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Tour de France Stage 5 - Lille to Wallers-Arenberg (157km)

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  • 06-07-2022 10:43am
    #1
    mewso
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    One of the key stages we have all been looking forward to. The min-Paris-Roubaix one. The hardest sections are a couple of 4* pave in the last 30km but a nervy peleton may deliver the drama before we even get to them. The favorites are as expected:-

    MvdP - 23/10

    WVA - 9/2

    Mads - 8/1

    Senechal - 10/1

    Mohoric - 11/1

    Lampaert, Sagan - 13/1

    Philipsen - 17/1

    Some good classics riders will be on protection duty and can probably be ignored. WVA got his win yesterday so I expect he will happily help Roglic today. Van Baarle would be a pick but he might be looking after Thomas. Will Pidcock be allowed have a go? Ineos have a few options on the cobbles so maybe one of them will be allowed go for it. Would love to see Kung get a win here but again David Gaudu might have a say in that.

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    #2
    dastardly00
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    Pavé! Woo hoo!

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    [Deleted User]
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    Love to see big John do it again.



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    breezy1985
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    Pave are numbered the wrong way. Tut tut route map maker.



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    dastardly00
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    Some of the riders trying to find somewhere to go for a pee while they are still in the neutral zone 😂



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    eagle eye
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    Hard to call this one. Van der Poel obviously a strong favourite. I think Van Aert will be held back to protect Roglic and Vingegaard today. I just get this feeling that Pog will go on the attack today. He's shown before that he can handle the cobbles. If he goes I'm wondering if Wout might be let chase him. I'd fancy those are the three best on the cobbles and I'd give Mohoric an outside shot at it.

    I'll pick Pog for the win.



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    retalivity
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    Fancy QS to be near the front once it hits the cobbles, they have nobody on GC, nobody to protect really, and will probably have given Lampaert, Asgreen, Senechal free reign for today



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    Eamonnator
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119297845#Comment_119297845

    Disaster hon.



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    dahat
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    Outside chance today for DVP maybe, been going well all year and doesn't seem like a rider who would mind the cobbles.



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    neris
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    WVA on the ground



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    De Bhál
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119298404#Comment_119298404

    luckily Brad was there to talk us through what we saw three times just before hand on the screen.



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    retalivity
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    Jesus Christ WVA nearly cleaned out by the car as well!



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    neris
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    and now hes just cycled into the back corner of a team car and bounced off it



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    mewso
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    Michael Woods also trying to get back there. Didn't warrant a mention.



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    Weepsie
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    The guardian had something about the pave saying it's all a lot more compacted than it would be Paris Roubaix or Flanders and it's very dry so might be overplayed how significant an issue they are.


    Might be nice and dusty if nothing else



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    dastardly00
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    I wonder when VWA is going to move up to the front of the peloton



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    Daroxtar
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    Mitch Docker called it on The Cycling Podcast, said it could possibly be tougher technically than Roubaix. Dry smooth cobbles covered in fine dust, heaps of riders unfamiliar with the cobbles unlike regular Roubaix where they're mostly specialists, teams trying to protect the GC riders. Could be carnage



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    mewso
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    I still think it'll be the nerves of an imagined difficulty that could do more damage than the reality but yeah non-classics riders will cause problems too.



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    retalivity
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    Lets go!!!



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    [Deleted User]
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    Pog has no team with him in the last few shots.



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    Morris Garren
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    Seriously looking good for the break with about 60km to go-- riders trying to survive behind and there may not be the same chase dynamic. Would love if Taco did the business here



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    [Deleted User]
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    Ha Niv ended up running after the bike went from under him in that crash



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    retalivity
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    WVA can't (or won't?) get out from the back of the peloton



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    Morris Garren
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    Haha! That's the legendary power house Nairo Quintana- yet again- putting in a superb ride on the cobbles! All 8 stone of pure Columbian beef, on the hoof...



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    dastardly00
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    Sagan, Kristoff, Senechal all having issues. MvdP and WvA at the back of the peloton.

    Ewan and Nairo-man up at the front... the world has turned upside down.



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    retalivity
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    O'Connor pulling the group with 2 teammates behind him is crazy. Still has AG2R guys ahead of him as well



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    #27
    dastardly00
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    Pog is looking in super form



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    #28
    Morris Garren
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119298968#Comment_119298968

    A touch of the John Gadret going on there? Nico Roche threatened to burst him through the bus window one year



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    #29
    dastardly00
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    MvdP is not going to win today anyway



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    #30
    retalivity
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    Disaster for JOnas!



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    dastardly00
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    Disaster for Vingegaard



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