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Le Tour de France 2014 - Stage 5 - Ypres - Arenberg Porte du Hainaut
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 18:00
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Pave Secteurs:
De Gruson au Carrefour de l'arbre.
Rating in Paris-Roubaix: **
Length: 1100 metres
Relatively easy section shouldn't do much damage. Shame Carrefour de l'arbre isn't in the parcours but organisers probably didnt want to wreck climbers so much straight at the beginning 
d'Ennevelin á Pont-Thibaut
Rating in Paris-Roubaix: ***
Length: 1400 metres
Very muddy when wet, standing water. Could get messy.
Mons-en-Pévèle
Rating in Paris-Roubaix: *****
Length: 1100 metres on this stage, 3000 metres in Paris-Roubaix
First real tough section of cobbles although only 30% used of the Paris-Roubaix distance.
Bersée
Rating in Paris-Roubaix: **
Length: 1200 metres
An easier section but it comes right after Mons-en-Pévèle so no time to relax.
Beuvry-la-Forêt - Orchies
Rating in Paris-Roubaix: ***
Length: 1400 metres
Finally after 10 kilometres without any section we hit this one. Orchies in Paris-Roubaix previously witnessed crazy solo attacks from Fabian Cancellara in 2010 and Tom Boonen in 2012.
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes - Sars-et-Rosières
Rating in Paris-Roubaix: ***
Length: 2400 metres
With just 24 km's to go we could see some attacks on here although the most difficult secteur is still to come...
Warlaing - Brillon
Rating in Paris-Roubaix: ***
Length: 2400 metres
Identical length and difficult as the previous one.
Hornaing - Wandignies-Hamage
Rating in Paris-Roubaix: ***
Length: 3700 metres
Very long secteur of cobbles, probably the hardest one on the stage. Here Tom Boonen attacked in this years Paris-Roubaix. It's 15 kilometres to go, riders who want this stage without making it a mass sprint need to make a move here.
Wallers-Helesmes
Rating in Paris-Roubaix: ***
Length: 1600 metres
Final part of cobbles in this years Tour de France. With 6,5 kilometres to go this is the key part of the race. |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 08-07-2014 18:20
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Great preview - really helped to sort out the key cobbled sectors for me; thanks very much 
So many different possible outcomes, but I think will probably be Degenkolb/Kristoff in a select group, unless Cancellara or someone like Terpstra puts in a big attack.
Or as a third scenario, Froome happens.
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| kubys |
Posted on 08-07-2014 18:36
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Démare or Degenkolb ftw!
Die hard fan of Tom Boonen and Quickstep since 2004.
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| lakebeach |
Posted on 08-07-2014 18:44
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I hope Spartacus can win and take the yellow jersey. After all, he only needs 33 seconds on a guy like Sagan to take the lead. It was a long time we saw Cancellara in yellow.
"It's very hard to work with other guys because nobody wants to work with me so it's better to drop everybody." - Peter Sagan |
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| simieon |
Posted on 08-07-2014 19:32
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if it rains and blows hard enough, it might become a full on elimination race, with the likes of vanmarke, terpstra and spartacus as favourites, but its gonna have to be really bad weather.
i think giant, katusha, and cannondale's combined effort will be enough to keep a small group together for a sprint, and there i think kristoff is probably the fastest. degenkolb is kindof a dark horse since we havent really seen him compared to the others, and sagan has been constantly on the wheel of kittel, giving him that extra bit of speed for the sprints. |
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| jsh312mufc |
Posted on 08-07-2014 19:50
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lakebeach wrote:
I hope Spartacus can win and take the yellow jersey. After all, he only needs 33 seconds on a guy like Sagan to take the lead. It was a long time we saw Cancellara in yellow.
2012 too long ago for you? |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 08-07-2014 19:59
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GVA to take stage & yellow - preferably with some classic long-range fun-time. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| b3n3v3nt3 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 19:59
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If it rains tomorrow (it looks like it), I expect this stage to be bloody epic.
It'll be very unfortunate for some riders, while very rewarding for others.
Wet cobblestones + mud = havoc |
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| lakebeach |
Posted on 08-07-2014 20:43
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jsh312mufc wrote:
lakebeach wrote:
I hope Spartacus can win and take the yellow jersey. After all, he only needs 33 seconds on a guy like Sagan to take the lead. It was a long time we saw Cancellara in yellow.
2012 too long ago for you?
Well, maybe I should say I miss seeing him in yellow. After all, he has wore the jersey in five of the ten tours since 2004.
"It's very hard to work with other guys because nobody wants to work with me so it's better to drop everybody." - Peter Sagan |
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| jsh312mufc |
Posted on 08-07-2014 20:50
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lakebeach wrote:
jsh312mufc wrote:
lakebeach wrote:
I hope Spartacus can win and take the yellow jersey. After all, he only needs 33 seconds on a guy like Sagan to take the lead. It was a long time we saw Cancellara in yellow.
2012 too long ago for you?
Well, maybe I should say I miss seeing him in yellow. After all, he has wore the jersey in five of the ten tours since 2004.
Which seems to be the reason they haven't done prologues recently |
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| Cyanide266 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 21:03
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I think it's the perfect stage for Sagan to take the yellow jersey, he can take more than 2 seconds on Nibali and the GC contenders and Cannondale unlike some teams rides only for Sagan and has none GC expectations. Also he could make a bigger gap for the green jersey, Kittel and Coquard should too far. For the stage win, I bet on Degenkolb |
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 21:08
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looking forward to this stage.
Cancellara to win |
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| Cyanide266 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 21:09
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lakebeach wrote:
I hope Spartacus can win and take the yellow jersey. After all, he only needs 33 seconds on a guy like Sagan to take the lead. It was a long time we saw Cancellara in yellow.
Maybe the problem for Spartacus is Schelck, He must wait for him unlike Kristoff, Degenkolb or Sagan who have no leader for the GC. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 21:27
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It would be really stupid for Trek to have Cancellara wait for Schleck. He is a top 10 outsider, at best. But then again, I don't like Cancellara so yeah Trek, do that
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| SotD |
Posted on 08-07-2014 21:48
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Cancellara will wait for no one.
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 08-07-2014 21:49
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SotD wrote:
Cancellara will wait for no one.
This. That's why I think this stage has his name written all over it. We already saw he's in great shape in first stage, so that might be another thing.
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 08-07-2014 21:54
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I don't really care for classics so I may lack some information but from what I cared to read, only one sectour could be good for seperation the peloton (7). at least less selective then I imaginged when I heared that there were cobbles
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| lakebeach |
Posted on 08-07-2014 22:14
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Cyanide266 wrote:
lakebeach wrote:
I hope Spartacus can win and take the yellow jersey. After all, he only needs 33 seconds on a guy like Sagan to take the lead. It was a long time we saw Cancellara in yellow.
Maybe the problem for Spartacus is Schelck, He must wait for him unlike Kristoff, Degenkolb or Sagan who have no leader for the GC.
I think Trek will give him free hands tomorrow. It's probably their best chance of success in this years tour, and if Fränk needs help he can always use a guy like Gregory Rast.
"It's very hard to work with other guys because nobody wants to work with me so it's better to drop everybody." - Peter Sagan |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 22:59
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
I don't really care for classics so I may lack some information but from what I cared to read, only one sectour could be good for seperation the peloton (7). at least less selective then I imaginged when I heared that there were cobbles
yeah Mons-en-Pévèle is the hardest one of this lot. But TdF is only using 1/3 of the total length used in Paris-Roubaix so it won't be as hard. Rain could really spice it up though. |
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| jacobjc88 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 23:02
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lakebeach wrote:
Cyanide266 wrote:
lakebeach wrote:
I hope Spartacus can win and take the yellow jersey. After all, he only needs 33 seconds on a guy like Sagan to take the lead. It was a long time we saw Cancellara in yellow.
Maybe the problem for Spartacus is Schelck, He must wait for him unlike Kristoff, Degenkolb or Sagan who have no leader for the GC.
I think Trek will give him free hands tomorrow. It's probably their best chance of success in this years tour, and if Fränk needs help he can always use a guy like Gregory Rast.
Danish television made an interview with Kim Andersen, and he said that Spartacus will get free hands tomorrow (or today, as you see it).
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