The cycling

[Gethin]

10 minutes ago, Cobs said:

No Cav in the TDF

 

s***e from Quick Step - he'll be off somewhere else that will guarantee him a TdF berth next season. Won the British Road Race Championship yesterday too

[Cunny]

not been paying that much attention to the cycling this year, is the tour basically between Pog or Rog?

[Chewie]

no chat on this then... the Danes were out in force.. Cort had the time of his life, but today Van Aert was just different level altogether.. bring on the cobbles

[Gethin]

Denmark was great for the crowds but dull as f***. Today was deadly dull until the last climb and then s*** got amusing - cobbles tomorrow should be fun, shame it's gonna be dry

[Tosh]

Loved that the highest point in Denmark is the top of that long bridge

[BDB]

Great stage win today.   

[D.Boon]

Only bothered watching it from yesterday when it hit France. Brilliant from Van Aert.

[Gethin]

Taco van der Hoorn is possibly my favourite name ever.

[Chewie]

Pog is simply phenomenal

[Gethin]

17 minutes ago, Chewie said:

Pog is simply phenomenal

The whole stage was phenomenal - watch the highlights if you weren't lucky enough to watch live

Spoiler

But only made about 12 seconds in the end over G / Vinnegard. Roglic lost about 2 mins which opens everything way the hell up

[Chewie]

13 minutes ago, Gethin said:

The whole stage was phenomenal - watch the highlights if you weren't lucky enough to watch live

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But only made about 12 seconds in the end over G / Vinnegard. Roglic lost about 2 mins which opens everything way the hell up

hooked - great time to be covid isolating!! (Nearly over but I might have to bluff that the two red lines are still there till the second break day!) 

see what you did with the spoilers.. 

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but they haven't even hot a mountain yet and he's 20 secs + .. though yes it could have been more

 

[Gethin]

Sprint day tomorrow then Super Planche Des Belle Filles Friday which will be fun. It's next Weds and Thurs in the Alps that are gonna be the big stages

Edited July 6, 2022 by Gethin

[Gethin]

Spoiler

Apparently Roglic dislocated his shoulder in his crash, popped it back in himself and still only lost two minutes #Nails

 

WARNING: For those of you that watch TdF evening highlights, I'm not gonna put stuff in spoilers quotes from now on, so avoid the thread until you've caught up. You have been warned

[BDB]

What an amazing stage. The cobbles always deliver 

[Cunny]

well is that it? I don't see anybody taking that time back off Pogacar

[D.Boon]

Roglic losing that much time looks fatal for him. See what the others are made of.

 

[Chewie]

7 hours ago, Gethin said:

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Apparently Roglic dislocated his shoulder in his crash, popped it back in himself and still only lost two minutes #Nails

 

WARNING: For those of you that watch TdF evening highlights, I'm not gonna put stuff in spoilers quotes from now on, so avoid the thread until you've caught up. You have been warned

Ha ha. This. Imagine if all match thread bile and vitriol and irrational outbursts was hidden behind spoilers till after MOTD  

[BDB]

6 hours ago, D.Boon said:

Roglic losing that much time looks fatal for him. See what the others are made of.

 

Roglič explains how he popped his own shoulder back in after borrowing fan’s chair  

 

I stubbed my toe today walking to the shops. And thought about not doing the ride I have planned for Saturday

[libero]

10 hours ago, Cunny said:

well is that it? I don't see anybody taking that time back off Pogacar

He is awesome but the weakness of his team to stay with him might cause issues in the mountains, a team like Ineos or Jumbo can gamble with sacrificing one of the "leaders" up the road knowing they have other leaders to stay with Pogacar if the gamble fails.

[Gethin]

3 minutes ago, libero said:

He is awesome but the weakness of his team to stay with him might cause issues in the mountains, a team like Ineos or Jumbo can gamble with sacrificing one of the "leaders" up the road knowing they have other leaders to stay with Pogacar if the gamble fails.

Yeah I think it's far from over.

Ineos have G, Yates, Pidcock & Martinez within 50 seconds of Pogacar, Jumbo Vizma - even after yesterday's disaster have Vingegaard 21 seconds back and Roglic at 2'20. Pogacar has no-one of note to help him.

Jumbo can just send Roglic up the road, Ineos can just say "whevs" & cover it with Martinez - but Pog will have to respond every time.

 

[Rex Ham]

27 minutes ago, Gethin said:

Yeah I think it's far from over.

Ineos have G, Yates, Pidcock & Martinez within 50 seconds of Pogacar, Jumbo Vizma - even after yesterday's disaster have Vingegaard 21 seconds back and Roglic at 2'20. Pogacar has no-one of note to help him.

Jumbo can just send Roglic up the road, Ineos can just say "whevs" & cover it with Martinez - but Pog will have to respond every time.

 

..all this is true, but based on yesterdays showing he'll be the one making the moves.

[Gethin]

3 minutes ago, Rex Ham said:

..all this is true, but based on yesterdays showing he'll be the one making the moves.

Would be the cycling equivalent of punching yourself in the nuts. Unless he thinks he can take a minute or so off teams that will attack the s*** out of him, that would be madness

[Chewie]

Today's been brilliant.. 50+kph for the first 120k with Wout in the break.... Hard to fathom how that's possible physically 

[libero]

10 minutes ago, Chewie said:

Today's been brilliant.. 50+kph for the first 120k with Wout in the break.... Hard to fathom how that's possible physically 

FFS Spoiler ALERT!!!!

[Tosh]

Wout van Alert?