Tour de France 2023 Tour de France, Stage 1: Bilbao - Bilbao, 182 km (Spain, Saturday, July 1)

[Boehmand]

Danish commentators saying Kelderman is - by far - the rider with the most WT top 10's without a win.

It was something like 138 top 10's without a win.

2nd on the list is Coquard with 47.

 

[dazaau]

Pace is most certainly on

 

[Poursuivant]

Bjerg is shredding it

 

[nightowl]

UAE not here to mess around it seems

 

[Ricco']

Bjerg is shredding it

Adam Yates must be feeling good

 

[Izzyeviel]

How does everyone pronounce Lidl then?

Kirby seems to be going for a Mexican movie baddie saying 'little'.

Lee Dull

 

[RobertCrawley]

Bewley and Bookwalter call a good race.

 

[Lequack]

Kelderman looks like he will win this Tour.

 

[HelloDolly]

Wawa not going well

 

[Lequack]

Also, who needs mountain domestiques when you have Wout.

 

[HelloDolly]

Lusenko !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[StryderHells]

Wawa not going well

All depends on what his goals are, if he wants a stage win and possibly the KOM jersey then losing time on these early stages is the perfect way to go about it.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Lutsenko dropping. He's not a Gc rider this year then.

 

[HelloDolly]

tough first day

 

[Boehmand]

Fraile getting blown out the back and Bilbao barely hanging on, is not exactly promising for the Basque hopes today.

 

[topcat]

Just back from an 8 km run
( v02 max 81 ml/kg/min). I think it’s time to take a break from the sun and tune into the bike thingy. Ppl around here seem to be insinuating that the tour started today.

 

[HelloDolly]

some people not yet in a racing mode and are caught out

 

[postmanhat]

Lutsenko here to stagehunt it seems. Different approach from him, but realistic given the form he's showed this year,

 

[RobertCrawley]

Go Neilson!

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Powless takes the KOM, I think he’ll be in the jersey tomorrow?

 

[KZD]

Girmay dropped with Van Hooydonck.

 

[Boehmand]

Powless and Zimmermann declaring their goals for the Tour.

An American, riding for EF, going for polkadots - Armstrong is going to have a mental meltdown

 

[HelloDolly]

Who challenged Powless as GCN havent a clue and dont call the rider

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Who challenged Powless as GCN havent a clue and dont call the rider

Zimmermann

 

[StryderHells]

Lutsenko here to stagehunt it seems. Different approach from him, but realistic given the form he's showed this year,

Also that chase wouldn’t of helped his legs.