Because everyone but pure sprinters can hang on when there is a steady, even if pretty fast, pace on 5% climbs and no one is able to attack because alone is a suicide. Today there were more riders than two days ago.Velolover2 said:It seems like the gradients is more important than the length in modern cycling.
5 climbs averaging 1 km of 8% in the last 60 k > 3 climbs averaging 5 km of 5% in the last 60 k
I'm going with neither.ClassicomanoLuigi said:Kruijswijk vs. Alaphilippe tomorrow, that part is for certain
Yeah. Time gaps will be bigger than some people think, especially if Sky (Ineos) actually want to make it difficult as they did in 2012.18-Valve. (pithy) said:I'm going with neither.ClassicomanoLuigi said:Kruijswijk vs. Alaphilippe tomorrow, that part is for certain
Probably best chance to try to win from flat stage from a break like he did two years ago.Frankschleck said:Tough Luck for EBH, don't see many stages that suit him this year.
Alaphilippe will lose 3 minutes tomorrow and Kruijswijk wouldn't be wearing yellow.ClassicomanoLuigi said:Kruijswijk vs. Alaphilippe tomorrow, that part is for certain - who prefers yellow as fashion statement.... plus at least a dozen guys who are dangerous for GC / maillot jaune, and who have some scores to settle on Belles Filles
More likely east France not West France so less crashesJagartrott said:Amazingly, five stages in, no-one has yet abandoned. Is this (partly) because tramadol and other sh** has been banned?
Also GC guys and teams saving themselves for tomorrowNirvana said:Because everyone but pure sprinters can hang on when there is a steady, even if pretty fast, pace on 5% climbs and no one is able to attack because alone is a suicide. Today there were more riders than two days ago.Velolover2 said:It seems like the gradients is more important than the length in modern cycling.
5 climbs averaging 1 km of 8% in the last 60 k > 3 climbs averaging 5 km of 5% in the last 60 k
Because of luck. Fuglsang, for example, was very lucky. Today, that divider at the bottom of a hill just after the sharp right turn could have caused mayhem. Luck.Jagartrott said:Amazingly, five stages in, no-one has yet abandoned. Is this (partly) because tramadol and other sh** has been banned?
I’m guessing he figured he wasn’t going to win in the sprint, so why not try something. But that was a large group to try to escape from, and he had to know there were at least a couple of teams who had enough riders there to put together a decent chase, even if it did take a couple of minutes to organize.Gigs_98 said:I wonder what Costa was thinking today. "That final climb might not be hard enough to create significant gaps. So let's rather attack right when the flat part starts" ???
Many crashes, but only involving relatively few riders in each case. It seems like a coincidence that no rider has abandonned. There has been some serious incidents that could have caused severe injury.Jagartrott said:Amazingly, five stages in, no-one has yet abandoned.
Have you got that link? I heard something mentioned but didn't notice anythingGenericBoonenFan said:Watching vive le vélo, Bert de Backer analyzing Sagan's manoeuvre...dirty trick tbfh.
He attacked just before a bridge. Bridges are often used for attacks within the final few kilometers. Even 5-10 vertical meters can have an effect in those situations.Gigs_98 said:I wonder what Costa was thinking today. "That final climb might not be hard enough to create significant gaps. So let's rather attack right when the flat part starts" ???
Look what you did! You jinxed it!Jagartrott said:Amazingly, five stages in, no-one has yet abandoned.