Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 5 (Lille Métropole – Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, 157k)

[RobertCrawley]

Shame about Roglic.

Just terrible bad luck. What was a bale doing in the road?

 

[Red Rick]

Oh look 99% of the stages relevance was crashes

 

[glassmoon]

Chapeau Wout! Respect.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Very exciting stage, very crappy outcomes. So bad that Carlton’s pet got Taco on the line

 

[Salvarani]

Pog wasted energy today

All that work for a mere 12 seconds

They were spent in the group behind too. Everyone is tired after today.

It all about recovery now, but it is gonna be a long weekend.

 

[StryderHells]

The mountains are going to be interesting if JV want it to be.

 

[Sciatic]

JV-powered chase cut deficit to Pog from 46 seconds to about 13-14’. Keeps Ving, Thomas, et al at least in striking distance (though it will require a mishap from Pogacar to catch him).

 

[spalco]

That was about the least enjoyable outcome this stage could have had imo.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Not even close.

No, but his name isn't far away.

 

[Red Rick]

Just terrible bad luck. What was a bale doing in the road?

Wales > cobbles > Madrid?

 

[Miha81]

Can't wait to hear the theories how van Aert is responsible for Roglic' time loss

Not responsible but Roglic clearly left with the inferior help there. Bad luck.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Got him the yellow jersey.

And even if not, you won't win anything if you don't try.

 

[houtdffan]

And the rest didn´t. Did you see Vingegaards face on the cobbles? Prime Voeckler suffering...

Pog was doing much of the work, however

 

[Salvarani]

That was about the least enjoyable outcome this stage could have had imo.

It was great entertainment though.

 

[Billie]

Sir Froome what a joker. pathetic

 

[ppanther92]

Powless did probably the right thing though. Fast last km - now in Yellow.

 

[Tim Cahill]

You would think Carlton's very own first-born son had won, he was choking up like when Cav won last year

 

[Boes]

Wow. Just wow. This had everything.
Phyrric victory for Pogacar but a victory none the less.

Roglic over for GC but he can be one the guys to play with in the break in the mountains. Perhaps Polka jersey?
What happened to MVP and Sagan? Unexpected MIA.

And (mis)using WVA like Jumbo did today doesn't seem right. He had the legs to win today and tbh his main competitors failed so missed chance imo.

 

[carton]

What a fun race. What a ride by Pogacar, way to take it on. And so smart by Powless, he almost got that as the fourth-best sprinter, if Eddie wasn't there he would've won it. But the smartest guy won the stage, good show.

 

[Bonimenier]

Clarke could've never done it without Froome by his side

 

[StryderHells]

Very exciting stage, very crappy outcomes. So bad that Carlton’s pet got Taco on the line

Crappy outcomes?

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Well WVA and co saved Vingegaard's day but team left Roglic to have to carry a lot of the burden and that's it for him. He was right behind the team cars by himself chasing alone at one point and they did not send anyone back to pull him back through the cars to the group. Damn.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Clarke played the final kilometre perfectly. Forcing the better sprinter, boasson hagen, to close the gap and calling his bluff, then allowing van der horn to get too excited and sprint too early.

 

[perico]

Froome only lost 4 minutes. #marginalgains

 

[StryderHells]

No, but his name isn't far away.

At least Clarke fights for his victories.