Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 21 (Paris La Défense Arena – Paris Champs-Élysées, 115.6k)

[Samu Cuenca]

Schonberger has done an amazing Zubeldia impression tbf. 35th on GC and never once been seen. He'd just been consistently in the 30s on mountain stages.

I've seen him in breakaways throughout the race. Andrey Zeits would have been totally invisible, if he hadn't been dropped early on the Hautacam stage.

 

[RedheadDane]

Nice touch of the Jumbo riders holding up the dossards of the three missing riders.

 

[Warhawk]

So Wout van Vert, but no Jauneus Vingegaard?

 

[SHAD0W93]

I have a medical/technical question: I'm not sure if this is the correct thread to post it (originally I posted it on the corona thread) but here goes. Concerning covid, isn't there a doctor/patient confidentiality agreement? What I mean is there seems to be a very enthusiastic revealing by the powers who run the sport to zero in on the type of disease a rider may acquire during a race. For example during Le Tour 2022 which I have been watching on USA tv station. Magnus Cort and several others acquired covid and were disqualified. But for example Marc Soler also caught a bug (I think it was intestinal) but nobody zeroed in on what the name of the bug was. Is it because it wasn't covid? What I'm trying to say is why is it so easily revealed as covid? Why not just disqualify the rider if you must and just announce that it was due to illness? I apologize for not making my statement clear enough, I feel like I'm not explaining it correctly.
GO WOUT!!

It is sometimes harder to find the correct GI bug and takes longer to do the proper testing. On top of Covid is easier to spread because it is an airborne transmission so like tuberculosis or chickenpox. That means you just have to breathe in the agent. So in theory more people that were in close contact with the rider would know faster and easier. While most GI bacteria/virus is transmitted from the fecal to oral route, so from someone and then you not washing your hands.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Come on lads calm down they aren't dead

 

[gunara]

Schonberger has done an amazing Zubeldia impression tbf. 35th on GC and never once been seen. He'd just been consistently in the 30s on mountain stages.

35th is so second division, Haimar should only be associated with premier Ninjaship

 

[titan31]

I've seen him in breakaways throughout the race. Andrey Zeits would have been totally invisible, if he hadn't been dropped early on the Hautacam stage.

Says a lot about how invisible he's been to me that I never even noticed him in the breaks.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Says a lot about how invisible he's been to me that I never even noticed him in the breaks.

I personally find his hair quite easy to spot.

 

[Tim Cahill]

"We've all supported David!"

Sure you have Thibaut sure you have

 

[Red Rick]

Will Van Aert do the sprint, rhen turm back to join the boys as they cross the line for a team photo

 

[Ricco']

I'm not watching, just catching some bits the commentators are saying. Has Pinot really hinted that he was leaving FDJ?

Or even his career.

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm not watching, just catching some bits the commentators are saying. Has Pinot really hinted that he was leaving FDJ?

Or even his career.

I don't think he'd leave FDJ to go to another team. And apparently he came quite close to retiring during last year, so maybe his current contract being his last wouldn't be such a big surprise... even though it would be a shame.

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And now there's a Danish Party at the front!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Champagne time!

 

[sir fly]

They're gonna get wasted by the Champs...

 

[RedheadDane]

Geschke wins the last KoM sprint.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Geschke getting the limelight now.

 

[sir fly]

That KOM competition was somewhat a letdown.
The best climber won sure, and it provided excitement, but the rest going for it got their strategy all wrong.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

That KOM competition was somewhat a letdown.
The best climber won sure, and it provided excitement, but the rest going for it got their strategy all wrong.

The highlight was still Latour sprinting for zero points.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Roglic in the Ineos kit trying to win against the top two next year would be quite the spectacle as Lloyd just mentioned.

 

[RobertCrawley]

So Wout van Vert, but no Jauneus Vingegaard?

Wounus Vingegaert.

 

[RedheadDane]

Wounus Vingegaert.

It does say "Jonas Wins Yellow" (just in Danish).

 

[titan31]

I really hate this stage as an actual stage. Should have an actual stage here and if they want to do the procession around the Champs for the sprinters, just have it be 21a and 21b.

 

[RedheadDane]

I really hate this stage as an actual stage. Should have an actual stage here and if they want to do the procession around the Champs for the sprinters, just have it be 21a and 21b.

In a way they do. They just have the procession stage before the actual racing stage.

 

[RobertCrawley]

I really hate this stage as an actual stage. Should have an actual stage here and if they want to do the procession around the Champs for the sprinters, just have it be 21a and 21b.

I disagree. I think it's the perfect ending to have a procession and then hot it up and crown a sprinter on such a prestigious stage win. It is great drama and closure.

 

[titan31]

Ah great to listen to Wiggins instead of watching the first crossing