Tour de France Stage 6: Bayeux – Vire-Normandie (201.5k)

[Peyroteo94]

Why are they working with MVP? Honest question.

 

[Tim Cahill]

All that money Tudor spent and their best rider is old Michael Storer who they found down the back of the FDJ couch.

 

[Penninepeddler]

Hope Healy can hang on.

Such an easy guy to root for.

Solo artist with a load of grinta who looks awful on a bike but is one of the most fun riders in the peleton.

Has a very "old school" feel to how he rides in the "power meter era" aha.

 

[Berniece]

Why are they working with MVP? Honest question.

Does it matter? They can't win anymore, don't think they care. They just want to finish now

 

[Peyroteo94]

Hope Healy can hang on.

Such an easy guy to root for.

Solo artist with a load of grinta who looks awful on a bike but is one of the most fun riders in the peleton.

Has a very "old school" feel to how he rides in the "power meter era" aha.

He already won this. He will win this with a 2 minutes gap.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

I'm watching, but can't listen. Who is the Tudor guy riding with Rex Kwan Do?

Storer.

 

[dobrien]

Really rooting for Ben, would be huge for both him and EF!

edit: Chase going backwards now, looking really good for him.

 

[Penninepeddler]

He already won this. He will win this with a 2 minutes gap.

Yeh, I believe so too but never over until its over...

 

[ice&fire]

Why are they working with MVP? Honest question.

Because that Visma rider in the break embodies WVA's spirit. He'll lose the sprint for whatever position is available when he gets at the line, too.

 

[dgodave]

Go Ben! I want to see him rewarded for this.

 

[noob]

I'll admit, I dont watch enough bike racing to know the textbook. I did watch many of the spring classics and smaller stage races this year tho.

Part of me is just here for the cute villages.

And I'm but a noob This is possibly the only thing I recognize. Partly bc I've listened to to LRCP for 4 years
I watch for the mountains and rivers, but mostly for this forum

 

[Sciatic]

So funny that with all the high-tech bike and kit stuff they still (or at least Healy does) use safety pins to attach their bib numbers

 

[dobrien]

He already won this. He will win this with a 2 minutes gap.

Yup, unless he completely blows a gasket he's got this.

 

[Unchained]

The stage was so interesting until UAE decided to let the break win

UAE also showing fatigue Wellens and Politt punishing themselves these first days.. UAE going small ring allowing the break will also have the consequences of not putting the pressure on Visma, if Jorgenson and or Jonas were going to crack soon, this is almost a riding rest day for them..
Meanwhile while EF is just blah..Irish inspiration ripping up the countryside!! Healy is riding like there is a tiger chasing him!! Looks good!!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Insane ride by Healy

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Healy needs to ease down a bit. There are other stages to win.

 

[DarkBlue]

Away in a Manger,
No Crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus,
Lay Down his Sweet Head.
The Stars in the Bright Sky,
Looked down where HEALY HEALY HEALY HEALY HEALY

 

[scribers]

As animating as Healy is to races, he very rarely wins.

 

[Penninepeddler]

Healy's win list is hilarious really... these are 6 of his 8 non-TT wins so far.

2020 Irish NC: ~50km solo
2023 Industria & Artigianato: ~15km solo
2023 Giro stage 8: ~50km solo
2023 Irish NC: ~100km solo
2023 Luxembourg stage 3: ~20km solo
2025 Basque stage 5: ~55km solo

and today soon added to it. Glad he is only 24 and hopefully best years ahead.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Go Ben! I want to see him rewarded for this.

I love that madman. He rarely wins, but not for the lack of trying.

Go Ben, go!

 

[Tim Cahill]

He's 7.37 down, if the peloton completely phones this in then he can take yellow in one of the coming stages.

 

[scribers]

Now Healy will have to fixate on a vuelta win

 

[noob]

Oh so Healy in yellow tomorrow, why not!

 

[Penninepeddler]

As animating as Healy is to races, he very rarely wins.

He just doesnt have a great kick so hard to beat anyone in a group sprint or even a 2-up... so has to go from far out.

10 career wins at pro level by age 24

1x Giro, 1x TdF stage

2nd in Amstel
3rd in LBL
4th in Strade Bianche
5th in Fleche

is not a bad resume really! He will almost certainly win a Vuelta stage soon to complete the set, and has a shot at winning a classic or two in next 5 years (so long as Pog not there aha)

 

[Peyroteo94]

Oh so Healy in yellow tomorrow, why not!

Are you forgetting MVP?