Tour de France 2017. stage 1: Düsseldorf, 14 km itt

[Irondan]

ohhh Bennett! Ouch...

 

[GuyIncognito]

Bennett showing himself worthy of the LottoNL jersey

 

[Alexandre B.]

George Bennett and the Tour de France asphalt. What a story.

 

[woodburn]

Bennett showing tarmac is really a slip and slide.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Bennett and Groenewgen went down basically the same way ...

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Nikias Arndt is such a good allrounder, he's not even restricted on the spelling of his Name. Nice of the broadcasters to recognize it.

 

[woodburn]

Birdsong has flown the coup and is on the road.

 

[portugal11]

Will thomas catch bardet? I think he will...

 

[silvergrenade]

Re:

Will thomas catch bardet? I think he will...

No way that happens IMO!

 

[Irondan]

Bardet is lucky this ITT is only 14k....

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re:

Will thomas catch bardet? I think he will...

it's raining, he's notoriously prone to crashing over and over and over, and Bardet is great at keeping his bike up.

I'd be very surprised.

 

[valentius borealis]

That was a close call for Simon Yates.

 

[silvergrenade]

Juglsang very gingerly taking those corners...
Was that Yates just about to crash?

 

[sir fly]

Bardet looking good in his position.
We'll see about the speed.

 

[Tonton]

Allez Romain!

If he can go under 17 minutes, close to Majka, it's not bad.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Sorry, wrong forum...

 

[Simurgh]

Contador looks ready to strike

 

[Poursuivant]

Not liking the new time display from ASO. If it isn't broke, don't fix it

 

[woodburn]

Fuglsang 24 seconds back at first time check. Not great.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re:

Contador looks ready to strike

Lightning looks ready to strike him

 

[saneguy]

Re:

Fuglsang 24 seconds back at first time check. Not great.

Thats a lot but gotta see how some of the other GC guys do.

 

[Irondan]

I gotta say that Matthew Keenan and Robbie McEwen make a fine duo, at least compared to the other idiots Phil, Paul and co., on the NBCGold telecast.

If I remember correctly it was just Matthew Keenan doing the live broadcast in last years Tour on NBCGold. The addition of Robbie McEwen is just what they needed to make a really pleasant viewing experience...

 

[Arredondo]

Wow, really good ride by Yates!

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Yates he can

 

[silvergrenade]

Great ride by Yates!