Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 1: Florence (Firenze) - Rimini, 206.0k

[fbjim]

a big big win by big big rommy b, le cyclisme is coming home

 

[Carols]

I LOVE it!!! Chapeau to Bardet and his best young mate VDB!! Wonderful in his last season to open the TdF in yellow

 

[Libertine Seguros]

GG motos

The motos are cycling's answer to VAR. Fans hate them most of the time and then cheer them when they give them what they want.

 

[Gigs_98]

Bettiol ended up getting 8th in the sprint. Pathetic display by EF.

 

[Nick2413]

Bardet to go all 21 stages in yellow, let’s go!

 

[Salvarani]

Today therefore is 8000000x the stage that that piece of garbage was. We got a victory for romance over pragmatism even despite Vaughters' pathetic display of spite.

Okay. Dont know why you brought me into this.

 

[Boehmand]

Now all we need is for Cavendish to make it by 1 second, and it will have been a perfect start to the Tour

 

[JosefK]

Great opening stage. Tremendous heart from Van den Broek and Bardet.

 

[movingtarget]

Very nice win by DSM. Great rides by Bardet and VDB. Thought they were going to get caught within the last km.

 

[Gratemans]

What are those idiots at NOS talking about? They're crying that vdb was way stronger and should have earned yellow. Of course he was stronger.
But it's Bardets last Tour for christ sake. He's their team leader. Of course they're gonna let him take yellow. Unbelievable

 

[Froome]

I saw what the motos did there, but this time, they helped a good guy.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Lol, I was almost going to write that I was impressed that the motorcycles stayed away from the front of the two breakaway riders, but then on the final kilometers there was a wall of motorbikes a few meters ahead of them, ultimately handing them the stage win.

So sad that the organizers don’t apply clear rules to this. It’s ridiculous. It hardly adds anything to the TV production that we have those camera angles from the front. I could easily live without them.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Bettiol ended up getting 8th in the sprint. Pathetic display by EF.

I don't even have anything against Bettiol, but this is a nice bit of egg on face for the team car that I greatly welcome.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Where's Cav at? PCS just crapped out on me

At Le Tour official GPS it was just sub 40 mins just before Bardet raised his arms.
Don't think he will loose yet another 10 mins.

 

[Valv.Piti]

My man WVA cant catch a break.

Where was Vingegaard again????

 

[Gigs_98]

It wasn't the gc battle some of us had hoped for, but that was still a very enjoyable stage. Hilly stages to start a gt are such a phenomenal thing.

 

[Elos Anjos]

Great win for Bardet.

You know that Macron paid for that motos, right?

 

[Andre]

Van Aert dropped his usual second for third...a new era

 

[Froome]

My man WVA cant catch a break.

Where was Vingegaard again????

In the peloton.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I don't even have anything against Bettiol, but this is a nice bit of egg on face for the team car that I greatly welcome.

Why though? EF at least tried stuff. Ineos have riders such as De Plus and Pidcock and 6 riders in total and decide to do nothing as per usual

 

[Ripper]

It wasn't the gc battle some of us had hoped for, but that was still a very enjoyable stage. Hilly stages to start a gt are such a phenomenal thing.

Entertaining stage for sure!

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Hoarse from screaming at the TV

So happy for a great rider like Bardet and his young team mate

 

[Salvarani]

Now we don’t know that. If they had raced it correctly then the race could’ve been different.

Dont think so.

This was the most likely outcome and no one was gonna go deep today to try and do something crazy.

 

[DJO]

I loved this. Great ride from Van Den Broek in support of Bardet. A great start to the race.

 

[Boehmand]

Lol, I was almost going to write that I was impressed that the motorcycles stayed away from the front of the two breakaway riders, but then on the final kilometers there was a wall of motorbikes a few meters ahead of them, ultimately handing them the stage win.

So sad that the organizers don’t apply clear rules to this. It’s ridiculous. It hardly adds anything to the TV production that we have those camera angles from the front. I could easily live without them.

Dude, you need to embrace your romantic side a bit more - your wife will appreciate it