TDF 2021:- Stage 1, Brest › Landerneau 197.8km **Spoilers**

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655
    Think we could be seeing a lot of Declercq this week. Has he ever done anything in the lanterne?
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Very British looking terrain and roads in this part of Brittany (I've only been to the eastern side which is more obviously French looking).
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Think we could be seeing a lot of Declercq this week. Has he ever done anything in the lanterne?

    19 places back last time round, only a DNF previous to that. Got to be a favourite to show this year though.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    Kirby alert.
    ITV 4 provides safe harbour. (but loads of ad breaks)
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    blazing_saddles said:

    Kirby alert.
    ITV 4 provides safe harbour. (but loads of ad breaks)

    This is the problem with Kirby taking the dull middle stretch - it's when ITV cram the adverts in...

    I'm trying Dutch. Don't speak a word of it, but it's quite relaxing.

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    He's not been too bad so far to be fair. He's far more suited to this part of a stage, it seems the logical rotation to me.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    edited June 2021
    In case anybody is listening to ITV 4.
    That climb was used in a recent race. I think it was the Tour du Finistère.
    So, the French teams knew the it.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Bernard down in a softish crash.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    CK's word of the day is 'fissure' and clocks resetting themselves. It's a fair point he is making (i.e. a few small gaps in the wheels can result in quite a substantial time loss) but he is repeating it quite a lot and over-egging it.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    Bernie's "going back to the bunch to see who's riding". Pretty sure I can answer that without even looking up to see the TV.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    Looked up. Declerq second wheel. Not sure how to process this shock.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    You'll be relieved to know the natural order has been restored
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    edited June 2021
    Geraint dropped plus Lopez and possibly Pogocar.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Makes me nervous when you see him off the back like that, my automatic assumption is he has had a crash. Presumably a few of the favourites took a toilet break together.
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    So, 3 weeks of fun is underway. Looking forward to all the laughs with you lot on these threads, and - as ever - a big thanks to B-S for doing them. They really do add the community of this place.


    Has anyone opened a book on when G will first crash yet?
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    Pross said:

    Makes me nervous when you see him off the back like that, my automatic assumption is he has had a crash. Presumably a few of the favourites took a toilet break together.

    Seems like he's been allowed entry for the Haimar Zubeldia award, this year.
    First he was pretty much ignored at the team presentation.
    Now Ned Boutling has called Lopez as being the most significant rider chasing to get back to the bunch!
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    lettingthedaysgoby said:

    So, 3 weeks of fun is underway. Looking forward to all the laughs with you lot on these threads, and - as ever - a big thanks to B-S for doing them. They really do add the community of this place.


    Has anyone opened a book on when G will first crash yet?


    Thanks for the thanks.

    There's one thread I don't start that needs opening: Post of the Tour 2021.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    We've had another crash. This one seems to have been a bit more serious.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Bit of a pile up on the riverfront. AG2R rider and DSM rider worst affected but seem OK.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    I think it was Morkov, along with the two riders ID'd Paret-Peintre and Casper Pedersen. (credit to Kirby for the last)
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    One of those horrible low speed, haevy impact falls. Paret-Peintre getting treated for a cut on the knee.
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    Anyone else confused by sagans new look?

  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Pross said:

    A bit disappointing watching this stage and the next few days. When the route was announced it looked a perfect opportunity for a mini break to Brittany and taking in the racing

    I was coincidentally supposed to be in Brittany for it, obviously I am not... Hey ho.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    Schelling with a little joke sprint there. Warming to him already.
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  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    Ewan best of the rest at the sprint.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    Interesting read during the boring bits - Lachlan Morton is doing the Tour route independently, including transfers:

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jun/26/cycling-lachlan-morton-tour-de-france-endurance
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Noticeable that MVDP didn’t get involved in the Green Jersey sprint.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,165
    Those jerseys do look good.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    Why are Ineos, JV and Movistar riding? Also, seems unusual that Rowe isn't the front man for Ineos on a stage like this with Castroviejo and van Baarle being saved for mountain stages.

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