Tour de France 2022 with SPOILERS

[Adam4868]

Was Vingegaard likely to pull back 5 minutes?

Last year no....but it wouldn't have stopped him trying.

And yes, *I* want to see the champagne - just once a year. Please!

You'll be excited to know this year the winner has also to perform a song....
He's allready been practising

View: https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1543918930808504326?t=hXQusw_VDYlVWg0YZxWKwg&s=19

 

[mjr]

Why all the hate for Denmark?

I think it looks amazing and it’s great to see the locals cheering all along the route without crowding all over the road and hassling the riders.

I agree with you, the crowds look to have been about as great as the Yorkshire/Cambridge start, but certain people on here want flat racing over dramatic landscapes, rather than the other way round!

 

[DRM]

Must admit I’ve enjoyed watching the Danish stages, it’s nice to see somewhere different

 

[Chislenko]

I suppose a couple of stages in Denmark will see the organisers bring home the bacon!

 

[geocycle]

The overseas stages bring some really enthusiastic crowds and a great atmosphere. Yorkshire was one the best events I’ve ever been to. I’m not a fan of time trials although the wet roads helped to add a frisson on Friday and for me 90% of a sprint stage is going to be dull wherever it is held. That’s what the highlights shows are for, recorded to avoid the adverts of course.

 

[Adam4868]

Can tell it's a rest day !
1 Right, no 180/200k stages....max 150k.

2 In a sprint stage have bigger bonus's for intermediate sprint 30 seconds,and another at 10 seconds.

3 More gravel and cobbles.....who doesn't like them !

 

[Adam4868]

I often wonder and I feel sure it must have happened, how aggrieved would you feel if you were in second place by a couple of seconds knowing you had to ride 150 Kms and not try to go for the win.

The 1989 Tour where Lemond beat Fignon is the best finish to a Grand Tour ever witnessed....fact !

 

[Milzy]

The 1989 Tour where Lemond beat Fignon is the best finish to a Grand Tour ever witnessed....fact !

Agree because the French nugget wouldn’t accept simple science on aerodynamics clearly shown to him. Hahaha.

 

[roadrash]

The 1989 Tour where Lemond beat Fignon is the best finish to a Grand Tour ever witnessed....fact !

no one can argue with that statement , and sadly, it isnt likely to ever happen again seeing as the last day is now nothing short of a parade.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I was wondering, seeing as it's a rest day, if you could engineer a course with guaranteed crosswinds. The only idea I can come up with is a lopsided cambered road. Like a velodrome banking but without the bend. That goes on for miles.

 

[mjr]

no one can argue with that statement , and sadly, it isnt likely to ever happen again seeing as the last day is now nothing short of a parade.

Less than 20% of 272 timed grand tours have finished with the second-placed rider within a minute of the leader. The Paris stage is inevitably pretty flat (no mountains near it). The second-placed rider would almost never get into a breakaway on such a flat stage and, even if they managed to, the leader's team and the sprint teams would never let it get to the finish with enough time. There is no point the GC riders contesting a Paris road stage. It would only risk crashes and the race ending in farce.

The closest ever Grand Tour, the 1984 Vuelta, finished with a flat stage into Madrid. As far as I can tell, the finale was left to the sprinters.

 

[Adam4868]

Less than 20% of 272 timed grand tours have finished with the second-placed rider within a minute of the leader. The Paris stage is inevitably pretty flat (no mountains near it). The second-placed rider would almost never get into a breakaway on such a flat stage and, even if they managed to, the leader's team and the sprint teams would never let it get to the finish with enough time. There is no point the GC riders contesting a Paris road stage. It would only risk crashes and the race ending in farce.

The closest ever Grand Tour, the 1984 Vuelta, finished with a flat stage into Madrid. As far as I can tell, the finale was left to the sprinters.

That's because the final stage isn't really a race stage as such....there's etiquette and all that bollox.
But getting back to your point....
The margin between first and second has been under a minute 19 times at the Vuelta a España. This has only occurred 10 times at the Tour de France, but on 23 occasions at the Giro d’Italia.

 

[rich p]

Positive side of Covid 19...

I tested positive today which means I can't pick up the grandkids afetr school this week...Oh no!!!!!!!

But I can watch wall to wall TdF guilt free...Oh yes!!!!!

 

[Shadow]

But I can watch wall to wall TdF guilt free...Oh yes!!!!!

An with the local beverage of your choice, perhaps?
(Is your fridge big enough?)

 

[Adam4868]

Positive side of Covid 19...

I tested positive today which means I can't pick up the grandkids afetr school this week...Oh no!!!!!!!

But I can watch wall to wall TdF guilt free...Oh yes!!!!!

Get well soon !

An with the local beverage of your choice, perhaps?
(Is your fridge big enough?)

Was going to say hope he's not lost his smell and taste....but Rich would drink meths anyway.