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

[Leinster]

Ide Schelling will win this bike race.

He's moved too early, the fool!

 

[BlueRoads]

Off all the stages Cav has won, he could have won the one he finished second. None of the others the way they played out.

Not that he's faster than Cavendish, but imagine there wasn't a Cavendish in the race and the team would ride for Morkov - it would be problematic though that Morkov wouldn't have a Morkov to lead him out.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He's moved too early, the fool!

At least he's still alive. We haven't seen much of him since the first week.

 

[BlueRoads]

He's moved too early, the fool!

There's still a chance.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Not that he's faster than Cavendish, but imagine there wasn't a Cavendish in the race and the team would ride for Morkov - it would be problematic though that Morkov wouldn't have a Morkov to lead him out.

He is so good he could have done his own leadout, too. And everyone else would just tire themselves out in the fight to get onto his wheel.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Not that he's faster than Cavendish, but imagine there wasn't a Cavendish in the race and the team would ride for Morkov - it would be problematic though that Morkov wouldn't have a Morkov to lead him out.

I am. Cav won the first two stages without Quickstep in the last KM. Morkov isn’t doing what Cav did. The third stage was textbook but I think WVA beats him. The 4th stage he of course would have won without Cav or a different sprinter he was leading out.

 

[sir fly]

This horseman wouldn't last a morning here...

 

[Carols]

I don't think the potential breaking of the record would've been quite as impressive if he hadn't had his down-period. It's that, and his subsequent comeback, that makes the story that amazing to me.

Fair enough.

 

[Hayabusa]

Always love the shots of the cyclists racing around the Champs Elysee.

 

[Izzyeviel]

who had Rolland attacking on the last stage?

 

[Leinster]

WTF, DSM. Bol isn't going to win, get over it. Pedersen was your best chance on this stage and you called him back.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bonnamour

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY7PmX6Oz58

 

[Leinster]

who had Rolland attacking on the last stage?

I mean, I wouldn't have said no, but with 12km to go?

 

[burning]

This stage is less animated than my expectations tbh, but there might be some hope for a late attack.

 

[RedheadDane]

WTF, DSM. Bol isn't going to win, get over it. Pedersen was your best chance on this stage.

You're a bit behind, aren't you? Been a while since that happened.
That group got caught, now it's Valgren, Van Moer, and Schelling.
But only around 15 seconds with less than 10 Ks to go.

 

[Leinster]

You're a bit behind, aren't you? Been a while since that happened.
That group got caught, now it's Valgren, Van Moer, and Schelling.
But only around 15 seconds with less than 10 Ks to go.

Well that was reacting to them having men on the front to chase the Schelling group.

Ballerini mechanical.

 

[Leinster]

That gap is still big-ish...

 

[burning]

Cav is way back in the peloton, that is actually weird.

Edit: And Quickstep actually brought him to the front in due time.

 

[IndurainsTdF1994]

Come on Stuyven! This is your day..

 

[Panda Claws]

What is Thomas trying to do here?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Chaotic, nows the time to attack whilst nobody has it together, come on Nairo

 

[Salvarani]

Not really upset, but I dont personally consider Cavendish one of cycling greats regardless. When I think of great riders, its versatile riders than can do lots of stuff and not just put their nose in the wind for the last 200 metres. Boonen, Cancellara, Valverde, Nibali, Gilbert, Contador, Armstrong, Ullrich etc. etc. I all consider better riders for sure, and thats just one the top of my head from riders I grew up watching.

I dont understand why you would try compare him to them in that way. It is not a discussion about who is the overall better rider in terms of ability.

I would say that the best sprinter of all time, arguably, belongs in the conversation as a "cycling great".

His palmares speak for itself. His impact on the sport. An icon and legend in his own right.

If he is such a bad rider, he wouldnt have won all these races. He is a champion that has his place in history forever within the sport.

 

[Panda Claws]

I dont understand why you would try compare him to them in that way. It is not a discussion about who is the overall better rider in terms of ability.

I would say that the best sprinter of all time, arguably, belongs in the conversation as a "cycling great".

His palmares speak for itself. His impact on the sport. An icon and legend in his own right.

If he is such a bad rider, he wouldnt have won all these races. He is a champion that has his place in history forever within the sport.

I agree. It is kind of like being the greatest goalkeeper.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Cavendish is obviously an all time great. I don't see why that's even debatable. He's not the most exciting in terms of having given us great epic rides or anything, but that's not his job and it's not his fault he comes along at an era when sprinting is so controlled. He's, if not the outright best sprinter of all time, then one of the first names in the discussion.

 

[IndurainsTdF1994]

Where's Mezgec? Another Slovenian must win for sure, no?