The race continues east with another stage that’s sure to be a sprint. There’s one categorised climb, soon after the day’s intermediate sprint, but the sprinters won’t be too troubled by it. Plus, they have the motivation of knowing that this will be their last moment in the spotlight for the best part of a week, so they won’t want to pass this chance up. With the mountains just ahead, the baroudeurs, who like nothing more than several hours out at the front of the race, will be evident too. Could this be a day when one of them goes the whole distance? Probably not, but that won’t stop them trying.
Just like last time for me Greipel, Cav then the rest so long as nothing happens to those 2. Again Greipel having the dedicated team makes him the favourite but Cav has a habit of bouncing back and proving me wrong
so bored of these now... needs more mountains (and FAST)
I usually get bored of sprint finishes quite easily but this year has been so close and open and the green jersey is up for grabs for a few riders so I am actually quite enjoying them. Combine that with the mid stage sprints and I'm actually finding it a really interesting race to follow.
Not sure about the necessity of 200km+ stages though, but I guess it cuts down on transfers.
Edited by CountArach on 06-07-2012 09:37
In the Dutch tv show 'Tour de Jour', ex-pro cyclist Gert Jakobs (used to be leadout for Jean-Paul van Poppel) predicted Greipel is going to win this stage.
Did anyone else see the video of after yesterday's stage finish of Tyler Farrar getting pulled away from trying to enter the Argos-Shimano bus? Didn't look like a very happy man.
Edited by Eden95 on 06-07-2012 11:24
100% farrars fault. Veelers was following his teammate (De Kort). Farrar tried to steal his place, total lack of respect for his train. Veelers just held his line, Farrar lost balance and crashed.
Farrar is simply pissed off because he has been bad all year. He sucked everywhere this season
