Over now. Sky finished 27 secs. down on Movistar. And Quintana only just hanging on to the back of his team.
Missed Stage 2, cos following City. Stage 2 Results FRA 1 BOUHANNI, Nacer (FDJ.fr) 4:01:30 GER 2 DEGENKOLB, John (GIANT-SHIMANO) ITA 3 FERRARI, Roberto (LAMPRE - MERIDA) BEL 4 STUYVEN, Jasper (TREK FACTORY RACING) ITA 5 LASCA, Francesco (CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA) ITA 6 GATTO, Oscar (CANNONDALE) BLR 7 HUTAROVICH, Yauheni (AG2R LA MONDIALE) BEL 8 BOONEN, Tom (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) NED 9 HOFLAND, Moreno (BELKIN) ITA 10 PELUCCHI, Matteo (IAM CYCLING) General Classification after Stage 2 ESP 1 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR) 4:15:43 COL 2 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo Alexander (MOVISTAR) CRC 3 AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA, Andrey (MOVISTAR) ESP 4 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS, Jonathan (MOVISTAR) ESP 5 ERVITI OLLO, Imanol (MOVISTAR) ESP 6 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Gorka (MOVISTAR) ITA 7 GATTO, Oscar (CANNONDALE) + 6 AUS 8 MATTHEWS, Michael (ORICA GreenEDGE) POL 9 BODNAR, Maciej (CANNONDALE) GBR 10 YATES, Adam (ORICA GreenEDGE)
We're on Stage 4 now (Yep - I missed yesterday). Today's finish: 1 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 4:02:55 2 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) IAM Cycling 3 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge 4 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale 5 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp 6 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha 7 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre-Merida 9 Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 10 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team Overall Standings: 1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica Greenedge 13:30:44 2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:08 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:15 4 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:00:19 5 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale 0:00:21 6 Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica Greenedge 7 George Bennett (NZl) Cannondale 0:00:24 8 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 9 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:27 10 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
Good stage today, looking forward to Thursday and Friday stages, should light up big style with the GC favs fighting it out. Tomorrow may also be a GCish day but think Degenkolb will win from a bunch sprint. Sagan could take a flyer on the Cat 3 but i get the feeling he CBA since hes moving to tinkoff next year.
You were right about Degenkolb winning. Well tipped! Stage 5 Results GER 1 DEGENKOLB, John (GIANT-SHIMANO) 4:04:21 FRA 2 BOUHANNI, Nacer (FDJ.fr) NED 3 HOFLAND, Moreno (BELKIN) BEL 4 STUYVEN, Jasper (TREK FACTORY RACING) GER 5 MARTENS, Paul (BELKIN) FRA 6 MONDORY, Lloyd (AG2R LA MONDIALE) BEL 7 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC RACING) ESP 8 REYNES MIMO, Vicente (IAM CYCLING) ITA 9 SBARAGLI, Kristian (MTN - QHUBEKA) ITA 10 FERRARI, Roberto (LAMPRE - MERIDA) AUS 11 MATTHEWS, Michael (ORICA GreenEDGE) BEL 12 DEBUSSCHERE, Jens (LOTTO BELISOL) BLR 13 HUTAROVICH, Yauheni (AG2R LA MONDIALE) FRA 14 HARDY, Romain (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 5 GBR 15 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) GBR 16 KENNAUGH, Peter (SKY) ITA 17 CARUSO, Damiano (CANNONDALE) ESP 18 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR) AUS 19 EVANS, Cadel (BMC RACING) POR 20 CARDOSO, Andre Fernando S. Martins (GARMIN SHARP) BEL 21 MAES, Nikolas (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) NED 22 KELDERMAN, Wilco (BELKIN) ARG 23 RICHEZE, Maximiliano Ariel (LAMPRE - MERIDA) ESP 24 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC RACING) BEL 25 MONFORT, Maxime (LOTTO BELISOL) NED 26 DE KORT, Koen (GIANT-SHIMANO) NED 27 GESINK, Robert (BELKIN) COL 28 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo Alexander (MOVISTAR) COL 29 URAN URAN, Rigoberto (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) ESP 30 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (MTN - QHUBEKA) General Classification after Stage 5 AUS 1 MATTHEWS, Michael (ORICA GreenEDGE) 17:35:05 COL 2 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo Alexander (MOVISTAR) + 13 ESP 3 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR) + 20 COL 4 URAN URAN, Rigoberto (OMEGA PHARMA - QUICK-STEP) + 24 ITA 5 CARUSO, Damiano (CANNONDALE) + 26 COL 6 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORICA GreenEDGE) ESP 7 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, Haimar (TREK FACTORY RACING) + 29 NED 8 KELDERMAN, Wilco (BELKIN) + 32 ESP 9 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TINKOFF-SAXO) NED 10 GESINK, Robert (BELKIN) ESP 11 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC RACING) + 34 AUS 12 EVANS, Cadel (BMC RACING) GBR 13 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) + 38 FRA 14 BARGUIL, Warren (GIANT-SHIMANO) + 39 FRA 15 MONDORY, Lloyd (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 41 POL 16 NIEMIEC, Przemyslaw (LAMPRE - MERIDA) + 45 ESP 17 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) + 47 ESP 18 NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel (SKY) IRL 19 MARTIN, Daniel (GARMIN SHARP) + 48 ESP 20 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (MTN - QHUBEKA) + 49
What a great stage today, and a killer of a climb to the finish. But what a ride Chris Froome put in, that was something special.
Missed it today, John, but it looks like CF put a shift in. Still in contention? Tour of Britain starts tomorrow - Liverpool TT.
Stan it was amazing, watch it on ITV player tomorrow. He just kept the same pace, was left behinds at the beginning of the climb, but as the ones that made a break away slowly fell by the way side, he picked them off one by one.
Eh? Are you in a parralel universe or some alternative reality where things spin from effect to cause, or are you simply so obsessed you don't read thigs properly? Cracking ride there though.
