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

[red_flanders]

Rooting for Jakobsen to bookend the Tour for Quick Step.

 

[perico]

I think it's the first time since 1989 we've finished with three different current or former TDF winners on the podium together at the end of the race (2012 had Wiggins with Froome and Nibali, but they were future winners).

 

[Tobi]

Lets go Mads P

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I think it's the first time since 1989 we've finished with three different current or former TDF winners on the podium together at the end of the race (2012 had Wiggins with Froome and Nibali, but they were future winners).

Which is odd, given that the last time this happened in the Giro and Vuelta was 2017 and 2013 respectively (2014 if you count Froome's 2011 Vuelta win, which hadn't been awarded retroactively at the time) and former winners tend to return to the Tour more often than those two. Yes, Indurain and Armstrong's run of wins matters, but the Tours from 2006 up to and including this one have had 12 different winners in 17 years (including retroactive winners) so it's weird it hasn't happened in that time yet.

 

[RedheadDane]

Boivin and G. Izagirre also out.

 

[SHAD0W93]

courtesy of PCS.

Which team has the most KMs on the front?

#	TEAM	KM
1	EF Education-EasyPost	2136
2	Trek - Segafredo	1958
3	BORA - hansgrohe	1861
4	Israel - Premier Tech	1757
5	Bahrain - Victorious	1650
6	Cofidis	1501
7	Movistar Team	1351
8	B&B Hotels - KTM	1347
9	Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux	1297
10	INEOS Grenadiers	1198
11	Groupama - FDJ	1188
12	Jumbo-Visma	1137
13	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	822
14	Team Arkéa Samsic	758
15	Lotto Soudal	715
16	AG2R Citroën Team	704
17	TotalEnergies	699
18	Team BikeExchange - Jayco	611
19	UAE Team Emirates	553
20	Astana Qazaqstan Team	504
21	Team DSM	500
22	Alpecin-Deceuninck	207

18 stages done, excluding time trials. Teams that have been the most stages in the break.

#	TEAM	STAGES IN THE BREAK
1	EF Education-EasyPost	11
2	Bahrain - Victorious	10
3	Israel - Premier Tech	10
4	Trek - Segafredo	10
5	BORA - hansgrohe	9
6	INEOS Grenadiers	8
7	Cofidis	8
8	Movistar Team	8
9	B&B Hotels - KTM	8
10	Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux	7
11	Jumbo-Visma	6
12	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	6
13	Lotto Soudal	5
14	Groupama - FDJ	5
15	Astana Qazaqstan Team	5
16	TotalEnergies	5
17	Team Arkéa Samsic	4
18	AG2R Citroën Team	4
19	Team DSM	3
20	Team BikeExchange - Jayco	3
21	UAE Team Emirates	3
22	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2

Who has accumulated the most bonification seconds?

#	RIDER	SECONDS
1	VAN AERT Wout	42''
2	POGAČAR Tadej	40''
3	VINGEGAARD Jonas	32''
4	PHILIPSEN Jasper	26''
5	MATTHEWS Michael	22''
6	PEDERSEN Mads	18''
7	LAPORTE Christophe	14''
8	HOULE Hugo	14''
9	JAKOBSEN Fabio	10''
10	JUNGELS Bob	10''
11	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	10''
12	CORT Magnus	10''
13	CLARKE Simon	10''
14	PIDCOCK Thomas	10''
15	SCHULTZ Nick	6''

 

[RedheadDane]

And how much of EF's time/KM in the break lead comes from one moustached guy, who unfortunately is no longer in the race?

 

[RedheadDane]

ATTACK!

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Meme attack.

 

[Tobi]

 

[Warhawk]

Shoulda ridden for a while just to see what everyone would do, lol.

 

[RedheadDane]

"Oi, everyone. Where are you?"

 

[75Driver]

Amazingly the peloton didn’t flinch

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Strange seeing Wout not put the hammer down there, normally he's full gas by now

 

[titan31]

Imagine 3 of them actually putting the hammer down and continuing that. Would have been hilarious

 

[Salvarani]

Havent watched the last two days. Couldnt bring myself. Will maybe tune in to watch the sprint later.

Need a weeks off from watching cycling after this Tour. See if there will be any more crazy racing going on in the Vuelta.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Love this part of the stage where the riders are just shooting the breeze before they start racing.

Also love Wout's green bike!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

B&B riders spotted at the front. Finally a tempo they're able to follow.

 

[75Driver]

B&B riders spotted at the front. Finally a tempo they're able to follow.

Ouch!

 

[Andre]

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!!

 

[SHAD0W93]

B&B riders spotted at the front. Finally a tempo they're able to follow.

They have families!

 

[Cagalitroso]

Imagine 3 of them actually putting the hammer down and continuing that. Would have been hilarious

a fitting end to this tour

 

[titan31]

B&B riders spotted at the front. Finally a tempo they're able to follow.

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.

 

[RedheadDane]

Did Rowe just stop to... wash his legs?

 

[StryderHells]

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.

He was in the break on a couple of stages so not really a Zubeldia impression.