Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 21: Chatou – Paris Champs-Élysées, 108.4 km

[RedheadDane]

Fuglsang DNS...

 

[Bonimenier]

Fuglsang DNS...

Want to make sure he makes his flight?

 

[Netserk]

Fuglsang DNS...

Why not two days ago?

 

[RedheadDane]

Want to make sure he makes his flight?

None of the other Olympic Danes are DNSing, and I'm pretty sure they're all flying together.
Valgren even joked that he is going to visit the Danish TV2 Post-Tour Party on the Champs today, then the plane just gonna wait!

 

[Salvarani]

Eddy is the greatest cyclist of all time.

But Cavendish is one of the best sprinters of all time. Maybe even the best. A long career with many up and downs. The story is almost like a Hollywood script, at this point. If he gets the record in his own right, then he surely is more than just a "one-trick pony". If anything it is even more impressive what Cavendish has achieved, because he can only win in one way. Eddy could win in every way.

 

[RedheadDane]

Why not two days ago?

Don't know.

 

[Salvarani]

Want to make sure he makes his flight?

Needed some extra time to pack.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The team says Fuglsang wasn't feeling great this morning, so it was probably not planned. It wouldn't make much sense if it was either.

 

[Breezy1985]

The name "Merckx" should be banned from all discussions about cycling.

Even if we are talking about the talented talent spotting Merckx

 

[Carols]

And he has never claimed to be. Far from it.

What's your beef?

My beef is all the hoopla all over the TV, the internet (not just here) and in person about Cav beating Eddy's record. My brother who is 8 years younger and I discussed it last week. We both saw Eddy ride live during his hey day. We were Aghast at the fuss being made over Cav.

But I'm done with the subject here! So let it be, I'm too old to continue this discussion, I'll give myself a heart attack!

 

[70kmph]

Here he comes, the Hobbit

 

[RedheadDane]

My beef is all the hoopla all over the TV the internet (not just here) and in person about Cav beating Eddy's record. My brother who is 8 years younger and I discussed it last week. We both saw Eddy ride live during his hey day. We were Aghast at the fuss being made over Cav.

But I'm done with the subject here! So let it be, I'm too old to continue this discussion, I'll give myself a heart attack!

If Cavendish wins today he will beat Merckx' record. That's just a fact!
However, you have a point; it doesn't make sense to compare Cavendish - and modern cycling in general - with a guy like Merckx.

 

[Carols]

If Cavendish wins today he will beat Merckx' record. That's just a fact!
However, you have a point; it doesn't make sense to compare Cavendish - and modern cycling in general - with a guy like Merckx.

Eddy rode to Win the TdF, Not stages of it. Cav has tied 1 of his Many Records and may surpass it, fact.

 

[RedheadDane]

Eddy rode to Win the TdF, Not stages of it. Cav has tied 1 of his Many Records and may surpass it, fact.

But this talk is only about the stage-wins record. The [X-rider] is the new [Y-rider] thing is mostly a joke, anyway. And Cavendish has never been declared "The New Merckx" (in the same way Evenepoel is) after all.

 

[sir fly]

I don't only think Cavendish is the new Merckx, I think he's better.
It's just the Tour's classification system that's flawed.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I don't only think Cavendish is the new Merckx, I think he's better.
It's just the Tour's classification system that's flawed.

Yes, with a 2 hour time bonus at the line, he could have won every GT he ever entered!

 

[SHAD0W93]

Greipel will probably get the honorary first lap.

 

[sir fly]

They're talking about Van Aert winning today's sprint, and that it would be a historic feature.
What if he pulls Vino?

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

German TV running a big special on Greipel. Like, I get it, great career and everything but they're hyping him up as if he has a 50% chance of winning today. Can't wait for commentators to scream how he's getting in position when he's fighting for 9th place somewhere at the back.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Anyone else wish that the Tour would finish at Roubaix velodrome instead of Champs?

 

[sir fly]

German TV running a big special on Greipel. Like, I get it, great career and everything but they're hyping him up as if he has a 50% chance of winning today. Can't wait for commentators to scream how he's getting in position when he's fighting for 9th place somewhere at the back.

Well, either he wins or he doesn't.
That's 50% chance.

 

[will-10]

My beef is all the hoopla all over the TV, the internet (not just here) and in person about Cav beating Eddy's record. My brother who is 8 years younger and I discussed it last week. We both saw Eddy ride live during his hey day. We were Aghast at the fuss being made over Cav.

But I'm done with the subject here! So let it be, I'm too old to continue this discussion, I'll give myself a heart attack!

I've never understood why people take this shiz so personally

 

[RedheadDane]

Anyone else wish that the Tour would finish at Roubaix velodrome instead of Champs?

Not me. I like that Paris-Roubaix gets the Roubaix velodrome, and the Tour gets the Champs. Each big race gets its own iconic finish.

 

[sir fly]

Anyone else wish that the Tour would finish at Roubaix velodrome instead of Champs?

Don't you think the procession on the velodrome would be a bit dull?
Paris is a lot more scenic.

 

[Bonimenier]

Anyone else wish that the Tour would finish at Roubaix velodrome instead of Champs?

Bunch sprint with 150 riders on the Roubaix velodrome. That definitely would be interesting.