Tour de France 2018, stage 1

[perico]

Geraint finish in first group. LOL This should be good.

 

[Inquitus]

Was Dan Martin in the front group?

 

[skippo12]

Fuglsang, Majka and Nibali finishing 9-11.

 

[MuskyOurSaviour]

Re:

I hate when things like these do so much in determining the overall.

Isn't GC supposed to be the most rounded rider? Bike technique counts as a skill.

 

[bajbar]

Roglič and Kruiswijk both in front group I believe.

 

[Simurgh]

I missed the last 50K, what happened to GC riders ?

Couple of crashes in the last 10 kilometers, Porte down, later Froome down in another crash, and Nairo punctures both wheels. All of the mentioned lost time

 

[RedheadDane]

I missed the last 50K, what happened to GC riders ?

Froome crashed.
Quintana punctured.
Think Porte was caught behind a crash.

 

[spalco]

I missed the last 50K, what happened to GC riders ?

Porte was involved in some kind of pile up, probably mechanical, Quintana had a flat tire, and Froome catapulted himself over a barrier.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Re:

Tom?

in the 1st group

 

[PremierAndrew]

Nibali Landa Thomas and Dumo the big winners today

 

[MuskyOurSaviour]

If Geraint goes apeshit on cobbles he'll easily have plus 2 minutes on Froome before mountains. Will be interesting :lol:

 

[bigcog]

I missed the last 50K, what happened to GC riders ?

Couple of crashes in the last 10 kilometers, Porte down, later Froome down in another crash, and Nairo punctures both wheels. All of the mentioned lost time

Thanks, this should make things even more interesting :razz:

 

[Alexandre B.]

Re:

Nibali Landa Thomas and Dumo the big winners today

And Bardet.

 

[Salvarani]

Re: Re:

I hate when things like these do so much in determining the overall.

Isn't GC supposed to be the most rounded rider? Bike technique counts as a skill.

RT

 

[Eclipse]

Re: Re:

I hate when things like these do so much in determining the overall.

Isn't GC supposed to be the most rounded rider? Bike technique counts as a skill.

What is bike technique when you get squeezed out on a corner or blow out your tyres.

The number of guys who lost time should tell you it was basically random today

 

[Laplaz]

Karma Froome, karma.

 

[bigcog]

I missed the last 50K, what happened to GC riders ?

Porte was involved in some kind of pile up, probably mechanical, Quintana had a flat tire, and Froome catapulted himself over a barrier.

Cheers

 

[Asero831]

And this is not even Stage 9

 

[Aristarchus]

Well this ended up being a like a really bad prologue, with these time gaps

 

[Billie]

Quintana stopped 200 metres before the 3k banner

 

[Salvarani]

Re:

Karma Froome, karma.

RT

 

[Asero831]

None of the movistar riders went on to help NQ

 

[sir fly]

Not exactly the kind of excitement we wish for, but everybody seems to be fine and the GC ranks have been mixed up.
Not a bad start.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Kittel is back though, rode a good sprint. Gaviria has the best lead out.
Groenewegen will have to invent something because he was isolated in the end and too far

 

[benzwire]

Re:

Nibali Landa Thomas and Dumo the big winners today

I think we're all big winners today

The race is much more interesting now!