Tour de France Tour de France 2024:Stage 21: Monaco - Nice, 21/07, 33.7k (ITT)

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Au revoir Mark, et merci pour tout!

Such a nice Frenchman too.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Richard Carapaz is named supercombatif rider of the 2024 Tour!

Richard Carapaz nommé super-combatif du Tour de France

L'Équatorien Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) a remporté le titre de coureur le plus combatif du Tour de France. Le jury l'a préféré au Norvégien Jonas Abrahamsen.

www.lequipe.fr

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

42:01 for the winner to put Cav OTL.

Barring that, will he be given a maillot noir on the podium or his special presentation?

 

[armchairclimber]

Has Lenny only come for the TTs?

For a tiny guy he's bloody good at it. Wish he'd at least turned to for one or two mountain stages mind .... had him on my velogames team.

 

[Red Rick]

Final section of the ITT seems a lot slower than I expected

 

[hayneplane]

when are we getting the super-combitivity announcement, and who do we expect wins it?

i'd be happy with Tobias Johannessen, or maybe even Bruno Armirail. Though honestly Carapaz might be a decent contender as well.

Abrahamson for me. Carapaz would be worthy but with a jersey and a stage win they will probably tip a nod elsewhere.

If it was totally objective and not a sub prize then you should really give it to Pogacar.

 

[tobydawq]

42:01 for the winner to put Cav OTL.

Barring that, will he be given a maillot noir on the podium or his special presentation?

43:08 to put Dylan out.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

42:01 for the winner to put Cav OTL.

Barring that, will he be given a maillot noir on the podium or his special presentation?

Rolf Sørensen has predicted Pogačar to win in 42:00, if I remember it correctly, so that could become a nail-biter.

 

[Rob5091]

For a tiny guy he's bloody good at it. Wish he'd at least turned to for one or two mountain stages mind .... had him on my velogames team.

He was n't even supposed to go to the Tour so he's been under par all the time. Next year, with the right preparation a KOM jersey contender - remember where you read it first!

 

[Salvarani]

Surely they cant go faster than 44:00.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Seeing Lenny just reminds me of what a dismal tour it's been for FDJ

 

[Tim Cahill]

Not sure Martinez should be going anywhere near Bahrain atm, Tiberi/Santi aside they look a bit listless

Jack Haig GT podium looks hilarious in retrospect, he beat Adam Yates, Superman Lopez and Egan Bernal

 

[RobertCrawley]

Lance and George talked yesterday about riders not wearing gloves. They said they wore them because they would not want road rash on their hands in case of a crash, and they did not want sweaty hands on handlebars going down mountains.

Gloveless seems to be the trend. Does anyone know why that is?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

'Mark is this your last race'

'......likely so yeah'

Had to think a little too long and hard about that answer...

Someone as competitive as him and cycling being his entire life he'll probably enjoy a break, but then he'll get the itch...

 

[RedheadDane]

Carapaz would be worthy but with a jersey and a stage win they will probably tip a nod elsewhere.

As discussed earlier in the thread; Carapaz did indeed win it.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Someone as competitive as him and cycling being his entire life he'll probably enjoy a break, but then he'll get the itch...

Guarantee he gets bored in about 6 months and starts making noises about doing olympic track events

 

[Red Rick]

Rolf Sørensen has predicted Pogačar to win in 42:00, if I remember it correctly, so that could become a nail-biter

They might be 33% faster at T1 but never by the end of it

 

[jono]

Which riders outside of the top 10 will actually try?

Also, watching the final stage TT it's amazing that there's always one or two guys I didn't realize were at the Tour. Lampaert??

 

[MJR]

CN live update said "not the race he was hoping for" about vdP.

Folks sure have short memories. He's doing the same thing as last year - using the TdF as training. It worked for Worlds last year; we'll see about the Olympics. He looks pretty lean and fit at the moment.

 

[RobertCrawley]

CN live update said "not the race he was hoping for" about vdP.

Folks sure have short memories. He's doing the same thing as last year - using the TdF as training. It worked for Worlds last year; we'll see about the Olympics. He looks pretty lean and fit at the moment.

I don't remember him threatening for a stage win, but he was an outstanding lead out for Jasper. That alone makes his Tour a success, IMO.

 

[tobydawq]

CN live update said "not the race he was hoping for" about vdP.

Folks sure have short memories. He's doing the same thing as last year - using the TdF as training. It worked for Worlds last year; we'll see about the Olympics. He looks pretty lean and fit at the moment.

Nothing to do with short memories. He had a crap Tour last year and has one this year too.

 

[hayneplane]

Is Girmay in any danger of the time cut if the podium guys do a thermonuclear time.

 

[MJR]

I don't remember him threatening for a stage win, but he was an outstanding lead out for Jasper. That alone makes his Tour a success, IMO.

Agreed. He was a great lead-out last year for him, too.

 

[ppanther92]

Has Lenny only come for the TTs?

First I was like - wow, great TT by Martinez. But ok, if you only do recovery rides for 3 weeks, ofc you are fresh.

 

[KOM]

Final ITTs are excellent for your own personal "wtf this guy rode the tour!?" list. So far I have Turner and Bisegger on mine