(Presidential) Cycling Tour of Turkey [April 11th-April18th 2021]

[jmdirt]

Nice win for JP!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Nice move by Alpecin there to get Vine in within a second of Díaz. Philipsen also overtook Cav in the points classification.

 

[Lequack]

Too bad Qucisktep have a sprinter in this race, otherwise they would surely do something in the crosswinds. But now they will just mark every possible movie. Could've been a good stage.

 

[Faserr]

Crazy headwind

 

[Lequack]

There is some action now, but the sprint teams are trying to ruin the fun.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Classic Kirby, talking about Rally and de Kleijn's chances even though they're out of the race.

 

[tobydawq]

Classic Kirby, talking about Rally and de Kleijn's chances even though they're out of the race.

Lol, it was even before yesterday they made their exit... I guess that is his charm as they say...

 

[tobydawq]

Downhill bunch sprint (with tailwind to make matters worse) and bad barriers as we saw the other day.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If Zabel had been allowed to go for it he would had been in a pretty good position, but he probably wouldn't have had the speed anyway.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Well done Philipsen.

Badly done to the race organisers for setting up a downhill sprint finish, just totally unnecessary.

 

[Wvv]

Curious if Alpecin can set up a decisive move for Vine.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Prince Charmig!

 

[RedheadDane]

Vine crashed.

 

[RedheadDane]

I think Cavendish took it.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

That bend was just calling for riders to crash.

Cav makes it four stage wins.
And Díaz seems happy.

 

[Faserr]

Díaz finished with a flat tire

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage

GC

 

[Bonimenier]

ISN surely did a couple of great lead-outs for Cav and Philipsen this week.

 

[Red Rick]

Vintage Cavendish, win half the stages, don't win points classification

 

[SHAD0W93]

Cav to win 6 stages.

Couldn't get the 6 or points classification but 4 stage wins is good and more than most thought. Hopefully he can keep improving.

 

[skippo12]

I will just ignore Philipsen and Halvorsen and pretend that Cav and Greipel are still the best sprinters in the peleton. It is 2011. I am ten years younger than my current self and cannot wait for the big Schleck vs Contador show down in the Tour.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

This is basically the Tour de Langkawi, isn't it? A week of sprints and a GC set up by a single big mountain.

 

[BlueRoads]

This is basically the Tour de Langkawi, isn't it? A week of sprints and a GC set up by a single big mountain.

Cavendish is a top sprinter in his prime, why would he do the Tour de Langkawi?

 

[RedheadDane]

I will just ignore Philipsen and Halvorsen and pretend that Cav and Greipel are still the best sprinters in the peleton. It is 2011. I am ten years younger than my current self and cannot wait for the big Schleck vs Contador show down in the Tour.

I suppose if you're old, you might want to take 10 years off your age.
Personally, I'm pretty cool with the fact that it's 2021, and I'm 33.

 

[jmdirt]

I suppose if you're old, you might want to take 10 years off your age.
Personally, I'm pretty cool with the fact that it's 2021, and I'm 33.

Even 10 years ago I wasn't 33! Man I'd love to be 33 again!