Tour de France 2022 with SPOILERS
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Adam4868
Guru
They'll be more I'd guess...
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Adam4868
Guru
Cavs no Declercq....the only way in is if Jakobsen pulls out.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
In a surprising exclusive, Eurosport are showing Stages 2 and 7 of the 2022 Tour de France this afternoon. Ideal for all you betting freaks.
Or more likely, they've typo'd the listings again.
Or more likely, they've typo'd the listings again.
Cathryn
Legendary Member
- Location
- Marlborough, Wiltshire
I am rather amused at the 1730 comments on Quickstep's Insta announcement - I reckon 1725 people are furious.
OP
OP
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Losing Tim Declerq is a big loss for QS. He's a monster and IIRC played a big part in Cav's results last year. Pleased for Senechal but to be honest I know pretty much nothing about him.
Adam4868
Guru
Senechal is the French road race champion and part of Jakobsens leadout team....I was more suprised he wasn't picked in the first place.
OP
OP
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I knew he was French champ. But not much else. Doesn't sound like he's a direct replacement for Tim the Tractor.
Adam4868
Guru
Theres not that many direct replacements for Decklerq ! Unless they sign someone like Ganna quick 😁
Saying that half the peloton will be breathing a sigh of relief and the other half thinking we've actually got a chance for a breakaway stage !
He's been a decent 2nd or 3rd ranked sprinter/lead out for tougher finishes. I think he's been thereabouts in some of the classics but, more to the point, he's a reliable team player!
I find it hard to see Cav playing second fiddle to Jacobsen if he's got a chance of winning himself, much as I love Cav and would like to see him there.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
Agree it would cause difficulties, particularly if Cav was in better form.
Cav is a great team man though, remember that season at Sky when it was all about Wiggins and he got no support even on sprint stages when Wiggo could have rolled in with the pack with jus one or two Men, Cav fought it out at the front solo and won 3 stages (*notable exception on the Champs), and on non sprint days we has busy with Domestique duties, and never complained publically, even though it was clear later he was having a torrid time. And when he was on his way back from illness he was riding as a domestique ferrying bottles to his team leader quite a lot.
I didn't get through the CN paywall but Steve Cummings as DS seems to imply that Ineos will race the Tour aggressively and not focus just on the GC.
It's a different type of team this year with Pidcock, Ganna as stage hunters and the 3 GC 'contenders' all slightly off the pace in terms of being favourites.
Cummings was a different rider in his day so it could be fun seeing if he can stop Ineos relentlessy doing the train. Especially as J-V do it better now!
It's a different type of team this year with Pidcock, Ganna as stage hunters and the 3 GC 'contenders' all slightly off the pace in terms of being favourites.
Cummings was a different rider in his day so it could be fun seeing if he can stop Ineos relentlessy doing the train. Especially as J-V do it better now!
T4tomo
Legendary Member
There is also no real point in Ineos setting a relentless pace on the front, only for the two Slovenians to leave them standing on any final climbs. That only worked when they had the strongest GC rider(s).
Absolutely, but that doesn't seem to stop them trying!
Let's hope they see sense this year
