I saw a road sign today which said, Bear Left...well.... do they
Tour De France 2021 with spoilers
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roadrash
cycle chatterer
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I wonder if they let Andre Greipel do the lead on to the champs elysees tomorrow seeing as its his last tour de france before his retirement
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
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- Hexleybeef
1st lap or last lap?I wonder if they let Andre Greipel do the lead on to the champs elysees tomorrow seeing as its his last tour de france before his retirement
I'll only watch TTs (individual or team) if I've really really got nothing else to do, and/or the weather's rubbish. The 'race of truth' they might well be but they don't rate highly as viewing entertainment for me. Which reminds me, must look at the finishing times - just out of interest....
...blimey, Cavendish placed better than I expected him to! I wonder what the thinking was? Did he do justice to the competition by giving it max effort? Or stay comfortably within himself?
...blimey, Cavendish placed better than I expected him to! I wonder what the thinking was? Did he do justice to the competition by giving it max effort? Or stay comfortably within himself?
Adam4868
Guru
TTs are great to go and watch live.Been to quite a few.But agree they can be a bit dull on tv.Except maybe the 2020 tour 😁
The only thing worse is today's stage...too nice to sit in and watch I'm out for a drink.
Adam4868
Guru
Dare I say it...I'm going out so I will.As much as I love Cav and hope he gets his record.Be a nice farewell for Greipal to take the win today.Be hard with his lead out team though.I wonder if they let Andre Greipel do the lead on to the champs elysees tomorrow seeing as its his last tour de france before his retirement
Adam4868
Guru
You and a barbeque....spare us the late night ramblings.😁
I will be glued to the tv for the last 45 minutes, I think if Cav does it, then for me it will be a where were you moment. This could be his only chance as next year he will be a year older and the competition is likely to be a lot stronger. Today is a bit of a sports fest, cricket, golf, F1 and fingers crossed history being made and an awesome interview to go with it. It is the one positive if me being stuck in bed for the last 3 weeks continuously with bloody horrible sciatica.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
The van Poppel brothers both set exactly the same time in yesterdays TT
Who says time trials are boring?
Who says time trials are boring?
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roadrash
cycle chatterer
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- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
well, that three weeks have soon passed.
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roadrash
cycle chatterer
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ive tried google but going round in circles,.. does anyone know what is the longest a single rider has kept the yellow jersey in a single tour, google keeps giving me a list of who has wore the yellow jersey the most
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
I can always remember that Romain Maes is one of those who've led from start to finish. If you add that to your search you should find what you're looking for.
Slightly more recently, Jacques Auquetil led from the first day to the last, but the first day had split stages and he didn't lead until the end of the second part.
With split stages in many years (three in a day sometimes) there will have been some years with more than others. Another interesting question might be who has held the jersey on the most consecutive stages, or the most in a particular year, not necessarily consecutive. I don't know the answers and I should be doing something else right now.
