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

[KZD]

Martinez lost 3 minutes, Chaves and Uran 5 minutes, Jorgenson 2.30

Really bad day for Spanish speaking riders with Mas have to quit the race and Carapaz losing any GC hope.

 

[Swiss Tony]

I thought they were as bad, also breaks which annoy me.

Kirby is on another level of badness...I like Ned

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Really bad day for Spanish speaking riders with Mas have to quit the race and Carapaz losing any GC hope.

Rodriguez (and Landa, although it may be his second language?) went well, at least.

 

[Lequack]

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Belgian Pozzato didn't sprint?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Bardet + 43
Bernal + 43
Pidcock + 43
Gall + 43
Johannesen + 43
Haig + 43
O'Connor + 43
Jorgensen + 2.48
Felipe Martinez + 3.23
Chaves + 5.03
Træen + 5.09
Uran + 5.46
Lutsenko + 9.52
Carapaz + at least 15 minutes..
Mas DNF

REMCO DNS

Did I forgot anything?

Edit: Bardet and Bernal looked bad on the climb. Pidcock even worse. And again, O'Connor even worse. They got somewhat saved today. Martinez as bad as you could have feared, and as expected, its basically down to Rodriguez in the GC already after stage 1. He IS on the other hand really exciting, Im expecting a top 5.

The EF guys lost everything. Didn't expect anything from Chaves and Uran in the GC, but included them nevertheless and its over on day 1. Probably smart. However, Carapaz is done for and is injured. GGs.

Same can be said about Movistar. After Dauphine, only expected stagehunting from Jorgensen, but Movistar is out as well now after Mas crashed on a descent..

Lutsenko with a pathetic display after last year's great Tour. Træen probably got a bit injured, that could explain his timeloss.

All in all, lots of carnage.

 

[gregrowlerson]

I can only urinate when a giraffe is present, but that's probably just me.

Tall story?

 

[jmdirt]

That wasn't the finish that I expected, but cool none the less.

This stage certainly made for a different beginning in many ways.

 

[Red Rick]

Belgian Pozzato didn't sprint?

He did, albeit very slowly

 

[postmanhat]

Mate, Corbin might actually be able to go for a stage win this Tour.

Don't know enough about the parcours generally, but looking at tomorrow, he could get a podium at least?

 

[Danskebjerge]

Vingegaard claiming he has no problem riding one-day-races as long as he is in shape for them. Hmm ...

 

[Salvarani]

Belgian Pozzato didn't sprint?

He tried. Not enough gas.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Astana practicing their group OTL.

 

[Scarponi]

Bardet + 43
Bernal + 43
Pidcock + 43
Gall + 43
Johannesen + 43
Haig + 43
O'Connor + 43
Jorgensen + 2.48
Felipe Martinez + 3.23
Chaves + 5.03
Træen + 5.09
Uran + 5.46
Lutsenko + too much on a stage like this
Carapaz + at least 15 minutes..
Mas DNF

Did I forgot anything?

Remco DNS

 

[DNP-Old]

Don't know enough about the parcours generally, but looking at tomorrow, he could get a podium at least?

Depends on how it's raced. If UAE go full send again it's hopeless. But he's giving Israel good reason to full send themselves on stage 3.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Astana look like they’re going to go all in for Cav and breakaways with Lutsenko dropping out of GC.

Bardet + 43
Bernal + 43
Pidcock + 43
Gall + 43
Johannesen + 43
Haig + 43
O'Connor + 43
Jorgensen + 2.48
Felipe Martinez + 3.23
Chaves + 5.03
Træen + 5.09
Uran + 5.46
Lutsenko + too much on a stage like this
Carapaz + at least 15 minutes..
Mas DNF

Did I forgot anything?

Lutsenko + 9.42

 

[MartinGT]

Gutted for Mas

 

[Netserk]

Simon Yates was in ~25th position at the start of the steep section:

 

[ice&fire]

He did, albeit very slowly

He barely outsprinted Landa

 

[HelloDolly]

WVA just said he wanted to win the stage but not good enough

 

[Salvarani]

Astana look like they’re going to go all in for Cav and breakaways with Lutsenko dropping out of GC.


Lutsenko + 9.42

Lutsenko for a stage-win later in the race and perhaps going for the KOM? We will see.

 

[StryderHells]

Don't know enough about the parcours generally, but looking at tomorrow, he could get a podium at least?

I could see Strong also trying to get in a break at some stage

 

[Netserk]

Yates ahead of Vingegaard by 22 seconds is excellent for UAE. Jonas will easily get that back in the high mountains but you don't want something like that to repeatedly happen if you're Jumbo otherwise you'll quickly be a minute down.

He needs at least 3 minutes to be a danger.

 

[JosefK]

Today probably doesn't change the way anyone would have voted for Pog and Vingo in the pre-race poll. Technically a good day for Pog (gained 4 seconds), but it would have been a surprise if he didn't finish ahead of Jonas on this stage.

 

[Red Rick]

WVA just said he wanted to win the stage but not good enough

I wonder if Vingegaard was hard on the limit or if he didn't counter Pog because of Van Aert. He looked easy to me.

Between missing the Jumbo train on the bottom of Pike, not taking turns with Kelderman and Kuss, and then sprinting backwards, Van Aert failed spectacularly today