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

[spalco]

What the *** are they sprinting for here?

 

[postmanhat]

At least Trek got what they deserved. Absolutely nothing

 

[ice&fire]

What do Slovenians have for breakfast?

 

[SafeBet]

Much harder jumping out of a group with guys like VdP or VA than these fools here.

100% true but I think some here are underselling Mohoric effort a bit.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What do Slovenians have for breakfast?

Trek riders

 

[Luthor]

I would've expected Colbrelli to do that at the end, but Mohoric..Dissapointing af, Bahrain is the worst team.

 

[Leinster]

What do Slovenians have for breakfast?

Danes.

 

[BIgwheels]

That climb is really hurting a lot of riders

Yeah hes out right.

The commentators seem to consider those are the only teams with bunch sprint chances.

 

[BlueRoads]

So much for Pogacar at least Mohoric can drop his competition

Since Mohoric beat Pogacar in the national championships we should know that he's actually stronger than him.

 

[King Boonen]

Mod hat on:

There seems to be a lot of users who don't want to comment on the next couple of stages. Please keep clinic references in the clinic.

Cheers,

KB.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Trek - bunch of idiots failing miserably

Sounds like another documentary.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Since Mohoric beat Pogacar in the national championships we should now that he's actually stronger than him.

If they made a GT route with only +200 km stages with descent finishes, he could have a chance of winning.

 

[topcat]

So much for Pogacar at least Mohoric can drop his competition

Mohoric is the most attacking of the 3 big Slovenians and by far the best to watch.

 

[gregrowlerson]

For Landa form is temporary, but bad luck permanent.

For Landa form is permanent, but so is bad luck.

 

[gunara]

Mohoric is great at what he does

Another impressive win

Hopefully he can do something like this in the classics in the future too. Cancellara style.

For now please Vino style, in Paris

 

[KZD]

Another great Tour for Slovenia even with Roglic's abandon, already 5 stages won and with all likehood overall again.

 

[gregrowlerson]

What would you guys think of a "dumbest rider of the previous stage" award, maybe attaching a hand drawn penis to the number on the back of the jersey or making him wear a clown nose?

Just call him Hollywood.

 

[burning]

Now the main question is, will Cav make the time limit?

 

[movingtarget]

What do Slovenians have for breakfast?

Not enough.........they're still hungry........

 

[Luthor]

Just call him Hollywood.

That's reserved for Carapaz

 

[shalgo]

For now please Vino style, in Paris

You mean suck another rider’s wheel for the entire last kilometer, and then sprint around him at the finish? That Vino win is so overrated. I wish Bradley McGee hadn’t been such an idiot.

 

[movingtarget]

Mohoric obviously a De Gendt fan.

 

[gunara]

You mean suck another rider’s wheel for the entire last kilometer, and then sprint around him at the finish? That Vino win is so overrated. I wish Bradley McGee hadn’t been such an idiot.

It doesn't have to be pretty in Paris

 

[Big Doopie]

This has been a very poor/unsuspenseful TDF after a few days of the first week

unfortunately, most are, if they are designed right.

the best, most all-round rider wins. and after three weeks the difference between that rider and others is more often fairly large (or at least lacking in suspense).

for real suspense, you need at least two riders who are both top five in TT and climbs (and who don't crash)...TDF 89 anyone? But this is rare.

none of Merckx's wins were close (Ocana crashed in 1971), but his defeat in 1975 was a thrilling TDF!
none of Hinault's wins were close, but his defeat in 1986 is the most remembered.
Anquetil's most memorable win was his last with Poulidor close but never really really going to win with the final TT.
none of Indurain's wins were memorable at all (probably the most boring period in TDF history), and yet his defeat was newsworthy.

It is often the eventual losses of the dominant rider of the time that are truly memorable.

One of the reasons I actually think Lemond is so popular is that his wins were almost always as the underdog... the underdog to the patron Hinault in 1986 and the defeat of the blaireau, the comeback in 1989 and the, yes, comeback in 1990 from being really overweight and out of shape and being more than 10+ minutes down on Chiappucci.

To enjoy the TDF one has to enjoy exploits by the dominant rider of that time. You can enjoy a TDF like Merckx's 1969 win or Ocana's 1973 win by the panache demonstrated by the winner -- same can be said, in relative terms, about Pog's win this year).

And, frankly, I would not want it any other way. GTs should always crown the very best all-round rider and not have superficially created drama by lessening the challenges or putting things out of balance (see Giros of the 1980s that catered to climbing-challenged Saronni and Moser or the ridiculous Vuelta where Maertens won 13-14 stages).

My 2 cents.

 

[RedheadDane]

Got off work quite late.
See DQ didn't wanna pull today.