Tour 2020 Photo Thread

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Do the Grubers post their stuff elsewhere than Instagram (with their very copyright friendly swipe method) cos they posted one on their that was just geo-porn....
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  • FreddieVonRost
    FreddieVonRost Posts: 261
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    Great picture, davidof.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Did a reverse image search to see where it came from (apologies if it is yours'). Don't think Google is firing on all cylinders tonight:


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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    I can't find a still shot but the helicopter view of the peloton going down the hairpins on day 1 was outstanding!
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    No not my shot, just random web stuff.
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Are there going to be any photos on this thread?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    VN have a series with their photojournalist, giving an insight into the life - https://www.velonews.com/events/tour-de-france/getting-the-shot-sprint-in-sisteron/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=velonews&utm_campaign=90d925fb-9261-4f16-970a-b9fff0492fd8
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  • davidof
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    credit: jorisknapen_studioknapen

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    credit: @cyclingimages @cauldphoto

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    Stage 2. credit: Joris Knapen
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  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    On the road to Privas (Jered Gruber)

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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Missed opportunity here. Surely someone has made a polka dot bandage

  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    The first of these from Jered Gruber should moisten a few Irish Eyes

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  • ddraver
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    Gruber was in the same spot again today, but @bettiniphoto published the full version of his...

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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    That's a cracker - really captures just how tight that finish was. It's like a kid's been lining up their toy cyclists in a game.
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    That's a cracker - really captures just how tight that finish was. It's like a kid's been lining up their toy cyclists in a game.

    Then the kid got on his toy bike in his red helmet. :wink:
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697

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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    In fairness that L'Eclerc sign does look quite scary and you can see Sagan was about to go into it.

    That said, the decision was the right one.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    I've seen various people (not all here) giving grief about the L'Eclerc sign. But aren't they actually serving a purpose by stopping riders getting too close to the barriers rather than riding right on the edge and risking smashing into a spectator or getting caught up in the feet?

    Sagan saw a gap and then realised it wasn't there. He got rightly sanctioned for not easing up, but rather barging into WvA to make space.

    People coo about his bike handling skills, and they are great. But they do mean he's more inclined to barge people of out of the way.
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    correct, the gap had gone and so he made one by barging WvA, and thats from a Sagan fan. No way was he avoiding a selfie stick or the barrier. He's media savvie enough to blame the barrier as an excuse.

    Too many Sagan fans dont seem to know anything about cycling and sprints. When the gap went he should have easd off, and his possible tried again n the other side
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    None of these posts seem to have photos...
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,320
    It would appear that we have just added to that list. 🤣🤣🤣
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    edited September 2020
    Like Carpet Man in the LR thread, I'm gonna keep posting these because they re so bloody good...

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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,473
    dish_dash said:


    Sagan saw a gap and then realised it wasn't there. He got rightly sanctioned for not easing up, but rather barging into WvA to make space.

    People coo about his bike handling skills, and they are great. But they do mean he's more inclined to barge people of out of the way.

    He is quite notorious for bumping other riders in the peloton. There have been multiple complaints in the past from other riders.
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