Tour De France 2024 - chasing yellow

[beesonthewhatnow]

I have just embarrassed myself in the office.

Safe to say my colleagues saw a side of me hitherto unknown to them

 

[tommers]

Just saw the result. Amazing.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Safe to say my colleagues saw a side of me hitherto unknown to them

Same here, i suddenly announced it in the office

 

[stavros]

That was stunning, as he hit the front quite a long way out. I presume Merckx wasn't around, as ITV would've surely shown him.

Second oldest stage winner ever, and on the list I'm looking at the only other sprinter in the top twenty is Petacchi.

 

[planetgeli]

Wonderful

 

[hash tag]

I have just heard Cav has won more than 10%, of the stages he has contested

 

[1927]

Strange that Astana aren't helping Cav back to peloton.

 

[1927]

As i say that a rider has dropped back.

 

[hash tag]

He had team mates waiting at the back of the peleton when he joined back in.

 

[1927]

He had team mates waiting at the back of the peleton when he joined back in.

Only 1 helping him get back to them tho.

 

[hash tag]

Only 1 helping him get back to them tho.

No panic. 11 km to go, he is well up there

 

[hash tag]

Astana are looking well up there on the right with 8 to go

 

[hash tag]

Some shoulders and jostling going in there to get the gaps. Still looking good

 

[hash tag]

Ah well. Lost it at 2km. Not surprising

 

[petee]

the Tour is on broadcast tomorrow starting at 6 am eastern time (i don't have cable). i've set my alarm to drag myself out of bed by about 7.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Remco wins the first TT, but Pog keeps a 30s lead in the GC. He’s in an extremely strong position now.

 

[petee]

peloton catching up ...

 

[hash tag]

peloton catching up ...

Its generally what they do.

 

[petee]

Its generally what they do.

 

[hash tag]

Mother in law has never seen a bike race before is totally taken by the lack of potholes.

 

[rubbershoes]

Its generally what they do.

But it's fantastic when they get it wrong and the breakaway survives, like this year's stage 1

 

[pbsmooth]

Norwegian cyclist died in Tour of Austria

 

[hash tag]

Well timed win today for Bim to help cement green .

 

[hash tag]

Just catching up on my phone. With 88 to go Pog is looking very exposed

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

This is the best stage in ages, absolutely bonkers

 

[twistedAM]

This is the best stage in ages, absolutely bonkers

I had to go out to lunch and think I missed the best bit - came back to see Vingo refusing to pull with Pog and Remco and the peloton caught up again.

So pleased for Turgis after his team got overlooked for the Monuments this year. Always fun to see an angry little Pidcock.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I had to go out to lunch and think I missed the best bit - came back to see Vingo refusing to pull with Pog and Remco and the peloton caught up again.

So pleased for Turgis after his team got overlooked for the Monuments this year. Always fun to see an angry little Pidcock.

Imagine being in the break, going well, then Pog, Remco and Vin all turn up, only to then piss about after fucking up your groups cohesion. They must have been livid

 

[twistedAM]

Imagine being in the break, going well, then Pog, Remco and Vin all turn up, only to then piss about after fucking up your groups cohesion. They must have been livid

I think I'm going to have to watch how that Pog-Remco-Vingo break formed and then broke down.
I heard from the commentary that Remco was a bit miffed as he'd managed to detach his wheelsucking nemesis Roglic.

 

[stavros]

Every time they mentioned gravel I kept thinking of The Ballad of Climie Fisher.

 

[Hollis]

So, what is this gravel, how do they grade a gravel section?