Refresh
148km to go
The quartet tried a transfer however they have been introduced again by the peloton.
Former race chief Laurence Pithie (Groupama-FDJ) now on the transfer together with Rémi Cavagna (Movistar), Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), and Anthon Charmig (Astana)
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A pleasant shot from the early levels of in the present day’s race.
156km to go
Nonetheless no breakaway right here.
The race is heading barely uphill because the riders head in the direction of the primary climb of the day in round 30km. Double stage winner Olav Kooij has been dropped.
Not a lot happening however not less than they’re going to get to the end rapidly.
164km to go
A 43kph common velocity thus far.
Three riders did not take the beginning of the stage in the present day – DSM-Firmenich PostNL duo Nils Eekhoff and Tobias Andreesen and Alpecin-Deceuninck’s SIlvan Dillier.
139 riders left in Paris-Good.
170km to go
Nonetheless no breakaway in the present day…
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It is dry and cloudy on the race in the present day with a cold temperature of 9°C.
177km to go
No breakaway because the pair are reeled again in.
Mountain classification chief Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) has now gone on the assault together with Rémi Cavagna (Movistar).
It was a race that the UCI refused to sanction, citing an “extreme variety of levels”, “extreme particular person stage distances”, “extreme climbing”, and an “extreme length”…
17 levels, 1,067km with 6,705 metres of climbing and only one relaxation day – that was the Idaho Ladies’s Problem, which ran from 1984 to 2002.
The trio are rapidly reeled in, nevertheless.
183km to go
Cédric Beullens (Lotto Dstny), Jonas Rutsch (EF Schooling-EasyPost) and Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) strive a transfer off the entrance.
It is a quick tempo early on.
Attacking from the beginning however no breakaway gone simply but.
198km to go
After a brief neutralised part, the flag has dropped and racing is underway!
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The riders have rolled out into the impartial zone to begin the day.
We have additionally obtained dwell protection of stage 5 at Tirreno-Adriatico in the present day because the peloton faces a troublesome late climb on the highway to Valle Castellana.
Olav Kooij took his second dash win of the week in Sisteron yesterday, beating Mads Pedersen to the road with a fast late sprint to the road.
Over right here in Paris-Good, let’s check out the stage 5 outcomes and the GC image heading into in the present day.
The largest information of the morning is Chris Froome struggling a fractured wrist at Tirreno-Adriatico.
5 categorised climbs on in the present day’s route, together with 4 second-category exams.
We’re in for 198.2km of racing in the present day with the flag dropping throughout the subsequent half an hour.
Whats up and welcome to our dwell protection of stage 6 of Paris-Good!