Tour de France 2018 **SPOILERS**

[smutchin]

Agreed, plus Mitchelton Scott too for Yates.

Forgot about Yates. Damn. Should have picked him for the punditry.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Omg that Willier with a copper chrome finish!!!! Want

 

[roadrash]

Didn’t see it. Did he say what happened? Looked to me like his gears seized up.

he was asked what he thought his chances of winning the sprint today and mumbled "it will be really hard to beat bora and quickstep this year" when asked why , he mumbled "dunno really but it will be hard to beat them " he just looked like he couldn't be arsed

 

[gavroche]

Chavanel's bike is gorgeous. Great colour.

 

[StuAff]

Pete Kennaugh is proving a most excellent pundit. Very interesting discussions and answers to viewer questions. Good call, whoever got him involved.

Also, Chavanel's jockey wheels- I know aftermarket ones from the likes of CeramicSpeed are a big deal for pros these days, but that is a Really Big One!

 

[smutchin]

Chavanel's bike is gorgeous. Great colour.

He's a beautiful rider too. Classic rouleur. He would have won a lot more in his career if he hadn't been competing against doping nobbers.

 

[Beebo]

He's a beautiful rider too. Classic rouleur. He would have won a lot more in his career if he hadn't been competing against doping nobbers.

He has raced 350 days in the TdF.
If he makes it to the end he will have ridden more than a years worth of stages.

 

[smutchin]

IIRC he’ll also set a new record for most completed Tours.

If it hadn’t been for his two DNFs, he would already have beaten Joop Zoetemelk’s record of 16 consecutive complete Tours.

 

[StuAff]

IIRC he’ll also set a new record for most completed Tours.

If it hadn’t been for his two DNFs, he would already have beaten Joop Zoetemelk’s record of 16 consecutive complete Tours.

Adam Hansen, surely? 20 consecutive GTs.

 

[smutchin]

Adam Hansen, surely? 20 consecutive GTs.

Hansen’s record includes the Giro and Vuelta. Very impressive but in a different way!

 

[smutchin]

View: https://twitter.com/stueyog/status/1015937927732490240?s=21



View: https://twitter.com/thejensie/status/1015947349154324480?s=21


Not sure how many Tours Stuart O’Grady completed but he started 17. Jens Voigt completed 14 out of 17 attempts.

This is Chava’s 18th start, so if he finishes it will be 16 completions to equal Zoetemelk.

 

[smutchin]

Hincapie tied Zoetemelk’s record with 16 consecutive completions out of 17 attempts (only his first ever attempt was DNF) but three were struck off.

 

[StuAff]

Hansen’s record includes the Giro and Vuelta. Very impressive but in a different way!

Aah...TdFs only. Forgot that one!

 

[roadrash]

that's kittel out of todays sprint

 

[StuAff]

Some Slovakian bloke got it. One to watch for the green jersey, perhaps.....