Le Tour 2018 stage 17: BDL to Saint-Lary-Soulan 65k

[burning]

LMAO, nothing has happened obviously

 

[VO2 Max]

Roglic clipped in ready to gun it.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Euhm, I tought they were going to start in waves?

 

[StephenC2020]

Brilliant

 

[arvc40]

Yep ! Complete Bollox !

 

[DNP-Old]

Lmfao, what a joke.

 

[Jagartrott]

Re: Re:

Nothing wrong with the grid start. It's unlikely to have much effect but there's really no reason to bash it as there's no real negative aspect to it.

You said what i wanted to say in much more eloquent ways.

There is a very negative aspect to it.

Passing off stupid gimmicks as innovation and development in the sport is insulting to our intelligence.

It's indeed just a gimmick. I thought the distance between groups would be greater. This was just stupid.

 

[Dr. Watson]

oh wow, that was exciting....not

 

[rick james]

lol, Demare

 

[StephenC2020]

Demare dropped

 

[Jelantik]

Lol... grid start

 

[burning]

And here we go, Demare is dropped within 200m

 

[samhocking]

I'm on the seat of my pants!

 

[ice&fire]

Re:

lol, Demare

His engine has stalled

 

[Kwibus]

Fun idea, but if everyone starts at the same time what's the point?

Or make the groups start with 200mtr distance. This didn't make sense at all.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

great excited start, this really adds to it

 

[glassmoon]

Demare lol. Pathetic. How I wish one camera moto would stay with him during the whole stage...

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Demare dropped.. LOL!

 

[Escarabajo]

Demare making the time cut is going to be the most interesting part of the stage!

 

[vcampbell]

Please, someone can hit me with a link?

 

[rick james]

they should have let each group go at the start in 30 seconds gaps

 

[jaylew]

Re: Re:

Nothing wrong with the grid start. It's unlikely to have much effect but there's really no reason to bash it as there's no real negative aspect to it.

You said what i wanted to say in much more eloquent ways.

There is a very negative aspect to it.

Passing off stupid gimmicks as innovation and development in the sport is insulting to our intelligence.

Give me a break. No one is passing it off as some great innovation. It's not like this is at all new in cycling. Besides, it's not like ASO, the UCI, and the teams got together for 3 weeks to decide on some changes in cycling and this is what they came up with. It's simply not worth being upset about.

 

[loge1884]

Re: Re:

Nothing wrong with the grid start. It's unlikely to have much effect but there's really no reason to bash it as there's no real negative aspect to it.

You said what i wanted to say in much more eloquent ways.

There is a very negative aspect to it.

Passing off stupid gimmicks as innovation and development in the sport is insulting to our intelligence.

I'm not sure they are advertising this as 'development' .... to me it's just a marketing gag and as such pretty much ok .... will it distort the outcome of the tour? certainly not ... does it hamper or endanger the riders? most likely (depending on the chaos at the start, we'll see) not ... so it's ok

 

[Amazinmets87]

The only way a grid start will lead to dramatic racing is to release riders incrementally. I.e 1-10 start, wait 15 seconds, 11-20 start, 15 seconds then release main field. Doing so obviously compromises the integrity of the GC.

 

[Escarabajo]

Fun idea, but if everyone starts at the same time what's the point?

Or make the groups start with 200mtr distance. This didn't make sense at all.

+1.

The only interesting part was the no neutralization portion.