Tour of Britain 2023 (September 3-10)

[Samamba]

Jumbo just trolling the rest. Actual meme race.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Jumbo can quite literally win any way they like here.

 

[KZD]

Well at least its nice to see Jumbo being original instead of just doing a sprint train for Kooij. Van Aert should take the GC lead.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Proper humiliation for their competition.

Gotta say tho kinda nice to see . These letting the wheel go tactics should be used way more often but too many sprinter teams just race very one dimensional.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Sublime to the ridiculous!
WvA

 

[willbick]

Well at least that continues the recent run of high-class GC winners of the ToB (last year's abbreviated version excepted)...

 

[theyoungest]

As a great rider you sometimes have to hand your domestiques a gift. Olav Kooij understands this

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Luke Rowe hesitated for Ineos, and that could cost them the gc.

 

[yaco]

Kooij is learning nothing at ths race because the reality is that if he gets to ride a GT, he won't have Van Aert as his leadout.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Fantastic finish from Jumbo, I enjoyed that. Makes up for the past few stages.

 

[theyoungest]

Kooij is learning nothing at ths race because the reality is that if he gets to ride a GT, he won't have Van Aert as his leadout.

He rarely ever has a proper leadout. Usually he just has to fend for himself, and he's really good at that.

He's not nearly as hyped as De Lie, but in terms of bunch sprints, he's really way better at positioning and finding the gaps.

 

[yaco]

He rarely ever has a proper leadout. Usually he just has to fend for himself, and he's really good at that.

He's not nearly as hyped as De Lie, but in terms of bunch sprints, he's really way better at positioning and finding the gaps.

Exactly - But he won't have VanAert at a GT - He should be at the Vuelta as should Merlier.

 

[awavey]

That finish is so fast in the last 5km, its downhill, then flat, well flat for British roads, it was tail wind on the down leg then the turn and slight headwind on the finish leg (its offset by the onshore breeze so not full in your face) how they let WVA get any gap let alone that kind of gap, ok they said he gave mega watts on that bit, but you snooze, you lose.

Edit So I checked strava, WVA did the down leg of the finish at 43.8mph Danny van Poppel nearly 45mph, but there's no segment on the finish sadly. How do you get such a big gap at those speeds ? Did he just monster the turn ?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Davide Persico, Silvia's younger brother, is having a decent race here. About to redeem himself after being involved in Stelviogate 2.0 at the Baby Giro?

 

[Rackham]

Fantastic finish from Jumbo, I enjoyed that. Makes up for the past few stages.

I agree. I watched the finish, i.e. the way Kooij let Van Aert's wheel go was pretty epic.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Jumbo taking an Austin Powers sized piss at the Tour of Britain.

 

[samhocking]

Jumbo can quite literally win any way they like here.

I was joking with a friend they don't need tactics, simply pedalling forwards is enough to win. One of the most surreal stage races so far.

 

[tobydawq]

Proper humiliation for their competition.

Gotta say tho kinda nice to see . These letting the wheel go tactics should be used way more often but too many sprinter teams just race very one dimensional.

I don't know. It feels a bit like the underarm serve in tennis. I'm not sure I'm that much of a fan.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

You can still make a decent parcours. That's a lame excuse.

They would if they could. They can't. I don't know why people can't understand this......

And using the term 'parcours' boils my piss - It's a British race, it's route. Using french is just pretentious

 

[Bonimenier]

They would if they could. They can't. I don't know why people can't understand this......

And using the term 'parcours' boils my piss - It's a British race, it's route. Using french is just pretentious

People should have carte blanche in what terms they use.

 

[VeloMaster]

They would if they could. They can't. I don't know why people can't understand this......

And using the term 'parcours' boils my piss - It's a British race, it's route. Using french is just pretentious

Where do you stand on 'peloton,' likewise a French word? Just curious.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Where do you stand on 'peloton,' likewise a French word? Just curious.

In the Tour of Britain, you call it fellowship, surely.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

In the Tour of Britain, you call it fellowship, surely.

And if you want to post in this thread, then perhaps you should change your name to QueenTrainee?

I will be using the word route when discussing British races from now on. It'll be the French word though.

 

[awavey]

ah got what happened via the highlights, so everyone is thinking WVA is leading out Kooij as normal on to the finish straight, but instead of that both Kooij and Affini sit up as they all take the first corner, block the chasing group, by the time everyone else realises whats happened and with some hesitation on the second corner as the rest probably think it was a mistake, WVA has got a 3 second gap which is game over for everyone

youve got to admire a plan & tactics like that, Jumbo Visma are schooling these teams on how to win stages, you cant blame the parcours for that.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

And if you want to post in this thread, then perhaps you should change your name to QueenTrainee?

I will be using the word route when discussing British races from now on. It'll be the French word though.

Trainee is still a word derived from French, those Englishmen couldn‘t come up with their own words.