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Phil13 said:Why should he lose time tomorrow? Its an relatively easy stage.
CraZyCaLL said:Julian Alaphilippe for the win today
Bye Bye Bicycle said:Three great riders.
Kudos to CrazyCall. He... called it.
theyoungest said:Silvio Herklotz really seems to 'have it', including a great name. If BMC finally want to sign a good talent, rather than an overrated one, maybe they should pick him.
Phil13 said:1. 71 Alaphilippe, Julian ETI
2. 81 Yates, Simon GBR
3. 51 Herklotz, Silvio * TST
They caught him in the final kilometer.
But Herklotz takes the yellow jersey
Yeah, 35 riders finishing within a minute in crap weather certainly constitutes a super hard queen stage...Bye Bye Bicycle said:Yeah, not a great day for Sütterlin.
But hey, what a great sprint finish.
Phil13 said:1. 71 Alaphilippe, Julian ETI
2. 81 Yates, Simon GBR
3. 51 Herklotz, Silvio * TST
They caught him in the final kilometer.
But Herklotz takes the yellow jersey
Dazed and Confused said:now we need a little bit of highlights of the stage.
WKA311 said:
Dazed and Confused said:Stage 4 in progress...
Strong break established after about 50km or so and with 95km left to race the gap is about 3 minutes:
4 Phelan, Adam AUS
6 Linfield, Bradley * AUS
12 Teunissen, Mike RB3
16 Tusveld, Martijn * RB3
32 Andersen, Michael Valgren DEN
52 Dieteren, Jan * TST
55 Mager, Christian TST
62 Koch, Jonas * LKT
73 Senechal, Florian * ETI
83 Dibben, Jonathan * GBR
85 Doull, Owain * GBR
91 Bosmans, Wietse BKP
115 Schreurs, Hamish * NZL
Phelan best placed rider with +17s. It will be a tough day.
Dazed and Confused said:After 97km, gap down to 30s or so.
Average speed for the first two hours: 45 km/h
Lazy dogs.
Dazed and Confused said:That break got pulled back, it was too dangerous.
Several attacks later we have a new break.
124km down, gap about 30s
12 Teunissen, Mike RB3
95 Jauregui, Quentin * BKP
115 Schreurs, Hamish * NZL
64 Soballa, Carl * LKT
123 Nappa, Fabio TBJ
Bye Bye Bicycle said:Sorry for Schachmann, TET badly needed a success here. The team sponsor is on the verge of pulling the plug. So the pressure on Sütterlin tomorrow to save the home race is immense.
Finally Ewan, quick recovery from his bad form.
It's the team that brought us Tony Martin, Degenkolb, Kittel, Gretsch... at least they can't say the system isn't working.Dazed and Confused said:well, there appear to be lots of people out watching the race, so that should help the sponsor make decisions