20 french riders in a break, and the rest saving themselves for the cobbles, while riding 30 km/h and listening to the FIFA world cup on the radio
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Son of Amsterhammer said:Agree it’s a waste of a weekend Stage. I guess they figured they’d give us everything on Sunday.
Jspear said:Son of Amsterhammer said:Agree it’s a waste of a weekend Stage. I guess they figured they’d give us everything on Sunday.
Which sucks...I'm actually free this Saturday....I never am on the weekends. No reason to tune in. :/
Yes he did, and so did Gilbert who was pretty clear on Belgian TV that the stage must have been as long and boring for the journalists as for the riders.Koronin said:Another boring stage. Wake me at the 10K mark. (I think even Peter made some reference to that about today's stage).
Red Rick said:You can't deny that it's on the 2nd Saturday of the race that it really kicks off.
Crashes would be a high possibility..Robert5091 said:I thought I lived in "Venice of the North" but it seems there's about 40 towns that claim that.
Entering Amiens the peloton turns left with 4 kilometres left to fly down a drop. So the rhythm will be high when the riders hit a sharp right-hand bend with 2.8 kilometres to go, shortly followed by a slight left-hander. The drop ends 2 kilometres before the line with a 90-degrees left-hand bend, while the route turns left at a roundabout with 500 metres to go. The last 700 metres are slightly uphill (1%).
Could well be Groenewegen again.
Poursuivant said:This is bizarre
IndianCyclist said:Probably they could not fit an exciting stage as well as the Roubaix stage in the same weekend because of the world cup. Besides considering France in the final, there would be more interest there compared to lesser visibility of French riders in the TDF