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It's turning into the cycling version of the Wacky Races..
Rpglic has been down
This is nuts!
Gendarme knocked that hay bail over into the road. Then just looked at it, helpfully
operation put jumbo to the sword
Not just jumbo, ineos and others in trouble too
Shame WvA went back just before Rog down. If both Rog and Vinnegard (sp?) had both lost minutes already, they may have said to WvA, sod it, go for it...
Pog just looks so comfy whatever he is doing, looked great at Strade Bianche and Flanders, nothing seems to faze him.
Are any of the Ineos GC boys still in the main group? Can only make out Van Baarle who doesn't seem to have G on his wheel anymore.
Nope, the rest of the ineos gc are in the wva group
Lovely to see Jumbo in trouble.
Pog should ride Roubaix, he's ripping them a new one over the cobbles!
Pog is amazing, but there is just something that feels wrong about it all
One day at the top of the STW fantasy league and that's it done with after today 😢😂
amazing, the lad loves to race
Everyone-"WvA can do anything"
Pog- "Haud ma beer"
Part of me thinks it's been a corker of a stage, but with no JV competition, then it will be a one man GC show again, and rest of race won't be as exciting
Yep, you can't help but feel pog will be in yellow from now until Paris, unless he has a crash
it does feel like the tour has just been decided. Hope it's not so though
Not over yet then, wva might keep yellow and pog isn't going to get a much as thought
Wow
WvA did a hell of a job getting back to being so close to Pog, must have burnt a lot of matches doing that whilst Pog looks like he has been for a pleasant bimble in the french countryside
awesome stage and brilliant recovery from WvA
I don't think pog looks that fresh, there are going to be a lot of burnt people today. Tomorrow should be quieter
Vingegaard only 21s down on Pogacar, not catastrophic.
I thought the time gaps would be increasing by minutes not seconds.
What a stage
It's over for rog. No way he can make up 2 minutes unless pog has an issue, vingegaard is the leader now. Lets see how close he is to pog on friday, but it looks like its only going one way from here on.
Rog has dislocated shoulder! That must have stung on the cobbles...
Rog has dislocated shoulder!
isn't that what he did last year as well?
in which case it must have been quite a decision to drop 3 men back to pull him in. I guess that means they think he is good to be able to pull back time but I can't see how
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Gallery up here - I guess there'll be a load more added overnight.
https://www.letour.fr/en/stage-5/image-gallery
vingegaard is the leader now.
It'll be interesting to see how he goes against Pog now he doesn't have to consider anyone else in the team (well except WvA!).
I think Pog was lucky there, also is it just me or is Roglic really shit at bike handling? I know he came from ski racing or something but seems to struggle with keeping rubber side down?
I guess that means they think he is good to be able to pull back time but I can’t see how
I expect the thinking is that it's still good to have him as a potential threat to Pog for later in the race even if the threat is much reduced. Last thing they would have wanted is Pog only having to think about Vingegaard.
If you must swap bikes with a teammate, don’t ride for the national team of the tallest nation on earth 🤣. Sitting on the top tube is a DQ, unless you can’t reach the saddle. What a stage.
WvA was magnificent. I winced as he almost rode into the back of the car. Yea I’d lose my handling mojo after that too. I think the others rode their luck (or lack of).
Just seen the highlights - that was brutal to say the least!!
The ned Boulting, dave millar podcast "never strays car" is really worth a listen today
I can’t help feeling gutted by that result for the sake of the rest of the race. Not a fan of Pog and he’s likely to gain more time on Friday’s stage.
Well the last couple of stages have been quite lively.
I was surprised how little time Vingy had lost by the end. He'll definitely have to attack in the mountains now and hopefully we'll see some fireworks.
If you must swap bikes with a teammate, don’t ride for the national team of the tallest nation on earth 🤣. Sitting on the top tube is a DQ, unless you can’t reach the saddle.
That minute or so of bike-swapping really needed Yakety Sax dubbed onto it, hilarious.
i think i have PTSD after watching that stage.
Without his various tribulations WVA would have probably beaten Pog and maybe even been the stage winner. Awesome performance.
Just seen the highlights – that was brutal to say the least!!
I keep trying, but the end seems to be missing on ITV hub 🙁
Worked for me on the ITV catch-up thingy.