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

[Broccolidwarf]

LET’S GO BONNAMOUR!

Right now I love having picked him for Polkadots today, in the stage predictions challenge

 

[tobydawq]

As soon as I saw the front go through that turn I knew there'd be a crash - stupidly dangerous set up.

Are people going to complain every time there is a roundabout or a curve the next three weeks?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Declercq just rolled down his sleeves……. The break is doomed.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

There's already an answer for your question a few posts down

Surely more of the blame should go on ASO?

 

[Netserk]

Are people going to complain every time there is a roundabout or a curve the next three weeks?

It's fair to complain about finishes, but it's impossible to sanitise 200 km of roads every day.

But it looks like the bunch is more thinned out now, and I guess it will be like that for much of the day, so not really a problem with tight spots for a while.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

UAE dedicating a guy to the chase, probably means they view Hirschi or Costa as being able to win today.

 

[jnormanroach]

Are people going to complain every time there is a roundabout or a curve the next three weeks?

Well it was a sharp blind turn where most of the natural lines brought the riders right into road furniture - the choices were either a tightly constricted path through the road furniture (so not enough room for everyone) or a super wide path that I'm sure wasn't visible or apparent to people in the middle and back of the peloton. Seemed very dumb to me even by the normal standards of road furniture danger.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Who crashed?

 

[limak_]

Surely more of the blame should go on ASO?

I was reffering to @Red Rick's point.
Crashes should've been banned just like supertucks. No matter if this would be done by UCI or ASO (during their own races).

 

[staubsauger]

Oh no, Jens Voigt is back!

Tour of Switzerland was such a pleasure with Migels & Leclercq!

 

[sir fly]

Brittany is a nice cycling ground. Lovely places.
There are some nice cookies too, I heard.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Brittany is a nice cycling ground. Lovely places.
There are some nice cookies too, I heard.

Yes, their websites are great

 

[gunara]

Happy le tour you wonderful bunch.

Can't wait to share the next three weeks with everyone <3

May the threads be good and the racing be better.

Visiting dad today so going to hopefully watch our first tour stage together in about a decade

Be nice to your old man, even if you two have different tastes. My last GT with my late dad is 2013 Giro (we met about every two year, and never on Tour time), he passed away at the first week of 2015 Giro. We never really got along cycling-wise though, he's so impressed by Wiggo and Froomey since Sky rose

 

[RedheadDane]

Rather strange mechanical for VdP; shoe change.

 

[tobydawq]

UAE dedicating a guy to the chase, probably means they view Hirschi or Costa as being able to win today.

Hirschi or Pogacar, I think. Costa does not have that finish anymore.

 

[CyclistAbi]

????

what could the uci do about that crash?

Unban supertuck.

 

[WKA311]

Oh no, Jens Voigt is back!

Tour of Switzerland was such a pleasure with Migels & Leclercq!

Voss and Kurz are on at ARD coverage, just switch over.

 

[CyclistAbi]

C'mon Mathieu, back to the peloton, we expect fireworks at the end of the stage. Froome has a new haircut? Pogačar still has the regular haircut. Or the helmet is leaking hair. Ineos trying to bully UAE and JV safely tucked behind the UAE. That works for me for now.

 

[Red Rick]

Hirschi or Pogacar, I think. Costa does not have that finish anymore.

Costa was never one of the worlds best puncheurs in the first place. Jack of all trades, but top 5 at no specific skills. He maximized his talents a lot though.

 

[tobydawq]

Costa was never one of the worlds best puncheurs in the first place. Jack of all trades, but top 5 at no specific skills. He maximized his talents a lot though.

Yep, agreed, just trying not to pick fights

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Oh no, Jens Voigt is back!

Tour of Switzerland was such a pleasure with Migels & Leclercq!

Voss and Kurz are on at ARD coverage, just switch over.

Yeah, if you`re based in Germany, sportschau livestream is better.

 

[sir fly]

Kirby!

 

[Broccolidwarf]

LET’S GO BONNAMOUR!

Right now I love having picked him for Polkadots today, in the stage predictions challenge

That’s IT Bonnamour, we are over, goodbye.

 

[Rackham]

UAE dedicating a guy to the chase, probably means they view Hirschi or Costa as being able to win today.

Or Pogacar in all probability.

Also funny to see Ineos & UAE already acting like Patrons of the peloton. That was one of the questions before the stage & it's a clear departure from last year (when TJV took control day one).

C'mon Mathieu, back to the peloton, we expect fireworks at the end of the stage. Froome has a new haircut? Pogačar still has the regular haircut. Or the helmet is leaking hair. Ineos trying to bully UAE and JV safely tucked behind the UAE. That works for me for now.

Yep, works for me as well. Roglic back with Gaudu & the FDJ guys in the peloton.

 

[RedheadDane]

That’s IT Bonnamour, we are over, goodbye.

No good love for Franck?