Tour de France 2014: stage-by-stage analysis

[phanatic]

GCN put up their stage 2 preview too now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De5hf1DugDw

Really can't wait for this stage. Glorious countryside and looks like a real test.

Thanks for the link. It should be an especially aggressive stage as the yellow jersey is up for grabs (barring an insane breakaway victory on stage 1).

 

[Hawkwood]

Stage 3 - Only In Britain - Knitted Bunting

"Cambridge lampposts are sturdy enough not to buckle under the weight of bunting knitted for the Tour de France, the county council has said."

 

[manafana]

nicely done sir.

 

[Afrank]

Stickied this just like we did with the Giro analysis thread.

 

[ILovecycling]

Great thread,thx for analysis

 

[Poursuivant]

Superb thread, thanks

 

[karlboss]

So the first opportunity to test Sky, was missed. Congrats to Garmin, Rolland, and Peraud, for at least giving them something to think about though far too late as BMC and Cannondale could already smell the sprint. Next opportunity will be the cobbles, though it doesn't look like any other contender has the team or skills to take them on. It'll be hold on, ride up front, and hope for the best. So really it falls to stage 9 and 10. Which offer great terrain to make gaps and open them up. It could only fail if...noone tries, and/or other teams close the gaps. You'd think that 2 cases in recent memory should be enough for them to take it on, though maybe the riders don't want to win, and/or maybe they think they can win head to head.