lmanion Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Yeah moviestar always takes notice of the teams classification. In other news Cav is in for Bennett! https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lefevere-cast-doubts-on-the-severity-of-sam-bennetts-knee-issue/ Spicy from Lefevre he does a good job year in year out with Quickstep consistently being one of the most winning teams each year. Sounds like he thinks Bennett is basically saving his value for the next contract elsewhere by not wanting to get beaten by the other top sprinters at the tour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share Posted June 22, 2021 Movistar are insanely committed to the team classification. I would love Cav to win one more stage. After what he has been through and the career he has had. But nobody 'deserves' a stage at the tour. First 2 stages might actually be worth watching with small climbs at the finish of both. Top GC riders may only lose 10-15 seconds but it will show who is in form. Roglic is probably the best at a final uphill sprint. 5th stage TT will be a proper shakeup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmanion Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Will be fun with alaphillipe, roglic, pogacar and those guys possibly mixing it up with Sagan, Van aert and Van der poel. Not sure I can see Ewan getting up those steeper first 2 finishes. Plus there is always some surprises with these sorts of finishes this early and the forecast weather of wet and windy for the first week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Stage 1 and 2 I expect van der poel, Van aert and Alaphillipe to share the spoils between them. Just read its Van Der Poel's first tour on the 45th anniversary of his grandads last. Who despite finishing on the podium 8 times never wore yellow for even one day, he will be super motivated to get one in his memory. Some GC contenders might lose up to 20 seconds over the first 2 stages but none of the big 4 (Pog, Rog, GT or Carapaz). Ideally nobody crashes, but if people drop time on crosswinds that's on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 That spectator is an absolute dipshit. Sign for the camera, not even looking at the riders as they hang their arm out into the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 I'm amazed it happens so rarely. A small % of cycling fans are the absolute worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 So it appears ineos no longer have a big 4. Though Thomas and Carapaz were always their best bets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 11 hours ago, karaddin said: That spectator is an absolute dipshit. Sign for the camera, not even looking at the riders as they hang their arm out into the road If you don't care about the sport, the video is kind of magical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 12 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: If you don't care about the sport, the video is kind of magical. The mum showing athlete level reflexes saving her kid from the later crash is pretty impressive as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 13 minutes ago, karaddin said: The mum showing athlete level reflexes saving her kid from the later crash is pretty impressive as well I've yet to see that, but some of the still pictures are incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 Ineos having the worst start ever. GT crash, back on his bike but a few mins lost and he doesn't look happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmanion Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Yeah even if they get back on he doesn't look to be in a good way. Amazing that by 50km into stage 3 they have gone from a possibility of 4 different guys being the leader to Carapaz being the man for Ineos. Roglic also lost Gesink in that crash and Martin went down again. Sounds like GT may have had his hands up on top of the bars/brakes and got caught out by a speed bump a bit like the way he came down at tour of romandie earlier in the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 Carnage. Carapaz the big GC winner, Roglic and Thomas both unlikely to do as good TT as expected now. Pogacar must be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 12 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: Carnage. Carapaz the big GC winner, Roglic and Thomas both unlikely to do as good TT as expected now. Pogacar must be happy. It's funny how Carapaz comes out as the winner in a way while Ineos as a whole have had a rough few days. Ewan's fall looked nasty, and he was looking really good Aussie's dropping like flies at the end there. I thought GT couldn't possibly continue with how much pain he looked in when his arm was touched, but the commentators said it was a shoulder dislocation so maybe it won't impact his performance too much. He got right back to the peloton before the other crashes right? Did he get caught up in the delays from them though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Thomas finished in the Pogacar group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 And Ineos confirmed he’s not broken anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 Can winning was not expected but wonderful after the last few years he has had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmanion Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Yeah Cav getting another win after looking like he was done is awesome. It was about 1am where I live and I was up outt of my seat yelling at the tv which is something I never do. Im a mad golfer and watching that finish last night was up there with watching tiger win the masters in 2019. Alaphillipe won after leaving tour de Swisse for the birth of his first kid, then we got Van der Poel dedicating his to his grandfather and now Cav making his comeback this year complete. Talk about the highs and lows of cycling with all the big crashes and injuries in only the first 4 stages. Think I'm going to be worn out by the end of the first week just from watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 I was feeling for the poor guy in the break and cheering him on at the end, it's got to be crushing to get so close and yet so far. The peloton in full lead out mode looks so predatory when it's running a break down at the end like that lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, karaddin said: I was feeling for the poor guy in the break and cheering him on at the end, it's got to be crushing to get so close and yet so far. The peloton in full lead out mode looks so predatory when it's running a break down at the end like that lol No matter how much they know to keep their head down and don't look back, they just can't help themselves. It must be heartbreaking when you feel everyone swarm past you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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