Tour de France 2022

[twistedAM]

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

I wish he had gone in the break to get smoked by Mads.
Good ride by Fred Wright - if he rode for Ineos the GCN boys club would be all over him.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Much better stage than I was expecting. Awful luck for Ewan though.

 

[1927]

My over riding experience so far of this tour is the emergence of British riders. Pidcock and Wright have great futures.

 

[hash tag]

Thinking about Pidcock, given his mountain biking and cross country pedigree it's no wonder he can descend.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Thinking about Pidcock, given his mountain biking and cross country pedigree it's no wonder he can descend.

 

[weepiper]

He is, uh, quite skilled on a bike.

 

[hash tag]

The Guardian is reporting a 9 year old boy got hit by a race car going up Alpe D'Huez but was not seriously injured.
Again, there are more calls for crowd control. It would be impossible to line somewhere like that with barriers and
it would be virtually impossible to close.

 

[1927]

The Guardian is reporting a 9 year old boy got hit by a race car going up Alpe D'Huez but was not seriously injured.
Again, there are more calls for crowd control. It would be impossible to line somewhere like that with barriers and
it would be virtually impossible to close.

I’d say parental responsibility is the only way to protect kids on a stage like that. And adults should know better.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

No idea quite what’s happened but the start of todays stage is nuts. 180km to go and there’s groups all over the place.

 

[twistedAM]

No idea quite what’s happened but the start of todays stage is nuts. 180km to go and there’s groups all over the place.

Damn, I tuned in about 10 minutes and haven't a clue what happened. The commentators can't describe it properly and the CN forum comments make no sense.
Should I watch if from the start? Sounds totally mad.

 

[hash tag]

Where I have nothing to do like today, I always start at the beginning. It does look a good pace again today; they are certainly not taking it easy with big climbs coming up, especially the last one.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Damn, I tuned in about 10 minutes and haven't a clue what happened. The commentators can't describe it properly and the CN forum comments make no sense.
Should I watch if from the start? Sounds totally mad.

Nobody seems to know quite what happened, something was missed by the cameras. They all just suddenly started riding like their bibs were on fire and there were groups all over the place.

 

[hash tag]

A crash somewhere that's been missed?

 

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It's not looking good for Ewan who is losing loads of time already

 

[twistedAM]

Nobody seems to know quite what happened, something was missed by the cameras. They all just suddenly started riding like their bibs were on fire and there were groups all over the place.

Looked like Pog tried a cheeky one and caught Jumbo off guard. Fast forwarded now with another climb coming up.

 

[twistedAM]

Lol, the broom wagon is sponsored by lastminute.com

 

[stavros]

Wow from Matthews. He's 72kg at only 1.78m, so shouldn't be able to do that, but that was up there with Pidcock coming off the Galibier with my TdF highlight so far.

 

[twistedAM]

Nobody seems to know quite what happened, something was missed by the cameras. They all just suddenly started riding like their bibs were on fire and there were groups all over the place.

Chris Horner will sort it out on his YouTube channel later tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisHornerCycling

 

[hash tag]

Roglic (injury) Cort n Clarke (covid) I see are all out today

 

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Morkiv is 26 minutes adrift with 90k to go on a very hot day. I think I would have thrown in the towel.
Carcassonne has great tour memories for us and wishing I was there.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Not going to plan for Jumbo today

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

 

[hash tag]

Not going to plan for Jumbo today

I see they are second in team placings, 35 minutes down on ineos.

 

[twistedAM]

I see they are second in team placings, 35 minutes down on ineos.

It’s more about them losing two of their climbers yesterday so it’ll essentially be Vingo and Pog battling it out against each other.
Still hoping for a Pog win but it’ll be hard.
Ditto Fabio Jakobsen on the Champs but since the first two days of the Tour, Quickstep have been riding like they are ill.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

It’s more about them losing two of their climbers yesterday so it’ll essentially be Vingo and Pog battling it out against each other.
Still hoping for a Pog win but it’ll be hard.
Ditto Fabio Jakobsen on the Champs but since the first two days of the Tour, Quickstep have been riding like they are ill.

WvA for stage 21. Seems inevitable really.

 

[rubbershoes]

It’s more about them losing two of their climbers yesterday so it’ll essentially be Vingo and Pog battling it out against each other.
Still hoping for a Pog win but it’ll be hard.

Vingegaard isn't bad at TT but he's no Pog. Could he be mugged at the end like Rog was?

 

[stavros]

Ned Boulting: "Christophe Laporte, like Wout van Aert, is the only Jumbo-Visma rider who hasn't been down."

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Vingegaard isn't bad at TT but he's no Pog. Could he be mugged at the end like Rog was?

Not unless Pog takes time out of him before the ITT. JumboVisma, even with their withdrawals, are the most amazing team.

Great win from Houle today, pretty emotional stuff especially as he admitted "i never win so it's good to win here."

 

[stavros]

I've had my chain snap on a climb before. I didn't have a support car though, and so had to wheel my bike about three miles back to town.