Poll: what kind of disaster strikes Tom Dumoulin at the TT

[cen]

First the female Dutch team, then MvdP and now the BMX incident, we know dark clouds are gathering for the Wednesday TT.

I stole some of these from MvdP thread.

 

[tobydawq]

I miss "All of the above" as an option but am glad that you can pick more than one

I bet those miners who accidentally left a shaft are a Slovenian crew.

 

[Red Rick]

Wild Pogacar appearance

 

[sir fly]

Wild Pogacar appearance

Allez Opi Omi?

 

[Leinster]

Receives no time checks while on course, is surprised when passed by Almeida who is en route to 4th place for Portugal.



Someone parks a boat in front of the start ramp at his allocated time.

 

[Monte Serra]

Tom's famed tummy trouble, obviously!

 

[Ricco']

Dutch mechanic forgets to plug the charger of his electronic shifter the night before. Battery runs out before the last climb when he has the best provisional time.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He forgets it's an ITT and celebrates a solo win on the last meters.

Or he collides with a Dutch physio who's holding a massive chalkboard.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Lotto mechanic who pushed Campenaerts off his bike, secretly signed up and will help Tom with his puncture.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Ha yes, something crazy seems inevitable at this point.

Sadly what will probably happen:

I think Dumoulin will be "I did Bergen numbers how did I get 9th"

 

[BlueRoads]

I voted the storm, but actually I think there's going to be a beautiful woman on the side of the road. He will see her, stop to talk to her and offer her his bike since she looks tired and her shoes are outworn. I'm just not sure whether that woman is his partner, Annemiek van Vleuten or Queen Maxima.

 

[Tim Cahill]

"Get rid of those sideburns Dumoulin!"

 

[red_flanders]

How is "Has to take a dump in the middle of the race" not an option?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I voted the storm, but actually I think there's going to be a beautiful woman on the side of the road. He will see her, stop to talk to her and offer her his bike since she looks tired and her shoes are outworn. I'm just not sure whether that woman is his partner, Annemiek van Vleuten or Queen Maxima.

Not Queen Anna? (either one of them)

 

[Sciatic]

Also . . . Has a mechanical but has to wait 2 minutes for new bike because someone in the team car stopped to pee.

 

[Sciatic]

How is "Has to take a dump in the middle of the race" not an option?

Poor guy, there are some things in life you can never live down

 

[tobydawq]

How is "Has to take a dump in the middle of the race" not an option?

Good question.

With a couple of friends, "to dumoulinate" has even become our common replacement of "to defecate" in everyday use.

 

[memyselfandI]

Filippo Ganna.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Someone messes up and after a mechanical he has to ride the rest of the race on a bike measured to fit Samuel Dumoulin.

 

[tobydawq]

Maybe an inflatable garden pool bursts upstreet a few minutes before he reaches a curve on the road.

 

[Sciatic]

 

[CyclistAbi]

Out of nowhere Roglič crashes into Dumoulin wearing Dumoulin Amstel Gold apparel and all blame Dumoulin for it.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Has to be replaced in the selection at the last minute due to unfortunate circumstances as the Dutch coaches feel they need somebody luckier to take his place. They replace him with Kai Reus.

 

[BlueRoads]

What if he won't be unlucky at all? What if, in fact, he has a deal with the devil, who took all the possible misfortune from him and handed it to the other Dutch riders at the start? There have been three cases of Dutch bad luck now, I think that's it. Now watch Tom win his gold.

 

[solo80k]

Ganna and Pogi will invite TD on the recon ride at 60 km/h and he won't even start.