Tour de France 2018 stage 6: Brest > Mûr de Bretagne 181 km

[Eyeballs Out]

Dan Martin massive ride into the headwind

 

[LaFlorecita]

OOOOFT cheered so hard for Latour. But nice win for Martin!

 

[StephenC2020]

Yes!!! So happy to see Dan winning again!

 

[Eclipse]

That was a classic stupid Dan Martin stage but this time he actually won haha

 

[Simurgh]

finally some action from the heads of state, great!

 

[DFA123]

Re:

Dumoulin not that big of a disaster

Not yet, but let's see what the commissaires have to say about his ride.

 

[Aristarchus]

Dumo losing over 50 seconds?

 

[120mmStem]

Great ride by Martin!

 

[perico]

Re: Tour de France 2018 stage 6: Brest > Mûr de Bretagne 181

Nibali gains a few precious seconds over Froome.

 

[jaylew]

Re:

Dumoulin not that big of a disaster

I'd say 50 seconds is close to a disaster

 

[glassmoon]

Re:

Dumo losing over 50 seconds?

There will be a penalty though

 

[SafeBet]

That was a great final km by Dan Martin, I didn't think he would hold that gap.
Latour giving Ag2r some headache for leadership?

 

[tobydawq]

Valverde, my god. Show some aggression, please! How he didn't win that...

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Very impressive that Latour managed to force his way into what was otherwise the completely predictable Ardennes guys podium. You don’t split Martin/Alaphilippe/Valverde on a Mur unless you are super strong. What a versatile rider.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

Am I the only one not seeing anything out of the ordinary in the riders using cars to make their way back?

Maybe I wasn't paying attention but it looked pretty status quo from both Sunweb and Astana

 

[Escarabajo]

Re:

Valverde, my god. Show some aggression, please! How he didn't win that...

I don't understand either. Why did he stay in the group that long?

 

[jaylew]

Re:

That was a great final km by Dan Martin, I didn't think he would hold that gap.
Latour giving Ag2r some headache for leadership?

I doubt it. Bardet likely only lost time because he had to chase back on after his flat.

 

[Laplaz]

How much time Froome lost?

 

[silvergrenade]

Did Landa not finish in the Porte group?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re: Re:

Valverde, my god. Show some aggression, please! How he didn't win that...

I don't understand either. Why did he stay in the group that long?

Headwind. He thought Martin would die and it would be a sprint with Alaphilippe.

 

[Eclipse]

Re: Re:

Dumo losing over 50 seconds?

There will be a penalty though

There should be but it's cycling so they might decide the losing some time is punishment enough anyway

 

[Asero831]

Re: Re:

Valverde, my god. Show some aggression, please! How he didn't win that...

I don't understand either. Why did he stay in the group that long?

He is guiding NQ

 

[Scarponi]

That was boring

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Re:

Am I the only one not seeing anything out of the ordinary in the riders using cars to make their way back?

Maybe I wasn't paying attention but it looked pretty status quo from both Sunweb and Astana

You aren't. Dumoulin did nothing that warrants a penalty.

 

[120mmStem]

Ugh, those t-shirts!