Tour de France 2019 stage 5 St D -Vosges - Colmar 175.5km

[Broccolidwarf]

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That's it? Lame.

The 2nd category climbs are all too hard for Bora or Sunweb to control it I think.

A lot of people will have planned to attack once they hit the climbs, to not be in the break all day.

 

[Keram]

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Clarke, Skujins, Wellens, Wurtz.

Lame. Congrats Wellens to the win.

 

[King Boonen]

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That's it? Lame.

The 2nd category climbs are all too hard for Bora or Sunweb to control it I think.

A lot of people will have planned to attack once they hit the climbs, to not be in the break all day.

Gap's being kept small with this in mind it looks like.

 

[Jagartrott]

Four riders is not a lot, but three of them are on their favoured terrain (only Wurz is not enough of a climber I think). They have to hope Bora give up after a while (and/or Sagan cracks).

 

[Flamin]

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People still being surprised at Tour stages turning out lame.

Surprised? No. Other expectations, yes.

 

[Oliver]

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Clarke, Skujins, Wellens, Wurtz.

Lame. Congrats Wellens to the win.

Don' think so. The break will not fight for the win. Alaphilippe will win.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

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Four riders is not a lot, but three of them are on their favoured terrain (only Wurz is not enough of a climber I think). They have to hope Bora give up after a while (and/or Sagan cracks).

Oops - misread you

 

[sir fly]

The neat polka dot pattern is actually pretty appealing.
Just requires some time to get used to the change.

 

[Keram]

What is Bora doing exactly? Pulling for Sagan or maybe Schachmann to bridge the gap? No need to hold breakaway on such short leash.

 

[del1962]

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What is Bora doing exactly? Pulling for Sagan or maybe Schachmann to bridge the gap? No need to hold breakaway on such short leash.

Intermediate Sprint?

 

[sir fly]

The intermediate sprint excitement is coming...

 

[Frankschleck]

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What is Bora doing exactly? Pulling for Sagan or maybe Schachmann to bridge the gap? No need to hold breakaway on such short leash.

They need to have them in a leash as Wellens can't have 2 big a gap for the next climbs or the tempo might be to hard for Sagan.

 

[sir fly]

Kangaroo jumps for the points...

 

[rick james]

So tonight’s TV like every night so far this week will be, watch the breakaway being formed then fast forward till the last 40k....as soon as I see the race threads at only 4 or 5 pages I know it’s dull

 

[Valv.Piti]

Why are you complaining? The stage will open again and we might see some even bigger names on the offensive now. Will be a great finale.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

20 k till the action starts again

 

[Anderis]

Clarke has a good combination of uphill, downhill, flat and sprint skills to win a stage like this from a break. This is very similar stage to the Vuelta one he won last year.

I've realised that, for some reason, if EF puts a right man into the breakaway, other teams are chasing, but if there's a break without an EF rider on a typical breakaway stage, the breakaway goes away with ease. Vuelta 2018 being an exception.

 

[Midnightfright]

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Clarke has a good combination of uphill, downhill, flat and sprint skills to win a stage like this from a break. This is very similar stage to the Vuelta one he won last year.

I've realised that, for some reason, if EF puts a right man into the breakaway, other teams are chasing, but if there's a break without an EF rider on a typical breakaway stage, the breakaway goes away with ease. Vuelta 2018 being an exception.

A proton wide vendetta against Johnny Vaughters!

 

[sir fly]

And what would be the difference between the chateau ghosts and Schloss ghosts?

...Spooky atmosphere, I get it.

 

[Velolover2]

Small gap. This group might be swallowed up by the peloton for a new group to emerge on Trois-Épis.

 

[JThomas]

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Why are you complaining? The stage will open again and we might see some even bigger names on the offensive now. Will be a great finale.

Exactly.

 

[sir fly]

Wait... New Zealand and Australia are competing in cricket performance?
What countries!

Here, we mostly appreciate ants.

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: Tour de France 2019 stage 5 St D -Vosges - Colmar 175.5k

Really curious whether this work by bora and sunweb will pay off. I mean there just have to be too many moves to control on the last two climbs, right? Every stagehunter would be stupid to let this opportunity slip away

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Yoo! umbrella shunts Gallopin

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Gallopin most definitely takes the cake as the most unlucky rider in the peloton