Louis Meintjes thread

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Yeah, I‘m happy for Meintjes and Intermarche. The team is so good in 2022.

Louis looks sharp, the guy is on fire and certainly WILL be on his bike next Monday and Tuesday (the two usual days the riders do not ride after having just finished a GT)…

 

[lemon cheese cake]

10 seconds penalty for Quintana today so only 8 seconds between them on GC now.

It's on

For the Moto hand sling I guess?


Cracking race for Meintjes this year.

 

[yaco]

Has come aa long way from his non-descript performance at the 2020 Tour of Langkawi which was the nadir of him hitting the depths of despair.

 

[ppanther92]

Intermache seems like a good team to improve/revive your career. Because apart from being more visible than previously, I just thought he doesn’t have the physical level anymore to top 10 another TdF.

 

[staubsauger]

10 seconds penalty for Quintana today so only 8 seconds between them on GC now.

It's on

Shouldn't Vlasov normally catch them both or am I overestimating his TT?

 

[roundabout]

Shouldn't Vlasov normally catch them both or am I overestimating his TT?

He should. I was thinking more in terms of the battle vs Quintana.

 

[SafeBet]

Grande Louis!
A completely transformed rider. Gone are the days of Meintjes always sitting at the back of the peloton and hanging on for dear life.

What a Tour.

 

[movingtarget]

Quite a ride by Meintjes and he deserves his high finish on GC.

 

[dutchdescent]

Chapeau for his first GT stage win!

 

[RedheadDane]

I'll repeat my statement from the Vuelta thread:

No longer Zubeldia!







(People not familiar with weird forum memes are gonna be so confused.)

 

[tobydawq]

I'll repeat my statement from the Vuelta thread:

No longer Zubeldia!







(People not familiar with weird forum memes are gonna be so confused.)

Who doesn't know about the Zubeldia thing?

 

[RedheadDane]

Who doesn't know about the Zubeldia thing?

Newcomers. People who might not have noticed Zubeldia.

 

[tobydawq]

Newcomers. People who might not have noticed Zubeldia.

It's not exactly exclusive to this forum...

 

[RedheadDane]

It's not exactly exclusive to this forum...

Huh? Doesn't seem to show up in general media.

 

[tobydawq]

Huh? Doesn't seem to show up in general media.

Twitter...

 

[RedheadDane]

Twitter...

Aah, Okay. I'm not on twitter - just reads random "gets promoted to mainstream media" posts - so...

 

[KZD]

Glad for Meintjes, deserved win

 

[SHAD0W93]

Huh? Doesn't seem to show up in general media.

Everyone has to remember the infamous time Zubeldia was sitting in 10th place and NBCSN only showed the top 9 places.

 

[RedheadDane]

Everyone has to remember the infamous time Zubeldia was sitting in 10th place and NBCSN only showed the top 9 places.

When was that? Also, not everyone watches NBCSN.

 

[SHAD0W93]

When was that? Also, not everyone watches NBCSN.

Either the 2014 Tour after stage 18 or 2015 Tour of California after stage 6. I’m almost positive it was the Tour, since I don’t remember watching Tour of California that year since at the time you had to pay for it and I remember Phil and Paul announcing. Even if you don’t watch NBCSN, the screenshot was shared a lot at the time showing how much of a ninja Zubeldia is.

 

[RedheadDane]

Either the 2014 Tour after stage 18 or 2015 Tour of California after stage 6. I’m almost positive it was the Tour, since I don’t remember watching Tour of California that year since at the time you had to pay for it and I remember Phil and Paul announcing. Even if you don’t watch NBCSN, the screenshot was shared a lot at the time showing how much of a ninja Zubeldia is.

Guess that's what gave raise to the meme...

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

So happy for Meintjes!… He fully deserves this.

Before today, he incredibly never even was on the podium of a WT race (at least, he said this, this evening). Everyone seems to like Meintjes, so today we all celebrate him.

Cadel Evans was 34 when he won the TdF. So, I will be cheering for Meintjes to win the Tour the next years. It will be hard, of course…