Tour of Britain 5-12 September 2021

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ARKEA really not bad considering they only had four riders! The other teams all looked more like comedy than anything else... okay, DQS also nice, Israel with mechanical I think, Jumbo were a shambles as a team but they had the big power.

Ribble had a late mechanical as well. No idea how much of a time loss it resulted in, though.

edit: 20-30s according to the DS

 

[noob]

Usually I love team trials! Can be such a beauty. But this one is actually badly covered and the teams don't look like they prepared this well.

Novelty's charm But I love seeing them messing up as it's kinda hilarious

 

[BlueRoads]

Rally really doing this best in terms of organization!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Hayter should take the lead here

Rodriguez is also super impressive

 

[JosefK]

Ineos drops the hammer. Hayter in blue. Well done!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Thank goodness TTT are going out of fashion.

 

[JosefK]

Thank goodness TTT are going out of fashion.

TJV would like to have a couple long ones in the TDF next year.

 

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is it possible that Jumbo lost 40s due to that mechanical? If my notes are correct, they went past the 1k mark at 19:01 - Ineos at 19:21

 

[BlueRoads]

Thank goodness TTT are going out of fashion.

Who was it who proposed that the material should be given out like the horses in modern pentathlon...? Liked that idea...

 

[BlueRoads]

is it possible that Jumbo lost 40s due to that mechanical? If my notes are correct, they went past the 1k mark at 19:01 - Ineos at 19:21

Didn't look like it. But 15-20 maybe.

 

[Rackham]

Yes it's very odd. It's almost as if he's a very competitive personality who doesn't like performing below his best

Sure, whatever works for him. Pascal Eenkhoorn probably felt like sh*t though.

 

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GC

WT Dollars buy the GC

 

[Carols]

Who was it who proposed that the material should be given out like the horses in modern pentathlon...? Liked that idea...

Those Poor horses must have been wondering where these idiots came from! Their Horsemanship=NOT!

 

[Leinster]

Usually I love team trials! Can be such a beauty. But this one is actually badly covered and the teams don't look like they prepared this well.

I think it’s the only one on the Men’s Elite calendar this year, and was only announced a couple weeks ago? So barely a surprise that the teams haven’t practiced pacelining in the skis much in 2021…

 

[BlueRoads]

I think it’s the only one on the Men’s Elite calendar this year, and was only announced a couple weeks ago? So barely a surprise that the teams haven’t practiced pacelining in the skis much in 2021…

Okay, if it was only announced a few weeks ago...
I wondered why especially the small teams for who this must be the highlight of the season looked so disorganized. For the bigger teams indeed there probably isn't much incentive here to practice it, which is a shame in my eyes.

 

[MrTea1976]

Scenery is going to be lovely tomorrow. Harlech Castle, a bit of Snowdonia.

I'd love for the coastal bits to produce echelons first, but it will never happen.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Who was it who proposed that the material should be given out like the horses in modern pentathlon...? Liked that idea...

That reminds of the poll during the Olympics ITT where one of the answers was they (Dumoulin) should ride a a tricycle in a Ronald McDonalds outfit.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Who was it who proposed that the material should be given out like the horses in modern pentathlon...? Liked that idea...

I believe it was me. Of course it could produce some problems if a small climber was forced to ride on an oversized bike or vice versa.
It also looked like Van Aert would have had nothing against having a whip when he saw Eenkhoorn had fallen behind.

 

[Jagartrott]

Strange gesturing from Wout van Aert to his dropped teammate at the end there.

It's only the Tour of Britain & WVA himself declared he isn't even sure he's going for the win in this race. So I don't quite get the attitude.

I saw him waving his arm once ("hurry up").

 

[RedheadDane]

I believe it was me. Of course it could produce some problems if a small climber was forced to ride on an oversized bike or vice versa.

Maybe they could stick to just randomly giving out the overall brands, and then give each rider bike that actually fits.

 

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Didn't look like it. But 15-20 maybe.

yeah, I just checked again, the time I had for Jumbo was going past the wrong sign. At 1k to go, they were ~14s behind already

 

[titan31]

TJV would like to have a couple long ones in the TDF next year.

I think for all our sake, I hope not. A full strength Jumbo in a TTT would probably wrap the Tour up for Roglic. They could go do something like Rog, Vingegaard, Dumoulin, Dennis, WVA, Foss, Affini and Martin and just smash teams to pieces in that.

 

[willbick]

Sure, whatever works for him. Pascal Eenkhoorn probably felt like sh*t though.

Lol he obviously didn't know Eenkhorn had flatted

 

[Leinster]

That reminds of the poll during the Olympics ITT where one of the answers was they (Dumoulin) should ride a a tricycle in a Ronald McDonalds outfit.

I think support car order on all mass-start stage 1 of GT should be decided the day before, by a city-rental-bike race, 1 rider per team, around a 5km tour of the sights of the town center. Le Mans-style start, where the riders have to use their mobile phones to unlock the bike. Bag of shopping optional.

 

[willbick]

yeah, I just checked again, the time I had for Jumbo was going past the wrong sign. At 1k to go, they were ~14s behind already

So Eenkhorn finished the last 1km in about 66 secs with a flat tyre! (Actually i think he maybe flatted with about 500m to go?)