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

[skippo12]

If I'm not mistaken, Sagan will be in green tomorrow.
Things are back to normal!

Kristoff yellow
Pedersen white
Sagan green

He always finds a way.

 

[Salvarani]

Plus 22 degrees, a bit if rain, stage under 4 hours long, neutralized for 30k, I think.

But ok, maybe it was harder than it looked.

Anyone could do it, right?

 

[tobydawq]

Kristoff's win today marks the first time this year that one of the eight active riders with most career wins won a race.

Winds of change are blowing.

 

[BlueRoads]

Kristoff's win today marks the first time this year that one of the eight active riders with most career wins won a race.

Winds of change are blowing.

Winds and storms indeed. Maybe we are going to have a Scandinavian autumn.

 

[roundabout]

Anyone could do it, right?

H..how did you get that from my post?

 

[RedheadDane]

I seriously doubt he will be able to reach the finish with the best.

He will ride in green on the stage.

 

[Jspear]

I'm just glad today's stage is over. Plenty of crashes and falls, but most of it was just road rash from what I saw correct? Congrats to Kristoff. He's always up there.

 

[Asero831]

Dege OTL?

 

[Pantani_lives]

It can't be a coincidence that the top 3 finishers come from countries where they're used to skiing and ice skating.

 

[Gigs_98]

Kristoff's win today marks the first time this year that one of the eight active riders with most career wins won a race.

Winds of change are blowing.

That seems pretty insane. I'm also wondering who those 8 riders are. I'm guessing Kristoff, Cav, Greipel, Sagan, Froome, Valverde, maybe Nibali, maybe Viviani?

 

[FjPavels]

That seems pretty insane. I'm also wondering who those 8 riders are. I'm guessing Kristoff, Cav, Greipel, Sagan, Froome, Valverde, maybe Nibali, maybe Viviani?

From procyclingstats:

Pos.	Rider	Team	Wins	View
1	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	156	wins
2	CAVENDISH Mark	Bahrain - McLaren	146	wins
3	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar Team	127	wins
4	SAGAN Peter	BORA - hansgrohe	113	wins
5	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	NTT Pro Cycling	81	wins
6	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	80	wins
7	VIVIANI Elia	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	78	wins
8	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	78	wins

 

[Gigs_98]

From procyclingstats:

Pos.	Rider	Team	Wins	View
1	GREIPEL André	Israel Start-Up Nation	156	wins
2	CAVENDISH Mark	Bahrain - McLaren	146	wins
3	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar Team	127	wins
4	SAGAN Peter	BORA - hansgrohe	113	wins
5	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	NTT Pro Cycling	81	wins
6	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	80	wins
7	VIVIANI Elia	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	78	wins
8	GILBERT Philippe	Lotto Soudal	78	wins

Ah, should have thought of Gilbert. I guess Froome didn't get that many small wins in the last few years anymore.

 

[75Driver]

I just can’t get behind Pinot because he always disappoints in the GT’s. Seems like the great pretender when he should have been the great contender.

This race was a mess. Too many guys not in tip top race form due to lack of racing caused a lot of mistakes. Looked like a pinball game with bodies flying everywhere. Lucky nobody was seriously hurt. Was nice to watch the tour again but I didn’t enjoy this stage much with all the carnage. Then I have to put up with that knucklehead Liggett making wrong call after wrong call, missing names and completely missing the action or describing it incorrectly. Bloody annoying. Just dump this stooge already.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Ah, should have thought of Gilbert. I guess Froome didn't get that many small wins in the last few years anymore.

Or in the years before the last few

 

[Faserr]

Crash at the 3km mark

https://twitter.com/x/status/1299750832993427457

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1299750832993427457


Touch of wheels of the Quick-Step guy? Took out Greipel and FDJ and nearly his teammate Bennett

 

[Lequack]

Good news for tomorrow, it's sunny in Nice and 30C, no rain in sight.

 

[Red Rick]

Crash at the 3km mark

https://twitter.com/x/status/1299750832993427457

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1299750832993427457


Touch of wheels of the Quick-Step guy? Took out Greipel and FDJ and nearly his teammate Bennett

Wonder if Lefevre's gonna cry about that one.

I know what my money's on

 

[Red Rick]

I just can’t get behind Pinot because he always disappoints in the GT’s. Seems like the great pretender when he should have been the great contender.

This race was a mess. Too many guys not in tip top race form due to lack of racing caused a lot of mistakes. Looked like a pinball game with bodies flying everywhere. Lucky nobody was seriously hurt. Was nice to watch the tour again but I didn’t enjoy this stage much with all the carnage. Then I have to put up with that knucklehead Liggett making wrong call after wrong call, missing names and completely missing the action or describing it incorrectly. Bloody annoying. Just dump this stooge already.

Yeah I can't get behind Pinot cause riders keep crashing in front of him.

 

[Breezy1985]

Kristoff yellow
Pedersen white
Sagan green

He always finds a way.

Wow didnt realise Mads is still young enough for white

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

it was slippery, *** happens. on to the next one.

 

[tobydawq]

The end has come. Valverde outside the top 100 in a race for the first time IN EIGHT YEARS!!!

 

[King Of The Wolds]

Props to Ineos too for doing a very good job keeping Bernal safe.

Rowe was imperious. A fabulous domestique.

Bernal doesn't look right to me. After Rowe had done a huge turn coming into the finish, Kwiato took over and Bernal was struggling to hold his wheel. He looked round at one point and knocked it off a little.

With Sivakov and Amador both hitting the deck twice, it wasn't a great day for Ineos. I wonder if LJV might test them out tomorrow.

 

[CTQ]

apparently, Valls won't start tomorrow, a possible broken collarbone,

https://twitter.com/x/status/1299752098331086852

View: https://twitter.com/qiglesias/status/1299752098331086852?s=20

 

[Ranagazoo]

I just can’t get behind Pinot because he always disappoints in the GT’s. Seems like the great pretender when he should have been the great contender.

This race was a mess. Too many guys not in tip top race form due to lack of racing caused a lot of mistakes. Looked like a pinball game with bodies flying everywhere. Lucky nobody was seriously hurt. Was nice to watch the tour again but I didn’t enjoy this stage much with all the carnage. Then I have to put up with that knucklehead Liggett making wrong call after wrong call, missing names and completely missing the action or describing it incorrectly. Bloody annoying. Just dump this stooge already.

He's been terrible for years, not sure why he's still getting jobs. On the contrary the guy on ITV today Ned Boulting was really good, a commentator that can actually recognise riders.

 

[Lequack]