Tour of Britain 2024, September 3-8

[Jagartrott]

Alaphilippe is a shadow of his former self. Still all the gestures though.

 

[Tim Cahill]

What a strange looking sprint from Alaphilippe

 

[Didinho]

Williams deserved it. Mighty strong.

Quickstep beaten in both sprints. Julian can’t sprint straight.

 

[Berniece]

Alaphilippe losing momentum in the sprint because he wanted to shutdown Onley... He's just dissapointing

 

[Snake]

Imagine wasting evanepoel in big 2024 for this washed alaphilippe

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I have spotted multiple cars, in all kinds of colours!

Congratulations, you're not colour blind!

At least Alaphilippe made it impossible for Onley to get through.

 

[RedheadDane]

QS:
Beaten in the sprint for the win, by an IPT rider.
Beaten in the sprint for 4th, by an IPT rider.
Won the sprint for... 9th!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

RIding for Alaphilippe as a leader has been a bad idea since 2020.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

I have no problem with the way QuickStep rode this. Give a bone to Alaphilippe, the man who has won this team so much, in a 2.Pro race, and chances are, it was probably the idea of Remco too.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

God forbid a double world champion and all-around legend of the sport have some fun in a Mickey mouse pub race

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I have no problem with the way QuickStep rode this. Give a bone to Alaphilippe in a 2.Pro race, and chances are, it was probably the idea of Remco too.

But the outcome has been quite predictable.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

But the outcome has been quite predictable.

Sure, but does that matter?

 

[Squire]

Pidcock packed it in? Not with the main peloton.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I have no problem with the way QuickStep rode this. Give a bone to Alaphilippe, the man who has won this team so much, in a 2.Pro race, and chances are, it was probably the idea of Remco too.

They could also have tried to throw the bone to Magnier, to whom a 2.Pro is infinitely more meaningful than Alaphilippe, instead of making the race hard themselves. And if things had split anyway, they could have kept both Evenepoel and Gelders fresh for the finale rather than singlehandedly driving the group.

 

[Berniece]

They could also have tried to throw the bone to Magnier, to whom a 2.Pro is infinitely more meaningful than Alaphilippe, instead of making the race hard themselves. And if things had split anyway, they could have kept both Evenepoel and Gelders fresh for the finale rather than singlehandedly driving the group.

They wanted a last swan song for Alaphilippe probably, in a race where it's possible to actually win because that ain't happening in Canada. Unfortunately he's still able to f*** it up

 

[Coffeeplanter]

They could also have tried to throw the bone to Magnier, to whom a 2.Pro is infinitely more meaningful than Alaphilippe, instead of making the race hard themselves. And if things had split anyway, they could have kept both Evenepoel and Gelders fresh for the finale rather than singlehandedly driving the group.

Magnier was already suffering hard on Ugglebarnby Moo when INEOS were still a factor in this race.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Sure, but does that matter?

Well, it does if they wanted to win. Evenepoel riding for Alaphilippe has always ended in disappointment (by Alaphilippe).

Evenepoel thinks Alaphilippe is in better shape than him. Lol.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Well, it does if they wanted to win. Evenepoel riding for Alaphilippe has always ended in disappointment (by Alaphilippe).

Evenepoel thinks Alaphilippe is in better shape than him. Lol.

It seemeth QuickStep has not marked the Tour of Britain as a make or break, must win race, of which I must agree with.

 

[Samamba]

It seemeth QuickStep has not marked the Tour of Britain as a make or break, must win race, of which I must agree with.

Maybe, but was this the best way to win with Julian? I think letting Remco attack multiple times instead of pacing for a while just sacrificing himself why Israel had to do absolutely nothing would've probably been the best for Alaphilippe too.

You're right, it's Britain, not sure why a lot of people (in Belgium then) pretend like it's some big races, so in the end who cares, but you can still question if this was the best tactics

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Bit of an overreaction in here. Alaphilippe has been on a lot of domestique duties over the years and mostly been a good servant. Totally fine to switch it around in an irrelevant mickey mouse (or better Peppa Pig) race and also not too unreasonable given that Alas sprint on a flat finish like that is probably slightly better than Evenepoel.
Don't think Remco really cares, this is just a build up for worlds anyway.

Ineos the real failure in here, in recent years they've used their home race to make up for TdF or ongoing Vuelta failures, now they can't even slap around the local farmers with a full strength line up.

 

[Jagartrott]

Why did Alaphilippe soft pedal the last 500 m yesterday? He was leading the peloton until 500 m before the finish, and ended isolated behind the main group. That's just throwing away time. If he wanted to win this race, why do that?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Bit of an overreaction in here. Alaphilippe has been on a lot of domestique duties over the years and mostly been a good servant. Totally fine to switch it around in an irrelevant mickey mouse (or better Peppa Pig) race and also not too unreasonable given that Alas sprint on a flat finish like that is probably slightly better than Evenepoel.
Don't think Remco really cares, this is just a build up for worlds anyway.

Ineos the real failure in here, in recent years they've used their home race to make up for TdF or ongoing Vuelta failures, now they can't even slap around the local farmers with a full strength line up.

My god somebody posting common sense . You would think the team was about to fold if they didn't win stage 2 of the Britain tour based on all the comments above

These guys are having fun and training for worlds

 

[Berniece]

Maybe, but was this the best way to win with Julian? I think letting Remco attack multiple times instead of pacing for a while just sacrificing himself why Israel had to do absolutely nothing would've probably been the best for Alaphilippe too.

But Remco said before the start of Tour of Britain that he's mostly looking for a hard race, and use that as a training method for the coming weeks. So based on that it would make sense to ride like this, otherwise he could've stayed in Calpe and just keep riding at a decent pace.

 

[Tim Cahill]

ISN dev team gotta be looking at Louis Sutton after that, because *** knows Ineos won't be.