Tour de France 2020 | Stage 1 (Nice - Nice, 156 km)

[jaylew]

I'm perfectly fine with them deciding to neutralize as long as they get back to racing at some point.

 

[F_Cance]

A sprint with completely fresh riders is also dangerous

 

[Leinster]

Am I the only one happy they are neutralizing it? I mean this could be the only GT ridden this year. I don't want half the contenders out by stage 1.

I am perfectly happy to see stage 1 neutralized. I hope they don’t/don’t have to consider it in the final week when jerseys are on the line.

 

[RedheadDane]

Nah I'm with you

Me three. There's 21 stages, I think we'll survive a stage being ridden - partially - at a slow pace.

 

[Red Rick]

Am I the only one happy they are neutralizing it? I mean this could be the only GT ridden this year. I don't want half the contenders out by stage 1.

Not a fan of abandoning all need for bike handling skills in the sport.

Sure sometimes it may be necessary, but it's starting to happen more and more

Next up were abandoning descents, etc.

 

[sir fly]

Ah yes, the Tour, how I missed this...

Better one disappointment than the rest of the race ruined.

 

[TomLPC]

"I see Richard Porte there, laughing on the front of the peleton. Lets see if he's laughing after the race"

 

[Leinster]

A sprint with completely fresh riders is also dangerous

A sprint is always dangerous.

 

[Faserr]

180 fresh riders in the last 10k = crashes

 

[Gigs_98]

You know what annoys me, I know this descent is dangerous at all, but let's be real, once they hit the end of the deacsnt they'll suddenly forget that they care about safety and immediately go back to drilling it and the crashes will start again

 

[BlueRoads]

I think some damage has been done, so it won't be like this stage has not been raced. (Ineos might be 1 1/2 men down.)

 

[gregrowlerson]

We're all going to die.

 

[jaylew]

Not a fan of abandoning all need for bike handling skills in the sport.

Sure sometimes it may be necessary, but it's starting to happen more and more

Next up were abandoning descents, etc.

I hardly think the riders deciding to self neutralize one short section of one stage of one race is abandoning all need for bike handling skills in the sport. Especially when bike handling skills may have absolutely nothing to do with whether you go down or not.

 

[huangho]

Guys, just 2 more mph... This is eternal!

 

[Simurgh]

Bennett crashed

 

[Breezy1985]

Im all for the slowdown but if T.Martin decides that everyone limits to 30kph max then its should apply to Porte, Ewan and the rest.

 

[Faserr]

Left collorbone.

 

[Leinster]

Where do we stand on disc brakes after today? Alaphilippe, Ewan, Lopez all having sketchy moments on wet descents.

As I type, a JV rider on a rim Bianchi goes down on the neutralized descent. Bennett.

 

[70kmph]

Bennett back on bike

 

[jsem94]

The hell is going on...

 

[jaylew]

Im all for the slowdown but if T.Martin decides that everyone limits to 30kph max then its should apply to Porte, Ewan and the rest.

No

 

[sir fly]

I think some damage has been done, so it won't be like this stage has not been raced. (Ineos might be 1 1/2 men down.)

And it's still happening.

 

[Red Rick]

I'm perfectly fine with them deciding to neutralize as long as they get back to racing at some point.

Yes.

When the Giro starts.

 

[tobydawq]

Usually, I hate neutralisations, but I'm fine with today.

 

[Leinster]

If I was Bennett with 25km to go, I’d be in no hurry to get back in the bunch.