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Le Tour de France 2014 - Stage 4 - Le Touquet-Paris-Plage / Lille Métropole
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 07-07-2014 22:44
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It looks flat.
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Edited by valverde321 on 07-07-2014 22:46
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 07-07-2014 22:45
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Kittel. |
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Posted on 07-07-2014 22:47
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Sagan will definitely take the intermediate sprint points on that hill |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 07-07-2014 22:49
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Echelons?
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| NTTHRASH |
Posted on 07-07-2014 22:58
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Jesleyh wrote:
Echelons?
More likely Marginal Gains.
"America. Show a nipple on television and the whole country goes ape-shit." -DubbelDekker
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| madzdaman |
Posted on 07-07-2014 23:01
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the description of the stage made me laugh out loud |
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| Iguwell |
Posted on 07-07-2014 23:03
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The Gorilla better show up this time. We need some challengers. |
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| b3n3v3nt3 |
Posted on 07-07-2014 23:05
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nacho63 wrote:
Kittel.
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No one can stop his train. |
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| madzdaman |
Posted on 07-07-2014 23:13
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I reckon Renshaw? maybe echelons hit and OPQS dominate and kittel gets dropped. If it comes true, i should definitely buy some lottery tickets though |
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| jacobjc88 |
Posted on 07-07-2014 23:18
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White jersey = Sagan, not Bardet?
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 07-07-2014 23:18
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Bardet will be wearing it because Sagan wears green 
It says jersey wearers after all
Edited by Jesleyh on 07-07-2014 23:20
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| jacobjc88 |
Posted on 07-07-2014 23:19
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But it's still Sagans jersey? I don't see why you don't give up his name in the info
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 07-07-2014 23:25
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I'm going for Coquard or Demare
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 07-07-2014 23:46
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Breakaway to stay clear till the end |
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| SotD |
Posted on 07-07-2014 23:53
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How many KoM points are there on offer? Is it suicide to go for the polka dots or can top 3-5 gain the Jersey from an BotD?
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Posted on 07-07-2014 23:55
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SotD wrote:
How many KoM points are there on offer? Is it suicide to go for the polka dots or can top 3-5 gain the Jersey from an BotD?
There are 2 points to fight for on this stage.
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 07-07-2014 23:56
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SotD wrote:
How many KoM points are there on offer? Is it suicide to go for the polka dots or can top 3-5 gain the Jersey from an BotD?
If you look at the profile, its pretty easy to tell their arent 3-5 riders to gain the jersey as there only are 2 points from 2 4-categories |
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| Iguwell |
Posted on 08-07-2014 00:27
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Why did they ruin the mountain system? Why did they create a system with so little points. I like it better if there are 5,3,1 for even the smallest categories to create some more battle for the hilly sprint. Then increase the high mountains to 50.
Why do you need 100 points to win the mountain jersey buth 400 points to win the sprint jersey?
Edited by Iguwell on 08-07-2014 00:27
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 00:52
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Iguwell wrote:
Why did they ruin the mountain system? Why did they create a system with so little points. I like it better if there are 5,3,1 for even the smallest categories to create some more battle for the hilly sprint. Then increase the high mountains to 50.
Why do you need 100 points to win the mountain jersey buth 400 points to win the sprint jersey?
I think it was a good change, kinda. It could definetely be polished, but seeing more or less 'no names' in the polka at Champs makes me sad. Its very hard to get the polka dot jersey now if you arent a top-5 climber (maybe a little too hard), but the change was definetely imo for the better as it before almost was a contest for getting in breakaways the most, where as it now who really CAN climb with the best.
I would like to see a change as well (little higher points and to make it a little easier for GOOD climbers such as Rolland and those type of guys to grab it). |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 08-07-2014 01:40
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Riis123 wrote:
Iguwell wrote:
Why did they ruin the mountain system? Why did they create a system with so little points. I like it better if there are 5,3,1 for even the smallest categories to create some more battle for the hilly sprint. Then increase the high mountains to 50.
Why do you need 100 points to win the mountain jersey buth 400 points to win the sprint jersey?
I think it was a good change, kinda. It could definetely be polished, but seeing more or less 'no names' in the polka at Champs makes me sad. Its very hard to get the polka dot jersey now if you arent a top-5 climber (maybe a little too hard), but the change was definetely imo for the better as it before almost was a contest for getting in breakaways the most, where as it now who really CAN climb with the best.
I would like to see a change as well (little higher points and to make it a little easier for GOOD climbers such as Rolland and those type of guys to grab it).
Well it made for more exciting stages for sure. I remember Kohl attacking and making the early parts of stages interesting, and then he still managed to keep up with the GC riders later on, although it was later found out why  Pellizotti the year after that. They only changed it because Charteau won it, but he really did do a great job of climbing when he did. I mean its actually more interesting imo, because a guy like Charteau cant get the most points on a tough climb, so someone that is chasing him in the polka dot rankings and is a pure climber would make up for lost points there and Charteau would have to go on the attack to defend his jersey the best he could, kind of like how Hushovd won the green jersey a couple years ago.
It made getting in the early stages breakaways kind of important because you could get more than a 2 or 3 point lead and actually have a chance at defending it when you get to the first mountain stage.
But meh, if the ASO would rather have some GC rider win it, while not even trying to get it, thanks to double points on the final climb and so on, then theres not much that can be done. 2012's KOM fight was pretty good actually, so I think my argument is too biased towards last year. Hopefully its better this year.
Edited by valverde321 on 08-07-2014 01:46
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