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

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Dumbass spectator strikes again

Amazing that persons wanna picture road signs decides to enter packed roads of cycling fans, of which cannot be of any of the aforementioned interest.

 

[fbjim]

i think everyone seems to be expecting quite a bit of work out of GC teams who don't even hold the jersey, to pace on a brutally hot stage with zero GC threats in the break

 

[Samamba]

If it stabilizes at 8 minutes now I think they can catch it comfortably. Groups like this can lose time very quickly in the lead into a climb when the fight is for positioning alone.

DSM has no reason to let it stabilize, it will go up slightly till more than 10min. No good team wants to bury their team in a headwind all day to catch those guys, and a mediocre team simply can't. Those 11 up front aren't just nobodies, there are real engines in there. You don't just make up that time without going full gas in the peloton with multiple guys and who's gonna do that?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Thomas Pidcock, extremely unfortunate that he just has zero craic

 

[fbjim]

DSM has no reason to let it stabilize, it will go up slightly till more than 10min. No good team wants to bury their team in a headwind all day to catch those guys, and a mediocre team simply can't. Those 11 up front aren't just nobodies, there are real engines in there. You don't just make up that time without going full gas in the peloton with multiple guys and who's gonna do that?

my vote is, EF, for absolutely no reason

 

[Samamba]

my vote is, EF, for absolutely no reason

Yes that's basically the only "hope". But doubt they do it again after yesterday, and just like yesterday they simply can't do it on their own.

Gotta wonder why they didn't even try to be in the break tho.

 

[Medvind]

I'm now getting sceptical they will catch the break. UAE probably know they won't get much help from other teams, and the break is strong and working well together, so trying to catch the break will just cost too much.

Pog could do a watt bomb on San Luca anyway, testing Vinge.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I'm now getting sceptical they will catch the break. UAE probably know they won't get much help from other teams, and the break is strong and working well together, so trying to catch the break will just cost too much.

Pog could do a watt bomb on San Luca anyway, testing Vinge.

The question is: who will be a Narvaez? Maybe Rogla, maybe Mr Nobody.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I really wanted to see gc guys fighting for the stage win. Now, we will have a random winner... So disappointing

 

[Sciatic]

It's a shame that they don't finish at the summit but instead do the dodgy descent back into town. Are we expecting a howling tailwind and a record speed up the climb?

About the same distance as Paterberg to finish in RvV? A little shorter would be good, but I like the extra dynamic of whether a guy going solo over the top can stay away from a small chasing group. Which could induce chasing-group disease . . .

ed. I mean from the bottom of the descent of San Luca to finish.

 

[danielovichdk2]

MvdP all day

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Nice to see this expression of sympathy for the English national football team by the Peloton, they need all the support they can get today.

 

[Medvind]

The question is: who will be a Narvaez? Maybe Rogla, maybe Mr Nobody.

Don't think Pog will drop Rogla on San Luca, but if they create distance to the others they might work together and could take some time on Vinge, and maybe Remco.

 

[Sciatic]

Back in my day in the US, we got 15 minutes of coverage on the ABC Wide World of Sports.

Indeed—and it was delayed coverage at that. Plenty of cliff jumping though 😉

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Just tuned in, it looks quite windy and commentator said it's 94F. Eeeek to the temperature!

 

[Slavique Nuke]

Nice to see this expression of sympathy for the English national football team by the Peloton, they need all the support they can get today.

Slovakia destroys the crooked-toothed team

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Have some of you guys never watched cycling till yesterday ? This is what most GTs are like

There will be both stage action and GC action today ...

 

[danielovichdk2]

Abrahamsen all day

 

[Tim Cahill]

Is Voigt broadcasting live from the Aquarium

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Back in my day in the US, we got 15 minutes of coverage on the ABC Wide World of Sports.

We (in UK) used to be shown a 20 minute summary of the entire race, a week after it finished, on World of Sport with Dickie Davies, probably introduced with some comment about how not all French cyclists wear berets and have a string of onions around their necks.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Would go against the nature of the latter stages Roglic to do anthing at all, so I expect nothing as per usual from Bora and Roglic

Yeah, Rogla and his team was hyped way too much.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Roglic is very defensive. One of the worst entertaining gc riders in a long long time.

 

[titan31]

I'd say teams will need to start closing soon if they want the stage.

 

[RobertCrawley]

We used to be shown a 20 minute summary of the entire race, a week after it finished, on World of Sport with Dickie Davies, probably introduced with some comment about how not all French cyclists wear berets and have a string of onions around their necks.

Greg LeMond definitely moved the needle for interest and coverage in the US.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Jensie thinks UAE will ride