Tour of Britain 5-12 September 2021

[roundabout]

Any drunk man drives in a straighter line than Alaphilippe sprinting.

I thought that was one of the straighter Alaphilippe sprints

 

[BlueRoads]

Alaphilippe went really, really deep...

 

[Ilmaestro99]

That DQS guy lost JA the race by leading out WVA

 

[Bolder]

Thrilling final, alaf went too early as he's been doing lately. Wout looking really sharp, and young Hayter hung tough.

 

[johnymax]

Kudos for Alaf for not swerving that much and letting WvA win!

But he did move to the right a bit. If he moves even more, he gets disqualified imo.

 

[broppo]

I thought that was one of the straighter Alaphilippe sprints

yeah go figure, van aert or vdp never sprint dirty like that

 

[meat puppet]

Thought the 10-15kg lighter guys could shake WVA, but no. He seems to be hitting pretty decent shape.

Ala's random walk sprints are legendary.

 

[Red Rick]

Alaphilippe gambiting a ToB stage win to kill van Aert

 

[Mayomaniac]

Any drunk man drives in a straighter line than Alaphilippe sprinting.

Yeah, can the guy actually sprint in a somewhat straight line or is that impossible?

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

But he did move to the right a bit. If he moves even more, he gets disqualified imo.

He did move a bit but he was also riding reasonable parallel to the boards on his right and therefore taking the shortest route

 

[Jagartrott]

For Alaphilippe sprint standards, this one was straight as an arrow.

 

[Rackham]

Alaph has lost some explosiveness (or just hasn't fine tuned it yet).

WvA did a really impressive job, but IMO Alaphilippe at his normal level should be winning that.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Yeah, can the guy actually sprint in a somewhat straight line or is that impossible?

You must have had nightmares seeing Coquard sprint

 

[Jan the Man]

Why on earth has this climb not been used before?

Not sure- there are a lot of climbs in North and West Wales which have not been used (south wales also has some decent climbs) and could be used to make a tough Ardennes type day. Guess there is not a huge population base but today’s finish was really entertaining - certainly they gave it all in the finale and produced a thrilling finish

 

[Danskebjerge]

At one point I was expecting Alaphilippe to completely close the gap for Van Aert, but he didn't.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I'm surprised JA didn't celebrate wout's win as they crossed the line

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah, can the guy actually sprint in a somewhat straight line or is that impossible?

Only when nobody is trying to pass him by

 

[RedheadDane]

Thrilling final, alaf went too early as he's been doing lately. Wout looking really sharp, and young Hayter hung tough.

Of course he's young, but he's also technically the "old Hayter", but also the only Hayter in this race, unlike in Norway where Leo even went and attacked him at one point.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Not sure- there are a lot of climbs in North and West Wales which have not been used (south wales also has some decent climbs) and could be used to make a tough Ardennes type day. Guess there is not a huge population base but today’s finish was really entertaining - certainly they gave it all in the finale and produced a thrilling finish

What's extra cool about many British climbs, is that they are situated in open terrain, like this one. It's very special.

 

[roundabout]

Sbaragli finishing 3 seconds behind Martin. Not something that 5 or so years back I thought could be possible on such a finish

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC

 

[roundabout]

What's extra cool about many British climbs, is that they are situated in open terrain, like this one. It's very special.

I think that this is the toughest climb in the area not in the middle of nowhere (that is with a decently sized town right next to it).

Still a bit borderline in terms of logistics for the finish as the parking lot up top is not exactly large.

 

[Netserk]

While it's always pleasing to see Alaphilippe lose, I can't wait for the day he retires or at least is no longer elite.

 

[BlueRoads]

Alaphilippe

He goes so deep he's half-dead at the finish and you complain about him not sprinting straightly... like he actually was endangering anybody there...

 

[Sciatic]

Kudos for Alaf for not swerving that much and letting WvA win!

I definitely was anticipating him making a wild swerve to his right as Van Aert came up alongside him!