Tour de France 2018 stage 9: Arras > Roubaix 156,5 km

[woodburn]

Big group of favorites have broken away.

Movistar all there. Don't see Nibali.

 

[rick james]

good luck truing that wheel

 

[saneguy]

GC guys have broken through!

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Typical, as soon as Astana leave the front, Fuglsang crashes

They never learn

 

[Eclipse]

Nibali not in the group =(

 

[Salvarani]

A lot of people behind

 

[bob.a.feet]

Nibali where art thou

 

[SlickMongoose]

Re:

i hope this is the last cobble stage we ever see in a tour...it's too much of a lottery

I hope we see lots more, this is great fun.

 

[silvergrenade]

Re:

Nibali not in the group =(

Lets go!
Put the hammer down.
Finish Nibali off

 

[DFA123]

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i hope this is the last cobble stage we ever see in a tour...it's too much of a lottery

Yep, it's part of the fun in a one day race. In a three week tour its just stupid.

 

[TMP402]

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i hope this is the last cobble stage we ever see in a tour...it's too much of a lottery

Oddly many people loved them after 2015.

 

[rick james]

Come on sky, Hammer it

 

[MuskyOurSaviour]

Sky and Movistar should work together and its over

 

[Tigerion]

So Tom D, all the movistar, GVA, Sagan in the group
Nibs, Yates & Uran in group 2

 

[spalco]

Re:

Sky pushing on after a crash, no surprise there
How many favourites are there

Come one, if anyone's waiting after crashes on a stage like this, they won't finish before nightfall. It's racing.

 

[woodburn]

This should still come together.

 

[Eclipse]

Something must have happened for that lead group to be clear with Quintana and Bardet there while there's genuine cobble talent behind

 

[silvergrenade]

Come on Sky and Movistar!
Put it down. Hammer it!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Re:

Nibali not in the group =(

 

[DFA123]

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Something must have happened for that lead group to be clear with Quintana and Bardet there while there's genuine cobble talent behind

I guess the genuine cobble talent messed up their positioning and got stuck behind the crash.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Dumoulin was just in front of the Movistars before the break. So I think he has fallen..

 

[saneguy]

Skybots on the job...

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The only bad thing about the cobbles stage is that it comes too late. Should have been after 3-4 stages max, thereby removing lots of GC pretenders.
Anyway better late than never.

 

[Hayabusa]

Re: Re:

Sky pushing on after a crash, no surprise there
How many favourites are there

Come one, if anyone's waiting after crashes on a stage like this, they won't finish before nightfall. It's racing.

Completely agree, so does Tigerion. If this was any other team bar Sky, he'd be cheering them on. But everything Sky does is evil...

 

[bob.a.feet]

I think this is because of crash