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Le Tour de France 2014 - Stage 4 - Le Touquet-Paris-Plage / Lille Métropole
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| Roextro |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:43
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If Cav was here he most likely would have won |
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| Strydz |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:43
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
Kittel looked beatable today.
He certainly did and you can tell he really worked hard for it with the shot of him walking back to the interview with a awesome pain face. Demare really rocketed home when you watch it from the overhead shot. Griepel is really struggling against the younger guys, losing Henderson was a blow but he just lacks that kick against the these guys
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| kqyt |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:44
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Kristoff seems ready for tomorrows stage  Wonder if he can beat Sagan there, and maybe Spartacus
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:44
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Sagan is by far the smartest man so far in the race. He just keep sitting on Kittels wheel and get some big points for Green jersey, what he came here for. But even with rides like that, he has two 4th and two 2nd places, which is really good.
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| deek12345 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:46
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Can't wait till tomorrow's stage going to be chaos ,in a good way |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:46
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kqyt wrote:
Kristoff seems ready for tomorrows stage Wonder if he can beat Sagan there, and maybe Spartacus
Degenkolb to very much be in the mix there, I'm sure Giant fancies that stage a lot as well, and it's not like they are too tired by now.
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:48
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Kristoff's leadout man (Porsev?) swung off about 50m too early - you could see Kristoff hesitating before taking up the sprint; maybe if he had hung on just that extra bit then he could have won.
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| Strydz |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:48
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admirschleck wrote:
Sagan is by far the smartest man so far in the race. He just keep sitting on Kittels wheel and get some big points for Green jersey, what he came here for. But even with rides like that, he has two 4th and two 2nd places, which is really good.
Agree with everything you say here, Sagan is playing his Green jersey run perfectly and barring a accident its pretty much sewn up.
So what do you guys think, Voeckler's effort today was all about riding himself into form?
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| cio93 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:49
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Strydz wrote:
admirschleck wrote:
Sagan is by far the smartest man so far in the race. He just keep sitting on Kittels wheel and get some big points for Green jersey, what he came here for. But even with rides like that, he has two 4th and two 2nd places, which is really good.
Agree with everything you say here, Sagan is playing his Green jersey run perfectly and barring a accident its pretty much sewn up.
So what do you guys think, Voeckler's effort today was all about riding himself into form?
It can't have been about getting some early KoM points as he should've been going for the first point then.
Edited by cio93 on 08-07-2014 16:50
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| b3n3v3nt3 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:50
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Omega gave a bit of a scare to Kittel, didn't work though. But it seems that's the only way to fight Kittel's supremacy, is by trying to disrupt Giant's train before it forms up.
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:52
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cio93 wrote:
kqyt wrote:
Kristoff seems ready for tomorrows stage Wonder if he can beat Sagan there, and maybe Spartacus
Degenkolb to very much be in the mix there, I'm sure Giant fancies that stage a lot as well, and it's not like they are too tired by now.
Last forecast I saw predicting rain tomorrow too. With shortened cobbled sections compared to P-R and at only 155km I'd still go for tough sprinter/classics guys like Degenkolb or Kristoff though. |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:53
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jihardy wrote:
If Cav was here he most likely would have won
This. No Cav has taken a lot away from the sprint finishes for this Tour because unexpectedly Greipel sucks. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:53
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Kirchen_75 wrote:
Kittel looked beatable today.
I disagree. Had Renshaw not forced him to launch a 300m sprint after Kristoff, I reckon he'd have taken that comfortably
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| Wilier |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:56
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Kirchen_75 wrote:
Kittel looked beatable today.
I disagree. Had Renshaw not forced him to launch a 300m sprint after Kristoff, I reckon he'd have taken that comfortably
Exactly. He closed down 3-4 bike lengths on Kristoff. The rest profited from the slipstream, yet couldn't beat him. |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:57
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cio93 wrote:
Strydz wrote:
admirschleck wrote:
Sagan is by far the smartest man so far in the race. He just keep sitting on Kittels wheel and get some big points for Green jersey, what he came here for. But even with rides like that, he has two 4th and two 2nd places, which is really good.
Agree with everything you say here, Sagan is playing his Green jersey run perfectly and barring a accident its pretty much sewn up.
So what do you guys think, Voeckler's effort today was all about riding himself into form?
It can't have been about getting some early KoM points as he should've been going for the first point then.
Did he not get the first climb then? Teach me to try to pick the (limited) fore thought from Voeckler randomness. |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 16:58
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ianrussell wrote:
cio93 wrote:
kqyt wrote:
Kristoff seems ready for tomorrows stage Wonder if he can beat Sagan there, and maybe Spartacus
Degenkolb to very much be in the mix there, I'm sure Giant fancies that stage a lot as well, and it's not like they are too tired by now.
Last forecast I saw predicting rain tomorrow too. With shortened cobbled sections compared to P-R and at only 155km I'd still go for tough sprinter/classics guys like Degenkolb or Kristoff though.
I have the feeling we won't end this stage with the same amount of GC favourites left in the race like we start it with...
Indeed that makes me wonder now if Giant is ready to risk any of their valuable train members to crash in order to chase and keep Dege in a good position. 
Or to expand, maybe none of the stage favourites that have more goals than that stage will really be ready to go all-in.
Yeah, pussy thinking, but imagine Sagan DNFing and giving up another almost certain green jersey for a possible stage win.
Edited by cio93 on 08-07-2014 17:04
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 08-07-2014 17:00
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Can't wait for tomorrow's stage. |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 17:01
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ianrussell wrote:
Did he not get the first climb then? Teach me to try to pick the (limited) fore thought from Voeckler randomness.
As far as I remember he let Mate have it. You could imagine the situation that the Cofidis DS told him they wouldn't continue to cooperate if Mate can't get the KoMs gifted in order to keep Lemoine safe in the jersey, but Tommy would be stupid to think this break could've gone all the way anyway.
I was absolutely certain he did today for the 2 points, so I am still puzzled.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 17:02
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Kittel with win number three but he had to work really hard for that one  |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 08-07-2014 17:05
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Seems like any top 10 hopes Cofidis might have had are long gone - guess it's possible they were only ever up for stage wins though. Navarro losing more time today and already at nearly 4 minutes down. |
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