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

[RobertCrawley]

A fun race, but the damper is Mas and Carapaz.

 

[Panda Claws]

Remco would have gotten a bigger gap.

 

[HelloDolly]

This settles it... Adam, the best of the Yates.
Excellent finale.

Not necessarily ...Simon was casught on position on climb ..saying it now
Used alot of energy and couldnt get round ...very very strong

Still open

 

[titan31]

Maybe the co leader thing wasnt so far fetched..backup if Pog has a mishap ?

Also I wouldnt underestimate the twins

Simon had to close that gap on the climb so ran out of juice but equally as good imo..remember he was caught behind and couldnt follow Pog and co

Tbf Simon's issue is can he finish the GT. Always good when he's there, just often doesn't last

 

[SHAD0W93]

If this keeps up Jumbo will be 1-2 punched the whole Tour.

Congrats to Adam for finally getting a GT win!
Pog showing he can still sprint for to take the bonuses.
Vinge showing he can follow the wheels for now.
Stinks for Mas and Carapaz

 

[Valv.Piti]

UAE god their stage, bravo, but in the end they basically threw 6 seconds. I know, hindsight, but still, Pogacar was by far the strongest in that finale.

Maybe it will give Yates some confidence, but I very much doubt he's an actual threat, but maybe they can use their numbers in some ways.

 

[StryderHells]

Remco would have gotten a bigger gap.

Well he’s not here so it does t really matter

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Congrats to Adam Yates on a victory and yellow jersey. Takeaways from today:
1) As I expected Pog & Vinge were the best on Pike but Vinge didn't want to cooperate.
2) Mas and Carapaz are out of the GC.
3) Gianetti is happy as he bought the better brother.
4) UAE hierarchy was detemined by this stage so I've no idea why Pog was happy at the finish.

 

[Swiss Tony]

God, Kirby is so insufferable

Thank god for ITV4

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

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.

 

[Tim Cahill]

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

 

[Avoriaz]

LANCASHIRE!!! Love it

BURY!!! Love it more

 

[Rob5091]

Chapeau the Yates! but what were Bjerg and Grossschartner up to? Otherwise Viktor Lafay showed good form and Pinot 4th?!
Shame for Mas and Carapaz - Jorgenson to be stage hunting now, I guess.
Onto stage 2 which looks like it could be deja vu all over again.

 

[red_flanders]

Who greased up McEwen’s legs?

 

[Bolder]

Pike was too hard for the punchers, doubt Wout had anything left.

I hate when crashes take out contenders, seems so unfair...

 

[titan31]

Thank god for ITV4

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

 

[Lequack]

Adam should try again tomorrow. Let Vingegaard work while you can.

Yes, that's what I'm saying. They need to use the 1-2 strategy to the full extent. Don't just make Yates pull in a train and then a Pog attack, because you know Vinge will just get glued to his wheel again.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

So Mas DNF. Dani Martinez lost 3 minutes. The field has thinned already.

 

[titan31]

One thing is this could make KOM very fun. Lots of guys who would hang on in thinking they can top 10 in a GC just lost minutes.

 

[johnymax]

I'm surprised WVA even finished in that group. Look at the names: all climbers, Lafay and him.

Btw, ride of the day goes to Victor Lafay.

 

[gunara]

There's no joking about the Adam factor, I have faith.
Above average opener, quite live up to the hype yet not really what most thought it turned out to be. Gutted for more Mas' heartbreak, and maybe Carapaz, though.

 

[Lequack]

Is there any news on Carapaz?

He just crossed the line.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Kudos to Carapaz. Would be very happy for him if he can start tomorrow.

 

[Salvarani]

Maybe the co leader thing wasnt so far fetched..backup if Pog has a mishap ?

Also I wouldnt underestimate the twins

Simon had to close that gap on the climb so ran out of juice but equally as good imo..remember he was caught behind and couldnt follow Pog and co

Making Jumbo taste their own medicine?

(Not a clinic post, referring to last year and the Rog-Vinge combo obviously)

 

[HelloDolly]

Adam Yates is a San Sebastian winner ...just saying