Tour de France 2024 SPOILERS

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rich p

rich p

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Adam4868 said:
Feck.....Vlasov out of the Tour with a broken ankle....big loss for Bora and Rogla !
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Damn. He catapulted into the ditch, didn't he. Looked a bit concussed but I don't know if that was ever a real issue.
 
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rich p said:
Damn. He catapulted into the ditch, didn't he. Looked a bit concussed but I don't know if that was ever a real issue.
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He did have a bit of a dazed look and bloody but was limping ...even back to the team bus he looked fecked !
 
Dogtrousers

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You'll have to excuse me if I don't join in the adulation over Sunday's stage. I mean it was OK... There was a bit of minor GC attacking that was very easily controlled by Vingo. Stuyven's will-he-won't he escape and chase followed by the sprint was good. Vingo had to ride someone else's bike. Oh, and there was gravel and dust everywhere. But I wouldn't put it in my top 4 stages so far this year.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not opposed to gravel and cobbles in GTs - I just think that Sunday wasn't anything particularly special. Dan Lloyd was having kittens about it on GCN and he knows more than I do so I guess I should have been more excited.
 
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Dogtrousers

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cisamcgu said:
All a bit staged though. I mean I like Pog, but there is no need to do this to try and make him even more a man of the people ...
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That was actually take 3. The first two kids crashed horribly during the attempted handover.
 
matticus

matticus

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Dogtrousers said:
You'll have to excuse me if I don't join in the adulation over Sunday's stage. I mean it was OK... There was a bit of minor GC attacking that was very easily controlled by Vingo. Stuyven's will-he-won't he escape and chase followed by the sprint was good. Vingo had to ride someone else's bike. Oh, and there was gravel and dust everywhere. But I wouldn't put it in my top 4 stages so far this year.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not opposed to gravel and cobbles in GTs - I just think that Sunday wasn't anything particularly special. Dan Lloyd was having kittens about it on GCN and he knows more than I do so I guess I should have been more excited.
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You can't force someone to like something, or be excited about it, so I greet your post with an indifferent 🤷‍♂️

But as Dan Lloyd is generally the most calm, laid-back guy in current racing coverage, I'd say he's a good barometer of excitement. Or kittenometer?

Speaking for myself, I turned on live coverage with 123km to go and was immediately sucked in. It was all action. I've never been excited with 123km to go.
Arguably the highlights lost a lot of interesting detail.

You should ask them for more ITT stages next year. Or maybe a TTT?
 
Dogtrousers

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matticus said:
Arguably the highlights lost a lot of interesting detail.

You should ask them for more ITT stages next year. Or maybe a TTT?
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I didn't see the highlights, I watched the whole thing live (from about 30 mins in I think))

Not sure what ITTs have to do with it. Unless you're creating a bizarre straw man that if I didn't find this the most exciting stage ever, then I must love ITTs. Is that it?
 
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