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

[CyclistAbi]

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

At least until other teams still hibernate.

 

[CleanCiclismo]

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 ???

I think he chose to stay with GCN. GCN also lost a few people after their brake up with Discovery.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Jackobson was dreadful at the Giro and now again at the Tour ...has he given up the ghost

And after he made such an effort to come back after that dreadful sprint crash

 

[AmRacer]

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.

They will do something, in a while. 80km attacks on the second stage is not a winner. V-LAB has increased the speed.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pogacar is getting Sagan's treatment. No one cooperates with him and everyone is waiting for him to make the move.

 

[JosefK]

GC contenders' teams not sure about their hands in their poker game, today. Maybe some top guys not feeling 100%, a good day to not gamble much. Better to wait for later days.

 

[fbjim]

I wonder if we see this break attack each other soon, because there's enough non-climbers in here that someone like Houle might be able to stay away.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

It's still easily possible to pull it back by the way.

Ummm, noooo

 

[topcat]

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

I nominate Bora

 

[CyclistAbi]

They will do something, in a while. 80km attacks on the second stage is not a winner. V-LAB has increased the speed.

Obviously Visma has to work for Wout and unless they somehow changed Pogi, UAE should be drilling it for Pogi.

 

[Brullnux]

I think he chose to stay with GCN. GCN also lost a few people after their brake up with Discovery.

That's a shame, I like Lloyd

 

[CyclistAbi]

I nominate Bora

Nah, they are in it for the overall, not a stage win.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Rookie Sean Quinn (yeah) already has the (yeah) cycling speak (yeah) down pat.

 

[RobertCrawley]

It's still easily possible to pull it back by the way.

It's coming down pretty quick now.

 

[CyclistAbi]

They are waiting for Jakobsen but for the life of me i don't understand on why.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Cavendish with a better performance today, helped by the decreased pace.

 

[fbjim]

It's coming down pretty quick now.

I think the break wins but yeah they are going to lose a ton of time on these climbs after having buried themselves in the "valley" road to get a time gap

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Rookie Sean Quinn (yeah) already has the (yeah) cycling speak (yeah) down pat.

Yeah, Quinn said hot race days like these feel like you're in a sauna for 45mins and the riders take in about 16-17 bottles of liquids - yeah, that doesn't sound like fun.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Well, lets at least hope there will be some GC action on San Luca.

 

[ciranda]

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.

Idk if that was even the point but relative strength of the group does not make the stage more or less interesting but yes it is a strong break, forgot Hugo Houle and Jordan Jegat are there too

 

[AmRacer]

Obviously Visma has to work for Wout and unless they somehow changed Pogi, UAE should be drilling it for Pogi.

Wout Red Bull works for Red Bull Bora

 

[Krzysztof_O]

They are waiting for Jakobsen but for the life of me i don't understand on why.

He will be a crucial super dom for Bardet on San Luca.

 

[Medvind]

If the chase is full on from now it might actually be worse for Vinge than if the chase had begun way earlier.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Peloton is gaining a lot of time.

 

[Salvarani]

If the chase is full on from now it might actually be worse for Vinge than if the chase had begun way earlier.

For some reason I just now noticed your username.

Kul.