Tour de France 2019 **SPOILERS**

[Dogtrousers]

The excitement yesterday was all at the start. Yoann Offredo fell off. But got back on again.

Quiet day today too probably.

 

[Crackle]

Didn't know about DeMarchi's crash, collarbone, rib, pneumothorax and multiple cuts, ouch!

 

[nickyboy]

I do wish the Tour would have more stages like the one deGent won and fewer Alpine style ones. It seems they believe the winner of Le Tour should always be the person who can ride these long ascents quickest. I'd like a Classics style rider to get a look in. Or maybe load up the TT and give someone like Dennis an outside chance

Maybe I'm just bored with defensive riding in the mountain stages

 

[Adam4868]

I'm not so sure it's the rider as such,your forgetting you need a good team.Ineos don't necessarily ride defensively,more aggressive.Its hard to match their pace in the long mountain stages.

 

[Adam4868]

Who said the Tours not exciting..

View: https://twitter.com/frankdelatorr90/status/1150488755926646784?s=19

 

[Dogtrousers]

I do wish the Tour would have more stages like the one deGent won and fewer Alpine style ones. It seems they believe the winner of Le Tour should always be the person who can ride these long ascents quickest. I'd like a Classics style rider to get a look in. Or maybe load up the TT and give someone like Dennis an outside chance

Maybe I'm just bored with defensive riding in the mountain stages

However the tour is weighted, people always complain. Too much TT (like Wiggins' year)? Boo! Too much trundling up alps staring at power meters? Boo! Too much (or just some) pavé? Boo! Too many flat 200k stages where only the last 200m counts? Boo! Team TT? Boo!

Don't forget we always have the actual classics to watch classics style riding.

 

[woodbutcher]

The tour is in my bit of France today, lm just back from a ride and it is hot and windy out there ......vivre le tour !

 

[Dayvo]

The tour is in my bit of France today, lm just back from a ride and it is hot and windy out there ......vivre le tour !

Just watching it now, the countryside is staggeringly beautiful.

 

[Crackle]

I thought this might be a boring day but the race has exploded. Pinot and Fuglsang plus others all caught on the wrong side of this split and haemorrhaging time

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Yeah, it's certainly not boring. Wind and rolling terrain has really done for some riders (and some whole teams).

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Really impressed with Alaphilippe again today.

 

[Crackle]

1.40 that's a massive blow to everyone in that second group.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

WVA spoiling Viviani's party there at the end too. These cyclocross boys are really shaking things up.

 

[brommers]

Well, what looked like an innocuous stage, turned out to be one of the most exciting - probably 10 days of hard racing took their toll on some of the GC men.

 

[Crackle]

Some odd tactics from Movistar dropping people back for Landa and risking towing other GC guys back to Quintana.

Alaphilippe looking better and better and with 1.12 on Thomas. He's got to be wondering if he can survive the high mtns now.