Tour de France 2021! (spoilers)

Racing
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Based on how this is shaking out, totally should have finished at the top. JV would have really pushed and wed see if Pog got caught out. Now they just noodle downhill. :roll_eyes:

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Ineos is still stacked. They rode most of UAE off their wheels, well, expect for Pog.

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Not digging the downhill finish. JV not going to be rewarded for his attack on Carapaz & Uran

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Just awesome. Well done Wout!

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…made UAE work all day.

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I don’t get the logic of it… it just allows people to close gaps without working so hard. There are more downhill finishes than mountain top this year. Also the safety aspect if they really want them to race hard on the downhills…

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This route was made thinking Alaphilippe could be in yellow for 17 days :blush:

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Rigo 2nd !!! :colombia: :colombia: :colombia:

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Nah, they have Ineos to carry them around on a gilded chariot. Ad long as Ineos are around, UAE have a free ride :stuck_out_tongue:

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What a stage:

  • These guys are madmen, 70 m/h down the hill !!!
  • A little bit of a Gran Colombia alliance. :colombia: :ecuador:
  • Pog looks human again
  • Mas, Connor, Lutsenko and Kelderman are now third tier.
  • Very impressed with VWA

Cheers

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This is a fun tour. Don’t care what you guys think - LoL

Ps Movistar “tactics” have gone viral!!! Run!!!

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The downhill finishes are my biggest gripe with this year’s route. They always neutralize attacks for the GC. Today JV learned that the hard way. Hopefully that doesn’t come back to hurt him in future mountain stages.

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Emergence of JV as well. He was fun to watch in the Vuelta last year, won a stage of Basque Country this year, and then the only one to drop Pogacar this year…

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I’m just following a live blog which didn’t mention any obvious “issues” from him. He’s got 5+ minutes on everyone so I wouldn’t expect him to attack at all when there’s 10 stages left, just follow the people he needs to. Did they leave something out?

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he couldn’t follow Vingegaard’s attack. He said afterwards that he “exploded”. H

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Just read that afterwards, thanks

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Soren Kragh Anderson made the time cut by 1 second! Had to sprint for it.

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Can someone explain TJV’s tactics with WVA and JV? I don’t understand WVA not soft pedaling over the top once JV had dropped Pog. WVA could easily have towed JV back up to the two TSF riders, and JV would have gotten at least 40 seconds plus a chance at the stage time bonuses. Plus WVA would easily have out sprinted the two TSF riders for the stage win

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Your tactic has so many degrees of freedom that it’s not even worth considering. “A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush”. H

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Well, no… You not gonna give away s certain stage win for gaining 25s in a race for second place.

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