Tour de France 2019 stage 8 Mâcon - Saint-Étienne 200 km

[RedheadDane]

So... who of the four guys in the break would win a sprint?

 

[sir fly]

Who's Yvette?

So... who of the four guys in the break would win a sprint?

De Gendt's winning it for the dots.
Still long way to Saint-Etienne

And Michel & Sylvain... who are they?
I don't know anybody here.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Weak breakaway, boring stage, no GC battle, I guess I'll have to watch Wimbledon.

F1 qualification for me

I dunno man I might just go outside today

Pfffff what even is this "outside"

I've heard it's where bike races take place

No they're all tiny men stuck in the television.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Quickstep at front. Surely Alaphilippe wants to take bonus seconds (and the yellow) at the last climb.

 

[sir fly]

Ha! Pinot!
I know him... It's that wine.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Lars Bak sitting alone, around 15 minutes behind the peloton.

I wonder what Cavendish is thinking.....

 

[RedheadDane]

From the live update:

Kasper Asgreen never gets a day off.

Not entirely true! He got a day off on stage 4!

 

[sir fly]

Re:

Lars Bak sitting alone, around 15 minutes behind the peloton.

I wonder what Cavendish is thinking.....

Has a bigger fish to fry, maybe...

 

[Simurgh]

The "great" Christophe Laporte has quit the race

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Bora called off Burghurdt for the last hour and it's looking like the reason was Sagan being not too good today

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Matthews at the front of the peloton, Sagan at the back.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Sagan & Teuns dropped

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Thomas and Fuglsang joking with each other, while the rest look like they are being tortured.

 

[Samamba]

I actually think De Gendt and De Marchi have a shot at winning this.

Sagan doesnt look too good.
Does Matthews have the team to bring them back?
Same for QDS

 

[sir fly]

While the Cofidis rider has abandoned, Astana's pulling...
Maybe I'm reading too much into it.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

I wonder if Fuglsang has plans today after all?

He looks sharp.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Re:

I actually think De Gendt and De Marchi have a shot at winning this.

Sagan doesnt look too good.
Does Matthews have the team to bring them back?
Same for QDS

The Kraghen is there for Matthews, this is his terrain and he can push a big gear even on climbs...... it's more a question of managing the speed for Matthews so he doesn't get dropped.

 

[Sestriere]

Re:

I wonder if Fuglsang has plans today after all?

He looks sharp.

Let's hope so. He is the classics specialist among GC riders and should use the terrain which is in his favour.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Re: Re:

I wonder if Fuglsang has plans today after all?

He looks sharp.

Let's hope so. He is the classics specialist among GC riders and should use the terrain which is in his favour.

Thomas is also a classics specialist, it's just a little longer ago

 

[Samamba]

Thomas should wait for De Marchi right? He's going to need him in between the next and the last climb.

 

[DanielSong39]

Good chance the break is caught, it'll be tough

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Re:

Thomas should wait for De Marchi right?

De Gendt waits for no man

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He waited.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Re:

He waited.

Nope, De Marchi got a handle from the team car and then could draft the steward car - but it still cost him a bit to come back, just as De Gendt wanted

 

[Broccolidwarf]

6 Astanas leading the peloton..... is this the climb?