Criterium du Dauphine 2016 *SPOILERS*

[400bhp]

Contador....sandbagging...

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Gerrans hasn't shown great form since winning the TDU in January but I thought he might fancy taking a stage or two here so I took a bit of a punt on him in the punditry anyway... and he came in 4mins down today, on a stage that on paper should have been a good one for him. Bugger.

Pace too high for his ageing legs? Or was he riding for Yates today?

He seemed to be suffering as he went out the back on a not particularly difficult climb.

 

[smutchin]

Very much enjoying this kamikaze move from Aru.

Cracking stage today. If anyone's interested, my left-field pick for the punditry today would have been Tony Hurel but I bottled it. Probably won't make any difference to my points either way, but thought I'd put it out there.

 

[smutchin]

Blimey! Aru!

(I was right not to pick Hurel then. Not on much else though.)

 

[Flying_Monkey]

'kin hell! That was pretty amazing. Never expected Aru to do a Cummings.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

And the bunch sprint was:

Kristoff
Bonifazio
Alaphilippe
EBH

 

[smutchin]

'kin hell! That was pretty amazing. Never expected Aru to do a Cummings.

I don't think Aru expected it either!

 

[beastie]

Contador should be docked time for the handsling.

 

[philk56]

Terrific finish. They should have had someone or something on that bridge!

 

[smutchin]

They should have had someone or something on that bridge!

That was terrifying. I was sure someone was going to go over the side.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

That was terrifying.

Excellent, I'll look forward to watching the highlights tonight

 

[400bhp]

Aru was brilliant Mr evil must have given him a rollocking last night.

 

[SWSteve]

Have just seen 'the bridge'.

Holy moly

Aru made a brave move, good job he held the pack off.

 

[smutchin]

Least surprising member of the break today: Maxime Bouet (the stage finishes in the town where he was born)

 

[Crackle]

EBH, blimey! Great sprint.