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

[Kwibus]

A rest day after the third day of the Tour. No we have seen it all.

Don't be suprised. If you are going to travel from Denmark to France you can't ride a stage as well. I'm not a fan of the lessening of KMs in grand tours. Fatigue is a big part of a cycling, but it's still to transfer a peloton and all the teams and then ride a stage on that same day.

 

[tobydawq]

Don't be suprised. If you are going to travel from Denmark to France you can't ride a stage as well. I'm not a fan of the lessening of KMs in grand tours. Fatigue is a big part of a cycling, but it's still to transfer a peloton and all the teams and then ride a stage on that same day.

He just always has to be grumpy about something. It's not as if it was a secret until this week that there would be an early rest day.

 

[Rackham]

Official start times:

 

[Didinho]

Ganna Wout and Pogi after eachother
Who's ganna catch who

 

[Phillip O'Garner]

GC riders starting early. Presumably this is based on the weather forecast.

 

[tobydawq]

Official start times:

That sucks. It's so bad TV when the biggest stars start early.

 

[Berflamand]

There won't be much suspense left after about 17:30.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Don't be suprised. If you are going to travel from Denmark to France you can't ride a stage as well. I'm not a fan of the lessening of KMs in grand tours. Fatigue is a big part of a cycling, but it's still to transfer a peloton and all the teams and then ride a stage on that same day.

Then dont start the tour in frikkin Denmark.
Also I dont see why you can´t travel from Denmark to France in the evening and start a stage the next day at 1 pm or something like that.

 

[roundabout]

Then dont start the tour in frikkin Denmark.
Also I dont see why you can´t travel from Denmark to France in the evening and start a stage the next day at 1 pm or something like that.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/S%C3%B8nderborg,+6400,+Denmark/Dunkirk,+France/@52.6732353,1.7115669,6z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x47b337c2e0ee44ed:0x49a0979574e7aeeb!2m2!1d9.792178!2d54.913811!1m5!1m1!1s0x47dc8b6dd9ff20b9:0x40af13e81646da0!2m2!1d2.3767763!2d51.0343684

 

[Aimar16]

A rest day after the third day of the Tour. No we have seen it all.

Giro had the same schedule last month...

 

[Tim Cahill]

You lot are seriously underestimating Magic Mark Soler, the team car have told him if he wins he can go in as many tactically inconvenient breakaways as he likes so in my view they've saved the best till last.

 

[hayneplane]

That sucks. It's so bad TV when the biggest stars start early.

A nice sprinkling of riders between the first 3 groups of team choices but yeah from the last 70 or so riders off the ramp only Bettiol feels like a chance of getting into the top 5 on the stage.

 

[Bavarianrider]

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/S%C3%B8nderborg,+6400,+Denmark/Dunkirk,+France/@52.6732353,1.7115669,6z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x47b337c2e0ee44ed:0x49a0979574e7aeeb!2m2!1d9.792178!2d54.913811!1m5!1m1!1s0x47dc8b6dd9ff20b9:0x40af13e81646da0!2m2!1d2.3767763!2d51.0343684

There is this great invention called planes.

 

[rallybanana]

A rest day after the third day of the Tour. No we have seen it all.

The 1987 tour which started in Berlin had a rest day after two days. And they had planes back then too.

 

[Bonimenier]

*** Bissegger
** Ganna, van Aert
* Kung, Van der Poel, Lampaert

 

[Gargamel35]

Any idea why TJV didn't send Roglič in the same slot as Pogačar? Roglič goes around 20th, Pogačar around 60th.

 

[Bonimenier]

Any idea why TJV didn't send Roglič in the same slot as Pogačar? Roglič goes around 20th, Pogačar around 60th.

I guess they put him as early as possible as there the weather might turn bad later on. The earlier, the less chance on rain. I'm actually more surprised that Pogacar isn't going first of his team.

 

[RedheadDane]

There is this great invention called planes.

They would need a lot of very big planes to get all the vehicles to France.

 

[Gargamel35]

I guess they put him as early as possible as there the weather might turn bad later on. The earlier, the less chance on rain. I'm actually more surprised that Pogacar isn't going first of his team.

Hotter road...faster cycling?

 

[Bavarianrider]

The 1987 tour which started in Berlin had a rest day after two days. And they had planes back then too.

But they did 4300km to compensate that.

 

[roundabout]

There is this great invention called planes.

And a second set of trucks, buses and team cars waiting in France?

Or your plan is to cargo lift those as well?

having a full transfer day is simpler from a logistics perspective, simple as that

 

[spalco]

They would need a lot of very big planes to get all the vehicles to France.

The drivers can drive through the night.

It's certainly doable, but is it necessary? I don't know what the fuss is about the early rest day - Giro and Vuelta do this too when they start too far away. I think the Giro even did it after a start in Sardinia a couple years ago.

 

[Lequack]

 

[VO2 Max]

The drivers can drive through the night.

It's certainly doable, but is it necessary? I don't know what the fuss is about the early rest day - Giro and Vuelta do this too when they start too far away. I think the Giro even did it after a start in Sardinia a couple years ago.

Yeah, what does it achieve? I think the longest transfer this year is ~5.5hrs to Paris after the timetrial; to match that to Dunkirk you need to be down as far as Osnabrück, which itself is at least two road stages down from the Danish border. And as well as the team and official vehicles there's all the promotional caravan to think about - do your Grande Depart wherever then pack up and start the race properly later.

 

[Bonimenier]

I am going to be sick tomorrow after watching Ineos and EF ride their TT's