Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 4: Redon - Fougères, 150.4 km

[Tricycle Rider]

Who is the guy behind that handle? the same as "Lanterne Rouge"?

Technically who even cares?

As long as he gets the 7-10 pin...

 

[Rackham]

Isn't Rackham French...? He probably knows what French towns look like...

Not native French but I've been here since I was a kid (I'm English).

And yeah, I know French towns/roads/cities like the back of my hand & the Tour has (IMO) been on a sort of scenic detour for a few years now onto rural country roads which are not ideal for a peloton riding full speed into a sprint finish.

It could be for xyz reasons (economic, political or maybe just Prudhomme's obsession with finding road novelty where none is needed), but yesterday I knew that would end badly for a whole bunch of riders when the Eurosport commentators were talking about the turn onto narrow twisty roads for the final 18km.

I mean who the hell thinks that's a good idea with 180 riders jostling for position? Today's stage 4 could end the same way today looking at that profile (i.e. GC guys thrown into a crash lottery). As a spectator & cycling fan, I'm just sitting there waiting for the inevitable. IMO road planning needs to seriously take into consideration the nature of the stage, i.e. sprints = bunched peloton for final = speed = danger.

This country has loads & loads of wide roads (& straight boulevards in major cities). Ergo if it's a sprint stage, send the peloton onto the appropriate terrain.

I'm even thinking if these guys weren't wearing helmets, there's no way the ASO would create the stage profiles we're seeing.

 

[movingtarget]

GC riders will be hoping for no crosswinds and a quiet day before the TT but a quiet day in the Tour is never a normal quiet day.................

 

[Brough]

Sagan is a good each-way bet at 16-1

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1409780884186800131

View: https://twitter.com/Lotto_Soudal/status/1409780884186800131?s=20

 

[Armchair cyclist]

A boring stage with 6 pages or fewer on the thread might be appreciated by now...

 

[Lequack]

A boring stage with 6 pages or fewer on the thread might be appreciated by now...

Sprint teams have a plan to get rid of some more GC riders.

 

[thiscocks]

Hopefully more crashes and Sagan rides through the mele to win on the back wheel.

 

[thiscocks]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1409780884186800131

View: https://twitter.com/Lotto_Soudal/status/1409780884186800131?s=20

Think he really wanted to bollock him lol

 

[canarydan23]

Think he really wanted to bollock him lol

Haha, yep! "We would love to say nice things to you but there is nothing to say".

 

[Lequack]

At this point the only smart bet is on Lachlan Morton finishing the Tour.

 

[Eclipse]

Any chance of wind today or is this going to be as boring as it looks?

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Who is the guy behind that handle? the same as "Lanterne Rouge"?

They're totally different; La Flamme is informative

 

[Billie]

racing only the last 100 kms will only create more crashes lol

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Think he really wanted to bollock him lol

I don't know how Ewan wasn't Horner's target for bonehead of the day. Multiple stage wins on offer and instead he gets greedy and takes himself out at the first opportunity trying to do I'm not sure what.

 

[thiscocks]

Aleast we might se Gilbert go for some sprints although probably no ideal finishes for him.

 

[Mayo from Mayo]

At this point the only smart bet is on Lachlan Morton finishing the Tour.

After Lappartient's comments a small speculation on Lachlan's time on Stage 4 being quicker than the peleton could succeed.

 

[The pet snake of Froome]

Surely after the uci comments we will see some sort of a riders protest today?

 

[Breezy1985]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1409780884186800131

View: https://twitter.com/Lotto_Soudal/status/1409780884186800131?s=20

Silent?

Thats a lot of talking for a silent drive

 

[Lequack]

Roglic, half man, half road rash

 

[Valv.Piti]

And smiling, classic Rogla.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Roglic, half man, half road rash

Man, all those scabs forming, over the next few days, constantly cracking whenever he moves

He is going to be in a lot of pain, not least on the TT tomorrow.

 

[Carols]

Roglic, half man, half road rash

Hardman to go out there again today with a smile on his face!

 

[Lequack]

I imagine Colbrelli didn't give him a like.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Ewan out is just terrible for Lotto.

No schadenfreude here, but I DID say when they selected their team, that it was risky to go all in for bunch sprints.

Teams should always have options for GTs.