TDF 2021:- Stage 3, Lorient > Pontivy 182.9 km **Spoilers**

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    In the cars now and less than a minute.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912

    Ned and Dave excellent value right now.

    "And we must remember he's had a long and glorious Tour de France career..."
    "Yes, but there's always the argument he would have had a much more glorious career had he not crashed so often."

    You can't really disagree with that
    "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
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717

    Anybody got an update on the Jawbones?

    Hee hee, if you're on GCN, go back and Look. Rowe is holding them, Gee and Rowe fistbump and Rowe literally kicks them to the side of the road (next to the bike wreckage to be fair). I suspect it may come up on the podcast 😋
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    Did he say Thomas might have had a more glorious tdf career if he'd taken some drugs too?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    ddraver said:

    Crash prone, and then how it takes out other people 'Who have worked so hard for months'

    Wasn't by name but the implication was clear...

    A bit harsh, he hasn't very often caused them.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    edited June 2021
    Pross said:

    ddraver said:

    Crash prone, and then how it takes out other people 'Who have worked so hard for months'

    Wasn't by name but the implication was clear...

    A bit harsh, he hasn't very often caused them.
    He reads the road ahead poor and doesn't avoid them . Follows wrong wheels into corners on descents more often than the average rider .
    "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
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    And he's back. Team feeding him too.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    ddraver said:

    Anybody got an update on the Jawbones?

    Hee hee, if you're on GCN, go back and Look. Rowe is holding them, Gee and Rowe fistbump and Rowe literally kicks them to the side of the road (next to the bike wreckage to be fair). I suspect it may come up on the podcast 😋
    Ha, cheers.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Pross said:

    ddraver said:

    Crash prone, and then how it takes out other people 'Who have worked so hard for months'

    Wasn't by name but the implication was clear...

    A bit harsh, he hasn't very often caused them.
    Yeah, but Gesink and Martin should have enough experience between them to have realised his isn't the wheel to follow.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    The roads feel a bit Dutch today with all the traffic calming. Doesn't bode well for when things hot up.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    It's good to see Thomas is back on.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    He's back.
    2018 remains his only crash free Tour.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406

    Anybody got an update on the Jawbones?

    At least someone's asking the important questions!
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Very strung out all of a sudden. The Ineos group need to get back to the front.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    New bike and Jawbones, peace is restored.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Taking a chance to have another assessment. Changing bikes now.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406

    PHEW!

    Normal service has been resumed.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    Does Thomas drive a Tesla?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Epic mardy face tho...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    ddraver said:

    Epic mardy face tho...

    Epic mardy day...


    Correlation is not causation.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Amusing close up of Geraint's torn up ar$e with the graphic "arriere du peloton"
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    edited June 2021
    Pross said:

    Amusing close up of Geraint's torn up ar$e with the graphic "arriere du peloton"

    I'm beginning to think it's written in his contract, so that the team get more tv coverage at the Tour.


    ......crashes, not ar$es, that is.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Time gap still drifting down - presumably the result of it stringing out. There's no sign of teams trying to move up, so they're not worried about anything, which makes the pace a little more curious.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227

    Time gap still drifting down - presumably the result of it stringing out. There's no sign of teams trying to move up, so they're not worried about anything, which makes the pace a little more curious.

    Small enough for someone to want to close it before the intermediate sprint in about 35km, which would make the last 50km unpredictable
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    It's going back out again now though, so presumably someone's had a word about just that risk.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Pross said:

    Amusing close up of Geraint's torn up ar$e with the graphic "arriere du peloton"


    Steve Cummings should have had that tattooed on his cheeks
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited June 2021
    Live pictures of Ide Schelling at the catagorised climb


    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    That shoulders going to bloody ache tonight, with another three weeks to go. It's definitely the toughest sport around.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Schelling drops back to the bunch - job done! The Spotty Jersey is his for a few days.
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Maybe not a good look to drop off immediately, rather than pace them for a few km to say thanks?