Tour de France 2016

Sagan shaking off the ballast but ending up with three Orica riders, GVA and EBH, hmmm

he'll have to play his best classics game to bag this

How did the breakaway split happen? Missed it making coffee

Edit: crosswinds?

Cameras seemed to miss it, preferring to show Majka have a wheel changed.

Cheers for that.

Can Orica bring it home from here?

Fuck knows why Sagan is working though, he should sit on.

Sagan pulling hard, Landa saying 'no way', leaving a gap thinking the others would chase

maybe he's feeling very strong

EBH FTW

Ooh, this is exciting sh!t

You get the impression that Sagan doesn't fancy himself in a sprint today - strange considering his form so far this tour...

He clearly is, but he's expending energy whilst some good sprinters are saving theirs.

Clearly listening to Metallica instead of his DS again

I would think he knows exactly who's on his wheel. fingers crossed

I'm going to put my bet (5p) on EBH.

Come on EBH!

alas.

Well played Orica.

They're leaving this late.

Matthews... well timed, saved a lot there.

Fuck...yeh totally.

End result shows.

awesome

Matthews is 25 and now has stage wins in the Vuelta, the Giro and the Tour.

Yet Orica seem prepared to let him go and keep Simon Gerrans. Bonkers.

Interesting reflection of how personal politics shape teams

Matthews leaving Orica
Degenkolb leaving GA
Kittel move to Etixx

Seem to remember there being a few others where there's probably more than just $ shaping moves

Contador > Trek Segafredo

Niballi > Fuck knows

Michael Matthews has a punchable line-crossing face.