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

[Broccolidwarf]

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

I’d be surprised if Pogacar was part of the crazy fight for position coming, for a stage win and a stage 1 yellow - I think the risks are too great for the rewards.

I agree Costa is not fast enough on the false flat ascend to the line, but I view him as someone that could go on the last climb.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

No good love for Franck?

Picked him for polkadots today, but he is.not even trying

 

[tobydawq]

I’d be surprised if Pogacar was part of the crazy fight for position coming, for a stage win and a stage 1 yellow - I think the risks are too great for the rewards.

I agree Costa is not fast enough on the false flat ascend to the line, but I view him as someone that could go on the last climb.

Take a cursory look at Pogacar's results in the last two years. He is always up there, always fighting for positions.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Bit of a shame that there's basically no wind whatsoever. Looking at these pictures of a stretched out peleton on these exposed roads near the ocean, there could've been some great crosswind action.

 

[RedheadDane]

Picked him for polkadots today, but he is.not even trying

Did you... tell him you'd picked him?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Mads P intro interview, saying they are riding for Stuyven today, his job is to deliver him in position with 5K to go.

He also said his focus for the Tour is the sprints, which was news to me, and something I find interesting, he can be a dark horse in the bunch sprints, especially if they are long.

 

[sir fly]

JV jerseys appear quite OK to me.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Take a cursory look at Pogacar's results in the last two years. He is always up there, always fighting for positions.

I don’t need to, I am aware.

But If I was his DS, I would simply not allow it.

Him crashing out today, for the chance of a stage win and 10 seconds on GC, would be a catastrophe for the team.

Time will show.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The TDE kits make their riders look like Russian champions from behind.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Did you... tell him you'd picked him?

Doesn’t everyone do telepathy?

 

[Netserk]

I don’t need to, I am aware.

But If I was his DS, I would simply not allow it.

Him crashing out today, for the chance of a stage win and 10 seconds on GC, would be a catastrophe for the team.

Time will show.

Without the 3 km-rule, he has more to lose by being further back.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

This is a great little climb.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Wow…. Look at those crowds

 

[Broccolidwarf]

The TDE kits make their riders look like Russian champions from behind.

From other angles it looks like a rainbow flag

 

[limak_]

Kwiato not wearing his white jawbreakers?
I hardly recognized him

 

[BlueRoads]

I think Pogacar has a chance, if only a small one, to win this stage. And there are bonus seconds. I would go for the stage win as his team.

 

[BlueRoads]

I dedicate this to Mathieu van der Poel.

Soon I'd be another star in this family's constellation
In the land of the midnight sun
Searching for gold
I am my mother's son
She has her father's eyes
I am the product of her sacrifice
I am the accumulation of the dreams of generations
And their stories live in me like holy water
I am my father's son
And I carry on
Searching for gold
I am my mother's son
And every time I step on stage
And the rhythm finds me
I don't need gold to remind me
I am my mother's son
I have my Grandpa's eyes
I am the product of such sacrifice
I am the accumulation of the dreams of generations
And their stories live in me like holy water.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Pogacar clearly enjoys the fact, that Bjerg is 15 cm taller than him. That will be his preferred wheel for most of the race.

 

[Lequack]

The soldiers of the Sentinelle operation ensure the security of all events for the general public, in conjunction with the internal security forces.

 

[Lequack]

Froome is back to his asymmetric chainrings

 

[Tim Cahill]

Oh ffs not again Thibaut

 

[limak_]

Froome is back to his asymmetric chainrings

And Lightweights!

He had to compensate the additional weight of those strange metal discs attached to his bike

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The soldiers of the Sentinelle operation ensure the security of all events for the general public, in conjunction with the internal security forces.

Counter terrorists win!

 

[Lequack]

Cavendish meets his animal fans

 

[Earns1985]

Schelling wants to wear the mountain jersey tomorrow..