Tour de France Tour de France Stage 6, Mâcon-Dijon, 162.5k

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I see wind speeds at 20 km/h and gusts at nearly twice that. The roads along the ridges are more exposed than I first thought they'd be, and the direction is excellent. So not strong enough to guarantee more than a nervous peloton, but strong enough for more to be possible.

With the updated forecast this morning, this spot seems to get the strongest crosswinds today, and the road is excellent for it: https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8686208,4.7524742,3a,75y,9.77h,89.39t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s7VWq2DZ2u95qK5UZLeXoCA!2e0!6shttps://streetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com/v1/thumbnail?panoid=7VWq2DZ2u95qK5UZLeXoCA&cb_client=maps_sv.share&w=900&h=600&yaw=9.770497502637454&pitch=0.6069068257679362&thumbfov=90!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu

So my best guess is that it splits in the section between 100 km to go and 90 km to go.

There's also a short section in the right direction and on exposed roads with maybe strong enough winds between 15 km to go and 12 km to go.
 
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I see wind speeds at 20 km/h and gusts at nearly twice that. The roads along the ridges are more exposed than I first thought they'd be, and the direction is excellent. So not strong enough to guarantee more than a nervous peloton, but strong enough for more to be possible.

With the updated forecast this morning, this spot seems to get the strongest crosswinds today, and the road is excellent for it: https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8686208,4.7524742,3a,75y,9.77h,89.39t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s7VWq2DZ2u95qK5UZLeXoCA!2e0!6shttps://streetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com/v1/thumbnail?panoid=7VWq2DZ2u95qK5UZLeXoCA&cb_client=maps_sv.share&w=900&h=600&yaw=9.770497502637454&pitch=0.6069068257679362&thumbfov=90!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu
Fantastic. Now I am even more on the bandwagon hype for echelons today without doing any research. Bring me the action. Jumbo have a brilliant team for echelons they can do some damage here also Ineos always think their
moder theresa of echelon ridding so they might try something aswell.
 
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Wind could make it a bit nervous, but it shouldn't be enough to cause big splits. Wind around 20 km/h with higher gusts and a favorable direction for echelons at the last half.
 
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Jul 4, 2009
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I think we may well see more crashes in the coming sprints. The sprint teams seem desperate, many teams have ambitions, and it won't get anymore safe with a more optimistic Cavendish who is a notorious crash maker.
 
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It has been a tour of fairytales so far. Now all we need is Landa to stay in the peloton on a crosswinds stage and lose less than 2 minutes to the Pogacar on the timed trial, and the tour is already complete.
I think you should focus on the Vuelta for a fairytale ending
 
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I remember last year's Independence day. Didn't Joe Biden fly over @Potomac's house.
Well, he did fly over the other day.

edit: I just looked at the public schedule and he is NOT flying over me today. It's when the President goes between the White House and Camp David that we get a fly over. So it happens fairly often, but I only notice if I'm outside at the time. Checking his schedule for last year he did fly over on the 4th , but I don't ever remember specific days.
 
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The Boys

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Mar 19, 2009
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Well, he did fly over the other day.

edit: I just looked at the public schedule and he is NOT flying over me today. It's when the President goes between the White House and Camp David that we get a fly over. So it happens fairly often, but I only notice if I'm outside at the time. Checking his schedule for last year he did fly over , but I don't specifically remember any particular day

Have you considered he might be traveling in an de facto alien spacecraft? Those are known to cause loss of memory.
 
Jul 3, 2022
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I think Bini wins today, but he needs to fight for position. He's too nice. He should watch a replay of Cav knocking Gaviria off Jasper Disaster's wheel in yesterday's sprint.
 
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Just had a quick chat to Sir Francis Beaufort and he made it clear that due to yesterdays climate change, the hurricane Beryl will sweep across the peloton no more that 3 times before the finish. Vino to take yellow.