Tour de France 2022 with SPOILERS

[Grant Fondo]

I was hoping Lenny would get a top 10 .... what happened?

 

[Cathryn]

Really helpful thread here from GCN's Dan Lloyd about why it's not naive to believe the peleton are mainly clean. I found it really constructive.(I obviously have no idea how to embed a tweet, sorry)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">28 years ago, Luc Leblanc rode up Hautacam over 1 minute faster than Vingegaard today, at the end of a 7 hour, 263km stage. <br><br>I understand that many of you were stung badly. You believed in a sport that turned out to be a lie, and you don&#39;t want to be made fools of again.</p>&mdash; Daniel Lloyd (@daniellloyd1) <a href="
View: https://twitter.com/daniellloyd1/status/1550204334687883265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
">July 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[rich p]

As an aside, I'm not a big fan of either Wiggins or Contador saying nothing interesting on the back of a motorbike...
...but the irony of Dirty Bertie applauding the sportsmanship of Vingo and Pog was pretty funny, after he notoriously rode away from Andy Schleck on the Port de Bales pretending he didn't see his chain drop.

 

[Adam4868]

As an aside, I'm not a big fan of either Wiggins or Contador saying nothing interesting on the back of a motorbike...
...but the irony of Dirty Bertie applauding the sportsmanship of Vingo and Pog was pretty funny, after he notoriously rode away from Andy Schleck on the Port de Bales pretending he didn't see his chain drop.

On the whole GCN has been a godsend since it began.Class commentary and watching on demand.As for the moto commentary.....How about something new....Valverde on the back of a electric bike 😁

 

[Spartak]

On the whole GCN has been a godsend since it began.Class commentary and watching on demand.As for the moto commentary.....How about something new....Valverde on the back of a electric bike 😁

.... and NO adverts 👍

 

[Dogtrousers]

Handheld video of Jakobsen crossing the line at Peyragudes 15 seconds inside the limit. The things these guys put themselves through ...

View: https://twitter.com/sangukaii/status/1549786011512848385


Actually it reminds me of The Fridays at the top of Ditchling Beacon on a Friday Night Ride to Brighton.

 

[nickb]

He even tried to attack today. For about 5 seconds.

Looks like he did it for the sh*ts&giggles

 

[T4tomo]

He even tried to attack today. For about 5 seconds.

To be fair i think he just maintained his pace / rhythm as the other 3 had slowed up a bit and he was manly concerned with staying ahead of Gaudu & Nairo, and G has consistently climbed at G's pace throughout the tour, which has worked well for him. It didn't take long for the other three to come storming past him though!

 

[biking_fox]

I'd like to see Vin riding for Woot today... assuming UAE don't do anything daft which might not be a good assumption.

 

[matticus]

One for the Quintana fans to drool over:

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/quintana-handed-tour-de-france-time-penalty-for-motorbike-push/

 

[Mike_P]

To be fair i think he just maintained his pace / rhythm as the other 3 had slowed up a bit.

That's what he said when he was interviewed.

 

[roadrash]

One for the Quintana fans to drool over:
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https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/quintana-handed-tour-de-france-time-penalty-for-motorbike-push/

I was just going to ask, anyone know if he got penalised for that ?

 

[Adam4868]

One for the Quintana fans to drool over:
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https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/quintana-handed-tour-de-france-time-penalty-for-motorbike-push/

Watched that....seems harsh ? Nairo Quintana fined for pushing off a moto during today's stage. He is also docked 10 seconds in the GC and four points in the points and mountains classifications.

 

[T4tomo]

Watched that....seems harsh ? Nairo Quintana fined for pushing off a moto during today's stage. He is also docked 10 seconds in the GC and four points in the points and mountains classifications.

was he pushing it off or was he taking a "sticky pannier", it looked like the latter on the highlights show.

 

[matticus]

This incident sounded a lot more fun:
"
Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) and Guillaume van Keirsbulck (Alpecin-Deceuninck) were handed the mildest available penalty for incorrect behaviour in the form of insulting the commissaires – a 200CHF fine and a 10-UCI point penalty.
"