Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 2: Perros-Guirec - Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan, 183.5 km

[titan31]

Thomas popped.

Also Colbrelli made a mistake attacking there. Had nothing to respond to VDP then.

 

[perico]

MVdP is incredible.

 

[JosefK]

MvdP gets yellow?

 

[Red Rick]

The only normal thing today is Roglic launching his sprint too early vs Pogacar.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

"The road will decide" - G Thomas

 

[ppanther92]

MvdP yellow. Strange how the power rankings can change in one day.

Anyway, the Slovenes look ridiculously strong.

 

[Bolder]

My jaw literally dropped at that attack.

 

[Breezy1985]

The only normal thing today is Roglic launching his sprint too early vs Pogacar.

Carapaz could potentially Carapaz this tour if Pog and Rog keep looking at each other

 

[perico]

Valverde and Mas were the 2 Movistar riders in the front group. Superman Lopez finished with Thomas.

 

[titan31]

Carapaz could potentially Carapaz this tour if Pog and Rog keep looking at each other

Lost time both stages already isn't a good start when he's going to lose a sh1tload in the time trials

 

[Hayabusa]

Can't think of two more deserving yellow Jersey wearers than Julian and Mathieu. Fantastic start to the Tour.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

PouPou

An time’s passage everything decays
yet memory’s ancient fantásia
returns with the force of myth
and history it so creates:
outliving all, in the potent joy
of overriding life,
in a marvel of self-balancing
where the gale may puff and pull
yet never destroy the fable.

 

[ppanther92]

For what MA Lopez showed in the preparation I am hugely disappointed so far. Ok, yesterday unlucky and not his fault but dropping time again - meh...

 

[limak_]

Quintana leading out MvdP on the uphill finish! Good times to be a cycling fan

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Why are Bahrain not ridng like a team? They had four men in the group.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Yesterday he couldn't possibly take yellow, because he was wearing Poupou's jersey. So it had to happen today, 37 years after Adri.

 

[Breezy1985]

I'm gonna cry when he puts that yellow jersey on.
Are Sean and Adri friends cause it sounds like Kelly is very emotional too or are us Irish just softies

 

[JRanton]

"The road will decide" - G Thomas

Problem for Ineos is that Carapaz isn’t looking that great either and there is a time trial to come very soon. Realistically barring crashes this is a two horse race between the Slovenians again.

 

[topt]

Carapaz could potentially Carapaz this tour if Pog and Rog keep looking at each other

this, I hope they make a deal not to just look Carapaz riding away

 

[Red Rick]

The pure utter sadness that Van der Poel takes such a victory that'll barely register over here cause the national team has to play in 10 minutes.

 

[JosefK]

Alaphilippe has the right idea--get yellow when you can, because it could be gone tomorrow.

 

[Breezy1985]

Problem for Ineos is that Carapaz isn’t looking that great either and there is a time trial to come very soon. Realistically barring crashes this is a two horse race between the Slovenians again.

2 Slovenians and a condor

 

[Leinster]

MvdP yellow. Strange how the power rankings can change in one day.

Anyway, the Slovenes look ridiculously strong.

And Kelderman is just following them wherever they go...

 

[Broccolidwarf]

What a performance from MvdP!
Any other rider would have had nothing left, after his first attack up the climb.
And all the emotion after is beautiful to see - he is NOT just a machine

Kelderman looks better than ever - maybe Bora is on to something?

Vingegaard 7th across the line - I predict he will get a major breakthrough in this Tour (as a Dom, GC would be a pure shock in his first GT).

 

[movingtarget]

Attack early and win is the 2021 way.................