Tour de France 2024 SPOILERS

[mjr]

Fun question, which has probably been on the commentary.

How many churches are there in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises?

Spoiler

Nine. As a result of mergers of communes and boundary changes

Inner Ring had a different answer in today's preview, probably only counting the settlement, not the whole commune.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Inner Ring had a different answer in today's preview, probably only counting the settlement, not the whole commune.

I got my answer from the TdF site.

 

[Jameshow]

Well I'm incredibly pleased that Bini has two ... So yes.

That's putting a positive spin on it

Why not just call him the first African to win a stage and ignore Chris Froome?!🤣🤣🤣

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Why not just call him the first African to win a stage and ignore Chris Froome?!🤣🤣🤣

Because he isn't. Robbie Hunter 2007

 

[Dogtrousers]

I "watched" that with my wife on the TdF app on my phone in a doorway in Pimlico hunched over the my phone to keep the sun off. The only thing to look at on the app was the distance to go slowly counting down and then Girmay's picture popped up at the top.

 

[mjr]

I got my answer from the TdF site.

Definitely wrong then! 😉

https://inrng.com/2024/07/tour-de-france-stage-8-preview-colombey/

 

[matticus]

An issue of resulting in the immediately following cars blocking the road unnecessarily during a time trial.

That's a good point, to be fair! (I actually think the 200Chuffs fine was a deliberate choice - no pro will care, it just lets UCI be seen to do something.)

Even more trivial was Ballerini stopping to watch Cav's win on the big screen - also fined

 

[Mo1959]

Is this the first time there’s been gravel sections or has it been done before? Should be interesting.

 

[Paulus]

Is this the first time there’s been gravel sections or has it been done before? Should be interesting.

I'm looking forward to today's stage, maybe one for the classics specialists like MVP or Van Aert.
I believe this is the first time for the tour, but the Giro has had a gravel stage before.

 

[Mo1959]

I'm looking forward to today's stage, maybe one for the classics specialists like MVP or Van Aert.
I believe this is the first time for the tour, but the Giro has had a gravel stage before.

Maybe Tom Pidcock can use his MTB skills!

 

[Jameshow]

Because he isn't. Robbie Hunter 2007

Is he African??
Best leave it there!!

 

[Dogtrousers]

Is this the first time there’s been gravel sections or has it been done before? Should be interesting.

There have been gravel sectors before. Armed with the memory that it was on a plateau and went past a big monument to the resistance Google tells me that stage 18 2020 on the Pateau De Glières was one such stage. It didn't have anywhere near as much as today but it did have some https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/t...-stage-18-live-updates_sto7891182/story.shtml

Richie Porte got a puncture on the gravel. It figures.

I can't bring any others to mind but that doesn't mean there haven't been any. There was a big climb with an unsurfaced summit finish wasn't there? 2022 maybe?

I've got a bad feeling about today's stage. I fear that bad luck - crashes or mechanicals is going to affect someone. My crystal ball doesn't tell me who.

 

[rich p]

There was a big climb with an unsurfaced summit finish wasn't there? 2022 maybe?

Is that the one that Bernal won, perhaps ?

 

[Dogtrousers]

Is that the one that Bernal won, perhaps ?

Bernal's win was the year that with landslides turned surfaced roads into gravel

 

[rich p]

Bernal's win was the year that with landslides turned surfaced roads into gravel

I realised I was wrong but I seem to remember him winning a stage whichvwas gravel for the last km.