Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 2: Cesenatico > Bologne (Bologna), 199.2 km

[Tim Cahill]

Juan Ayuso should be on the front working

 

[fbjim]

Why doesn't one team simply chase down the breakway and burn all their riders whilst nobody else does anything? That would be smart

why does the peloton, the larger group, not simply eat the breakaway

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Can't believe JB & Blythe have both crashed boats.

Not on that signal today, but if they were behind the wheel, I can imagine it better than if it wasn't the case.

 

[CyclistAbi]

I mean, it‘s sensible, Red Bull want the race to stay close so it‘s more nervous and Roglic crashes out so when the other favorites are underwhelming, Roglič fans can claim that Roglič is the moral winner.

Nah. Rogla would top it if it was a MTF, as it would instead likely come down to a flat sprint it wold be too risky. They can still try to crack Jonas and test other GC riders, on the ultimate climb, though. We'll see. Not much to lose but some time potentially to gain.

 

[Salvarani]

Any thoughts here whether GC pack will wake up at the Montecalvo climb?
Or is it the heat which makes them snore like Garfield in his box?

Think it has been a head-wind as well.

 

[Samamba]

Vauquelin is a top rider, Pacher and Laurance are great, Oliveira has been close before, Teunissen is a TDF stage winner

it's a strong break

For Tour standards this is not a strong break at all. Ofcourse Vauquelin has a lot of talent, same with Laurence, but they're both Tour rookies. Teunissen on this parcours is obviously not a "strong rider". The winner will probably still be a decent name, but that does not mean it's a strong break.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Any thoughts here whether GC pack will wake up at the Montecalvo climb?
Or is it the heat which makes them snore like Garfield in his box?

Probably the latter, though I really like the image of Garfield snoring in his box.

 

[CleanCiclismo]

Despite the fact that bonus seconds are going to be gone, I still hope the GC guys at least try something.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

The Jensie pissing the guys in the cars off I assume

 

[AmRacer]

Yellow is safe and Jacobsen isn't too far behind.
If Bardet can follow on the San Luca.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Bardet is the moral winner here. Done absolutely nothing for it but still gets to keep the jersey. C'mon Visma and UAE, do something, Rogla will if he has to.

 

[RobertCrawley]

The peloton is waking up.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Think it has been a head-wind as well.

Pretty much yes, but turn info tailing winds and ardenner mode at Montecalvo - think there would be room to shake state of things a bit. Not necessarily UAE but attacks like that of Bardet's yesterday.

 

[KZD]

I think UAE are also riding with the podium in mind as well. I definitely think they want to finish 1-2-3 in this tour. So flogging the team in early stages kinda makes no sense. Moreover, they just don’t really have the horses for long flat sections.

They would be foolish to have that goal, their only goal in this Tour should be to win the overall.

Hope that Pogačar or any other GC rider still tries something in the final San Luca ascent.

Jakobsen can't even follow Cavendish, he will not last long in this Tour.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Was Dan Llyod sacked from ES comms ...and replaced with a woman...I know he is watching and following all the races so why leave the comms

But why did they keep Blythe ???

 

[CyclistAbi]

Maybe UAE is going for top 8 spots, overall.

 

[AmRacer]

Rogla, 'I have a Red Bull helmet'
Wout, 'Looks nice. I crashed'
Rogla, 😨

 

[CyclistAbi]

Giro 2023 all over again.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Commentator scrutinizing Visma's new control center van now

 

[RobertCrawley]

NBC tv is showing Visma's data control center. But they don't mention that they communicate to the riders with scratchy radios apparently made by Marconi himself.

 

[fbjim]

next climb might be a good one for someone to spring from the break

 

[postmanhat]

For a Tour standards this is not a strong break at all. Ofcourse Vauquelin has a lot of talent, same with Laurence, but they're both Tour rookies. Teunissen on this parcours is obviously not a "strong rider". The winner will probably still be a decent name, but that does not mean it's a strong break.

Either one would be good for my CQ team, and cycling Francaise. Vauqulin was terrible at The TDS, but looked a lot better at the French Champs. Nice to see Arkea using him as a stage-hunter here, rather than hoping he'll ever be a top GC rider.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Yes Ineos has too many leaders

 

[solo80k]

Because they want the break to win

Well, I wasn't asking exactly about it. You can pace the peleton relatively slowly and keep the top spot anyway. I'm more into grabbing some broadcast time, show your sponsors and a French leader in a yellow jersey.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Bardet is the moral winner here. Done absolutely nothing for it but still gets to keep the jersey. C'mon Visma and UAE, do something, Rogla will if he has to.

If he wants to try to win, which he doesnt, he has a great team for his full support.