TDF 2021:- Stage 2, Perros-Guirec > Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan 183.5 km **Spoilers**

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  • johnboy183
    johnboy183 Posts: 832
    edited June 2021
    Sorry yes. MvdP is first reigning CX world champion too wear the yellow jersey since Thaler, according to Facebook

    Edit: on checking Wikipedia it is probably false information. It suggests he wore yellow on satage 3 in 1978 but was world CX champ in the 80’s. Possibly Facebook is wrong?
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    ddraver said:

    Did MTB even exist in 1978..?


    https://mmbhof.org/portfolio/1978-first-production-mountain-bike-available/

    Cyclocross world champion not MTB cross champion.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    see above
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    johnboy183 said:

    Possibly Facebook is wrong?


    Something on Facebook is wrong? Who can be trust for our facts if not Facebook?
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • johnboy183
    johnboy183 Posts: 832
    RichN95. said:

    johnboy183 said:

    Possibly Facebook is wrong?


    Something on Facebook is wrong? Who can be trust for our facts if not Facebook?
    Well definitely Wikipedia 😱😉🧐
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    rick_chasey said:

    Ned & David too?

    Might explain it. I often think they are better when they can hear all the other nations talking into their mics - sort of hive mind mutually helping each other


    ITV are next door to the commentators for the Euros football. Lee Dixon, who was doing Belgium v Portugal, was on their podcast this evening.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • zest28
    zest28 Posts: 403
    edited June 2021
    kingstongraham said:

    He's an absolute monster.

    Insanely dominant.

    Come on. MvdP is here for stage wins while Roglic and Pogacar are here to win the TdF. That is what you are seeing.

    You clearly see that Pogacar is 100% focussed on Roglic. He doesn’t care if MvdP attacks, he will let him go as he doesn’t consider MvdP a threat to him.

    Just wait and see after 3 weeks of racing if MvdP is still insanely dominant (i can already tell you that he won’t be).
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,575
    No, he won't be, because he'll have left to head to Tokyo.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    zest28 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    He's an absolute monster.

    Insanely dominant.

    Come on. MvdP is here for stage wins while Roglic and Pogacar are here to win the TdF. That is what you are seeing.

    You clearly see that Pogacar is 100% focussed on Roglic. He doesn’t care if MvdP attacks, he will let him go as he doesn’t consider MvdP a threat to him.

    Just wait and see after 3 weeks of racing if MvdP is still insanely dominant (i can already tell you that he won’t be).
    Thank you for taking the time to type that for my education. I feel humbled.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    kingstongraham said:

    zest28 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    He's an absolute monster.

    Insanely dominant.

    Come on. MvdP is here for stage wins while Roglic and Pogacar are here to win the TdF. That is what you are seeing.

    You clearly see that Pogacar is 100% focussed on Roglic. He doesn’t care if MvdP attacks, he will let him go as he doesn’t consider MvdP a threat to him.

    Just wait and see after 3 weeks of racing if MvdP is still insanely dominant (i can already tell you that he won’t be).
    Thank you for taking the time to type that for my education. I feel humbled.
    It was a beautiful example of arguing against something that wasn't said.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    edited June 2021
    Pross said:

    kingstongraham said:

    zest28 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    He's an absolute monster.

    Insanely dominant.

    Come on. MvdP is here for stage wins while Roglic and Pogacar are here to win the TdF. That is what you are seeing.

    You clearly see that Pogacar is 100% focussed on Roglic. He doesn’t care if MvdP attacks, he will let him go as he doesn’t consider MvdP a threat to him.

    Just wait and see after 3 weeks of racing if MvdP is still insanely dominant (i can already tell you that he won’t be).
    Thank you for taking the time to type that for my education. I feel humbled.
    It was a beautiful example of arguing against something that wasn't said.
    Delete.
    Z Not worth the effort.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    edited June 2021
    RichN95. said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Ned & David too?

    Might explain it. I often think they are better when they can hear all the other nations talking into their mics - sort of hive mind mutually helping each other


    ITV are next door to the commentators for the Euros football. Lee Dixon, who was doing Belgium v Portugal, was on their podcast this evening.
    I guess by week three Ned and David will be saying "x should have done better" every 5 minutes then.

    "and Woods has been dropped early on in the first climb"

    "he should have done better than that Ned, that is very early on in the climb"
    _
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    Pross said:

    Were there bonus seconds at the finish? I thought they were on the first ascent. Is MVDP in yellow or not?

    Bonus on the first time up which is why he burst out and got 8 secs, at the finish there were 10 secs so that gave him the jersey

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