Tour De France 2021 with spoilers

[yello]

Miguel Indurin was no lightweight and he still won 5 TdF.

Ask M Jalabert for clarification. Tbf, Laurent was talking about physique and general build as well. But I dunno. WvA doesn't look porky to me (even by cyclists standards) but, as @Dogtrousers suggests, weight loss might well rob him of the exciting cyclist he is now. Modern era road cyclists are more weight aware though, Wiggins lost a bit to make the transition to GT contender.

Tbh, I'm more familiar with WvA from cyclocross. I'd more-or-less lost interest in road cycling these last few years (outside Paris-Roubaix) and Equipe21 covers cyclocross events at all levels.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Luke Rowe talking about yesterday's stage, and getting eliminated.

View: https://twitter.com/INEOSGrenadiers/status/1412860558131568652

 

[yello]

Ah man, I've been there (not at that level obviously!) You go to increase tempo/workrate and.... there is nothing but nothing there. Gutted for him.

 

[Martinsnos]

Luke Rowe talking about yesterday's stage, and getting eliminated.

View: https://twitter.com/INEOSGrenadiers/status/1412860558131568652

‘Leaving the team in a good place’ is a positive spin on being another man down!

 

[Beebo]

Luke Rowe talking about yesterday's stage, and getting eliminated.

View: https://twitter.com/INEOSGrenadiers/status/1412860558131568652

Must be an odd feeling when he’s never missed a time cutoff in his whole career. He probably has a virus or other illness because he’s too good at climbing to just drift off the pace like that.

 

[yello]

He probably has a virus or other illness because he’s too good at climbing to just drift off the pace like that.

That's what I was thinking.

To not know there was something wrong, other than a general level of understandable fatigue (which he'd be well used to, and you ride on anyway!) points to a lurgy of some kind that'll make itself known in due course. He'd be regularly covid tested so it's probably not that.

 

[Adam4868]

Must be an odd feeling when he’s never missed a time cutoff in his whole career. He probably has a virus or other illness because he’s too good at climbing to just drift off the pace like that.

Do the Welsh not have a habit of going home early 🙄

 

[Grant Fondo]

With great riders like Uran and Carapaz 5+ mins down on Pog, is this race done or could we see some upsets? Whats the chance of Pog plummeting in the Pyrenees?

 

[hoopdriver]

With great riders like Uran and Carapaz 5+ mins down on Pog, is this race done or could we see some upsets? Whats the chance of Pog plummeting in the Pyrenees?

About the same as Cav dropping him on a climb

 

[Adam4868]

About the same as Cav dropping him on a climb

Yates Giro....epic blow up 😁

 

[jowwy]

Do the Welsh not have a habit of going home early 🙄

not in 2018 when a welshman won the tour or in 2021 when a welshman dislocated his shoulder and rode on - not in 2015 ( i think) when a welshman broke his pelvis and road the full tour...........hope that helps

 

[Adam4868]

not in 2018 when a welshman won the tour or in 2021 when a welshman dislocated his shoulder and rode on - not in 2015 ( i think) when a welshman broke his pelvis and road the full tour...........hope that helps

Sorry....with all the celebrations of last night I must of got mixed up with football ! Easy mistake 😁

 

[roadrash]

I will se if i can stay awake to watch it today, since what happened on sunday, i just keep falling asleep

 

[roadrash]

Sagan is a non starter today, knee problems from the crash with Ewan.

 

[Shadow]

Sagan is a non starter today, knee problems from the crash with Ewan.

Oh dear. It seems we ask the same question each year - are abandons this year higher than the 'norm' (whatever that may be). Sagan is #28 this Tour and we are not at rest day 2 yet.