Tour de France 2024 SPOILERS

[Dogtrousers]

Looks like a good tactic would be to hide in a portaloo for a few laps. Mind you the bike outside may be a giveaway. And it might get nicked

 

[matticus]

Looks like a good tactic would be to hide in a portaloo for a few laps. Mind you the bike outside may be a giveaway. And it might get nicked

Take it inside? New meaning of "sticky bottle" ?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Looks like a good tactic would be to hide in a portaloo for a few laps. Mind you the bike outside may be a giveaway. And it might get nicked

There are some good thread on here about decent locks to help with this

if you want to give it a quick brush up at the same time then you could start a discussion on which lube is best while you are hiding

 

[mjr]

Didn't he sort of confirm it was in interviews?

"Was this your last race?"

"I think so.."

Cav is still under contract, so maybe it depends whether Astana want to profit from showing off their newly-sole record-holder?

Or maybe he's already agreed to some profitable criteriums but isn't sure whether to admit in public that they're not real races!

 

[Dogtrousers]

Cav is still under contract, so maybe it depends whether Astana want to profit from showing off their newly-sole record-holder?

Or maybe he's already agreed to some profitable criteriums but isn't sure whether to admit in public that they're not real races!

My wife said she heard Vino interviewed saying that Cav was staying with the team in a non-rider role next season.

 

[rich p]

My wife said she heard Vino interviewed saying that Cav was staying with the team in a non-rider role next season.

Astana are being taken over by a Chinese bike manufacturer next year apparently.
Could be some more money in the team to pay for him.

 

[Dogtrousers]

An interesting article on Procyclingstats

https://www.procyclingstats.com/article/pogacar-vingegaard-21-24

If we exclude bonus seconds (why? because we can!) and add up the total times from the last four tours we find that the winner is ... Jonas Vingegaard - by 3 seconds!

 

[Jameshow]

Fair point. But ... what sort of course would you prefer, if you were part of Team Pog?

Any course!

 

[Dogtrousers]

Cav is still under contract, so maybe it depends whether Astana want to profit from showing off their newly-sole record-holder?

Or maybe he's already agreed to some profitable criteriums but isn't sure whether to admit in public that they're not real races!

Well well Mark Cavendish to ride two post-tour criteriums.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ma...-criteriums-after-record-breaking-final-tour/

 

[tarric]

Fair point. But ... what sort of course would you prefer, if you were part of Team Pog?

Maybe one like this.

 

[TomDW]

Cavendish on the tele tonight. I couldn't quite believe it as it was quite a big long interview.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Cavendish on the tele tonight. I couldn't quite believe it as it was quite a big long interview.

Yup - my wife called me in because she knew I would be interested
He came across well - genuine nice bloke as we all know

He also says he is racing again tomorrow - i.e. today - no idea where but it ain;t on Eurosport as far as I can see!

If he was round I I might go along and watch - anyone know where he is going?

 

[avsd]

Well well Mark Cavendish to ride two post-tour criteriums.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ma...-criteriums-after-record-breaking-final-tour/

See above

 

[T4tomo]

If he was round I I might go along and watch - anyone know where he is going?

see @Dogtrousers post

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above - post tour crits in Netherlands. If you get your self to airport sharpish you'll make tonights

 

[Dogtrousers]

https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/t...ng-my-time-to-recover_sto20020531/story.shtml

Roglic suffered a lower back fracture when he crashed. May put his Vuelta in doubt.