Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 6: Tours – Châteauroux, 160.6 km

[sir fly]

Congrats to Cavendish.
Alpecin-Fenix could've done it better, I think.

 

[Eeslliw]

"these courses are too unsafe"

cavendish cuts over three bike widths in the sprint and almost takes out 3 riders

"wow what a hero, this guy is unbelievable. a great day for cycling"

He should be relegated indeed. Philipsen stoped, otherwise there would be crash. I hope Alpecin will file complaint.

 

[Salvarani]

That was 2 people coming together, not one person cutting across another.

Exactly, both drifted into each other and Cavendish was ahead.

 

[spalco]

"these courses are too unsafe"

cavendish cuts over three bike widths in the sprint and almost takes out 3 riders

"wow what a hero, this guy is unbelievable. a great day for cycling"

Yeah, arguably... I did cringe a bit. Hope the result stands.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Wout "I want to sprint for a random top 10 instead of riding for my team leader" van Aert finished 8th.

 

[zlev11]

That was 2 people coming together, not one person cutting across another.

lol get the *** out of here, if Bouhanni did that people would want him banned for life

 

[titan31]

Looked like they were both trying to win there and Merlier just didn't have it

Nah, Merlier was clearly leading out Philipsen again. Other way around and I think Merlier wins. He's faster and a better finisher.

 

[Eeslliw]

Exactly, both drifted into each other and Cavendish was ahead.

But he cut off Merlier?

 

[Leinster]

"these courses are too unsafe"

cavendish cuts over three bike widths in the sprint and almost takes out 3 riders

"wow what a hero, this guy is unbelievable. a great day for cycling"

Glad I'm not the only one who saw that. I mean, the rule is about deviating from your line, and Cav literally came back across the centerline of the road and forced Philipsen and Merlier to stop pedaling.

He had to get in front of them to do it, and he was clearly the fastest, but he did do it.

 

[Andy262]

Oh please, epic Alpecin fail. Both sprinting and got in each others way at least as much as Cav did.

 

[Billie]

Nah, Merlier was clearly leading out Philipsen again. Other way around and I think Merlier wins. He's faster and a better finisher.

It's quite obvious.

they are using the fastest sprinter in this peloton as a leadout

 

[Hayabusa]

Bit disappointed to see the rather salty reaction of some "fans" calling for a disqualification. Cav did nothing wrong there at all.

 

[canarydan23]

Lol @ the people calling for relegation.

Desperate much?

 

[spalco]

Glad I'm not the only one who saw that. I mean, the rule is about deviating from your line, and Cav literally came back across the centerline of the road and forced Philipsen and Merlier to stop pedaling.

He had to get in front of them to do it, and he was clearly the fastest, but he did do it.

Yeah, I didn't want to say it first, but it looked like not the cleanest sprint from him even in the live shot to me...

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Not the cleanest sprint, but Alpecin were also really clumsy in the situation. I would have liked to see Démare get a better lead-out as he should be the fastest sprinter after Ewan left

 

[jarvo]

with all the talk of unsafe finishes and tight routes causing crashes, there is no way the commissaires will want more bad press and relegate him for that

 

[titan31]

It's quite obvious.

they are using the fastest sprinter in this peloton as a leadout

Yup, without Ewan and Bennett, Merlier is probably the fastest bunch sprinter around (bar maybe an on form Demare or Ackerman). Just doesn't make much sense.

 

[KZD]

Alpecin are just idiots again. Merlier is faster, just go with him

Your totally right, just as in Turkey, Cavendish is showing to be faster than Philipsen. But I guess that for Alpecin the Tour is already a great success so they don't care much.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Nah, Merlier was clearly leading out Philipsen again. Other way around and I think Merlier wins. He's faster and a better finisher.

I don't think Merlier ever stopped sprinting until he was forced to by Cav coming across him

 

[sir fly]

Bit disappointed to see the rather salty reaction of some "fans" calling for a disqualification. Cav did nothing wrong there at all.

Wasn't exactly the tidiest of sprints.

 

[saganftw]

with each passing sprint, it looks more and more like Lapartient was right all along

 

[Mayomaniac]

I hope Guarnieri is ok after that crash, he was holding his stomache.

 

[Vroome.exe]

So much for everyone being happy for a Cav win, second stage and you all call for disqualification lol

 

[jarvo]

Wasn't exactly the tidiest of sprints.

i've seen 100s worse

 

[Eeslliw]

Your totally right, just as in Turkey, Cavendish is showing to be faster than Philipsen. But I guess that for Alpecin the Tour is already a great success so they don't care much.

They want to flex with 3 different stage winners probably.