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90 km out and it's mental racing!
It's as strung out!
peloton seems to have finally got itself organised though sky have got a free ride.
the mid group now has a minute!
Lot of big names not in the front group
would a stage like this in a grand tour have the same effect ? would 18 short sharp climbs smash the peloton as much in a stage race ?
G2 really do look like they are pushing for the win!
coming back together now if slowly
Philippe Gilbert's been on the beds!
koppenburg 🙂
andre griepel is a beast to get over like that 🙂
Shitter for boonen
Toms favourite climb might not be so anymore !
world champ has decided to race now !
how can you break a bike in 10m ?
it's a minute per 10k for an angry peloton not a group of 8 on the limit! commentators
skinwalls on Gilberts bike should have CFH blood racing! Chasing group seems to playing games a bit, not working quite hard enough. def passengers at the back of that group.
definite double take to a fan there from gilbert wonder what he said 🙂
this is becoming an epic ride from Gilbert!
how can you go up that in the big ring - that isn't possible
Immense!
Sagan having to drag the chase up the climb!
down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! riding in the gutter rookie error from the World Champion 😉
Wooooaaaah! Shocking!
doah!
What a ride by Gilbert
I don't think he would of won, being used and abused by the rest of the group 🙄
thats just mean 23 %
I feel for Sagan these days, people just expect him to do twice the work, it's harsh.
marked man
a minute per 10km for 3 vs 1 ? money on Gilbert!
That. Without a strong team it is a huge ask.marked man
maybe lower his wage demands to get a better team ? how much would sky pay to have him?
Monster ride from Gilbert, those legs looking a bit heavy
Getting tight at less than 5k
If i were him, I'd sign for Sky /quickstep etc and tell them i wanted £0
It's nice not having any "attachment" 😉 come on everyone 🙂
chasing group are hurting, grimace central!
what a race!
sunday afternoon pootle 😉 ripped the field a new one
nice finish on the line
Big Phil back to his best! Fantastic. Belgian one two as well.
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10k to go I thought he was going to get caught just before the line, but just goes to show what an effort the others were putting in to catch him as their legs just gave out. Bit of luck for him that Sagan crashed as he was deffo the driving force in the chase
Top ride though Philippe
That was epic
They were letting Sagan do most of the work; I really couldn't see them working with him to bring Gilbert back ... the gap would have prob been bigger at the end if Sagan hadn't crashed.
It's gotta be go frustrating for Sagan.
Sagan will now win PR just out of frustration
Rainbow jersey is always a marked man. Sagan's already having a better season wearing it than Gilbert had.
Anyone spot that Merida snap in half on a low speed off up a climb? One of the Bahrain-Merida riders
Not good PR!?
Great race. Gilbert was just superb.. really happy he managed to stay away. Couldn't believe it given at one point the chasers were taking 6-7 seconds a km off him. On that subject though, WTF was Terpstra doing chasing off the Paterberg? Seems like they told him to back off eventually but when I saw him leading GVA onto the flat I thought he must have lost his mind.
I'd forgotten about that. Any idea what happened?Anyone spot that Merida snap in half on a low speed off up a climb? One of the Bahrain-Merida riders
I was wondering if it was to keep him separated from the group prevent a better chase getting formedWTF was Terpstra doing chasing off the Paterberg?