Grand Départ 2020 - Stage 1: Nice - Moyen pays - Nice 156kms *Spoilers*

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    mididoctors said:

    Ewan was the wrong pick

    Or not.
    Ewan appears at the back of the peloton.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Astana twirl the villainous moustaches, striek up the jaunty ragtime piano, and head off to tie a virgin to the tracks...

    Aaaaannddd that's why everyone else called a truce.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Astana push the descent and Lopez pays the price.
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,127
    Lopez breaks bike hitting sign
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    Astana pick it up a bit with comical results
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Is that Peugeot 205 OK?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,611
    Gorka, not Superman
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    AstKarma...
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,127
    Yes Caleb is back
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,611
    Ewan out the back again
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    This really isn't the grand opening stage the organisers would have wanted, is it?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Well that will teach them
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Disc brakes . So much better in the wet
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    Lucky he was wearing a helmet :*
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    blazing_saddles said:

    mididoctors said:

    Ewan was the wrong pick

    Or not.
    Ewan appears at the back of the peloton.
    Hurrah!
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,127
    Quite a few code browns today
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Stressful watching it
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    davidof said:

    Quite a few code browns today

    Finally the AG2R kit comes good.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Dorset_Boy said:

    Gorka, not Superman

    Nope.
    Miguel Angel Lopez lost control of his bike and crashed. Ion Izagirre gave him his bike.

    LeTour.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,611
    blazing_saddles said:

    Dorset_Boy said:

    Gorka, not Superman

    Nope.
    Miguel Angel Lopez lost control of his bike and crashed. Ion Izagirre gave him his bike.

    LeTour.
    I'll blame Ned & Dave, as they said it wasn't Lopez.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Ugh at what point will they start racing again?
    _
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    rick_chasey said:

    Ugh at what point will they start racing again?

    About 3k from the finish I'd imagine.
  • johnboy183
    johnboy183 Posts: 832
    Is there any rule being broken by NOT currently racing? I know truces happen from time to time but could the commisaires tell the peloton to speed up? It’s akin to jockeys being penalised for not trying and almost throwing a race.
    Difficult to enforce I guess.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    johnboy183 said:

    Is there any rule being broken by NOT currently racing? I know truces happen from time to time but could the commisaires tell the peloton to speed up? It’s akin to jockeys being penalised for not trying and almost throwing a race.
    Difficult to enforce I guess.

    Nah no rules for that.
    _
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,491
    The defence would be just to show what happens when you do race in these conditions. Just show the Astana "attack".
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Negative racing is a rule option
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  • davidof
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    George Bennet down
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  • Pross
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    johnboy183 said:

    Is there any rule being broken by NOT currently racing? I know truces happen from time to time but could the commisaires tell the peloton to speed up? It’s akin to jockeys being penalised for not trying and almost throwing a race.
    Difficult to enforce I guess.

    Doubt it, it's commonplace and a Commissaire would be putting his neck on the block telling them to ride faster in conditions where there have already been half a dozen or more crashes.

    I did an amateur race in the 90s where a break went from the gun and everyone just sat up (to such an extent I accidentally went off the front by trying to position myself well for the climb) and the Commissaire threatened to stop the race but I'm not sure he could have done so.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Rosciolis win into Marseille 1992 was a day some fines where handed out
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Bashed up Bennett.
    Ineos 1 Jumbo 1
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