The Tour Of France 2021
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It's a bike race, all kinds of shit can happen.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
About as perfect a lead out as you’ll see. Superb.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
He still looks surprised by whats happened the last 10 days1
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twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
There is a good chance that Bike Exchange and Bahrain could try and set a high pace to try and put him OTL so Matthews or Colbrelli can win green.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
At which point he'll presumably have the entire wolfpack towing him up there...
Cid
Proper break this time
Is that really possible in the grupetto?
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
It's the front of the race being quick that matters. Stick enough people on the front to drive the pace over the climbs and the bigger guys/sprinters will fall off the back pretty quick. It's going to be a hard day for him tomorrow. In his favour is the first 70km or so being (relatively) flat with just a couple of little cat 4's. The Andorra stage is going to be the other big test for Cav as that goes uphill from the start, expect Bahrain and Bike Exchange to drive as hard as they can from the gun there.
Cid
Proper break this time
Yes, but this will be a hard stage with a fairly generous cut-off time. I believe there's lenience allowed even beyond that if the grupetto is more than something like 20% of riders (which, if Cav stays on form, it will be). Fast, dangerous descending to be expected I guess.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Cid
Proper break this time
If it's dry tomorrow they'll be fine - the descents is where the grupetto usually claw valuable minutes back, apparently their descending is rather insane at times
Yeah, that’s what I mean. I suspect it’s actually nigh on impossible to drop the main grupetto. Obviously have to stick with it mind.
Anyway, let’s hope they’re still climbing around 1pm. Ideally with nearby lighting rods:
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Quickstep are taking this seriously as on Sunday they also put Dries Devenyns back with Cav whereas he's usually Ala's lieutenant.
I love watching the doms at work and so far Devenyns has excelled - he set up Ala for the stage win and as well as making sure they were all in on time on Sunday he was also key in making sure Cav was up front in case of crosswinds today.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Maybe he wasn't injured at all, and DQT just preferred Cae, but I cant see that being likely, they couldn't have known that he was gonna beast everyone like he has done, or could they? ive had someone on my facebook today reckon that it's all too good to be true and the whole thing has been fixed. cant see exactly who that benefits tho!
Seems more than sour grapes not to mention the achievements of a team mate who's just about to break a record and prove himself the best sprinter ever.
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Possibly some contractual thing/team policy. I noticed Caleb Ewan hasn’t tweeted since he crashed out. I mean obviously he’s on a different team, so the interests aren’t the same… but it wouldn’t surprise me if there are restrictions on communication while the tour is ongoing.
