Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 5: Pau - Laruns, 162.7k

[MartinGT]

Nobody helping UAE yet

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wouter going for green points

 

[RedheadDane]

Yeah, the break will split up.

Sort of already has...

 

[Ilmaestro99]

UAE should sit up. Let jumbo decide if they want to give Hindley 10 minutes or chase their own riders with the 4 gregario left in the peloton

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Wout being overly selfish again

 

[RobertCrawley]

Maybe JV will rather lose the race to Hindley than Pogačar. Hindley is probably a nice guy.

Jonas follows Pog. When Pog reels in peak Jai Hindley, Jonas will be there.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Why are commentators saying this is down to UAE, but Vingegaard is also losing his chances. If I was UAE or Jumbo I wouldn't let Ciccone or Hindley gain 2 minutes just for free, they are both possible GC winners. They can play the Wout and Laporte card and not do any work, but in the end it's not going to help them.

Ciccone I wouldn’t be afraid to give 5 minutes. Hindley I wouldn’t dare give more than 1-2 minutes.

 

[Boehmand]

Imagined conversation between Kim Andersen and Quinn Simmons:

“Does it hurt?”
“Yes”
“Ok, here are some bottles for you”

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

On this route? I don't know...
Giving him and Ciccone minutes is risky...

Why exactly is giving Ciccone minutes risky? Yet to win a GC of any kind, yet to finish a GT in the top 15.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

WVA reminding me of 2022 again, people struggling to hold his wheel

 

[Netserk]

Well, the risk is no different for jumbo as UAE. Jonas is the defending champion. He is logically still the favourite, the wishes of the fans aside. But half of Jumbo is in the break so who knows. I'm from Australia so go Jai and the breakaway ha ha.

Jumbo can better manipulate the break. Now they have Van Aert without any GC riders.

 

[RobertCrawley]

WVA reminding me of 2022 again, people struggling to hold his wheel

He's angry.

 

[JosefK]

Horner already on his second notepad.

 

[tobydawq]

It's also pretty annoying to hear Vingegaard say over and over again that there are many rivals, yet he just lets Hindley get two minutes.

Who are "all those rivals" if he isn't included?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Brilliant move by Pedersen to launch 400 metres from the intermediate.

 

[MartinGT]

Coquard got his points, now sitting up.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Holly molly, Hindley in the breakaway. And mighty Wout as well - carnage at the end?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

It's also pretty annoying to hear Vingegaard say over and over again that there are many rivals, yet he just lets Hindley get two minutes.

Who are "all those rivals" if he isn't included?

Going by week 1, i'd say Van Aert.

I kid.

 

[Tim Cahill]

What is Pedersen doing pushing on, your boy is behind

 

[Devil's Elbow]

What is Pedersen doing pushing on, your boy is behind

Selfish Pedersen, just a Danish Van Aert.

 

[Rackham]

UAE should let the break go & call Jumbo's bluff.

Then they would see just how much time Niermann & Vingegaard are happy to give Hindley.

 

[DenisMenchov]

This stage reminds me of RVV 2022 and RVV 2023. Seems like Pogacar loves that kind of racing where he has strong guys in front of him.

 

[JosefK]

This stage is crazy ... awesome.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

UAE should let the break go & call Jumbo's bluff.

Then they would see just how much time Niermann & Vingegaard are happy to give Hindley.

I think both teams are trying to call each other’s bluff.

 

[Peyroteo94]

What I know is this stage has been very hard which is very good for Pogi. He is the gc rider who suffers less in flat terrain.