Paris - Nice 2021, March 7 - March 14

[tobydawq]

Even the sprint managed to be the most boring imaginable. Good thing we had Tirreno.

 

[Bolder]

If QS's season ended today it would be declared an unmitigated success....

 

[tobydawq]

So, yesterday was Jumbo-day (with Roglic here and Van Aert in Italy.)
Today is Quickstep-day (with Bennett here, and Alaphilippe in Italy.)
What team will take it tomorrow?

Intermarché.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

But a good showing by Bouhanni and Arkea.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

So dominant. Even when they slightly mistime the train and leave Morkow in the wind early, Morkow just holds his leadout pace slightly longer than usual and Bennett smashes it home.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Cycling is a difficult sport for the likes of Deceuninck-Quick Step, Ineos Grenadiers and Jumbo-Visma.

 

[RedheadDane]

So dominant. Even when they slightly mistime the train and leave Morkow in the wind early, Morkow just holds his leadout pace slightly longer than usual and Bennett smashes it home.

*Mørkøv. Or 'Morkov' if you don't have a 'ø'; ends in a 'v'.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

*Mørkøv. Or 'Morkov' if you don't have a 'ø'; ends in a 'v'.

Morkov, that's why Oleg Tinkoff thought he was Russian

 

[Lequack]

Enough of this sprinting nonsense
Final three stages should not suit them.

Stage 7»Nice›Valdeblore La Colmiane(166.5k)

Stage 8 (Final)»Nice›Nice(110.5k)

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So, yesterday was Jumbo-day (with Roglic here and Van Aert in Italy.)
Today is Quickstep-day (with Bennett here, and Alaphilippe in Italy.)
What team will take it tomorrow?

Very bad form to put spoilers for other races in a thread. You have just totally undermined what I wanted to rewind and watch.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

*Mørkøv. Or 'Morkov' if you don't have a 'ø'; ends in a 'v'.

After typing his name a hundred times, you’d think I’d be able to spell it. I blame listening to the English eurosport commentary today where one of them keeps calling him More Cow.

 

[jaylew]

Very bad form to put spoilers for other races in a thread. You have just totally undermined what I wanted to rewind and watch.

This. She and Carols spoiled Tirreno for me yesterday.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

If QS's season ended today it would be declared an unmitigated success....

If the Tour had ended on stage 19 last year Roglic's performance would have been an unmitigated success...

 

[RedheadDane]

Very bad form to put spoilers for other races in a thread. You have just totally undermined what I wanted to rewind and watch.

This. She and Carols spoiled Tirreno for me yesterday.

Sorry... guess I forget that not everyone does the crazy switching-back-and-forth-between-races thing I've got going on.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Very bad form to put spoilers for other races in a thread. You have just totally undermined what I wanted to rewind and watch.

You wouldn't really miss anything though. But I agree that it can be troublesome during other stages or races.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Where was Demare btw?

 

[RedheadDane]

Where was Demare btw?

In a bit of a "Danish Pastry".

12	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek - Segafredo			,,
13	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama - FDJ			,,
14	CORT Magnus	EF Education - Nippo			,,

 

[Samu Cuenca]

In a bit of a "Danish Pastry".

12	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek - Segafredo			,,
13	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama - FDJ			,,
14	CORT Magnus	EF Education - Nippo			,,

He got Cort behind (him).

 

[johnymax]

Very bad form to put spoilers for other races in a thread. You have just totally undermined what I wanted to rewind and watch.

Don't visit the "Slight miss by me. Move along" thread then. Spoilers all over the place in there.

 

[Publiuszam]

But a good showing by Bouhanni and Arkea.

Maybe him having fun with that fan is good karma for Nacer. Nice to see him do well ish

 

[Breezy1985]

Even the sprint managed to be the most boring imaginable. Good thing we had Tirreno.

I found it to be quite exciting

 

[MartinGT]

Do the commentators watch the race on their phones?
I spotted that straight away and all Blythe kept saying was he's clipped the kerb. Nah mate, there's a huge concrete bollard sticking out. Also it was quite clear he was struggling with a head injury and he was telling the doc about his vision and according to Hatch, he's arguing with him.

WTF

Someone put an unmarked bollard on the road. All this talk of rider safety and then they let something like this slip.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Very bad form to put spoilers for other races in a thread. You have just totally undermined what I wanted to rewind and watch.

While I agree with this, I also don't get why you'd run the risk of spoilers by venturing into race threads if you want to rewatch. Very easy to accidentally post in the wrong race thread if you're focusing on two races at once. I definitely didn't do this myself today.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

I found it to be quite exciting

Really? I thought it was a bit too predictable once DQS hit the flamme rouge on the front and neither Demare nor Ackermann had Bennett’s wheel. Its hard to see anyone else beating him unless it’s chaotic.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

I enjoyed Bennett complaining that everyone is just trying to disrupt the DQS train or knock him off Mørkøv’s wheel rather than concentrating on their own sprint. Lol dude what do you expect?

Today reminded me just how rarely we see Bol actually in position to seriously contest the win. What’s his story? He clearly has speed, he also gets team support... but somehow he cant seem to fight for position.

Demare and Ackermann still winless this season.

Nice to see Bouhanni is alive, but did anyone at all think for even a split second that he was going to come around Bennett?