Tour de France 2017 stage 2: Düsseldorf - Liége 203,5 km

[Vasilis]

Durbridge abandoned.

 

[jsem94]

Durbridge abandons.

 

[Moviefan1203]

Go Phinney Go!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

nice crowds for a non-sunny day

 

[gregrowlerson]

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nice crowds for a non-sunny day

Fantastic turn out of people around all of Dusseldorf. Much love from Germany for cycling. Great to see.

 

[StephenC2020]

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Well done by Phinney. Now he has the mountains jersey tomorrow.

What is the tie-break in case someone else gets the other KOM point? Last year it was GC position but I can't find the full rulebook for this year online.

Assuming that's still the case I guess he could lose it if the break is caught early, someone from the peloton gets the point and Phinney gets dropped by the peloton in the finale?

 

[sir fly]

So, the escapees never gained more than three and a half minutes...
Didn't expect such a control. The stage must explode somewhere.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

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Well done by Phinney. Now he has the mountains jersey tomorrow.

What is the tie-break in case someone else gets the other KOM point? Last year it was GC position but I can't find the full rulebook for this year online.

Assuming that's still the case I guess he could lose it if the break is caught early, someone from the peloton gets the point and Phinney gets dropped by the peloton in the finale?

It is still GC position. Yes, he hasn't secured it, but much has to go wrong if he's not to wear it tomorrow.

 

[silvergrenade]

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So, the escapees never gained more than three and a half minutes...
Didn't expect such a control. The stage must explode somewhere.

Potential crosswinds?

 

[silvergrenade]

Rain ominent..
Please dont crash.

 

[sir fly]

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So, the escapees never gained more than three and a half minutes...
Didn't expect such a control. The stage must explode somewhere.

Potential crosswinds?

Not sure they're strong enough.

 

[HelloDolly]

Will there be any crosswinds or anything ??

Cant take much more of the comms going on about froome as if he is a performing seal....oh look at him ..isn't he great kinda stuff as if he were a toddler and they are doting parents .. what annoys me is that there are so many riders in the race (195 to be exact now) with so many stories to tell....can we hear some of these ...and

they knew these long stages were coming ...could they have not done more than swapping JAF (who knows what he is saying) , Brian Smith (the coach ?? more like the kinder garden teacher) and Sean Kelly (legend)
......some thing else

 

[Poursuivant]

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Will there be any crosswinds or anything ??

Cant take much more of the comms going on about froome as if he is a performing seal....oh look at him ..isn't he great kinda stuff as if he were a toddler and they are doting parents .. what annoys me is that there are so many riders in the race (195 to be exact now) with so many stories to tell....can we hear some of these ...and

they knew these long stages were coming ...could they have not done more than swapping JAF (who knows what he is saying) , Brian Smith (the coach ?? more like the kinder garden teacher) and Sean Kelly (legend)
......some thing else

It's on ITV 4 as well if they're winding you up that much.

 

[spalco]

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So, the escapees never gained more than three and a half minutes...
Didn't expect such a control. The stage must explode somewhere.

Potential crosswinds?

Not sure they're strong enough.

Doesn't look windy to me at all.

 

[sir fly]

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So, the escapees never gained more than three and a half minutes...
Didn't expect such a control. The stage must explode somewhere.

Potential crosswinds?

Not sure they're strong enough.

Doesn't look windy to me at all.

I'd say there's some wind.
And it looks it's picking up.

 

[frisenfruitig]

We missed like the entire queen stage of the Dauphiné yet they're showing this from 100+k out. Mkay.

 

[Inquitus]

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We missed like the entire queen stage of the Dauphiné yet they're showing this from 100+k out. Mkay.

The whole tour will be live this year from the neutral zone to the line!

 

[HelloDolly]

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Will there be any crosswinds or anything ??

Cant take much more of the comms going on about froome as if he is a performing seal....oh look at him ..isn't he great kinda stuff as if he were a toddler and they are doting parents .. what annoys me is that there are so many riders in the race (195 to be exact now) with so many stories to tell....can we hear some of these ...and

they knew these long stages were coming ...could they have not done more than swapping JAF (who knows what he is saying) , Brian Smith (the coach ?? more like the kinder garden teacher) and Sean Kelly (legend)
......some thing else

It's on ITV 4 as well if they're winding you up that much.

That much ? entitled to make comments on ES as I pay for it

 

[silvergrenade]

Wind now...

 

[Gloin22]

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We missed like the entire queen stage of the Dauphiné yet they're showing this from 100+k out. Mkay.

Maybe because only cycling fans watch Dauphine while the world watches Tour

 

[staubsauger]

Simply because there has been extended Roland Garros coverage this year on Eurosport!

 

[Pirazziattacks]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_OEPONH8pM
Anyone seen this video of Bevin's crash yesterday? There were a few bad crashes on that corner, but this was crazy. He smashed into the barriers, bounced off and spun around on the road and he's somehow ok.

 

[Poursuivant]

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Will there be any crosswinds or anything ??

Cant take much more of the comms going on about froome as if he is a performing seal....oh look at him ..isn't he great kinda stuff as if he were a toddler and they are doting parents .. what annoys me is that there are so many riders in the race (195 to be exact now) with so many stories to tell....can we hear some of these ...and

they knew these long stages were coming ...could they have not done more than swapping JAF (who knows what he is saying) , Brian Smith (the coach ?? more like the kinder garden teacher) and Sean Kelly (legend)
......some thing else

It's on ITV 4 as well if they're winding you up that much.

That much ? entitled to make comments on ES as I pay for it

Who says you can't make comments on them?


As for the stage: I will go with Kittel, then Sagan, then Demare.

 

[The Principal Sheep]

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That much ? entitled to make comments on ES as I pay for it

Eurosport Player has the whole stage without any commentary, absolute godsend for watching cycling nowadays!

 

[IndianCyclist]

too much white in the peloton for this tdf. difficult to identify and also the white jersey