2016 TdF, Stage 1: Mont-Saint-Michel → Utah Beach (188km)

[Irondan]

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Happy for Cavs!! Sagan looked reaaallly good...

Sagan is scary strong right now...

 

[MatParker117]

Beat Kittel by more than a bike length in the end.

 

[valentius borealis]

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Did Groenewegen go down there?

He managed to stay up.

 

[jaylew]

Good job by Cav to stay on Sagan's wheel and make Kittel sit out in the wind

 

[BigMac]

At first Peter had the edge and I was cheering for him, then Kittel takes the front and just when I was about to lose all hope, there comes Cav all mighty to take that one gloriously.

 

[DFA123]

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Beat Kittel by more than a bike length in the end.

It was a great positional win by Cav - he must only have been in the wind for about 50m. Not sure why Kittel didn't jump on Sagan's wheel, rather than going into the wind himself and slowly edging past him. Perhaps didn't think Cav was fast enough to compete and it was a head to head between him and Sagan.

 

[PremierAndrew]

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Good job by Cav to stay on Sagan's wheel and make Kittel sit out in the wind

Yep, that might have been the difference in the end

 

[Oliwright]

Re: 2016 TdF, Stage 1: Mont-Saint-Michel → Utah Beach (188km

Biggest win of Cav's career!

 

[Asero831]

what are the time gaps?

alaphilippe for yellow tomorrow

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: 2016 TdF, Stage 1: Mont-Saint-Michel → Utah Beach (188km

I'm very happy for Cav, finally he gets his yellow jersey.
But wtf was Sagan doing? He looked mightily strong and I don't see a reason why you should go so incredibly early

 

[armchairclimber]

Did anyone else get something in their eye during Cav's interview?

 

[Vroome.exe]

The king is alive.

 

[del1962]

Re: 2016 TdF, Stage 1: Mont-Saint-Michel → Utah Beach (188km

Biggest win of Cav's career!

No WC and MSR where bigger

 

[MikeTichondrius]

Cav and his kid. It's like the friggin' Champs Elysees for the man today. Chuffed for the guy. Funny how not winning for a while gets you some strong sympathy points, huh!

 

[AlexNYC]

Classy interview by Cavendish. I've become a fan

 

[Electress]

FYI - "Bookwalter wiped Alberto out, he's now at the doc, we'll see how he is after" #TDF2016 #DeJongh

Again - didn't see it so no idea.

Really pleased for Cav. And he was a good in that interview. Seems to have matured a bit and great that he mentioned the charity. Delighted he did this at DD.

 

[DFA123]

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what are the time gaps?

alaphilippe for yellow tomorrow

It'll all be neutralized won't it? On the finish line it is something like this between some of the main contenders tomorrow, but I doubt it will stay like that for the GC:

Sagan + 6
Greipel + 10
Coquard + 10
Kristoff + 10
Alaphilippe +13
Van Avermaet + 29
Valverde + 29
Gerrans + 32

 

[CheckMyPecs]

So it wasn't Burghardt who fell.

 

[Oliwright]

Re: 2016 TdF, Stage 1: Mont-Saint-Michel → Utah Beach (188km

Biggest win of Cav's career!

No WC and MSR where bigger

Yellow Jersey is bigger than MSR for Cav, it's also come after so much doubt and so much pressure!

 

[DFA123]

Anyone know if it's correct that EBH and Matthews both fell hard at the end? Would be really bad if true - they'd both be among the top favourites for tomorrow.

 

[gregrowlerson]

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Cavendish interview:

'I do it for my team'

'I do it for the continent of Africa'

'I do it to get 5,000 kids on bikes'

What a legend.

I really liked this too.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Contador: "Estoy dolorido, tengo la parte derecha muy tocada. Vamos a valorarlo todo"

 

[Irondan]

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Anyone know if it's correct that EBH and Matthews both fell hard at the end? Would be really bad if true - they'd both be among the top favourites for tomorrow.

EBH went down, I don't know if Matthews did or not.

 

[Vroome.exe]

To be fair to Kittel, Sabatini was awful today, he didn't even feature in the end and thats why Richeze has to be the last leadout man. Plus Kittel was detached from his train at one moment and had to spend some energy.

 

[trevim]

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Anyone know if it's correct that EBH and Matthews both fell hard at the end? Would be really bad if true - they'd both be among the top favourites for tomorrow.

EBH went down, I don't know if Matthews did or not.

Hagen was leading Cav out so he should be ok