Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 10: Orléans > Saint-Amand-Montrond, 187.3km

[memyselfandI]

Off-topic when gliding through Loir-et-Cher.. Time well spent is reading the book of Pierre-Henri Closterman; Le Grand Cirque. It's a true story of young French fighter pilot in ww2, he was 19 when he went in and 25 when the war ended. Superb storytelling that is easy to read, kinda sad but happy ending. No modern tech jets not yet, you just grab your Hawker Hurricane, Spitfire, or that 2400 hp gasoline Tempest and try to win the game.

 

[carolina]

Ok, maybe I don't want Cav to win. This is incredibly boring.

 

[Peyroteo94]

So, how is the wind?

 

[Netserk]

So, how is the wind?

Borderline. Perhaps it will be too weak to cause splits, but with the direction it has and the roads they'll ride, I still think Visma will try to split the bunch.

 

[Mayomaniac]

The Goose is loose!

 

[Netserk]

Jayco and Alpecin leading the peloton.

The chasing trio don't seem to ride in earnest.

 

[Danskebjerge]

What happened to those rear cameras on the bikes? I found the clips interesting.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Off-topic when gliding through Loir-et-Cher.. Time well spent is reading the book of Pierre-Henri Closterman; Le Grand Cirque. It's a true story of young French fighter pilot in ww2, he was 19 when he went in and 25 when the war ended. Superb storytelling that is easy to read, kinda sad but happy ending. No modern tech jets not yet, you just grab your Hawker Hurricane, Spitfire, or that 2400 hp gasoline Tempest and try to win the game.

I'll definitely put this on my long-term reading list. A French pilot in the RAF: sounds really interesting.

 

[Netserk]

Philipsen à la Philipsen.

EDIT: From above, he did nothing wrong.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Philipsen with another dirty sprint.

 

[iBanesto]

Philipsen wins the intermediate sprint.

Girmay almost into the barrier... there is literally no point trying to sprint on Philipsen's right when there is a barrier also to the right. Philipsen will always somehow just close it no matter how open it is beforehand.

 

[Faserr]

he did it again...

 

[RobertCrawley]

Note to riders: Do not try to pass Phillipsen between him and the barriers. He will make things dangerous.

 

[CyclistAbi]

No deviation from Philipsen, clean sprint.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Why were the commentators making an issue of whether the peloton catches part of the break before the split point. Being one place ahead of Girmay gets Philipsen one point advantage over him whether that is 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, or 15th/16th.

 

[Netserk]

Why were the commentators making an issue of whether the peloton catches part of the break before the split point. Being one place ahead of Girmay gets Philipsen one point advantage over him whether that is 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, or 15th/16th.

No. 3 points between 1st and 2nd.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Why were the commentators making an issue of whether the peloton catches part of the break before the split point. Being one place ahead of Girmay gets Philipsen one point advantage over him whether that is 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, or 15th/16th.

No? He gets three points advantage if he wins the sprint, only two if he finishes third and one if he‘s 15th.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Sprinters must keep their lane - not their line. So if there is a bend and there is space to their right, they may not take away that space.

 

[Berniece]

So, how is the wind?

At the moment it looks best from 98km's from the finish to 62km's before the finish. But that's a long way out from the actual finish, so not sure if they'll go for it.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

No. 3 points between 1st and 2nd.

No? He gets three points advantage if he wins the sprint, only two if he finishes third and one if he‘s 15th.

OK, sorry Adam: I misremembered the detail of points there.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Vingegaard changing his bike now, having forgotten this morning that he was still on Tratnik's bike.

 

[iBanesto]

Results of Sprint | Romorantin-Lanthenay (57.1 km).

Rnk.	Rider	Points
1	GOOSSENS Kobe	20
2	VANHOUCKE Harm	17
3	PHILIPSEN Jasper	15
4	GIRMAY Biniam	13
5	GAVIRIA Fernando	11

 

[scribers]

Looks like he wanted tratniks bike back

 

[RobertCrawley]

Looks like he wanted tratniks bike back

Must have felt better, upon reflection. And Jan was willing to lease his bike.

 

[iBanesto]

Looks like he wanted tratniks bike back

Forgot Tratnik's bike didn't have a motor.