Tour De France 2024 Stage 8: Semur-en-Auxois – Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, 183.4k

[RobertCrawley]

Ah, Casablanca... song of the day!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l18IOqI-uEo

Ugarte: You despise me, don't you Rick.
Rick: If I gave you any thought I probably would.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Bernard was charged with 'Damaging the image of the sport'

Obviously not damaging enough for them to post it on their official Instagram page

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[Tim Cahill]

10k of flat now, they will look to peg the gap back as much as they can in this stretch

 

[topcat]

I don't think Jonas A team is going to make it.
I think Jonas Visma will make it in week 3, but it probably won't be good enough against Remco.
Even though it's an exceptional breakaway, I'm finding the stage underwhelming.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Peloton need to wait up that's GC contender Geraint Thomas with a mechanical there.

 

[AmRacer]

Did Thomas drop back to Cav?

 

[scribers]

The rules are there for a reason. If you break them, you have to deal with the consequences.

Didn’t they stick a subjective behavioral interpretation on him rather than a specific rule?

 

[red_flanders]

The fine could have been lower but I think it was pretty mild for potentially impeding the rider behind him.

Hopefully the team takes care of it but yeah, 200 francs is not too bad.

If the UCI had cited “impeding a rider” I think it would have looked better for them, but the had to go with “the reputation of the sport” or some such nonsense.

Stuff like this is what gave/gives cycling a lot of its character, that unique connection to the fans. A beautiful part of the sport. Unfortunately “character” does not mix well with “bureaucrats”.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

I dont know why comms are going on about WVA versus MVPdP tomrrow

All Visma will be babysitting Vinge

 

[will-10]

 

[Norbea]

Is he really going to pull this off?

It is pretty much impossible to pull off. But he certainly has a lot of guts and power.

 

[Andre]

Hopefully the team takes care of it but yeah, 200 francs is not too bad.

If the UCI had cited “impeding a rider” I think it would have looked better for them, but the had to go with “the reputation of the sport” or some such nonsense.

Stuff like this is what gave/gives cycling a lot of its character, that unique connection to the fans. A beautiful part of the sport. Unfortunately “character” does not mix well with “bureaucrats”.

I missed whatever happened (woke up late)...but I agree about the character statement.

 

[RobertCrawley]

It is pretty much impossible to pull off. But he certainly has a lot of guts and power.

Yep. The minutes are dropping.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Some French guys on the tarmac.

Barguil, Dujardin, and someone else.

 

[skippo12]

Kind of stage that Cancellara would have neutralized because one of the Schleck brothers crashed.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Some French guys on the tarmac.

Barguil, Dujardin, and someone else.

Onley

 

[Netserk]

You know I think this could end up being a lot closer than the commentators are letting on. This guy was exceptional in long early breaks in the classics and knows how to pace himself, he also would've won a very long one in Tirreno if Pidcock didn't inexplicably decide to do some absurd sprint leadout at the end. There isn't much terrain ahead that suits the sprinters over him even with teammates. They just need to underestimate him a bit and for a bit of bad luck in the bunch and he he has a chance.

He needs no wind strong enough to make the GC teams move and a bit of a standoff between the different sprint teams in committing more to the chase.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Cav on the back.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Why so many campervans gathered at such an insignificant part of the route?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

In the curves the peloton is so bunched together they look like a sausage

 

[Tricycle Rider]

A fan dressed like the biblical Abraham - I love it!

 

[Miha81]

Why so many campervans gathered at such an insignificant part of the route?

DUI issues? Park before the Police comes

 

[Tim Cahill]

This was such a breakaway stage, awkward villages and hills all day, just didn't really materialise. I feel some saving their energy for tomorrow might get a nasty surprise when they see VDP and Van Aert looking at them.

 

[Bolder]

Why so many campervans gathered at such an insignificant part of the route?

I always wondered about that, too. I had the opportunity to follow a stage a few years ago in a sponsor vehicle (technically, ahead of the race behind the publicity caravan), and there were clusters of campers like that all along the route. I think it’s just a pleasant way to spend the day, I assume they’re watching online too.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Why so many campervans gathered at such an insignificant part of the route?

They are probably in one of the designated parking areas.