Tour de France Stage 5 – July 9th, Ypres - Arenberg Unmasked Spoilers

Darkglasses · 09-07-2014 3:55pm

Michal Kwiatkowski

Gap now over two minutes. Huge achievement by Nibali, Westra and Fuglslang, chapeaux

Inquitus · 09-07-2014 3:57pm

Peter Sagan

Darkglasses wrote: »

Gap now over two minutes. Huge achievement by Nibali, Westra and Fuglslang, chapeaux

How much time does Nibali need to put it up to Contador? I reckon 3 minutes plus would certainly make a contest of it!

Offside · 09-07-2014 3:59pm

Lars Boom

Has anyone else seen this pink box randomly popping up on screen? Anyone know what the deal with it is?

curiouscycles · 09-07-2014 3:59pm

Chris Froome

Great riding by Astana

n-dawg · 09-07-2014 3:59pm

Andre Greipel

This is FANTASTIC :-)

dastardly00 · 09-07-2014 4:00pm

Peter Sagan

Westra and Fugslang are absolutely burying themselves for Nibbles.

velo.2010 · 09-07-2014 4:00pm

What! Astana and Nibali dropping Sagan and Cancellara!

BofaDeezNuhtz · 09-07-2014 4:01pm

Greg Van Avermaet

Offside wrote: »

Has anyone else seen this pink box randomly popping up on screen? Anyone know what the deal with it is?

Single?

Darkglasses · 09-07-2014 4:01pm

Michal Kwiatkowski

Up to 2'18, monster team performance

n-dawg · 09-07-2014 4:01pm

Andre Greipel

velo.2010 wrote: »

What! Astana and Nibali dropping Sagan and Cancellara!

I have a feeling they were watching each other and didn't follow the astanas when they upped the pace.

death1234567 · 09-07-2014 4:01pm

Andre Greipel

Could be over 3 mins by the end of this stage. Terrible stuff from Saxo.

death1234567 · 09-07-2014 4:02pm

Andre Greipel

Offside wrote: »

Has anyone else seen this pink box randomly popping up on screen? Anyone know what the deal with it is?

It's an ad for "Vitality", the ad text might be blocked out in your location. There's a white one for another company.

n-dawg · 09-07-2014 4:03pm

Andre Greipel

Will they give it to Boom if he helps?

Brian? · 09-07-2014 4:04pm

Peter Sagan

Inquitus wrote: »

How much time does Nibali need to put it up to Contador? I reckon 3 minutes plus would certainly make a contest of it!

3 minutes would be terminal I think.

Darkglasses · 09-07-2014 4:05pm

Michal Kwiatkowski

n-dawg wrote: »

Will they give it to Boom if he helps?

Most definitely I would think

seany15 · 09-07-2014 4:05pm

Niki Terpstra

Boom looking good

dastardly00 · 09-07-2014 4:06pm

Peter Sagan

n-dawg wrote: »

Will they give it to Boom if he helps?

Well Westra and Fugslang will be cream-crackered by the finish, and Nibali is an awful sprinter so you would expect Boom to win the sprint (if they aren't caught that is).

curiouscycles · 09-07-2014 4:08pm

Chris Froome

Boom has gone for it, -5km to go

death1234567 · 09-07-2014 4:08pm

Andre Greipel

Nico just hit the wall, contador on his own now.

Strange Cancellara didn't go for it earlier.

DDC1990 · 09-07-2014 4:09pm

Greg Van Avermaet

death1234567 wrote: »

Nico just hit the wall, contador on his own now.

Wasn't Nico.

Bennatti I think.

Nico long gone.

Darkglasses · 09-07-2014 4:09pm

Michal Kwiatkowski

2'22 with 3.5km to go

curiouscycles · 09-07-2014 4:09pm

Chris Froome

Contador group is 2.30min back

lennymc · 09-07-2014 4:12pm

<<< quickly votes for boom in today's poll....

Darkglasses · 09-07-2014 4:13pm

Michal Kwiatkowski

lennymc wrote: »

<<< quickly votes for boom in today's poll....

I think myself and Petethedrummer had him chosen before the stage, if anyone's keeping count

curiouscycles · 09-07-2014 4:13pm

Chris Froome

Looks like Contador just went out the back of his group, wow

seany15 · 09-07-2014 4:14pm

Niki Terpstra

Great ride by boom. In the break and at the end.

Redmond101 · 09-07-2014 4:15pm

47 average, they werent hanging around

Darkglasses · 09-07-2014 4:16pm

Michal Kwiatkowski

Fantastic stage, well done Boom

Zzippy · 09-07-2014 4:16pm

The one good thing about being off on sick leave is being able to watch this. Epic stage! Chapeau Nibbles...

couerdelion · 09-07-2014 4:17pm

Peter Sagan

Contandor 2:33 behind Nibbles today!

Inspector Coptoor · 09-07-2014 4:17pm

Peter Sagan

Sean Kelly every time he commentates:

"yes, Well, ahhhhhhhh"

So annoying.

Darkglasses · 09-07-2014 4:18pm

Michal Kwiatkowski

About 2'41 I think is the gap between Nibali and Contador, huge achievement by Astana. Lots of work for TST to do. Eat that, Oleg.

curiouscycles · 09-07-2014 4:22pm

Chris Froome

Stage 5: 1. Boom, 2. Fuglsang +0:19, 3. Nibali +0:19, 4. Sagan +1:01, 5. Cancellara +1:01. 6. Keukeleire +1:01, 7. Kwiatkowski +1:07, 8. Westra +1:09, 9. Trentin +1:21, 10. Lemoine +1:45.

Alberto Contador crossed the line with a deficit of 2.55.

retalivity · 09-07-2014 4:22pm

Greg Van Avermaet

1. NIBALI Vincenzo 41 ASTANA PRO TEAM 20h 26' 46''
2. FUGLSANG Jakob 42 ASTANA PRO TEAM 20h 26' 48'' + 00' 02''
3. SAGAN Peter 51 CANNONDALE 20h 27' 30'' + 00' 44''
4. KWIATKOWSKI Michal 74 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 20h 27' 36'' + 00' 50''
5. CANCELLARA Fabian 163 TREK FACTORY RACING 20h 28' 03'' + 01' 17''
6. VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen 131 LOTTO-BELISOL 20h 28' 31'' + 01' 45''
7. GALLOPIN Tony 134 LOTTO-BELISOL 20h 28' 31'' + 01' 45''
8. PORTE Richie 7 TEAM SKY 20h 28' 40'' + 01' 54''
9. TALANSKY Andrew 91 GARMIN - SHARP 20h 28' 51'' + 02' 05''
10. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 11 MOVISTAR TEAM 20h 28' 57'' + 02' 11''

GC from letour.fr

DDC1990 · 09-07-2014 4:26pm

Greg Van Avermaet

Disapointed for Contador, but an amazing race.

Hopefully its a recurring thing, Cobbled stages are mayhem, but brilliant to watch.

Nibbles has everything set up nicely for himself, should be lots of attacking in the Mountains now as well.

velo.2010 · 09-07-2014 4:29pm

I wonder if Contador bonked or had a mechanical issue because he definitely suffered at the end.

curiouscycles · 09-07-2014 4:30pm

Chris Froome

Porte did extremely well to get into a decent GC position. Looks like he's number one now

godtabh · 09-07-2014 4:32pm

curiouscycles wrote: »

Porte did extremely well to get into a decent GC position. Looks like he's number one now

Does that mean he has to have a falling out with someone at sky now?

Darkglasses · 09-07-2014 4:33pm

Michal Kwiatkowski

Provisional top 30

Shakakan · 09-07-2014 4:34pm

Michal Kwiatkowski

How did Nico get on? No sign of him in any results yet

curiouscycles · 09-07-2014 4:35pm

Chris Froome

godtabh wrote: »

Does that mean he has to have a falling out with someone at sky now?

Yep, its a contractual obligation.

daveirl · 09-07-2014 4:37pm

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DDC1990 · 09-07-2014 4:37pm

Greg Van Avermaet

Nico 13'48 down. Disaster for Tinkoff Saxo

Darkglasses · 09-07-2014 4:37pm

Michal Kwiatkowski

Shakakan wrote: »

How did Nico get on? No sign of him in any results yet

He'll lose buckets, he doesn't like cobbles at all. Could lose 10 minutes or so, he was dropped from the Contador group ages ago

seany15 · 09-07-2014 4:39pm

Niki Terpstra

This lemond section is torturous!!

curiouscycles · 09-07-2014 4:44pm

Chris Froome

G. Thomas was just interviewed and was asked if Porte was ready to be the team leader : "he better be".

BofaDeezNuhtz · 09-07-2014 4:50pm

Greg Van Avermaet

curiouscycles wrote: »

G. Thomas was just interviewed and was asked if Porte was ready to be the team leader : "he better be".

lol

In fairness I reckon Conty will Bishslap him in the hills easy, but it's a great chance
for him to shine and lay his stall out for his own future team leader position
(elsewhere) so he doesn't get stuck in the Super Dommy role for life.
A good lad.

seany15 · 09-07-2014 4:54pm

Niki Terpstra

curiouscycles wrote: »

G. Thomas was just interviewed and was asked if Porte was ready to be the team leader : "he better be".

G had a big day to get porte up there.

Zyzz · 09-07-2014 5:00pm

Lars Boom

retalivity · 09-07-2014 5:02pm

Greg Van Avermaet

DDC1990 wrote: »

Nico 13'48 down. Disaster for Tinkoff Saxo

Not really, saxo don't seem to care about the team classification or the 2nd or 3rd rider placings, its all about Bertie.
Majka and Rodgers are well down too

Tour de France Stage 5 – July 9th, Ypres - Arenberg **Unmasked Spoilers**

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Tour de France Stage 5 – July 9th, Ypres - Arenberg Unmasked Spoilers