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

[Eclipse]

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.

Yeah TT could be seriously rough.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Got lost in the shuffle a bit but AF must be the best 2nd division team I've ever seen, unreal consistency this season.

 

[MartinGT]

Cees Bol will take this stage

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Cees Bol will take this stage

Didn't particularly notice him yesterday, but see he finished 8th, behind 3 AF riders.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I wonder if Van Aert will contest the sprint today? He might as well, since he's obviously unleashed from the Roglic protection squad.

 

[N4no_O]

What's Schelling gonna do?

He will rest a little

 

[Eyeballs Out]

I wonder if Van Aert will contest the sprint today? He might as well, since he's obviously unleashed from the Roglic protection squad.

Keeping powder dry for the TT tomorrow would be my guess. Anyway, I don't see any reason for Jumbo to change from Plan A yet

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Protest underway: "Riders will reportedly stop at kilometre zero after the neutral start and then ride the first 10 kilometres of the 150-kilometre sprint stage from Redon to Fougères at a slow pace. "

 

[MartinGT]

Well done Andre, well done.

 

[MartinGT]

It's hurting Rob Hatch not pointing out that Thomas was to blame for a big crash.

 

[MartinGT]

Ala waving the white flag

 

[Hugo Koblet]

So now the riders are protesting. Against what, exactly? What changes do they want? Also, hasn't the roadbook been available for a long time? Why not make objections against the parcours then instead of now in the middle of the race?

 

[Savant12]

Ala waving the white flag

He's an absolute coward.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Will you look at that, Colbrelli and Roglic, side by side, in friendly conversation.

So much for all the conspiracy theories, that Colbrelli took out Roglic on purpose yesterday

 

[Rollthedice]

Colbrelli explaining to Roglic the forum debate from yesterday.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Colbrelli's just giving him tips on how to avoid crashes

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Colbrelli explaining to Roglic the forum debate from yesterday.

"Dude, the crazies were saying I took you out on purpose - and even that I cursed you out after "

 

[Ricco']

This protest is a bit meaningless.

A peloton riding calmly around France? Don't know if it's revolution or it's just another boring flat stage from TDF week 1.

 

[F_Cance]

of course ala was the strikebreaker

 

[Faserr]

Who will attack? Will anyone attack?

 

[Red Rick]

This protest is a bit meaningless.

A peloton riding calmly around France? Don't know if it's revolution or it's just another boring flat stage from TDF week 1.

They hsould actually threaten to race hard.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

This protest is a bit meaningless.

A peloton riding calmly around France? Don't know if it's revolution or it's just another boring flat stage from TDF week 1.

Yeah, they only way it would be meaningful, would be if it was the last 10K - that would REALLY mess with ASO.

Benjamin Button racing

 

[Lequack]

They should protest by taking an alternate route to the finish. Don't follow, lead.

 

[titan31]

They hsould actually threaten to race hard.

Nah, should do this for the whole day imo and roll along the line in the sprint.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Good job it's not raining or they might not even have got off the buses