Tour de France 2022 with SPOILERS

[rich p]

now that he's got a wife,

now that he's got an ex-wife, I believe...

 

[Dogtrousers]

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.

This is true. There are lots of stages on which any change in GC is highly unlikey, and any attempt can be easily neutralised so no one tries. So 90% of the reason no one attacks the leader on the final stage is that there is just no point. The small remainder is tradition.

Cobbled final stage Roubaix - Paris anyone?

 

[T4tomo]

This is true. There are lots of stages on which any change in GC is highly unlikey, and any attempt can be easily neutralised so no one tries. So 90% of the reason no one attacks the leader on the final stage is that there is just no point. The small remainder is tradition.

here here. I like the traditions of it, yellow jersey photo calls, a sip of champers, a chance for old stagers / retirees to spin off the front up the Champs for a lap, just like a a rider going thru his home town can go off the front for a few minutes to say hello to everyone.

There is still plenty of kms for racing proper, And if two riders every got to Paris separated by 2 or 3 seconds, then I'm sure there would be some proper racing on the Paris laps to try to cause a split or two.

 

[cyberknight]

Yeah, he has too much competition for stage wins, I'd put him 50:50 to get even one this year. But he's gotta be strong for Green, if he gives it a go 👍
One of the sports great characters (now that he's got a wife, and less podium girls to ... "distract" him ... )

i think his moaning about being blocked was a bit rich, now hes reposting about aerts fine for littering much as i hate to say as i like the guy it seems hes got some sour grapes about not having the form he had in the past .As far as the wife i thought he is divoreced unless hes remarried ?

 

[Adam4868]

I'll wager a bet he wins a stage....might not have the pure speed but he's a sh1t hot bike handler and can hold his own in a sprint !

 

[matticus]

As far as the wife i thought he is divoreced unless hes remarried ?

DO keep up please:

now that he's got an ex-wife, I believe...

 

[matticus]

now that he's got an ex-wife, I believe...

It shows how different media coverage of cycling is, compared to - say - soccer, that this isn't discussed more. They didn't exactly keep their wedding low-profile!
Anyway, I wish them both well (and son Marlon). Happy memories:

 

[T4tomo]

i think his moaning about being blocked was a bit rich, now hes reposting about aerts fine for littering much as i hate to say as i like the guy it seems hes got some sour grapes about not having the form he had in the past .As far as the wife i thought he is divoreced unless hes remarried ?

he had a point re being blocked though, WVA went from centre of road almost to the barriers to close him out, poetic justice that Groen.... went round the otherside of him to win it. i'm not sure Sagan has the legs anyway, but he was definitely checked.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I've given up trying to understand when changing direction in a sprint is considered naughty and worthy of relegation/DQ and when it isn't. It seems to be applied somewhat inconsistently. Although there is some poetic justice at Sagan being cut off against the barriers so even if I pretended to understand, I wouldn't care much.

 

[cyberknight]

he had a point re being blocked though, WVA went from centre of road almost to the barriers to close him out, poetic justice that Groen.... went round the otherside of him to win it. i'm not sure Sagan has the legs anyway, but he was definitely checked.

from the angle i saw it looked like it he could have got around if he had the legs till the last moment when he was fading and then WVA took the line .Then again its all open to interpretation
upshot to me much as i admire the chap the last couple of years haven't been kind to him what with covid etc etc but hey hes still going to be a lot faster than 99.9 % of us even on his worst day

 

[matticus]

It seems to be applied somewhat inconsistently.

Yeah - I like a good post-mortem row, but there don't seem to BE any rules, so I can never get too excited about infractions in a sprint.

 

[rich p]

What a ride by WVA

 

[nickb]

Geraint Thomas: “wossisface - Wout”

Proof that you can take the boy out of Cardiff, but you can’t take Cardiff out of the boy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

 

[GuyBoden]

Yes, an incredible individual effort by “wossisface - Wout”.

Thingyo rode well too.

 

[Chislenko]

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He's on his way back!