Tour of Poland (Tour de Pologne) August 12 to 18, 2024

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Not watching, but checked PCS and what is this?

• 90 km: The attacker is Sheffield Magnus (INEOS Grenadiers).
  
  
• 90 km: Sheffield Magnus (INEOS Grenadiers) caught by peloton.

Random solo bridge-to-the-breakaway attempt in the middle of the stage from 7th place in GC?

just tuned in as well, but apparently 7 riders bridged to the front with around 100k to go, so I guess he may have tried to join them.

 

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Debeaumarché was taken to hospital, according to the live ticker of the race. No more information available, as far as I can see.

 

[Rob5091]

Debeaumarché was taken to hospital, according to the live ticker of the race. No more information available, as far as I can see.

Hope he's ok. It did not look good lying motionless in a ditch.

 

[Earns1985]

Around 35-40 riders in the bunch

 

[Rob5091]

The fight to be first on the climb is on - elbows out!

 

[Coffeeplanter]

THI-BAU! THI-BAU! THI-BAU!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Excellently timed and positioned

 

[Red Rick]

40 imcompetent imbeciles waiting to get beaten by the worst climber on the hill in the final 50m

 

[Didinho]

Masterclass Thibau. His uphill sprint is always so good against climbers. They need to make it harder to get a chance against him.

 

[Rob5091]

Chapeau Nys & Trek - 2nd win. Strong sprint to pass Kelderman & Ulissi at the death.

 

[Rob5091]

If it's Thursday, it's time for a sprint. Stage 4 from Kudowa-Zdroj to Prudnik 195.3 km. Starts 12.15 CET and TV from 12.20 CET

Some lumpy stuff to start the day, but by the time they get to the last 50 km it should be "peloton compacto" and time for the fast guys to show their stuff. Unless of course the breakaway hangs on.

 

[Andre]

I missed the stage 2 time trial. What happened to Nys? Is time trial not his bag, or did he have a mechanical? I see that he won today again.

 

[Berniece]

I missed the stage 2 time trial. What happened to Nys? Is time trial not his bag, or did he have a mechanical? I see that he won today again.

Not his cup of tea, he did a wheelie instead

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

At this rate we're gonna have to start adding him to the "race to 100 pro wins" soon.
He's at 10 now, of which 8 in 2024 (out of 40 race days).

 

[KZD]

Another Thibaustomp, despite a good effort from Ulissi.

 

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Apparently also Ryan Gibbons crashed in the same place as Debeaumarché, and was unconscious as well. Both regained consciousness, but suffered severe injuries.

Znaleźli ich nieprzytomnych. Nowe informacje po wypadku na Tour de Pologne

Pięciu kolarzy brało udział w kraksie, dwóch trafiło do szpitala, a poważne obrażenia poniósł Nicolas Debeaumarche — to nowe, nieoficjalne informacje po fatalnym wypadku, po którym doszło na 3. etapie kolarskiego Tour de Pologne.

przegladsportowy.onet.pl

 

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Apparently also Ryan Gibbons crashed in the same place as Debeaumarché, and was unconscious as well. Both regained consciousness, but suffered severe injuries.

Znaleźli ich nieprzytomnych. Nowe informacje po wypadku na Tour de Pologne

Pięciu kolarzy brało udział w kraksie, dwóch trafiło do szpitala, a poważne obrażenia poniósł Nicolas Debeaumarche — to nowe, nieoficjalne informacje po fatalnym wypadku, po którym doszło na 3. etapie kolarskiego Tour de Pologne.

przegladsportowy.onet.pl

What is it with Poland and the extreme accidents?

Okay, the Katowice sprint was a disaster waiting to happen for many years, but Lambrecht was a complete freak accident. I didn't see what happened today so I wouldn't know if it was overly dangerous but it seems like the organisers (and of course riders) are extremely unlucky.

 

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What is it with Poland and the extreme accidents?

Okay, the Katowice sprint was a disaster waiting to happen for many years, but Lambrecht was a complete freak accident. I didn't see what happened today so I wouldn't know if it was overly dangerous but it seems like the organisers (and of course riders) are extremely unlucky.

not sure it really is much about luck, to be honest. Those ditches/ravines with concrete walls they have in Poland are just asking for a fatal incident to happen every couple of years.

The Jumbo guys on Twitter (Benji, Plugge) are blaming "no radios" instead now to push their agenda, but it didn't really look like the main issue to me today.

 

[Lequack]

Is Eurosport/Max covering this?

 

[tobydawq]

Is Eurosport/Max covering this?

Nope.

 

[hayneplane]

Masterclass Thibau. His uphill sprint is always so good against climbers. They need to make it harder to get a chance against him.

Sagan Tirreno Adriatico peak puncheur form vibes.

 

[Rob5091]

Gibbons crash was caught on camera and looked like he overcooked the corner. Debeaumarché,was in the same ditch as Gibbons so it looked like the same thing happened.

 

[joe_papp]

If it's Thursday, it's time for a sprint. Stage 4 from Kudowa-Zdroj to Prudnik 195.3 km. Starts 12.15 CET and TV from 12.20 CET

Some lumpy stuff to start the day, but by the time they get to the last 50 km it should be "peloton compacto" and time for the fast guys to show their stuff. Unless of course the breakaway hangs on.

OK guys, predictions for tomorrow (stage 4)? Anyone fancy Ewan?

 

[Keldergoat]

If Merlier gets positioned well I'll pick him any day of the week, otherwise I put my bet on Olav Kooij.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

not sure it really is much about luck, to be honest. Those ditches/ravines with concrete walls they have in Poland are just asking for a fatal incident to happen every couple of years.

The Jumbo guys on Twitter (Benji, Plugge) are blaming "no radios" instead now to push their agenda, but it didn't really look like the main issue to me today.

Benji Naesen isn't with Visma anymore. In fact, he isn't with any team currently, because Lotto Dstny too quickly figured out he has little of value to add.

That being said, very Richard Plugge of Richard Plugge to try and drive home some imaginary point just to push an agenda with the usage of self-invented facts. Here in the Tour of Poland several tests are being held with the usage of radios. For instance, stage 3 and stage 4 (so yesterday and today) will have a limited amount of radios (two per team), whereas only stage 5 will have no radios at all, so that's a blatant lie by Plugge. Furthermore, he keeps yelling for safety, which is true, but lest we forget it was his own DS that was just beeping and shouting in ears to go, go, go in anticipation of the Kanarieberg, which caused a big crash and pretty much ended the spring campaign of his own team, lol. Not to mention this crash in particular wasn't even noticed by the commissaries of the race.

I guess he just forgot this as he was probably too busy retweeting some MAGA accounts.