Tour De France 2024 - chasing yellow

[Hollis]

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

ITV highlights played out with a decent song 'Dust' by Parquet Courts.. never heard of them.. will investigate further..

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

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

Length, gradient, surface.

 

[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

It worked out okay for them in the end but I did go back and watched the Remco attack - when they caught the bunch he just seemed to want to attack them straight away and then the DS must have had a word in his ear.
I hope he doesn't blow up badly at some stage as him and Pogi have been a delight in the opening week.

 

[hash tag]

Just heard that Vlasov broke an ankle yesterday. Not good news for him or Roglic.

 

[hash tag]

Reading the full story, how on earth was Vlasov allowed to continue. There are strong indicators of concussion.

MSN

 

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[Cid]

Bini is just on fire this year. Play it safe for the rest I guess, would be phenomenal to see him in green come the er... not champs elysees.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Bini is just on fire this year. Play it safe for the rest I guess, would be phenomenal to see him in green come the er... not champs elysees.

Yep, he’s hit form perfectly.

Sad for Roglic today, he only ever seems to have bad luck.

 

[hash tag]

Yep, he’s hit form perfectly.

Sad for Roglic today, he only ever seems to have bad luck.

He does not start today

 

[twistedAM]

Van Aert second. Again

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Crazy stage, with a complete mess of a sprint, Girmay looked perfectly paced again then it all went a bit scrappy.

 

[hash tag]

Pidcock has gone; did he not fancy the hills?

 

[weepiper]

Covid ripping through the peloton again.

 

[hash tag]

Gee also has COVID but races on.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Pidcock has gone; did he not fancy the hills?

Covid.

 

[pbsmooth]

A big show of strength from Poggy/UAE. Some of those fans though…

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

A lot of those fans are absolute fucking dicks.

I think the plan was for Yates to last slightly longer than he did, but even so, that was impressive from UA/Pog.

 

[pbsmooth]

A lot of those fans are absolute fucking dicks.

I think the plan was for Yates to last slightly longer than he did, but even so, that was impressive from UA/Pog.

Poggy was like, ah well never mind I will crack on. Was bang on 5k I think so may have been the plan.

 

[weepiper]

Don't understand the guys (and yes it's always guys) who want to stand around getting pissed for hours and then try and make the whole thing about them by getting right up in the riders' faces screaming. Weirdos. Always secretly wish some of them might accidentally fall under a motorbike.

 

[Richard46]

Don't understand the guys (and yes it's always guys) who want to stand around getting pissed for hours and then try and make the whole thing about them by getting right up in the riders' faces screaming. Weirdos. Always secretly wish some of them might accidentally fall under a motorbike.

Plus it seems fashionable this year to do it with a child on your head.

 

[stavros]

I haven't spotted any of them doing whilst looking into their phones though, so small mercies.

Yates' pedalling style out of the saddle is lovely to watch. It reminds me a bit of prime Contador.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Don't understand the guys (and yes it's always guys) who want to stand around getting pissed for hours and then try and make the whole thing about them by getting right up in the riders' faces screaming. Weirdos. Always secretly wish some of them might accidentally fall under a motorbike.

I like the races in Spain where they have hard as nails police running ahead who barge the idiots out the way.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Sprinters dropped literally as the flag was waved today. It’s going to be a long, brutal day for them.

 

[weepiper]

Nice seeing the boy from Kelso (where I lived for a few years) Oscar Onley in the break today.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Fuck me. That was savage.

 

[weepiper]

I bet there's a few guys feeling pretty glad to climb off the bike at the top.

 

[weepiper]

Pogacar beat Pantani's record up that climb by 45 seconds now corrected to four minutes

 

[hash tag]

Is cav going home

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Pogacar beat Pantani's record up that climb by 45 seconds now corrected to four minutes

There’s a lot of twitter eyebrows being raised. But it really is a different sport now, the way they race, the bikes, the kit, the training, the nutrition, the recovery… everything.

Plus the top riders must be amongst the most tested athletes out there.

There will always be cheats, new as yet undetectable drugs etc. But it’s also possible we’re just watching a once in a lifetime rider.

 

[weepiper]

Poor Cav, he looks like he's going to barf.