Paris-Nice Stage 5

Ok, you know (!) you have a tight budget when 4 of the 5 3.0 riders are 'Popular' picks! Don't think I'd seen that (!) Before! Well, I don't remember having seen that...

If it helps you any

Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez AG2R La Mondiale 49
Jakob Fuglsang Astana Pro Team 31
Bob Jungels Trek Factory Racing 30
Bryan Coquard Team Europcar 25
Tom Boonen Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 20
Geraint Thomas Team Sky 19
John Degenkolb Team Giant-Shimano 19
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg Team Giant-Shimano 18
Tom Jelte Slagter Garmin Sharp 18
Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil Movistar Team 17
Jan Bakelants Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 17
Sylvain Chavanel IAM Cycling 17
Tony Gallopin Lotto Belisol 16
Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team 14
Borut Bozic Astana Pro Team 12
Brice Feillu Bretagne - Seche Environnement 12
Marco Marcato Cannondale 11
Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha 10
Marko Kump Tinkoff-Saxo 10
Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa Lampre-Merida 9
Michael Matthews Orica GreenEdge 8
Moreno Hofland Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 8
Wilco Kelderman Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 7
Vincenzo Nibali Astana Pro Team 5
Alexis Vuillermoz AG2R La Mondiale 5
Mickael Cherel AG2R La Mondiale 5
Sebastien Minard AG2R La Mondiale 5
Romain Bardet AG2R La Mondiale 5
Sebastien Turgot AG2R La Mondiale 5
Samuel Dumoulin AG2R La Mondiale 5
Gorka Izaguirre Insausti Movistar Team 4
Valerio Agnoli Astana Pro Team 4
Romain Zingle Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3
Jens Keukeleire Orica GreenEdge 2
Matthew Busche Trek Factory Racing 2
Zdenek Stybar Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 2
Christophe Laborie Bretagne - Seche Environnement 2
Wilco Kelderman Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 2
Armindo Fonseca Bretagne - Seche Environnement 1
Cyril Gautier Team Europcar 1
Jon Izaguirre Insausti Movistar Team 1

Details below - with hopefully no mistakes!

Just in, scores on the way

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.

Who's doing the results today?

Go Betancur!
Glad he's back to winning ways!

Courtesy of @ParisNicecourse

Betancur takes it from Jungels and Fuglsang!... And I thought I heard Coquard came in 4th!

What an absolute nightmare. Took Jungels out this morning and put Hofland in, with a 10pt penalty too!

Aaaaaaaaagghhhhhhhhh!

Fuglsang, Betancur and Jungels with a 20s lead... Peloton with Thomas and Degenkold strung out behind in pursuit...

Break caught... Just Chavanel alone at the front...

bouhanni and TJ leaves my purist abit light....

Bouhanni has abandoned.

Kept hold of chava and Degenkolb for today ....fingers crossed

When Izagirre not a girre?

Can't see this break lasting personally.
2mins40 and 4 of the break are virtual top 4 GC

Egoitz Garcia (COF) DNF

Of course Brice Feillu is in the breakaway. I just binned him out of my team.

So Bakelants is giving up on the chance of a good GC place. Odd.

Results in the Col de Brouilly (Km 26.5, 3rd cat)

1. Chavanel

2. Feillu

3. Bakelants

gap 2min 30

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

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

brought in Rojas for Betancur. No other changes

Rojas, Thomas, Chava, Gallopin, Degenkolb, Fonseca, Sepulveda, Chernetski, Stybar