Tour de France 2021 presentation tonight

bobmcstuff

flite said:

Blazing's threads are the main reason I look at this forum.
Having only been out of the UK once (Finland - Rally of the Thousand Lakes in 1972), my knowledge of the place is lamentable. The colourful stage and race previews bring the route to life. Of course we accept a lot is cut and paste, but I would never go and find that information myself. Be a huge loss if they do not appear next year.

blazing_saddles

Thibaut Pinot is set to skip the 2021 Tour de France, in favour of a "more suitable Giro", according to French media.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tour-de-france/thibaut-pinot-will-not-ride-the-2021-tour-de-france-according-to-reports-488200

Pinot is said to have "tired" of the pressure that comes with riding his home Grand Tour as a contender, which is a subject that has cropped up on here in recent years.

Also David Gaudu will lead the team at Paris-Nice in March.

rick_chasey

Classic.

Ben6899

#weaksauce

blazing_saddles

Tadej Pogačar will defend title at Tour de France 2021 before taking on Vuelta a España.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tour-de-france/tadej-pogacar-will-defend-title-at-tour-de-france-2021-before-taking-on-vuelta-a-espana-488226

yorkshireraw

rick_chasey said:

Classic.

"Tee-blow Pinot! Annoying Madiot and going for the Giro! How are we?"

(this will mean nothing unless you're aware of Josh Berry on twitter)...

RichN95.

blazing_saddles said:

Thibaut Pinot is set to skip the 2021 Tour de France, in favour of a "more suitable Giro", according to French media.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tour-de-france/thibaut-pinot-will-not-ride-the-2021-tour-de-france-according-to-reports-488200

Pinot is said to have "tired" of the pressure that comes with riding his home Grand Tour as a contender, which is a subject that has cropped up on here in recent years.

Also David Gaudu will lead the team at Paris-Nice in March.

Has a helpline been set up for the English speaking media who fawn over him, like they do when a boyband breaks up

DeadCalm

Thomas to lead Ineos at the Tour, supported by TGH. Bernal to go for the Vuelta and Yates the Giro.

mrb123

DeadCalm said:

Thomas to lead Ineos at the Tour, supported by TGH. Bernal to go for the Vuelta and Yates the Giro.

TGH probably quite happy with that as there's a good chance of him ending up as leader within the first week when G crashes out.

rick_chasey

DeadCalm said:

Thomas to lead Ineos at the Tour, supported by TGH. Bernal to go for the Vuelta and Yates the Giro.

I read Bernal was going to the Giro.

takethehighroad

Yeah I thought it was Bernal Giro, maybe Bernal will go Tour as support and Yates is Vuelta. Pidcock to the Vuelta as support is a possibility too

Dorset_Boy

Carapaz is going to the Tour too.

blazing_saddles

Watching Bernal in Etoile yesterday, he was right at the back of the peloton while the rest of Ineos were racing at the front.
I would say that his road to recovery is going to be a long one.

DeadCalm

rick_chasey said:

DeadCalm said:

Thomas to lead Ineos at the Tour, supported by TGH. Bernal to go for the Vuelta and Yates the Giro.

I read Bernal was going to the Giro.

Yep. My bad. Bernal Giro. Yates Vuelta.

blazing_saddles

rick_chasey said:

DeadCalm said:

Thomas to lead Ineos at the Tour, supported by TGH. Bernal to go for the Vuelta and Yates the Giro.

I read Bernal was going to the Giro.

Just to clarify that bit of mis/info.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bernal-targets-giro-ditalia-as-ineos-send-thomas-geoghegan-hart-carapaz-to-tour-de-france/

Meanwhile, it seems that the UCI are giving the green light for an extra wildcard for the Grand Tours.
With Arkéa-Samsic, B&B Hôtels and Total-Direct Energie all getting Tour invites.

https://www.ouest-france.fr/tour-de-france/info-ouest-france-tour-de-france-les-trois-equipes-de-l-ouest-pourront-etre-invitees-7142582?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1612434367