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Le Tour de France 2016 | Stage 4 Saumur -> Limoges
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 04-07-2016 17:24
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Posted on 04-07-2016 17:28
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Greipel was the strongest man 2 times in a row, now he will deliver...
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 04-07-2016 17:33
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Remotely more interesting than today. Its decently hilly towards the end. The kick towards the line is definitely too hard for Kittel fx., while I don't think it will mean too much for Cav/Greipel, but I think types like Matthews, Coquard and Sagan will like this. Its like 5% isn't it?
Sagan is my pick, ahead of Coquard and Cav. |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 04-07-2016 17:36
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Could Etixx ride for Ala instead of Kittel? I honestly think it suits him more, but dno. |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 04-07-2016 17:37
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 04-07-2016 17:43
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Riis123 wrote:
Remotely more interesting than today. Its decently hilly towards the end. The kick towards the line is definitely too hard for Kittel fx., while I don't think it will mean too much for Cav/Greipel, but I think types like Matthews, Coquard and Sagan will like this. Its like 5% isn't it?
Sagan is my pick, ahead of Coquard and Cav.
"After 500m of flat road, the final 500m are uphill at around 5%"
Indeed way too hard for Kittel, I don't believe in Cav and Greipel either. Alapihlippe should be the protected rider tomorrow IMO. |
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| Arberg27 |
Posted on 04-07-2016 17:55
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Who I think will win? Same as Henrik Jul (Expert on Danish TV2) because he has guessed all three stage winner. |
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| Dusen |
Posted on 04-07-2016 18:18
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Sagan got to step up for sure, cause Cavendish is a real danger for the points jersey the way he is riding, and with the TDF organizers trying to take the jersey from Sagan year after year, we might for the first time in a few years, have a real challenge on his hands 
At first i thaught that this stage would be for Cavendish as well, but there are some really testy sections on the last few km. with a uphill finish with something around 5%
So I think we are looking at Sagan or maybe Couqard, he looked strong today as well. But Greipel and Cav could contest as well, I think it will depend on how hard they race the final 10-15 km. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 04-07-2016 18:23
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Riis123 wrote:
Remotely more interesting than today. Its decently hilly towards the end. The kick towards the line is definitely too hard for Kittel fx., while I don't think it will mean too much for Cav/Greipel, but I think types like Matthews, Coquard and Sagan will like this. Its like 5% isn't it?
Sagan is my pick, ahead of Coquard and Cav.
Gorilla can go over that. When he does, he has it. |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 04-07-2016 18:30
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Dusen wrote:
Sagan got to step up for sure, cause Cavendish is a real danger for the points jersey the way he is riding, and with the TDF organizers trying to take the jersey from Sagan year after year, we might for the first time in a few years, have a real challenge on his hands
Cav will most likely pull out of TdF early to prep Rio.
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 04-07-2016 18:51
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Riis123 wrote:
Could Etixx ride for Ala instead of Kittel? I honestly think it suits him more, but dno.
Nah way too easy for Julian. Even Cherbourg was too easy for him as you saw as soon as it flattened out 50 before the line. |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 04-07-2016 18:52
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Spilak23 wrote:
Dusen wrote:
Sagan got to step up for sure, cause Cavendish is a real danger for the points jersey the way he is riding, and with the TDF organizers trying to take the jersey from Sagan year after year, we might for the first time in a few years, have a real challenge on his hands
Cav will most likely pull out of TdF early to prep Rio.
If anything Cav has made it easier for Sagan by taking two wins for that reason. Although if Mark got another win tomorrow, i wouldn't be half surprised to see him stick out a touch longer and see what happens, but he won't win tomorrow so it's moot.
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 04-07-2016 19:10
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
Riis123 wrote:
Could Etixx ride for Ala instead of Kittel? I honestly think it suits him more, but dno.
Nah way too easy for Julian. Even Cherbourg was too easy for him as you saw as soon as it flattened out 50 before the line.
But it also seems way to hard for Kittel.. |
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| Dusen |
Posted on 04-07-2016 20:44
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TheManxMissile wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Dusen wrote:
Sagan got to step up for sure, cause Cavendish is a real danger for the points jersey the way he is riding, and with the TDF organizers trying to take the jersey from Sagan year after year, we might for the first time in a few years, have a real challenge on his hands
Cav will most likely pull out of TdF early to prep Rio.
If anything Cav has made it easier for Sagan by taking two wins for that reason. Although if Mark got another win tomorrow, i wouldn't be half surprised to see him stick out a touch longer and see what happens, but he won't win tomorrow so it's moot.
That's a good point. A green jersey versus an olympic medal doesn't stack up at all, and he probably needs to train a bit before the olympics if he wants a shot at some metal. |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 04-07-2016 20:48
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Riding the last 4 in the Alps probably isn't optimal for his explosiveness either. I could see him abandon on the second rest day. |
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| Strydz |
Posted on 04-07-2016 22:52
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Dusen wrote:
TheManxMissile wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Dusen wrote:
Sagan got to step up for sure, cause Cavendish is a real danger for the points jersey the way he is riding, and with the TDF organizers trying to take the jersey from Sagan year after year, we might for the first time in a few years, have a real challenge on his hands
Cav will most likely pull out of TdF early to prep Rio.
If anything Cav has made it easier for Sagan by taking two wins for that reason. Although if Mark got another win tomorrow, i wouldn't be half surprised to see him stick out a touch longer and see what happens, but he won't win tomorrow so it's moot.
That's a good point. A green jersey versus an olympic medal doesn't stack up at all, and he probably needs to train a bit before the olympics if he wants a shot at some metal.
He has to pull out of the race if he wants to do anything in Rio, if you look at the other sprinters racing on the track in Rio, none of them are here so Cav would be a fool if he tried to make it to Paris
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 04-07-2016 22:57
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This is all down to form on the day. Could be Sags, Degenstache, Greipel maybe, Alaphillipe... Will be very interesting. Not Kittel. If Mathews didn't have mass sprint phobia it could've been for him.
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
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| Strydz |
Posted on 04-07-2016 23:08
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jandal7 wrote:
This is all down to form on the day. Could be Sags, Degenstache, Greipel maybe, Alaphillipe... Will be very interesting. Not Kittel. If Mathews didn't have mass sprint phobia it could've been for him.
It's not so much Matthews as it's a decision by Orica to not get to involved with bunch sprints in this years Tour, this stage shouldn't be a mass bunch sprint so I'd expect Matthews and Orica to get involved.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 04-07-2016 23:55
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Ah, heard somewhere Mathews isn't confident in the situation. Could have been wrong.
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-07-2016 00:03
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This stage has got Sagan written all over it |
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Andre Greipel
Marcel Kittel
Peter Sagan
Bryan Coquard
Alexander Kristoff
Dylan Groenewegen
Christophe Laporte
Daniel McLay
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