Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 4 (Dunkerque – Calais, 171.5k)

[Pirazziattacks]

I strongly disagree, if they are in good form Hirschi, Mcnulty, Soler and Bennet should be a big help in the mountains, and Laengen and Bjerg on other terrain/flats also.

I think it's a very solid Tour line-up.

That UAE lineup only works because Pogacar lacks any real weaknesses. It's a bunch of middling climbers, some of whom don't excel when riding for others, and two guys for the flat who I wouldn't call top tier. So far Pog's been lucky to have one or two teammates anywhere near him when things get tense on the flat. He'll probably be fine anyway, but the potential for disaster is still there.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

About 80km left to go - the sky is blue, the scenery is nice and green, lots of crowds... for the first time in a couple of years it feels like I'm actually watching a real Tour. Not that things are completely back to normal mind, but it's nice that it sort of feels like it.

 

[Ranagazoo]

Can we replace B&B with Uno-X mid race?

 

[RobertCrawley]

It's always great seeing team cars helping riders from other teams with a mechanical. That's one of the things that makes professional bike racing a different kind of sport.

 

[Samamba]

Trek definitely going to try to drop some of the fast guys later. They're already going pretty hard on the climbs. QS and BEX not working because they're probably not super confident.

 

[glassmoon]

Trek definitely going to try to drop some of the fast guys later. They're already going pretty hard on the climbs. QS and BEX not working because they're probably not super confident.

well... they almost dropped Pedersen by their own car...

 

[Danskebjerge]

Magnus Cort is the new Jacky Durand.

 

[Martinstranger]

Funny record and probably not his intention from the start.

I’m surprised no one wants to get in the break. If you don’t try, you won’t win.
They would probably not succeed in a break, but at least try and have a small possibility for a win.

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[titan31]

Funny record and probably not his intention from the start.

I’m surprised no one wants to get in the break. If you don’t try, you won’t win.
They would probably not succeed in a break, but at least try and have a small possibility for a win.

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Wasn't there a stage in the Tour a few years ago where we had no break. These 1 and 2 man breaks are a paradise in comparison

 

[RobertCrawley]

There's another left hand turn through a roundabout before the straightaway to the finish line today. Fabio has another chance to get it right if QS keeps it together over the last climb.

 

[danielovichdk2]

Someone needs to light up this race. Please.

The stage looks hilly but looking closer at hills it seems this will be another bunch sprint deal.

Cort will defend his dotted jersey and perhaps catch a break. That would be nice for a change.

Jumbo and Ineos to work together and racing high pace. Rog to attack on the last climb but Vinoukorov and Lance catches up and wins in the same time. A stage like that please

Just as predicted

 

[Potomac]

How will Uran lose time today?

 

[sir fly]

Cort might carry the dots all the way to the Alps.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

I like sprints, so I don’t mind sprint stages. But I’ve been breaking the sprint stage cardinal rule this Tour and watching some of the stages before 10km to go, in the forlorn hope of wind or someone trying to drop the least climby sprinters… and I officially hate it.

 

[spalco]

I like sprints, so I don’t mind sprint stages. But I’ve been breaking the sprint stage cardinal rule this Tour and watching some of the stages before 10km to go, in the forlorn hope of wind or someone trying to drop the least climby sprinters… and I officially hate it.

Yeah, same. I've been watching the stage continuously since the neutral zone actually (in a window on the side of my monitor) while working, and although at least it's not distracting (because absolutely nothing happened all day), sometimes I question my own decisions.

 

[Izzyeviel]

why are teams so allergic to breakaways this year?

 

[Lequack]

Netflix made a big mistake trying to make a drama out of a grand tour. Should have chosen a one day race.

 

[Red Rick]

why are teams so allergic to breakaways this year?

Because sprint stages are more controlled and more pointless than ever

 

[RobertCrawley]

Netflix made a big mistake trying to make a drama out of a grand tour. Should have chosen a one day race.

Netflix might have been following up on the success of THE LEAST EXPECTED DAY. A lot of people like that series.

 

[Lequack]

Maybe it's time to do away with tradition and invent more interesting stages for the flat days. Like Red Rick said, modern peloton is too strong, organized, have all the info via radio etc. Having classis sprint stages make no sense anymore.

 

[RedheadDane]

Netflix made a big mistake trying to make a drama out of a grand tour. Should have chosen a one day race.

We're only (almost) four days into the race.
The drama will come later.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Some wind now from the left, as Phil announces, well, maybe just a slight sea breeze from the left.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Because sprint stages are more controlled and more pointless than ever

The mere suggestion that you are watching le tour right now is a joke and a sin.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Netflix made a big mistake trying to make a drama out of a grand tour. Should have chosen a one day race.

Flanders was perfect for drama.

 

[Red Rick]

The mere suggestion that you are watching le tour right now is a joke and a sin.

Its not like youre watching the Tour either

Youre watching me instead