Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 5: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne > Saint-Vulbas, 177.4 km

[RobertCrawley]

I need to learn to mount my bike like MVDP.

 

[scribers]

*lol* why is Ayuso part of a two man breakaway on a flat stage without any chance of success right now?

His anti-hero legend grows!

Two things.
1. clearly he got his ass beat on the bus yesterday by teammates and staff. So this is his bitchprotest
2. The other breakaway guys have to be pissed at this stunt

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Sean Kelly not entering into the ES narrative of the sainthood of Mark Cavandish.....Can has shown some very bad behaviour to mechanics in the past Kelly telling it as it is and keeping it real

I never cared for Cav till now, but now that he's older than dirt I have to pull for him (and Geraint Thomas and all the other geriatrics) because us old people we stick together!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Today I definitely expect just a tad more action than during the 230k Italian thriller with French Noir compositions, of which I mid stage was able leave for a longer training ride without missing a thing.

Have a good ride!

 

[RobertCrawley]

I never cared for Cav till now, but now that he's older than dirt I have to pull for him (and Geraint Thomas and all the other geriatrics) because us old people we stick together!

Same here. I've never been a fan, but after seeing him on the Netflix series and hearing interviews, I wish him the best.

 

[AmRacer]

I never cared for Cav till now, but now that he's older than dirt I have to pull for him (and Geraint Thomas and all the other geriatrics) because us old people we stick together!

Geraint leading out Cav to another win

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Chances of 'fastest tour ever' headlines again diminishing...

 

[Didinho]

*lol* why is Ayuso part of a two man breakaway on a flat stage without any chance of success right now?

“It’s just a joke”.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Haha, that UAE team radio livened things up a bit

 

[tobydawq]

His anti-hero legend grows!

Two things.
1. clearly he got his ass beat on the bus yesterday by teammates and staff. So this is his bitchprotest
2. The other breakaway guys have to be pissed at this stunt

Which other breakaway guys?

 

[AmRacer]

With this speed, there's 5 hours until some action happens.

 

[tobydawq]

Haha, that UAE team radio livened things up a bit

Yes, it looked like a full-scale war was just about to break out

 

[AnotherArmChair]

was that Mads Pederson going into the trailer ?

 

[Valv.Piti]

This is what you get with a flat stage in week 1, everybody knows this. Thats why you need to just eradicate these kind of stages or at least reduce them as much as possible

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Pog chasing Ayuso now

 

[Potomac]

This is getting too funny

 

[AmRacer]

This is what you get with a flat stage in week 1, everybody knows this. Thats why you need to just eradicate these kind of stages or at least reduce them as much as possible

Or short flat stage, 140 km.

 

[topcat]

Great stage so far.

 

[AmRacer]

Pogi is borded to

 

[Didinho]

Declerq this was your chance. Why ride in the peloton when you can ride in front.

 

[RobertCrawley]

El Tractor at the front.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Carlton Kirby said : he went for a night lake swim and got attacked by a dog who prob thought he was a seal and wanted to eat the farmed salmon in the lake ???????????????????????????????????

 

[Valv.Piti]

Or short flat stage, 140 km.

Same outcome. People keep talking about stage length when in reality it has very little to do with that.

 

[ashhutch1997]

They could have atleast put the Grand Cucheron and the Granier like in 2012 just to make the fight for the break more interesting.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

I think teams will need to test Pog before the last week if they want to see him lose energy , soften him up

Don't know where .. but riders like Remco, Van Aert and Ineos need to try at least