Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 21: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - Paris, 115.1k

[Tricycle Rider]

Palace of Versailles and the gardens - extraordinary and extraordinarily huge

 

[bob.a.feet]

Saw a suggestion somewhere, that maybe there should be a rule change so that if you've won a GT, you can no longer win white.

Yes, especially when you've already won the GT in which you're wearing the white jersey.

 

[Didinho]

Pogi to do a Vino today to save his ‘3 stage wins/GT’.
Or someone else like Politt. Just want some solo win.

 

[RedheadDane]

I'd say limit it to 3 GT appearances under the age of 25. At least then you've got a max of 3 years of it.

You mean, riders would be out of the competition after their first three GT appearances, even if they're still young enough? Would riders who started, but didn't finish, also be out of it?

 

[Potomac]

I would like to see a solo

Pogi to do a Vino today to save his ‘3 stage wins/GT’.
Or someone else like Politt. Just want some solo win.

A solo win by anybody would great.

 

[Potomac]

The white jersey competition should be turned into a maiden's jersey.

 

[GroupDK]

Saw a suggestion somewhere, that maybe there should be a rule change so that if you've won a GT, you can no longer win white.

Would be fitting, at least if you already won that specific tour previously,

 

[Red Rick]

The boys leading out Ciccone

 

[Tonton]

A solo win by anybody would great.

...not by anybody .

 

[SHAD0W93]

Nico with a Pellizotti name drop.

 

[RedheadDane]

The only team with four stage wins: Alpecin.
The only country with four stage wins: Belgium.
The only rider with four stage wins: Philipsen.

(Expect this number to be changed to five before long)

 

[RobertCrawley]

The white jersey does seem a bit silly at the moment... I wonder if the promising young man who's won two Tours and four monuments can maybe someday become a contender when he's older.

I'd like to see a silver jersey for the rider above 35. Seriously. That would be fun.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I'd like to see a silver jersey for the rider above 35. Seriously. That would be fun.

The silver fox jersey, I like it.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Jonas said he and Rog are going to ride the Vuelta!

 

[RedheadDane]

I'd like to see a silver jersey for the rider above 35. Seriously. That would be fun.

Congratulations to Wouter Lambertus Martinus Henricus Poels.

Jonas said he and Rog are going to ride the Vuelta!

That's old news! Keep up.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Almost race time.

 

[Potomac]

I'm disappointed the went with some many heli shots over paris, I would have preferred from teh moto cam

 

[GroupDK]

Jonas said he and Rog are going to ride the Vuelta!

Yep, they will share the cap in Vuelta.

 

[RedheadDane]

That going-through-Louvre thing is just magnificent.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

56km to go, race is on!

 

[titan31]

You mean, riders would be out of the competition after their first three GT appearances, even if they're still young enough? Would riders who started, but didn't finish, also be out of it?

I think that would be fair. Unless a team is really stuck, most guys that age are only doing one GT a year anyway so it's likely only going to stop the top level talent from competing multiple years (Pog, Remco, Rodriguez etc would all drop out earlier than usual)

 

[Tricycle Rider]

And now the fighter jet fly-by

 

[RedheadDane]

Fighter jets with just white smoke.
The French waving the white flag?

 

[T-Nielsen]

That going-through-Louvre thing is just magnificent.

I hope one day a single rider will go the wrong way around the pyramid.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Great pictures of the Louvre.

That going-through-Louvre thing is just magnificent.

It most certainly is.