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Paris-Nice Stage 5
I might have messed up today. The climb near the end is not very steep, but it is long (12km) so I decided that the GC guys' teams will pile on the pressure and drop the sprinters.
However the latest odds have Degenkolb, Bouhanni etc as favourites, which would help my purists, but they're buggered anyway thanks to Meersman crashing on stage 2.
Hopefully the bookies are wrong! May as well reveal my team as there are no surprises...
Nibali
Betancur
Kelderman
Thomas
Sepulveda
Gallopin
Izagirre
Hinault
Rovny
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After my amazing 23 points yesterday
Made 4 changes taking 20 pen points
Rui Faria Da Costa (LAM)
John Degenkolb (GSH)
Carlos Alberto Betancur (ALM)
Geraint Thomas (SKY)
Samuel Dumoulin (ALM)
Steven Cummings (BMC)
Tom Jelte Slagter (GRS)
Jimmy Engoulvent (EUC)
Julien Fouchard (COF)
Tomorrow plan on bringing in Nibs and Majka
Made 3 changes for 10 penalty points.
Nibali
Degenkolb
Betancur
Chernetski
Kelderman
Slagter
Hofland
Fouchard
Thomas
Tomorrow, who knows!
brought in Rojas for Betancur. No other changes
Rojas, Thomas, Chava, Gallopin, Degenkolb, Fonseca, Sepulveda, Chernetski, Stybar
Made my first transfers of the race bringing in Slagter,Kelderman and Agnoli for Phinney,Boonen and Nordhaug leaving 5 in the bank(7 for tomorrow so will be pressing for a stage win in Forum's Scorum's).
Degenkolb
Bouhanni
Matthews
Coquard
Slagter
Kelderman
Thomas
Agnoli
Seb Chavanel
Best hope Boonen isn't up for it today then
So Bakelants is giving up on the chance of a good GC place. Odd.
Looks like the break is set, 3 people with brothers in the break, so be prepared for potential errors in IDs!
Apparently, its...
Sylvain Chavanel
Gorka Izagirre
Brice Feillu
Bakelants
Busche
Only 30 secs on last update, so not totally clear yet...
Five riders broke clear after 17 kms -
Sylvain Chavanel (IAM),
Jan Bakelants (OPQ),
Matthew Busche (TFR),
Jon Izaguirre (MOV)
Brice Feillu (BSE)
gap 1min 55secs
Results in the Col de Brouilly (Km 26.5, 3rd cat)
1. Chavanel
2. Feillu
3. Bakelants
gap 2min 30
Of course Brice Feillu is in the breakaway. I just binned him out of my team.
Can't see this break lasting personally.
2mins40 and 4 of the break are virtual top 4 GC
Egoitz Garcia (COF) DNF
Good eye!
Good one!
I binned Chavanel and then read he's out for revenge after yesterday's stage and he's in the break!
yep it's Gorka
Is it definitely J Izagirre? I read it was G?
When Izagirre not a girre?
When Izajar?
Kept hold of chava and Degenkolb for today ....fingers crossed
Bouhanni has abandoned.
bouhanni and TJ leaves my purist abit light....
Break caught... Just Chavanel alone at the front...
Well that more or less pays for Nibali tomorrow!!
Fuglsang, Betancur and Jungels with a 20s lead... Peloton with Thomas and Degenkold strung out behind in pursuit...
What an absolute nightmare. Took Jungels out this morning and put Hofland in, with a 10pt penalty too!
Aaaaaaaaagghhhhhhhhh!
Betancur takes it from Jungels and Fuglsang!... And I thought I heard Coquard came in 4th!
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Go Betancur!
Glad he's back to winning ways!
Who's doing the results today?
TERatcliffe, he said earlier in the race that he works evenings and that does would go up around or after 8pm for a couple of stages.
At the moment TER is running PN, I'm running TA, Dave is running the classics and GKam is setting up the women's world cup races.
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