Jameshow
Veteran
Cav is going to find it hard to get the one win he needs with the other sprinters having faster lineouts!!
Tour de France 2023 ** SPOILERS **
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Cav is going to find it hard to get the one win he needs with the other sprinters having faster lineouts!!
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Today's stage should be a bit more exciting.
Not a hard-core race fan but imo there are some aspects of the tour that really don't work very well.
Starting with yesterday's non-event; what a bore-fest it was.
Not a hard-core race fan but imo there are some aspects of the tour that really don't work very well.
Starting with yesterday's non-event; what a bore-fest it was.
Chislenko
Veteran
I doubt if the greatest cyclist of all time is interested in what is a very minor record in an enormous great big pile of personal records.
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I am trying to wrack my brains what the team car is, I am thinking Alvis but I don't recall them having twin headlights.
I like it, whatever it is.
Poacher
Gravitationally challenged member
- Location
- Nottingham
According to ITV4, today's stage is rather hilly: "Stage 5: Pau - Laruns: The first mountain stage of the Tour, with four categorised climbs including two hors-categorie ones. The finish is at Laruns."
The official https://www.letour.fr/en/stage-5 site shows one HC, one cat 3 and one cat 1. That's three climbs, one of which is HC.
Hmmm, who to believe?
The official https://www.letour.fr/en/stage-5 site shows one HC, one cat 3 and one cat 1. That's three climbs, one of which is HC.
Hmmm, who to believe?
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
They've got the name of the finish town, Laruns, right. That's not bad.
cougie uk
Guru
As far as I can see there's no stage that has two HC climbs on it ?
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Thanks for saving me the time. I started checking but got bored.
Jameshow
Veteran
That will be every flat stage then!
matticus
Guru
Sounds like Jasper is quite lucky there - although I haven't seen the infringement, so it may not have helped him one jot, and you can roast me! :P
Adam4868
Guru
Philipsen was competitive and won the stage by by MVDP’s manouevre into Biniam.
We all know there's plenty of argy bargy and shoulders in sprint finishes...nothing really to stop it carrying on.
View: https://twitter.com/daanhakkenberg/status/1676284813202825227?t=jftoHZwtJJfcesOrslAeNw&s=19
Adam4868
Guru
We need those flat stages though,the riders need to still ride it and that's what makes it a race of attrition over the three weeks.As much as I'd like 21 days of mountains and climbs it wouldn't work.
There again I'd be up for them trying it.😁
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
That's a bit of a loophole as your leadout man can barge and headbutt you to the front with no penalty for you. Not that I pretend (or even try) to understand all the rules about sprinting.
Adam4868
Guru
Definitely maybe needs a two strikes and your out ? As in it's a team sport so if your lead out continually does it your penalized too.
Anyway not on this Tour as I've got Philipson in my team !
