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

[Berniece]

Disappointed by UAE. When they set the pace in the beginning of the stage I expected carnage

 

[Gigs_98]

Honestly, this is looking pretty safe for VdB and Bardet

 

[fbjim]

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

cant believe Rom is going to put fabio OTL like this...... betrayal

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Looks like Cav has indeed stabilized 😍

I really hope he can make it, dude's as tough as nails even if he doesn't.

 

[ciranda]

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

bernard, verona, skuijns, ciccone for support

 

[Libertine Seguros]

DSM having Bardet winning but condemning Jakobsen to OTL would be one of the most bizarre anomalies in results ever at the Tour.

You'd say they're more likely to get wins out of Jakobsen than Bardet on any given day, but Bardet in the MJ would probably be more popular.

Well, my mother would be cheering at least, she loves Romain Bardet.

 

[KOM]

Disappointed by UAE. When they set the pace in the beginning of the stage I expected carnage

yea thats a supreme case of blueballs im pretty mad, thought nothing was gonna happen, then they drill Barbotto and I thought its gonna happen for sure and back to boredom now, but this way it feels so much worse lol

 

[houtdffan]

Bardet likely the first yellow jersey

 

[titan31]

bernard, verona, skuijns, ciccone for support

Would assume Gibbons might still be in there too, though probably won't last long

 

[RobertCrawley]

Unlucky 13.

 

[AmRacer]

Bardet for yellow, his first?

 

[solo80k]

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

There's only one leader in UAE team and we know that name. But Ayuso is embarrassing so far,

 

[RobertCrawley]

Bardet likely the first yellow jersey

I don't think so, but it would be glorious if it happens!

 

[Samamba]

If Visma fake paces too much they simply won't be able to catch them after the climb.

 

[KOM]

"wie is dat moegelig" incoming in 32ks

 

[Netserk]

Bardet is doomed. Keldermerckx is now at the front!

 

[Warhawk]

Well, my mother would be cheering at least, she loves Romain Bardet.

Who doesn't? Sociopaths I suppose.

 

[Samamba]

DSM having Bardet winning but condemning Jakobsen to OTL would be one of the most bizarre anomalies in results ever at the Tour.

You'd say they're more likely to get wins out of Jakobsen than Bardet on any given day, but Bardet in the MJ would probably be more popular.

Well, my mother would be cheering at least, she loves Romain Bardet.

Jakobsen isn't gonna lose like 20 minutes the upcoming 35km.

 

[Froome]

I'm not gonna lie, expected a bit more from Emirates and Pogacar today. He is not going to try something. The hype was big.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

cant believe Rom is going to put fabio OTL like this...... betrayal

Top 10 anime betrayals!

 

[Peyroteo94]

Ayuso is the most overrated gc rider in the world. He isn't even a top10 climber

 

[Tim Cahill]

You think a mere broken neck and six broken ribs is going to stop Wilco? That is just him getting out of bed in the morning.

 

[titan31]

I can't see Bardet not winning at this stage. No one in the peleton seems bothered to chase it down and whatever pace Jumbo are setting isn't going to come close to doing that.

Healy making no impact too.

 

[Gigs_98]

People blaming UAE must realize that if Pogacar crashes...well then Yates becomes the leader but if Yates crashes...well then Almeida becomes the leader but if Almeida crashes Ayuso becomes the leader and you can't just throw away your back up plan like it's nothing.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

UAE should have doen more to test Vinge

But Ayuso and co wernt up for it