Tour Down Under 2025 - Men's (Jan. 21-26)

[tobydawq]

Van Poppel blocking Lund, securing Welsford the win.

 

[saunaking]

Van Poppel blocking Lund, securing Welsford the win.

bush league. he should be dsq'd or something.
So its ok to swerve and block like that when there was some daylight between them?

commissar decisions based on vibez

 

[Netserk]

Not very clean way to drop back for ?Pithie?

 

[yaco]

A rank move by Van Poppel. I expect he will get a yellow card.

 

[tobydawq]

bush league. he should be dsq'd or something.
So its ok to swerve and block like that when there was some daylight between them?

commissar decisions based on vibez

Yeah, it's ridiculous, and there's nothing really to do, because you can't punish Welsford for it.

 

[tobydawq]

Not very clean way to drop back for ?Pithie?

Van Poppel.

 

[Netserk]

Van Poppel.

I thought Van Poppel was the last lead-out? My comment was about the second last helper.

 

[tobydawq]

I thought Van Poppel was the last lead-out? My comment was about the second last helper.

Oh, okay, I didn't notice him doing something, but yeah, that was Pithie.

 

[Netserk]

Oh, okay, I didn't notice him doing something, but yeah, that was Pithie.

Made sure to drop back in between the riders behind rather than going to the side. A rather dangerous "ghost rider". Had the speed difference been smaller, it wouldn't have been much of an issue.

 

[tobydawq]

Made sure to drop back in between the riders behind rather than going to the side. A rather dangerous "ghost rider".

Yeah, I just saw. Neither of them played nice, that's for sure.

 

[yaco]

Pithie is an aggressive rider who is happy to bang shoulders in the final. I was impressed with Marit who came from a long way back.

 

[Rockestar_33]

I think DVP gets relegated at a minimum, probably should get dq'd honestly

 

[RedheadDane]

So, Van Poppeldid actually do something dangerous? It wasn't merely a matter of celebrating Welsford's win?

 

[stefank]

So, Van Poppeldid actually do something dangerous? It wasn't merely a matter of celebrating Welsford's win?

See for yourself:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85f6e1eHKgw

 

[Faserr]

Yes. That was a move which perfectly deserved a yellow card
He was relegeated to the last place and I think he will get a yellow card.

 

[Berniece]

See for yourself:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85f6e1eHKgw

Ridiculous manoeuvre, you can see him look and then make that move. It’s unfortunate that you deliberately kill the opportunity of someone else.

 

[RedheadDane]

Bad Danny! Destroying my chance to get some (more) points in the CQ game!

 

[Roku]

Impressed by Arne Marit who didn't have a good performance neither on stage 1 nor on the crit. Let's hope this means he has improved a bit after a crash-marred 2024 season.

Also Zimmerman repeating last year strategy, taking some bonus seconds. Tomorrow could be a good chance for Busatto.

 

[Cookster15]

Menglers Hill looks about 6km from the finish which is downhill. I think the sprinters will be in touch and Welsford will have too much power for the other sprinters.

But Stage 3 and Pound Reserve looks a different kettle of fish.

Not a bad guess.

 

[Heston]

There should be a rule that the entire team gets moved to last place in an incident like this.

Van Poppel looks over his shoulder and clearly does it on purpose. Just filthy from Bora.

 

[Berniece]

There should be a rule that the entire team gets moved to last place in an incident like this.

Van Poppel looks over his shoulder and clearly does it on purpose. Just filthy from Bora.

I agree. The same with what MVDP once did for Philipsen towards Girmay in TDF 2023. Just because it's someone else making the move, doesn't mean it doesn't have an effect on the outcome for his teammate.

 

[Peyroteo94]

There should be a rule that the entire team gets moved to last place in an incident like this.

Van Poppel looks over his shoulder and clearly does it on purpose. Just filthy from Bora.

I agree. Cav had a lot of wins due to perfect but dirty leadout from Renshaw

 

[Scarponi]

Do they not ride Corkscrew Hill anymore?

 

[repre]

Relegation of DvP not gonna cut it, he secured win for his teammate and nobody cares about relegation of leadout. That's what Mvdp was doing at last years TDF. System is broken for this, you have to relegate main sprinter of a team for leadout's behavour. Then sprints will be safer.

 

[yaNzKEWL]

If a small group goes to the line in Stage 3, Sprint will be a bit special as it is slightly downhill.