"All hell will break loose at the start" - Adam Yates predicting big fight to get in the breakaway on stage 5 of the Tour de France
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After a very leg-sapping opening weekend, the past two quieter and calmer stages of the 2023 Tour de France will have come as a great relief to Adam Yates and the rest of the GC riders. For stage 5 though, Yates is predicting another tough day.
"Today was quite straightforward until the finale," the current leader of the Tour de France recapped post-stage. "Nobody wanted to go in the breakaway. The sprinters were happy to stay in the bunch, but the end was tricky, with all those crashes."
Numerous riders hit the deck in the finale of stage 4 before Jasper Philipsen took his second straight victory. On stage 5 though, Yates is predicting numerous riders to want to make the break, leading to an intense battle in the early portion of the day.
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"We'll see how it plays out tomorrow. I think it's the very first chance for a breakaway, so all hell will break loose at the start," he continues. "Then, there are the bonuses on the last climb, so it's going to be a bit difficult for me [to keep the yellow jersey]. But we're lucky to have Tadej Pogacar on our team! We'll see tomorrow."
Kieran WoodDeputy Editor-in-Chief
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
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- Congrats! It is done so now is time for CX.averagecyclist15-11-2026
- It's going to happen at some point. It will happen to Tadej as well, we all get older. Jonas was in pretty great form at the tour. I still consider him a top two or three cyclist in the world, until he's not.awp15-11-2026
- mij, I am not so sure of that. I have been on a spine ward at a Denver hospital that had quite a few spinal injuries from mountain biking.BDBigGuy15-11-2026
- Pogi takes care of his teammates in races and training. Tadej Pogačar is widely praised within the cycling peloton for his fair and egalitarian leadership, actively supporting his UAE teammates both on the road during races and behind the scenes at training camps. Rather than acting like an untouchable superstar, he has intense team loyalty by sharing daily chores, giving up personal glory to help domestiques, and publicly praising their sacrifices. Unlike some Grand Tour contenders, like Vingegaard, who occasionally train away from their squads, Pogi consistently attends team training camps alongside his domestiques, making the exact same sacrifices to build friendship. I love how Pogačar shares his teammates-domestiques, either when they succeed or win in races or when they simply just do a good job for him. It has to be a great moral boost for them. And then they work even harder and go even deeper for Pogi. This is teamwork.PogiSloFans15-11-2026
- Yeah, what he said!Lozza15-11-2026
- I’m sure Jasper Philipsen would disagree with you.Lozza15-11-2026
- Article says he was “out for a spin around the town”, implying not off-road.Lozza15-11-2026
- let’s be honest, Alpecin is all about one rider - MVDP. I’m sure he gets whatever he needs, the rest get the scraps.mij15-11-2026
- there are more vicious injuries on a road bike than a mountain bike far and away.mij15-11-2026
- That'll be one crazy rider
Rafionain-Glas15-11-2026
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