2021 Men's Tour of Norway, 2.Pro - 19th to 22nd August

[RedheadDane]

Vingegaard is in holiday mode?

On this route and without a one day pedigree surely Denmark has 8 better riders they can find?

Probably gonna make Anders Lund's job a bit easier if a few riders take themselves out of contention for the lineup.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Vingegaard opted out of the Olympics to spend time with his family. He still has until the 13th of September to impress Lund.
But unless he has a deal with Lund, he obviously has to step up his game.

 

[Lequack]

Tobias Foss was also flying in the Giro so both he and Vingegaard maybe in holiday mode.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Commercials next to the race screen - I've not seen that before.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Is it the Norwegian organizers' intention to place the finishes of the stages exactly at the same time as the riders in the Vuelta approach the finish line ...?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Perfectly timed sprint by Hayter.

 

[RedheadDane]

Hayter, easily.

 

[RedheadDane]

Is Charmig gonna go on the attack on every stage?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Is Charmig gonna go on the attack on every stage?

At least until the KOM is secured. I would have liked to see what he could have done in the GC, but getting to stand on the podium each day is definitely not a bad experience for him.

 

[tobydawq]

Vinegaard opted out of the Olympics to spend time with his family. He still has until the 13th of September to impress Lund.
But unless he has a deal with Lund, he obviously has to step up his game.

I wouldn't think opting out of the Olympics as the obviously best candidate would necessarily make him more likely for future selections...

 

[Danskebjerge]

Kristoff doing his daily interviews with huge sunglasses and black mask - what a Darth Vader look, but his performance on the bike so far hasn’t been that frightening.

 

[RedheadDane]

At least until the KOM is secured. I would have liked to see what he could have done in the GC, but getting to stand on the podium each day is definitely not a bad experience for him.

Might as well go tomorrow too...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I wouldn't think opting out of the Olympics as the obviously best candidate would necessarily make him more likely for future selections...

I don't know how the relationship between Vingegaard and Lund currently is, or how much Lund tried to convince him to go to Tokyo, but it could of course affect at least this year's WC selection, when Lund has a pretty good pool of riders to choose from.

He doesn't appear to be someone who's generally difficult to work with, unlike how the other Rasmussen used to be at times, so I don't expect him to be left out when the routes suits him, unless too many other Danish climbers and/or puncheurs suddenly get their breakthroughs.

 

[Norbea]

Echelon!

Must have been a small section before the climb, but it ripped the peloton apart.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Promising start to the stage!

 

[RedheadDane]

So, at one point there was an attack... with Leo Hayter!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Great attack from Pedersen, but he could lose a lot of time on the climb now.

 

[Danskebjerge]

I don’t get the purpose of that Pedersen attack

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I don’t get the purpose of that Pedersen attack

He forced the other teams to ride, which made helped Skjelmose, plus he had an advantage which amde it easier for himself to survive the climb without getting dropped. Of course he won't win now, but probably he wouldn't have anyway.

Perfect anti-jinx!

 

[Danskebjerge]

Lol, Pedersen proving that his own attack was stupid.

 

[gorgos]

He forced the other teams to ride, which made helped Skjelmose, plus he had an advantage which amde it easier for himself to survive the climb without getting dropped. Of course he won't win now, but probably wouldn't have anyway.

Oh really?

 

[sir fly]

Completes a Scandinavian couple.
Congrats.

I think I'm getting Viking lands.

 

[roundabout]

That was very strong by Pedersen.

Also very strong rides by Hayter and Bennett. A bit of a shame that the stage was not a touch more selective in the second half,

 

[Samu Cuenca]

UAE really botched that one, but Kristoff is just not as strong as he used to be either.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Kristoff is just not as strong as he used to be either.

He is in the same category as Nibali, Van Avermaet, Bilbao and probably Fuglsang: a bit over the hill.