Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 12: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux – Nîmes, 159.4 km

[Eclipse]

hopefully someone takes a gamble on something because otherwise this looks like yet another boooooring sprint day

 

[Monte Serra]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1413070529481912326

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/wielerman/status/1413070529481912326


According to Renaat Schotte the start has been delayed by 10 minutes, because of high winds...

 

[danielovichdk2]

Good be an absolutely explosive day in the race, with a thunderstorms alert in the area, a bit of rain and likely local high winds. Hoping for Ineos today, they should get into some action.

Also, the narrow tunnel at the end is just a disaster waiting to happen.

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1413083570592260097

View: https://twitter.com/Oquetav1/status/1413083570592260097?s=20

 

[Earns1985]

Good be an absolutely explosive day in the race, with a thunderstorms alert in the area, a bit of rain and likely local high winds. Hoping for Ineos today, they should get into some action.

Also, the narrow tunnel at the end is just a disaster waiting to happen.

Today they could need Rowe..
And Jumbo could need Martin today..

 

[Lequack]

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Sagan DNS.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I smell a Bora ploy today

About that...

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1413089930289549314

View: https://twitter.com/DanDeakins/status/1413089930289549314

 

[BlueRoads]

So, 30 riders out, 10 days to go?

edit: 29.

 

[spalco]

So, 30 riders out, 10 days to go?

edit: 29.

It feels like the third week already for me. We aren't even at the second rest day yet?

 

[will-10]

Wout to spend the day in the wind for Vingegaard and then win the sprint anyway.

 

[titan31]

About that...

All part of the ploy, they won't expect it when Sagan sprints past them now.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wout to spend the day in the wind for Vingegaard and then win the sprint anyway.

According to Viingegaard that is indeed their plan.

 

[mortand]

Peloton split already

 

[glassmoon]

Splits since km 0

 

[titan31]

That might have been the dumbest starts I've ever seen. The peleton were completely lined out due to the narrowing at the roundabout and then be dropped the flag. Lads at the back had no shot.

 

[spalco]

Puh, the guys in the back will need good team work to come back again.

 

[Earns1985]

Fantastic start!!

 

[Ramira]

Very glad they are showing these kinds of stages from the start. On days like this the first hour is often the most interesting part of the race, except for maybe the last 30 minutes (actually this is true for a lot of stages, including those in the high mountains).

 

[Tim Cahill]

One of them days

 

[Red Rick]

Individual riders that get blown off the wheel might actually go OOT today

 

[Eclipse]

Fine fine i guess i'll turn it on

 

[Devil's Elbow]

They enter the Ardèche gorge soon, so Martin, Bilbao and company could still come back if the peloton doesn't want to go full gas all day.

 

[MrTea1976]

It would be cool to have an attritional breakaway that's just whoever is left near the front after 50km.