Critérium du Dauphiné 2024, June 2 - 9

[Andre]

OHH..just tuned in. Have no idea what happened

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

OHH..just tuned in. Have no idea what happened

Big crash, stage got neutralized. BTW if it wasn't for the crash the stage would've long finished fyi

 

[Netserk]

He means (as I said earlier) that he will enrage other posters if the first thing that pops into his mind after this crash is that Pogacar is always lucky.

If you had to rank all GC riders by their amount of bad luck this year, where would you put Pogi?

 

[tobydawq]

If you had to rank all GC riders by their amount of bad luck this year, where would you put Pogi?

Why is that relevant Netserk?

Do you think Tadej and Urska have been out, spilling oils on the roads?

 

[Danskebjerge]

“Everybody was fighting for position on the descent as always,” said Evenepoel. So being extra careful because of the weather conditions is not something the riders do.

 

[saunaking]

If you had to rank all GC riders by their amount of bad luck this year, where would you put Pogi?

best luck, best skill, best legs

 

[Danskebjerge]

Mads Pedersen agrees with the neutralization even though he was the favourite.

 

[ingsve]

The way this year is going my prediction is that the Tour will be decided by a crash during the Tour itself on top of all the things leading up to it. It is inevitable at this point. The gods are pointing to it.

 

[Ripper]

“Everybody was fighting for position on the descent as always,” said Evenepoel. So being extra careful because of the weather conditions is not something the riders do.

Ha! It depends. Some ride really well in the somewhat slippery conditions and it is where you can exploit others weaknesses. Having said this, there is a difference between wet and a bit naturally slippy, and absolutely greased out roads. And with the latter, you sometimes don't know till you know!

 

[jmdirt]

Well, profanity!

 

[AnotherArmChair]

where is the race ?

I just tuned in

is Landa ok

 

[Netserk]

Why is that relevant Netserk?

Do you think Tadej and Urska have been out, spilling oils on the roads?

Relevant to Red Rick's post?

 

[tobydawq]

where is the race ?

I just tuned in

is Landa ok

Scheduled to finish more than an hour ago...

 

[AmRacer]

where is the race ?

I just tuned in

is Landa ok

The race is in the Crash thread 😥

 

[tobydawq]

Relevant to Red Rick's post?

Yeah, the post "if I speak..." clearly warrants a detailed analysis on my part of all GC contenders and their mishaps.

There's probably a reason Tadej almost never crashes and Remco and Roglic often do, and that reason is probably not sheer luck.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

I dont understand ...people have been riding in the rain on wet roads since they invented the bike

 

[AmRacer]

Yeah, the post "if I speak..." clearly warrants a detailed analysis on my part of all GC contenders and their mishaps.

There's probably a reason Tadej almost never crashes and Remco and Roglic often do, and that reason is probably not sheer luck.

I'd would say, as others have pointed out, R&R started riding bike late.

 

[Nick2413]

Hopefully the neutralization is due to lack of ambulances, otherwise more bad precedent.

 

[yaco]

I dont understand ...people have been riding in the rain on wet roads since they invented the bike

Did you watch the stage ? This crash was happening for 20kms beforehand.

 

[velaso montador]

“Everybody was fighting for position on the descent as always,” said Evenepoel. So being extra careful because of the weather conditions is not something the riders do.

The riders at some point have to come to the realization that their responsible for most of this hate to say it but its the truth.

 

[AmRacer]

I dont understand ...people have been riding in the rain on wet roads since they invented the bike

They are probably fighting for positions instead of descending in a slow safe way. They have to respect the riders in front and so on.

 

[tobydawq]

The riders at some point have to come to the realization that their responsible for most of this hate to say it but its the truth.

And people have to realise that bike racing is a competition, not a Sunday family trip.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Hopefully the neutralization is due to lack of ambulances, otherwise more bad precedent.

It was the official explanation at least.

 

[AmRacer]

And people have to realise that bike racing is a competition, not a Sunday family trip.

I prefer the riders stay on their bikes, instead of playing at the floor.

 

[velaso montador]

And people have to realise that bike racing is a competition, not a Sunday family trip.

Ofc but using your brain in competition is smart too, riders riding stupidly is on them.