'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share 175km remaining from 187kmAfter 12 kilometres, a group of seven riders have opened up a promising advantage on the peloton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share The seven men in the break are: Davide Martinelli (Quick-Step)Lukas Postlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe)Toms Skujins (Cannondale-Drapac)Victor Campenaerts (LottoNL-Jumbo)Thoma De Gendt (Lotto Soudal)Hugo Houle (AG@R-La Mondiale)Nikita Stalnov (Astana) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share Prologue winner Fabio Felline is still the race leader and it's his Trek-Segafredo teammates who are leading the peloton. Of the breakaway riders, Houle is the best-placed GC-wise at 3:35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share Despite the four climbs, today's stage should culminate in a bunch sprint, especially if the peloton continues to keep the escapees on a short leash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share 137km remaining from 187kmThe gap goes up to three minutes as the break hit the 50km mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share 111km remaining from 187kmThe gap comes down again to 2:26 after 76km. We're just a few kilometres away from the first climb of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share Trek and Bahrain are the two teams doing the bulk of the work on the front of the peloton. Trek taking responsibility for the leader's jersey on the shoulders of Felline, Bahrain clearly confident in Colbrelli today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share Brrrrr ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ Definitely another day for layers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hou Bene Posted April 28, 2017 Share is this on TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share is this on TV?Final 40 kms or so later on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share None of the seven riders had any KOM points coming into today's stage and, with a maximum of 20 available today, they won't be any threat to Sander Armée, who sits atop the standings on 39 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share All of the riders were suffering in the cold yesterday, and De Gendt, who is currently keeping warm up front in the breakaway, tweeted the below message to the UCI, suggesting they should get some fresh air whilst following the riders. RT @DeGendtThomas: Dear @UCI_cycling next time we have these weather conditions i kindly invite you to follow the race in a cabrio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share 75km remaining from 187kmThe peloton clearly isn't making the same mistake they did yesterday, and are keeping the breakaway's gap at 1:52. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share The weather has been causing havoc for the television producers this week as bad conditions have grounded the helicopters. Currently French TV is showing a man painting a picture of a pig on a bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share The leaders will soon make their way up the pair of category 3 climbs that punctuate the parcours - the Grandsivas and the Lovens, which crests at km 130. There is another nice little launchpad with 30km to go, the steep but short Estevayer-le-Lac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted April 28, 2017 Share 40km/h is the average speed after three hours in the saddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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