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

[QueenStagiaire]

it ends up that UAE was stronger in the Giro 🤣

They were also sh*t on Stage 1 of the Giro.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

This is strange to say but these are great news for Pogacar and UAE. now, it is clear Pogacar - Yates - Almeida - Ayuso

Does Ayuso want to expend himself so early though. This 4 leader thing by bringing these 4 riders was idiotic.

 

[Medvind]

Ayuso a bit cooked and UAE don't what Almedia to burn matches too early in the tour?

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

That Healy move will be a typical hype up story for Netflix next season with Vaughters shouting at the TV in the bus making people who only watch the show think this was a really close battle and that he almost caught the front group.

 

[fbjim]

conclusions from this stage: tadej and vingegaard are frauds and french cycling is back

 

[RobertCrawley]

Beautiful country. Have to get there someday.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Probably found out Visma is prepared. A real showdown will be on Galibier.

Maybe found out that they were tiring Ayuso. Too many leaders and too few helpers!

 

[titan31]

Really surprised at the lack of anything from some teams. Like surely more than just DSM or EF want the stage

 

[Sciatic]

So no fight in the GC it seems. UAE stopped whatever they started.

well, since it’s stage 1it is a GC battle — Bardet May end up being given a GC-Kuss lead.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Really surprised at the lack of anything from some teams. Like surely more than just DSM or EF want the stage

Most don’t have the manpower to do anything.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Really surprised at the lack of anything from some teams. Like surely more than just DSM or EF want the stage

I don't fault the GC teams for their tactics today. It is a hard, hot day.

 

[skippo12]

Turns out that it isn't about Yates/Almeida/Ayuso. Real question is Ayuso/Sivakov/Soler. Based on what I saw today Ayuso should do his turn after Soler.

 

[Jack_89]

Ayuso a bit cooked and UAE don't what Almedia to burn matches too early in the tour?

The truth is that, unfortunately, the stage isn't suited for any attack. Last climb too easy plus almost 20km flat ended to kill GC action

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

How many doms does Trek have to pace for peloton? At the bottom of the downhill it might be 2 minutes, and it won't be that easy to catch.

Edit: lol, forgot it's another climb

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

UAE finding out that 3 doms (1 of whom was too sick to do the Nat champs) are not as good as 7? Visma knocking it off to fight another day.

Or they decided it won't be hard enough so they'll save them for tomorrow and the rest of the race?

 

[KZD]

Ayuso should just become another domestique from today on. Otherwise UAE should really have brought Majka or McNulty instead.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Ayuso preparing to set a 'hard tempo' on the tre capi in 2025 MSR

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Fabio really struggling

 

[Izzyeviel]

Just three more climbs left for Cav... 22 minutes behind.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

People think Bardet is going for the stage or for GC but him and Van den Broek are really just part of an DSM inside job making sure to OTL Jakobsen because he changed his saddle height yesterday without asking for permission.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Tomorrow is the day.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Just three more climbs left for Cav... 22 minutes behind.

Sounds like he's in pretty good shape.

 

[titan31]

Most don’t have the manpower to do anything.

It probably shouldn't surprise that Ineos do nothing (Pidcock should have followed one of the attacks imo). Likes of Bilbao, Van Gils, Gee, maybe Formolo and Johannessen should all be looking at the stage win too and at least have followed Healy or Bardets attacks

 

[RedheadDane]

DSM duo at both ends of the race.
One going significantly faster than the other.

 

[Samamba]

Doubt 2 Visma guys and 1 or 2 Trek guys (if they survive) can make up 2 minutes in the last 15km that are still slightly downhill. Maybe Campenaerts starts helping for Van Gils, but it's not like he can win. Or Healy needs to wait and work. Van den Berg is still there.