Tour de France Tour de France 2024: Stage 16 16/7 Gruissan - Nîmes, 188.6k

[scribers]

If he got more than 200,000 followers on instagram, he'd have to dye his moustache in a colour determined by a poll.
The options - other than blue - were red and yellow.
Of course the people voting in the poll picked blue!

The guy is a marketable character

 

[Tricycle Rider]

It always signals sickness for me. Usually have them few days prior.

I won't speak for Remco or Pogi, but I usually get cold sores when I'm stressed to the max.

 

[Lequack]

Good thing about having no break is that route planners will have to think twice in the future by creating these boring flat stages. They probably won't though.

 

[RedheadDane]

He told a helicopter story a while back that was entertaining.

Apparently he stopped doing that, though.

Not telling the story.
The thing the story was about.

 

[scribers]

He stopped winning portion of doing that?

 

[RedheadDane]

He stopped winning portion of doing that?

Are you asking me?

 

[RobertCrawley]

Nice intermediate sprint!

 

[Samamba]

Coquard securing his main goal of the Tour, getting third in points classification.

 

[Rollthedice]

Allez Gachignard!

 

[iBanesto]

Biggest 3rd week comebacks in grand tours since 2000.only comebacks that resulted in a top-20 final result are showed

Year	Race	Rider	Position start of 3rd week	Final position	Time won
2001	Tour	BOTCHAROV Alexandre	28	17	15:50
2001	Tour	JULICH Bobby	29	18	12:01
2008	Vuelta	ARROYO David	27	17	11:35
2008	Vuelta	GARATE Juan Manuel	26	15	11:23
2003	Tour	LELLI Massimiliano	25	15	10:52
2008	Vuelta	GARCÍA DAPENA David	23	14	10:31
2005	Tour	SEVILLA Óscar	34	18	9:42
2015	Tour	PAUWELS Serge	24	13	9:33
2023	Vuelta	POELS Wout	22	15	9:28
2021	Tour	GAUDU David	15	11	9:01
2001	Tour	BOOGERD Michael	16	10	8:40
2005	Tour	PEREIRO Óscar	24	10	8:36
2010	Giro	BASSO Ivan	11	1	7:43
2017	Giro	LANDA Mikel	42	17	7:01
2010	Giro	SCARPONI Michele	12	4	6:12
2003	Vuelta	CÁRDENAS Félix Rafael	13	8	6:03
2019	Vuelta	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	45	20	5:59
2008	Vuelta	ROCHE Nicolas	14	13	5:50
2009	Vuelta	DEIGNAN Philip	17	9	5:49
2002	Tour	BOTERO Santiago	18	4	5:26

 

[RedheadDane]

The question is; how many of those were allowed to get away because they were so far down?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Thomas Gachignard will be remembered fondly as a man willing to try something.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Thomas Gachignard will be remembered fondly as a man willing to try something.

He's young, he doesn't know any better.

 

[Berniece]

They are really talking up the wind to come on Eurosport.

There is barely any wind

I won't speak for Remco or Pogi, but I usually get cold sores when I'm stressed to the max.

Remco gets them when he's in peak form

 

[RobertCrawley]

To Peacock watchers: Bobke is easy to offend.

 

[postmanhat]

Thomas Gachignard will be remembered fondly as a man willing to try something.

Seems to have spent most of his season in largely futile breaks. Lots of publicity for Total I suppose, compared to the rest of the team.

 

[RedheadDane]

Seems to have spent most of his season in largely futile breaks. Lots of publicity for Total I suppose, compared to the rest of the team.

Turgis also gave them some publicity.

 

[Danskebjerge]

If this breakaway guy wins the stage, I'll color my moustache.

 

[Stelvio]

There is barely any wind

Yeah, bit disappointed that they try to talk up nothing.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

To Peacock watchers: Bobke is easy to offend.

I'm trying to get some work done so am missing stuff - what was Bobke offended by?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The question is; how many of those were allowed to get away because they were so far down?

In the cases of the 2001 TdF and 2009 Giro, the GC situations ahead of the last week were still heavily influenced by big breakaways having taken massive time earlier in the races.

It's also funny to see Pereiro and Geoghegan Hart being on the list due to performances from the year before the comebacks they are mainly known for.

 

[RobertCrawley]

I'm trying to get some work done so am missing stuff - what was Bobke offended by?

Tejay was explaining why he felt the mountain points should be set up so that riders besides the GC contenders might win the polka dot jersey. He mentioned guys like Virenque. He was talking generally and said "you don't know what these riders go through." Bobke could only hear an accusation.

 

[dgodave]

How did they get water up to those ridge top castles?

 

[RobertCrawley]

How did they get water up to those ridge top castles?

Peasants.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Peasants.

I don't mean to laugh at the poor peasants, but your answer sounds very likely.