Critérium du Dauphiné May 30-June 6 2021

[johnymax]

what does the celebration from Postlberger mean?

The Shark of Lake Constance

 

[BlueRoads]

MAL not in first group?

Nonsense, he was there.

 

[jmdirt]

I love it when a break works...especially when it also grabs the leaders jersey!

 

[yaco]

Ineos has saved many a career of a breakaway rider - Unless, other teams boss the race this will continue to happen like the last ten years.

 

[Bonimenier]

Vingegaard not in the top 92 according to PCS

 

[SafeBet]

Very strong by Pöstlberger. It was 18-19 seconds at the top of the last climb and still 11 at the end.

Very strong by Colbrelli as well, but i am not fully sure if he would have made it if there were more attacking on the last cat2

Yeah Sonny was on the limit.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Ineos has saved many a career of a breakaway rider - Unless, other teams boss the race this will continue to happen like the last ten years.

Sure, but you can't blame Ineos for that.

There is no reason for them to go deep, on a stage they cannot win anyway..... especially with the weekend coming up, where they need their guys firing on all cylinders.

 

[Red Rick]

Everyone knew it was a wild bet.

I think I would have made it too, under the circumstances, because nobody knew if he could come back from that horrible injury.

Sad to see he couldn't, and I honestly find the glee many display about it odd.

The problem there is Froome was already right near the end of his years of being able to win big. Then he gets a disastrous injury, then you give him one of the biggest contracts in the sport? That's just insane.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Vingegaard not in the top 92 according to PCS

He's not riding GC at this one, so it was expected.

He is saving himself for the weekend, according to the team, though we might see him giving the TT a shot, as preparation for the future.

 

[Vasilis]

Van Avermaet down in eighth in such a small group, he's winning the most top 10s without a win classification if Almeida leaves the ranking.

You know Almeida is playing the career edition right?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

The problem there is Froome was already right near the end of his years of being able to win big. Then he gets a disastrous injury, then you give him one of the biggest contracts in the sport? That's just insane.

It depends how deep your pockets are.

I once watched a sheik lose $ 1 million in 10 minutes at a blackjack table, and he didn't seem to care, at all.

The point I was making was, that if money is no object, it becomes a worthwhile bet.

Obviously hindsight is 20/20

 

[RedheadDane]

Why are they done already? I did not give them permision to that.

 

[tobydawq]

Ineos has saved many a career of a breakaway rider - Unless, other teams boss the race this will continue to happen like the last ten years.

Okay, but why should they reel in the break to ensure a sprint in which they cannot win?

 

[tobydawq]

Why are they done already? I did not give them permision to that.

They are giving you the gift of time.

 

[titan31]

McNulty made the main group so it doesn't look like the form is very bad

Ya, no idea what happened to him yesterday now.

Hopefully Bahrain in particular learn to not expect Ineos to ride hard. Lost two stages cos of it

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Mads P saying in his exit interview, that him and Stuyven going away on the decent was "just for fun".

It was neither planned nor meant to yield any result, except for them practicing their decending skills on a fun, closed off road.

 

[RedheadDane]

They are giving you the gift of time.

Time? For what?

 

[Panda Claws]

I was about to make a whole post in reply to Red Rick about how back in june 2019 when Froome had the crash there was kind of a power vacuum. And Froome was really the only available rider that looked like he could potentially challenge Ineos.

Then I looked it all up again and saw that Israel Start-Up Nation bought Froome after a disastrous 2020 where we had since seen the rise of Bernal, Roglic and Pogacar. Yeah that's a stupid bet.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Time? For what?

Time to post more on CN..... obviously

 

[RedheadDane]

Time to post more on CN..... obviously

I can do that while I watch cycling.

 

[tobydawq]

Time? For what?

Enjoy the weather.

You should try it, it's nice.

He says, posting on the CN forum.

Sunburnt.

 

[RedheadDane]

Enjoy the weather.

You should try it, it's nice.

He says, posting on the CN forum.

Sunburnt.

I just got home from work. It's hot...

 

[Vasilis]

Why are they done already? I did not give them permision to that.

This seems to be a recurring problem for you... Maybe if you stand by the parcours and reverse cheer for them it will take longer. "Take it easy! Slow down! No need to push it!"

 

[tobydawq]

Also, there is a veeery easy way to get around the problem by just watching it on-demand now without looking at the results but you have stated before that you never do that.

 

[RedheadDane]

This seems to be a recurring problem for you... Maybe if you stand by the parcours and reverse cheer for them it will take longer. "Take it easy! Slow down! No need to push it!"

I don't really have time to go to France. I have a job... also... travel restrictions.

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

He's not riding GC at this one, so it was expected.

He is saving himself for the weekend, according to the team, though we might see him giving the TT a shot, as preparation for the future.

He is also missing Pogi to hang on too