Tour de France 2022

[Numbers]

Vingegaard has looked poised so far and has now pounced, brilliant ride.

Some of the spectators are so annoying.

 

[1927]

Any predictions for tomorrow?

 

[Numbers]

A spectator incident on Alpe d'Huez

 

[sleaterkinney]

Epic stage today.

 

[planetgeli]

That was the spark that was needed.

 

[twistedAM]

Any predictions for tomorrow?

I'm predicting nothing after saying Pog would slaughter Dumbo-Visma.

I was bit excited today when Bardet made his move as I had a fiver on him at 50/1. Close but no cash.

 

[hash tag]

Any predictions for tomorrow?

Quintana or Thomas.
Now the race has opened up it's worth watching again.

 

[1927]

Quintana or Thomas.
Now the race has opened up it's worth watching again.

Ineos haven’t shown their hand yet. Tomorrow might be the day. I think G might fancy a second win on d’huez.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Fuck me, what a stage. Awesome to watch.

 

[hash tag]

Ineos haven’t shown their hand yet. Tomorrow might be the day. I think G might fancy a second win on d’huez.

And of course Yates was racing a very considered race and looked to be within his comfort zone.

 

[hash tag]

Froome has been quite active so far. Pidcock is flying of the Galibier

 

[weepiper]

Bloody hell Pidcock's descending is terrifying!

 

[Tony_LeaS]

Pidcock having an incredible race so far, the descent was beautiful to watch.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

It was brilliant. He’s got a decent chance for the stage here if he rides smart.

 

[twistedAM]

It was brilliant. He’s got a decent chance for the stage here if he rides smart.

Yeah the break might make it, what with Jumbo being more Sky than Sky and Pog hopefully being sensible and taking no risks so he can turn it on in the Pyrenees. But with Pidcock climbing up the virtual GC I'd expect DSM and Groupama to up the pace a bit.

 

[Numbers]

Wonder if Froome will run up Alpe d’Huez today. That was one of the maddest things I’ve ever seen.

 

[Cid]

Pog and Jonas just great.

 

[Cid]

With G just steady machining along on the wheel. Good stuff.

 

[Cid]

And yeeeeeeah Pidcock!

 

[Numbers]

Fantastic performance. Alpe d’Huez is nuts.

 

[Numbers]

Sir Brad with his tats and guns looks more like a retired boxer than an ex pro cyclist. Looks like he’s off his tits on steroids or coke tho’.

 

[weepiper]

Excellent Yorkshire post-win interview. 'Not bad that, is it?'

 

[twistedAM]

Sir Brad with his tats and guns looks more like a retired boxer than an ex pro cyclist. Looks like he’s off his tits on steroids or coke tho’.

He adds nothing to the comnetray and is even more Ineoscentric than Adam Blythe. I ended up listening to some Greek commentary when Hatch and Blythe were on.
Tomorrow I think I'll try Slovenian or maybe just switch to ambient sound.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Excellent Yorkshire post-win interview. 'Not bad that, is it?'

“You were riding with Chris Froome, that must have been special”
“Yeah, he’s a legend… and I just beat him”



22, mountain bike gold medal, CX world champion, wins queen stage of his first ever tour. Not bad at all is he?

 

[stavros]

I know why they don't do a pure descending competition, but you have to admire someone who makes up two minutes without pedalling. If I remember rightly Cadel Evans used to do the same, also from a MTB background.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

And yeeeeeeah Pidcock!

Yorkshire's finest. What a win. I only realised later that this is his first TdF. He's only done one Grand Tour before, La Vuelta.

 

[hash tag]

Sir Brad with his tats and guns looks more like a retired boxer than an ex pro cyclist. Looks like he’s off his tits on steroids or coke tho’.

Don't worry, I believe he will be in the studio next week, his bike place is being taken by Contador.

I know why they don't do a pure descending competition, but you have to admire someone who makes up two minutes without pedalling. If I remember rightly Cadel Evans used to do the same, also from a MTB background.

Yeah, right. Fwiw, I remember the awful sad and tragic death of Casartalli when he crashed on a descent.
I watched them off the Galibier live and watched the hour's highlights at work this evening. It was dreadful, All the bloody adverts every few minutes. They certainly did not do just justice.

 

[twistedAM]

I watched them off the Galibier live and watched the hour's highlights at work this evening. It was dreadful, All the bloody adverts every few minutes. They certainly did not do just justice.

ITV4 is awful. Too many ads but even then the voiceover people on the ads have more charisma than any of the cycling commentators.
If you don't want to pay the £40pa for Eurosport/GCN coverage then have a look at Tiz Cycling. if you click on the Grand Tours tab you can see full stages or last 10kms of each of the stages. They also do livestreams but with all, erm, semi-legal streams it often goes down.

 

[hash tag]

I can watch live at home, which is fine, but when I work lates I am stuck with watching an hours (20 minutes more like) of highlights on ITV in my break

 

[Tony_LeaS]

Another fast stage for WVA to take 2nd today possibly.