Tour de France Tour De France 2021, stage 1 (Brest-Landerneau, 197.8 km)

[Nin1388]

I guess Ineos had only Thomas in front group. Carapaz lost 10 seconds. And Geogan Hart and Porte lost over 2 minutes.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

That Fuglsang avoided 2 major crashes, and finished with the front group, the first time he is not riding GC, is highly ironic to me

Edit:

Chances are, he will change his mind - start riding GC - and THEN get mowed down by a motorbike or spectator

 

[saganftw]

damn shame for lopez

 

[ontheroad]

Where did Tao Geoghegan Hart finish?

 

[Danskebjerge]

Maybe there should be a rule about neutralization of the race in case of extraordinary big crashes.
Btw, who was the blue guy that caused the last big crash?

 

[Nin1388]

I don't understand why MVdP didn't follow Alaphilippe, I don't think he even tried. That would have been the absolute clear split to go all out to make imo.

He was way down when Julian attacked.

 

[Escarabajo]

Nibali in the front group!!!
I don't know about you guys but this one could be in the bag!

 

[Breezy1985]

That climb was harder than it looked

That straight road at the finish looked amazing. Made the peleton look so close they could almost touch Ala but couldn't get close enough

 

[Salvarani]

Did someone say they saw Tao?

He isnt listed yet...

 

[Pirazziattacks]

He was dropped before the last km

huh, I'm surprised that Matthews performed so much better after the form Colbrelli's displayed recently.

 

[T-Nielsen]

That Fuglsang avoided 2 major crashes, and finished with the front group, the first time he is not riding GC, is highly ironic to me

Yep. When he tries to drop some time this happens...

 

[saganftw]

im kinda dissapointed roglic and pogacar didnt work together when they got the brief gap

 

[bambino]

Valverde +5m back

 

[Mayomaniac]

He was way down when Julian attacked.

This, most of his teammates crashed so he had to do most of the work to get to the front himself.
Quickstep played it perfect for Ala, great stuff by them.
Formolo did an great job to get Pogi to the front right before the final climb.

 

[ppanther92]

I don't understand why MVdP didn't follow Alaphilippe, I don't think he even tried. That would have been the absolute clear split to go all out to make imo.

Considering he finished 20th, I don't think he had the power to do so.

 

[Breezy1985]

Maybe there should be a rule about neutralization of the race in case of extraordinary big crashes.
Btw, who was the blue guy that caused the last big crash?

No.

Might as well just have 21 time trials

 

[movingtarget]

Maybe there should be a rule about neutralization of the race in case of extraordinary big crashes.
Btw, who was the blue guy that caused the last big crash?

There used to be a rule about that and it has been used before. Don't know if its still in use.

 

[BlueRoads]

My god, what a rollercoaster of a stage, although this is only a bike race it felt like a Shakespeare-piece to me.

 

[titan31]

I'm hoping theres some transponder issues with some of the riders due to swapping to teammate bikes.

For ISN in particular, Boivin is high up and Woods hasn't appeared yet. I'm hoping Woods might actually be that

 

[roundabout]

Considering he finished 20th, I don't think he had the power to do so.

I think he did make it up to Pogacar and Roglic at one point, but that was that.

And I guess with the win gone, there was no value for him in sprinting for 2nd if he genuinely doesn't target green

 

[IndianCyclist]

huh, I'm surprised that Matthews performed so much better after the form Colbrelli's displayed recently.

Should have brought Padun Mader

 

[Rackham]

I knew that would turn into a GC fight.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

huh, I'm surprised that Matthews performed so much better after the form Colbrelli's displayed recently.

Colbrelli did spend a lot of time chasing after the first big crash.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wiggo going on about Froome's GC chances being over

Does this chump even watch cycling

 

[saganftw]

happy for jack haig, this is his chance to step out of Paduns shadow,also ineos leadership dillema is down to two guys and i suspect it will be down to one guy after TT