Tour of Britain 2023 (September 3-10)

[willbick]

To be honest the organisers deserve the Dutch Mareczko winning 6 stages for making such a mickey mouse route.

As explained elsewhere there are huge constraints on organising any kind of bicycle race in the UK nowadays. I'm sure the organisers would have wanted an exciting parcours as much as anyone in an ideal world

 

[Ilmaestro99]

As explained elsewhere there are huge constraints on organising any kind of bicycle race in the UK nowadays. I'm sure the organisers would have wanted an exciting parcours as much as anyone in an ideal world

What's those constraints?

 

[Izzyeviel]

Nimby's.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

As explained elsewhere there are huge constraints on organising any kind of bicycle race in the UK nowadays. I'm sure the organisers would have wanted an exciting parcours as much as anyone in an ideal world

But they literally ride straight past obstacles which are within the same council jurisdiction as the routes they are taking. They're just lazy parcours designers.

 

[awavey]

What's those constraints?

££££ money

 

[Rackham]

A lot of pressure on Jumbo tomorrow.

By mid-afternoon, it'll be almost 24 hours since their last stage win. That's a lot of responsibility on the shoulders of Kooij & Van Aert, i.e. a lot.

 

[Izzyeviel]

An amber heat health alert has been issued for almost all of England

Officially the hottest day of the year according to the BBC

 

[awavey]

Officially the hottest day of the year according to the BBC

Where though exactly ? It was 30+ here back in June, its a mere 26 today, and people are still calling it "extreme heat".

 

[theyoungest]

To be honest the organisers deserve the Dutch Mareczko winning 6 stages for making such a mickey mouse route.

If there's one sprinter Kooij does not resemble, it's Mareczko. He's more like Philipsen. A harder route wouldn't be bad for him, not too hard of course but then they have Van Aert.

 

[rallybanana]

Where though exactly ? It was 30+ here back in June, its a mere 26 today, and people are still calling it "extreme heat".

This BBC forecast is showing 32 somewhere around Milton Keynes

https://twitter.com/x/status/1699298160663736639

View: https://twitter.com/bbcweather/status/1699298160663736639

Meanwhile, In the Norwegian part of Scotland, it's just 15 degrees Celcius

 

[QueenStagiaire]

So British people die whenever it gets over 30 degrees?

 

[wansteadimp]

So British people die whenever it gets over 30 degrees?

Death stops in other countries when it gets over 30??????

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Most interesting thing happening today

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Stage #4 Tick

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Kooij enters the top-10 of most stages won in ToB history, having raced only 4 stages in his career. And he's barely had to try.

 

[KZD]

Ridiculous stuff. Jumbo can win all the stages in this race plus the overall.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Nice!

Only race in the whole year where I'm cheering for Jumbo Visma to spank the competition. I want Kooij to win 6/6 just to expose the clueless route planners.

 

[therealthing]

Make it stop.

 

[Samamba]

It's just dumb. A top 5 sprinter with Van Aert as a leadout beating guys who aren't even in the top 20 of sprinters.

 

[awavey]

Most interesting thing happening today

A reasonable attempt at a penny farthing, even if the sheep weren't playing along

Kooij wins again

 

[Tim Cahill]

Not sure why Cav isn't here, only a collarbone 2 months ago wasn't it?

 

[awavey]

Not sure why Cav isn't here, only a collarbone 2 months ago wasn't it?

They were invited aiui

 

[therealthing]

Not sure why Cav isn't here, only a collarbone 2 months ago wasn't it?

Astana were invited but they declined apparently. Though I guess he could have ridden for GB?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Death stops in other countries when it gets over 30??????

Yes, they also have labor regulations in the afterlife.

 

[Izzyeviel]

So British people die whenever it gets over 30 degrees?

No. Over 26c is when we start dropping. We're just not used to heat.