Critérium du Dauphiné May 30-June 6 2021

[Broccolidwarf]

I don't think the uphill sprint is hard enough for Valverde. Aranburu needs a harder finish too.

Colbrelli vs. Asgreen IMO

Obviously I'm rooting for Asgreen, but Holm (DS at the race) just said in an interview from the start, that DQ is riding for Jakobsen today, with Senechal as his lead out.

Sounds like DQ does not think the finish is that tough, as opposed to how the route reads.

Also Asgreen is probably saving himself for tomorrow, where he can realistically take the jersey, if he is still inside 25 seconds of the leader.

 

[Eclipse]

No risk of the break winning today then

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Danish TV2 reporting, that Asgreen took the intermediate sprint for the peloton, taking 1 bonus second.

No doubt he is going for the jersey tomorrow - every second counts.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Danish TV2 reporter at the finish line, saying the finish is very similar to the 2011 worlds (in Denmark, where the finish was on Geels Hill), which Cavendish won.

So a straight road with a stable gradient just below 4 %, that most sprinters can contest.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

I just got back:
Has Dawg dropped yet?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

I just got back:
Has Dawg dropped yet?

Who?

 

[BlueRoads]

If they're actually going for a Jakobsen win I'm quite excited.

 

[kingjr]

If they're actually going for a Jakobsen win I'm quite excited.

Would love to see it, but I think a flat finish would suit him better.

 

[BlueRoads]

Would love to see it, but I think a flat finish would suit him better.

Resultswise, yes... but maybe they prefer it this way for the first try because the speed is not so high?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Who?

The most loyal of dog breeds.
Unless you meant: who, who, who, who...

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Danish commentators discussing what an odd lead up to the Tour Roglic has.

When the Tour starts, it will be the first race day for him in 2 months.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

The most loyal of dog breeds.
Unless you meant: who, who, who, who...

No idea what you are on about.

 

[SafeBet]

The most loyal of dog breeds.
Unless you meant: who, who, who, who...

YOU
ARE
BACK

Just in time for Van Wilder's win in the sprint!

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Asgreen in interview from the start, saying today is not about the result for DQ, but about getting Jakobsen back into the swing of things as a sprinter, with the team backing him fully...... calling it "the start of a process".

 

[memyselfandI]

View: https://youtu.be/Qkuu0Lwb5EM

 

[happytramp]

Asgreen in interview from the start, saying today is not about the result for DQ, but about getting Jakobsen back into the swing of things as a sprinter, with the team backing him fully...... calling it "the start of a process".

Hmmm now if only they'd shown the same level of common sense with Remco.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

View: https://youtu.be/Qkuu0Lwb5EM

One of the all-time worst songs, but still doesn't answer who "Dawg" is?

 

[happytramp]

One of the all-time worst songs, but still doesn't answer who "Dawg" is?

That was the beauty of the song... the 'DAWG' was all of us.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Hmmm now if only they'd shown the same level of common sense with Remco.

I think it is very different situations.

For a sprinter, who has taken such severe injuries, while doin the very thing he is there for (bunch sprints), it has to be incredibly difficult to find the courage and self confidence again, for those very situations.

For Evenepoel, only decends was a worry, and it is fairly easy to take care of a rider through those.

 

[Rackham]

Danish commentators discussing what an odd lead up to the Tour Roglic has.

When the Tour starts, it will be the first race day for him in 2 months.

And when Paris-Nice started, it was his first race in 4 months... and he stomped on everyone.

I expect some fireworks on that first stage in the Tour (from all the top puncheur riders tbh, including Roglic). That little wall at the end looks tasty.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

That was the beauty of the song... the 'DAWG' was all of us.

Not at all, I will always change the channel if it comes on.

As for the second part, guess it's some millennial thing I don't get

 

[Broccolidwarf]

And when Paris-Nice started, it was his first race in 4 months... and he stomped on everyone.

I expect some fireworks on that first stage in the Tour (from all the top puncheur riders tbh, including Roglic). That little wall at the end looks tasty.

Yeah but at season start everyone is in worse shape - the Tour is a different animal, everyone is in peak condition.

And yes, the stages in Bretagne can create havoc, especially if the weather is bad.

 

[Eclipse]

Can't believe G wasn't in that crash. Maybe he really is back

 

[Rollthedice]

One of the all-time worst songs, but still doesn't answer who "Dawg" is?

Four time Tour de France winner, two Vuelta and one Giro, currently riding in the grupetto. Froometto?

 

[Taxus4a]

Froome had to stop by the crash..but he rected quickly and get the peloton again.