Tour de France 2018, stage 1

[Laplaz]

Bring on Sweden vs. England

 

[Der Effe]

Boring stage for sure, but the landscapes alone are worth it staying awake. Absolutely beautiful.

 

[sir fly]

Nice crowd on the roadsides.
That's the Tour.

 

[Robert5091]

Quickest ever for the break to form? Geez! No messing around in the peloton today.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Ummm. Where are Kwiatkowski's rainbow bands on his sleeves? (and they're making a former world champion water carry)

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gesink riding on the front now for kilometers already. Kinda unique, 5th and 6th in the race before, now working on the front of the sprinter.. Can't recall any 'past' GC men doing so

 

[sir fly]

There's no imagination in the peloton... keeping the breakaway on a short leash
15 minutes gap, or so, would inspire the thoughts about success.

And it looks like everything that moves in Vendée lined up by the roads.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Gesink probably just wants to warm his diesel up a bit.

Are Jansen, Roosen and Martens all part of his train? I guess it makes sense since you dont put a miniature climber like Tolhoek to the front or Roglic and Kruijswijk, of course.

 

[Yingge]

Thankyou SBS for giving us Keenan and McEwan as commentators again and ditching Phil and Paul once again.

 

[Anderis]

Re:

Gesink riding on the front now for kilometers already. Kinda unique, 5th and 6th in the race before, now working on the front of the sprinter.. Can't recall any 'past' GC men doing so

I remember Vande Velde pulling the peloton for Farrar in the final stage of the 2010 Vuelta.

Probably not that rare. Especially if we are talking about guys without a podium in GTs.

 

[Yingge]

Re:

Thankyou SBS for giving us Keenan and McEwan as commentators again and ditching Phil and Paul once again.

Seems that the Keenan and McEwan commentary must be the main English one as McEwan just said that they broadcast to 52 countries.

 

[glassmoon]

Ouch Lawson.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re:

Ouch Lawson.

I still don't know why he has that nickname.
So far nobody's been able to explain it to me

 

[glassmoon]

Re: Re:

Ouch Lawson.

I still don't know why he has that nickname.
So far nobody's been able to explain it to me

I've honestly thought it's his real name until now Here in europe the commentators always called him Lawson.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Re:

Gesink probably just wants to warm his diesel up a bit.

Are Jansen, Roosen and Martens all part of his train? I guess it makes sense since you dont put a miniature climber like Tolhoek to the front or Roglic and Kruijswijk, of course.

Yes

Groenewegen also explained it was a clear choice to go with a smaller train this year, because large trains don't work in the chaos of the peloton anymore, you get 'lost'. So they decided to go with 2/3 guys he really trusts. Especially Roosen is crucial.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Message to DSs from TV production: don't bother going in the break for publicity: you'll get more TV time if you get an injury and ride at the back of the peloton.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Do they plan to eventually show the racing?

 

[Laporte17]

And the commentators just said that this is Laporte’s debut tour... :/

 

[skippo12]

Porte crash?

 

[spalco]

Well, Demare's not winning this stage, not that it was particularly likely anyway.

 

[skippo12]

Demarre is out for today...no way he comes back on the last kms.

 

[Hayabusa]

That's Demare out of the sprint barring some sort of automotive assistance.

 

[perico]

Porte crash?

Probably

 

[rick james]

Game over for FDJ

SKY RIDER DOWN

 

[glassmoon]

Sunweb one down heavily?