Tour de la Provence 2022 (February 10-13)

[armchairclimber]

What about Latour?

And Paret Peintre

 

[Mayomaniac]

Did I see Ganna accidentally drop the entire peloton on the flat bringing back Bodnar? Is he in that good of form?

That's Ganna when he isn't also focussing on track cycling...

 

[Red Rick]

Did I see Ganna accidentally drop the entire peloton on the flat bringing back Bodnar? Is he in that good of form?

Nah it was on one line, so he was mostly just dropping Carapaz, who got blown out of the back a little while later.

 

[yaco]

What an asset Ganna is to any team - He controlled the race to give Viviani the stage win.

 

[DaLong]

Nah it was on one line, so he was mostly just dropping Carapaz, who got blown out of the back a little while later.

Makes sense. Still chuckled when he looked back and had to stop pedaling to let people catch up at 1.8km, then had to keep double checking he wasn't dropping them again.

 

[RedheadDane]

So, errr... I got a question:

Who was 'Imbert'? Apart from some guy who... apparently died there.

Also; why are we skipping straight from stage 2 to stage 4?

 

[Nirvana]

Possibly. I think TTers are often attributed classics talent because of Cancellara, but I'm still curious to see Ganna.

Scenes when at the Dauphine the GC battle will be Ganna Vs. van Aert

 

[Red Rick]

Scenes when at the Dauphine the GC battle will be Ganna Vs. van Aert

Just goes to show how bad the route is

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Also; why are we skipping straight from stage 2 to stage 4?

Oops. My proofreading isn't the greatest when I finish the OP at midnight.

 

[Bonimenier]

Broken collarbone for Bevin after crashing today. Not an ideal start of the season.

 

[Cannavaro]

So, errr... I got a question:

Who was 'Imbert'? Apart from some guy who... apparently died there.

Also; why are we skipping straight from stage 2 to stage 4?

Story of the col de la mort d'Imbert

 

[Wvv]

So, errr... I got a question:

Who was 'Imbert'? Apart from some guy who... apparently died there.

Also; why are we skipping straight from stage 2 to stage 4?

Story of the col de la mort d'Imbert

Always nice to read such tales and background stories, thanks @Cannavaro !

 

[RedheadDane]

Apparently, I don't make enough predictions.
I am also terrible at predicting who'll win.
So, instead I'll continue something from the Oman thread; negative predictions:

Antoine Berlin will not win this bike race!

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Apparently, I don't make enough predictions.
I am also terrible at predicting who'll win.
So, instead I'll continue something from the Oman thread; negative predictions:

Antoine Berlin will not win this bike race!

Now you’ve secured that Antoine Berlin will most certainly win.

 

[F_Cance]

Carapaz out with covid. At least everyone of Ineos finishing in the first group yesterday should be out too, because they had very close contact after vivianis victory

 

[tobydawq]

Carapaz out with covid. At least everyone of Ineos finishing in the first group yesterday should be out too, because they had very close contact after vivianis victory

Yeah, what an unimaginably terrifying prospect that someone rode today's and tomorrow's stage after having contracted the infection yesterday. The horror!

 

[F_Cance]

So you want every race to end with +40 DNF/S like Valenciana bc teams let it spread?

 

[Samamba]

So you want every race to end with +40 DNF/S like Valenciana bc teams let it spread?

What are you on about? You had 40 DNF/S because they did exactly what you suggest, take a whole team out because 1 or 2 guys are positive.

 

[Red Rick]

I'm just really hoping this happening so fast now will lead to it being much less of a problem when the GTs come calling.

 

[Netserk]

So you want every race to end with +40 DNF/S like Valenciana bc teams let it spread?

Carapaz is out. How many do you think he infected (on average) and how many do you think they infect in turn (during the race)? It's only the latter that would be mitigated by having the team withdraw at this point.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Nothing would change for Ineos because Carapaz has Covid, and the team would be close contacts. If they don’t test positive, that means that Carapaz might not have had a higher viral load. Ineos just has to keep riding their race.

 

[F_Cance]

Carapaz is out. How many do you think he infected (on average) and how many do you think they infect in turn (during the race)?

Heavy breathing directly into their face while hugging, i would not be surprised to see Viviani, Ganna and Rowe to test positive soon or getting removed from the startlist of their next race without communication.
Good thing is that this is a very short stage race.

 

[Netserk]

Heavy breathing directly into their face while hugging, i would not be surprised to see Viviani, Ganna and Rowe to test positive soon or getting removed from the startlist of their next race without communication.
Good thing is that this is a very short stage race.

Convenient omission. I don't think the data on household attack rate support the likelihood of that being the case.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Story of the col de la mort d'Imbert

So who will play which role in the allegory?

 

[Samamba]

Hayters form is really bad right now looks like