages where the sprint teams were responsible to bring him back. Here we have 4 climbs in the last 30 kms that suit the puncheurs and GC contenders, and it's still early in the race when everything is up for grabs.

 

[red_flanders]

History tells me Asgreen has a chance, the others not so much.

No chance.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Lenny is a dirty rider IMHO. I don't like him.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Before the top they will play games for so long that Milan will pass them.

Or ride into them.

 

[YavorD]

Before the top they will play games for so long that Milan will pass them.

Then Remco will win just enough time tonwin the Tour.
The climbs around Rouen will prove decisive for the Tour once again.

 

[noob]

Every other sport, the fans fret about match fixing.

I do too.

Lenny is a dirty rider IMHO. I don't like him.

To borrow @Logic-is-your-friend quote a bit; do you prefer riders being washed?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

They‘ve now been showing the break for five minutes straight (interrupted by one mechanical)

 

[Sciatic]

They‘ve now been showing the break for five minutes straight (interrupted by one mechanical)

They have to make up for yesterday when there was no break

 

[noob]

WTF?!