Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 1 (Copenhagen – Copenhagen, 13.2k/ITT)

[postmanhat]

pidcock has to be the most overrated rider in the world. And yes i know he is only 23 and can improve, he make mistakes etc. But people talk like he is a serious contender in races

On the road at the moment, quite possibly. But as a fan of his, I won't be judging him in this discipline until after the next Olympics when he focusses on it a bit more.

 

[Lequack]

I just love his facial expressions, so random

 

[Lequack]

Also Vingeegard is 1 second in front of Roglic, which means Roglic is now a domestique.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Also Vingeegard is 1 second in front of Roglic, which means Roglic is now a domestique.

Roglic will be going for boniseconds tomorrow.

 

[Lequack]

20km/h cross headwinds tomorrow in the last 70km. Hopefully it's enough to cause some splits.

 

[Lequack]

I just love his facial expressions, so random

Still, can't compete with MVDP

 

[greyclouds]

pidcock has to be the most overrated rider in the world. And yes i know he is only 23 and can improve, he make mistakes etc. But people talk like he is a serious contender in races

If Pidcock wasn’t British he wouldn’t have half the hype; not even if he was Belgium.

 

[KZD]

Lampaert is a surprise, the conditions benefited him a bit but it was still a great ride. Ganna disappointed a bit he didn't seem comfortable in the bends.
Pogačar with a huge time again, he is definitely ready but so is Vingegård that I never expected to beat Roglić today. As for Van Aert, I am starting to think that he needs some black magic to him the yellow jersey in the Tour.

 

[spalco]

If Pidcock wasn’t British he wouldn’t have half the hype; not even if he was Belgium.

What if he was French?

 

[greyclouds]

I wasn’t able to watch today, and I feel confused as if I don’t understand cycling anymore. Lampaert winning (I know he is a good tt’er, but here he was competing against almost all WT heavy weights) and Adam better than Küng?

 

[Kazistuta]

I can't believe he slipped on an actual banana peel.

It was thrown/dropped after the crash.

 

[JRanton]

If Pidcock wasn’t British he wouldn’t have half the hype; not even if he was Belgium.

In the pro’s he’s only ever done four stage races, two of which he DNF’d. Had no results at the other two either.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1542907398960078850

View: https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1542907398960078850

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Still, can't compete with MVDP

Forgot to put in his teeth in the morning...

 

[Red Rick]

Still, can't compete with MVDP

Van der Poel literally looks like he's trying to get his face more aero

 

[Red Rick]

20km/h cross headwinds tomorrow in the last 70km. Hopefully it's enough to cause some splits.

20km/h cross/head is never enough

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I wasn’t able to watch today, and I feel confused as if I don’t understand cycling anymore. Lampaert winning (I know he is a good tt’er, but here he was competing against almost all WT heavy weights) and Adam better than Küng?

Küng had some of the worst conditions, but even so, he wasn't beating guys with similar conditions.
Lampaert had slightly better conditions than Van Aert and Ganna, as in that the rain had stopped but the roads were still roughly as wet. There wasn't enough time to have the roads dry up, but it could have improved his vision.
Lampaert is generally an underrated TT'er because he doesn't often go all out, because most TT's are in stage races where he has other duties. But whenever he gets the chance to go for it, he usually shows he's not far behind the select few worldbeaters.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Pogacar
Vingegaard +8”
Roglic +9”
Yates +16”
Thomas +18”
Vlasov +24”
Martínez +37”
Bardet +38”
Quintana +42”
Caruso +48”
Enric Mas +49”

 

[KZD]

20km/h cross/head is never enough

Some gusts may reach 40km/h apparently.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1542907398960078850

View: https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1542907398960078850

Wait, a time trial AND a robbery? Aitor González is back?!

 

[Rackham]

Pogacar
Vingegaard +8”
Roglic +9”
Yates +16”
Thomas +18”
Vlasov +24”
Martínez +37”
Bardet +38”
Quintana +42”
Caruso +48”
Enric Mas +49”

Poor Gaudu doesn't even get a mention (Ben O'Connor is even further back).

All in all it was a cr*p ITT & a very disappointing way to start a 3 week GT. Why? Because the whole fun is extrapolating miniscule (or larger) differences on the opening day prologue & finding a hierarchy of some sorts within the classification. Today, we get nothing. Just a fog with the top GC riders & rouleurs all in the same ballpark but no idea who took more risks or who had worse conditions.

Meh. The start times didn't help either. It was over way too soon.

 

[Bonimenier]

Big L for JV. Van Aert getting beaten by a nobody. Laporte crashing out when he had a chance to win. GC guys put in place by Pogacar.
Huge L for Roglic personally for getting humiliated by Vingegaard.

 

[noob]

I am in disbelief. Poor Ganna beaten by so many people

Lampert?!

 

[danielovichdk2]

Great stage with super narrow results in the top.

The stage was packed with fans and it gave the whole stage a feeling of real panic in shitty weather.

I don't think you could ask for a better opener

 

[danielovichdk2]

I am in disbelief. Poor Ganna beaten by so many people

Lampert?!

Perhaps he had dry roads