Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 19: Mourenx – Libourne, 207.0 km

[sir fly]

Pog: "Where are you guys running off to?"
Ineos guy: "Oh just up the road a bit"

A favour to compatriot ahead.
... is it a favour?

 

[Lequack]

 

[glassmoon]

another pointless stage, another badge of crashes...

 

[sir fly]

The change of pace probably caused the chain reaction.

 

[glassmoon]

*** Pog... just quit bitching around ffs

 

[Lequack]

The guys in the back can just use the cars to get back on. The cars only get stopped if someone like Roglic crashes, like shown this year. I wonder if cars will always be part of the peloton to provide a wind shield.

 

[Netserk]

*** Pog... just quit bitching around ffs

Just as I think Alpecin-Fenix are in their right to keep pulling after the crash, likewise Pogi and Ineos are free to moan about it. It doesn't seem to have intimidated A-F, so what's the harm?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Pog's aesthetic is far too nice-young-manish for that patron thing, you need the granite, weathered features of the badger/armstrong to be doing that sort of stuff. The boy hasn't seen enough winters.

 

[sir fly]

Pog's aesthetic is far too nice-young-manish for that patron thing, you need the granite, weathered features of the badger/armstrong to be doing that sort of stuff. The boy hasn't seen enough winters.

He's a Balkan boy, isn't it enough?

 

[Netserk]

The guys in the back can just use the cars to get back on. The cars only get stopped if someone like Roglic crashes, like shown this year. I wonder if cars will always be part of the peloton to provide a wind shield.

Barrage (having the cars behind the peloton wait) only happens when riders are dropped, never (pretty much) after crashes. It's unfortunate though if you crash when riders are dropping too.

 

[Lequack]

It just kills the racing usually when there is a kilometer or more line of cars that you can surf. And time penalties mean nothing to the sprint teams.

 

[sir fly]

Candle castle...

 

[BlueRoads]

Pog's aesthetic is far too nice-young-manish for that patron thing, you need the granite, weathered features of the badger/armstrong to be doing that sort of stuff. The boy hasn't seen enough winters.

I think he's actually doing it quite well, and despite his perfect skin he doesn't look that nice-young-manish.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSgp-IIgr4I

 

[Netserk]

If UAE doesn't close this move down, QS will either hit the front or the break will take the stage.

 

[Netserk]

(B)DSM blinks first, of course.

 

[Lequack]

It's weird that so many teams are willing to work for a Quickstep victory in the end. Very nice of them.

 

[titan31]

Why did UAE chase that down

 

[Netserk]

Hmm, they could have gone clear if four of them committed to it.

 

[Luthor]

Why did UAE chase that down

Doing their best Movistar impression

 

[Netserk]

I think it's right of both Trek and B&B to attack and see if another group can get away. A bit more firepower up ahead and we won't see a bunch sprint.

 

[spalco]

(B)DSM blinks first, of course.

I approve of how persistant you're at trying to establish that nickname for the team.

 

[titan31]

Wtf is happening here. Just chaos

 

[glassmoon]

So apparently Thomas hit the deck 2 times again? Not that it was his fault but... man...

 

[titan31]

Calmed down again now unfortunately. That was fun if very odd.

 

[dercuforever]

omg the peloton better go fast before arriving there ...
very small road in 1min ...