TdF 2018 stage 3 TTT Cholet 35.5 km

[Cance > TheRest]

Imagine Astana's time with Luis Leon on the team ...

 

[craigmalone]

Great time for Fuglsang.

Especially without Luis Leon.

Quick Step look done. Whoever is at back of group (Lampaert or Terpstra) is dead and just hanging on to keep a rider there

 

[JosephK]

Great time for Fuglsang.

Awesome time for Fuglsang, considering the loss of LLS.

 

[skippo12]

Nibali looked great but his team lacks depth. Izagirres, Pozzo and that´s it. I expected more from Colbrelli and Koren.
Pelizotti was an obvious weak link and Haussler crashed yesterday.
Nibali had to do most of the work himself and hope that Pozzo would hang on the last kms.

 

[fantomas]

Wow, Sagan done.

 

[woodburn]

Sagan dead.

 

[skippo12]

Sagan cooked...team not waiting. All in for Majka.

 

[sir fly]

Anybody else surprised by Sagan's dropping?

 

[Escarabajo]

Sagan done!!!!

 

[Gigs_98]

All in all I'd say having more or less the same time as and Porte after the TTT is brilliant news for nibali. His biggest weakspot is now over

Great news for cycling that you can crash because of your own fault and be ahead 2 days later through reasons you have nothing to do with

Yea it's shame cycling is a team sport.

It's not a teamsport though. Froome won last years tour, not sky. But by including TTT's you make a sport where individuals are supported by teammates but at the end still have to do the job on their own a teamsport and imo that's not how it should be

 

[rune1107]

Astana +51 without LLS. Impressive.

 

[RedheadDane]

All in all I'd say having more or less the same time as and Porte after the TTT is brilliant news for nibali. His biggest weakspot is now over

Great news for cycling that you can crash because of your own fault and be ahead 2 days later through reasons you have nothing to do with

Yea it's shame cycling is a team sport.

It's not a teamsport though. Froome won last years tour, not sky. But by including TTT's you make a sport where individuals are supported by teammates but at the end still have to do the job on their own a teamsport and imo that's not how it should be

It's a teamsport won by individuals. Just another way in which cycling is somewhat weird.

 

[Red Rick]

All in all I'd say having more or less the same time as and Porte after the TTT is brilliant news for nibali. His biggest weakspot is now over

Great news for cycling that you can crash because of your own fault and be ahead 2 days later through reasons you have nothing to do with

Yea it's shame cycling is a team sport.

It's not a teamsport though. Froome won last years tour, not sky. But by including TTT's you make a sport where individuals are supported by teammates but at the end still have to do the job on their own a teamsport and imo that's not how it should be

It's a teamsport won by individuals. Just another way in which cycling is somewhat weird.

And the teams are enough of an advantage in road stages already

 

[Valv.Piti]

Thats very weird seeing Sagan just getting dropped like that.

 

[Screecher]

Bora lost almost all of their bidons early on. Just a detaik.

 

[Carols]

Nice to see BMC take it home, in memory of Andy!

 

[SKSemtex]

Thats very weird seeing Sagan just getting dropped like that.

For a first time I see him not finishing with team. :surprised:

He was done after first 10 km

 

[Rollthedice]

Sagan must've had one drink too many last night with his dad.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Old rivals Gilbert and Van Avermaet battling for yellow. Gilbert was probably not that rider, GVA would have liked to 'lose' yellow against.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Hurray, intermediate bonus seconds sprints could be important for yellow.

 

[Bolder]

Re:

Anybody else surprised by Sagan's dropping?

Not really. No way he'd stay in yellow, so what's the point of burning all your matches?

 

[IndianCyclist]

So other than UAE everybody is decent time

 

[SKSemtex]

Re:

Sagan must've had one drink too many last night with his dad.

They are too dangerous with OSS together.

 

[Vroome.exe]

Thats very weird seeing Sagan just getting dropped like that.

For a first time I see him not finishing with team. :surprised:

He was done after first 10 km

So was Gaviria. Just not a sprinters' TTT.

 

[Amazinmets87]

Boggles the mind how anyone could watch Skys 5 Tour victories and come to the conclusion cycling is an individual sport