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

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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    Pogacar, Thomas and Uran lost 26s.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    I did say it was a very technical finish, what I meant was, unsafe.

    Carapaz big winner, the rest it's a question of how much they lost.

    Jack Haig is out of the race. Roglic looks really beaten up.
    Caleb Ewan gone by the looks.
    Geraint: who knows?
    Even Pogacar lost time.

    Merlier, not MVDP for the sprint. ;)
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    I need to get back to work but want to see a full GC. Think Geraint will have gained several places, who would have seen that with 140km to go? Anyone see Pog finish? He definitely got held up in the crash on that bend a few km out that I think was outside the 3k.
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    What a shambles.

    I know everyone is nervous and fresh at the start and will fight for every gap but this is ridiculous.

    I don’t understand why the UCI don’t put gopros on every bike. If you’re found to be riding dangerously or causing crashes then you’re fined, kicked off the race etc. They’d soon change their riding style then.

    Sagan is just a ****. I wouldn’t be on his wheel. He was barging people left right and centre. He’s got previous form as well, should come down on him like a ton of bricks.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    ddraver said:

    Still no Thomas...

    Cav rolls in alone 10 minutes down - tactical genius!

    Thomas rolled in with Pogacar group, according to Pro Cycling Stats
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Thought Ewan just touched the wheel of the rider in front but the commentators are making it out to be a big mystery.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Was the Poels crash inside 3km?
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    rozzer32 said:

    What a shambles.

    I know everyone is nervous and fresh at the start and will fight for every gap but this is ridiculous.

    I don’t understand why the UCI don’t put gopros on every bike. If you’re found to be riding dangerously or causing crashes then you’re fined, kicked off the race etc. They’d soon change their riding style then.

    Sagan is just a ****. I wouldn’t be on his wheel. He was barging people left right and centre. He’s got previous form as well, should come down on him like a ton of bricks.

    Ahhh, but could you hold on to your handlebars like that during a crash!
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    Pross said:

    Thought Ewan just touched the wheel of the rider in front but the commentators are making it out to be a big mystery.

    Thought it was fairly clear he tapped Merlier's wheel as he moves left. Not sure what Eurosport are confused about either.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    Reminds me of that stage where every rider fell off on the finish line.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    TheBigBean said:

    Not sure what happened to Ewan, but he took out Sagan. Sagan was my PTP pick on the basis he rarely falls, but there wasn't much he could do there.

    Yes, have watched that a few times, and Ewan's front wheel just went without touching anyone.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    Was the Poels crash inside 3km?


    No. And I think it was Haig, not Poels.
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  • _springclassic
    _springclassic Posts: 5
    From the overhead it looked like Sagan bumped Ewan and then he lost his wheel taking Sagan down.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262

    Roglic +1.21
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Narrow roads everyone trying to get on the front ...
    It's a race FFS
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    _springclassic said:

    From the overhead it looked like Sagan bumped Ewan and then he lost his wheel taking Sagan down.

    Ewan was trapped against the barriers and moved left clipping the wheel.in front I think
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Ewan isn't listed as a finisher yet
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    The Pogacar one was inevitable. I assume everyone thought there was going to be a crash there as soon as they saw pictures of the front group going around that corner.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    ddraver said:

    Still no Thomas...

    Cav rolls in alone 10 minutes down - tactical genius!

    Thomas rolled in with Pogacar group, according to Pro Cycling Stats
    He did. I saw him cross the Pogacar/Uran group.

    Who sneaked in just behind the leaders, unnoticed? Old Stoneface.
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  • tonyf34
    tonyf34 Posts: 194
    rozzer32 said:

    What a shambles.

    I know everyone is nervous and fresh at the start and will fight for every gap but this is ridiculous.

    I don’t understand why the UCI don’t put gopros on every bike. If you’re found to be riding dangerously or causing crashes then you’re fined, kicked off the race etc. They’d soon change their riding style then.

    Sagan is just a ****. I wouldn’t be on his wheel. He was barging people left right and centre. He’s got previous form as well, should come down on him like a ton of bricks.

    This, Sagan has been getting away with it for years, people argue blue in the face regards the big Cav crash but he was all over the place.
    That said riders are overtly aggressive, going in too hot into terrain they can't see, and this won't go down too well, Tony Martin wasn't remotely looking ahead when he hit the women with the sign. It's a race but you have to be looking forward and assessing ALL the time. Too many riders in the pro ranks and down through to the amatuer ranks are simply reckless.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Jack Haig DNF
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  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    TheBigBean said:

    Reminds me of that stage where every rider fell off on the finish line.

    Testing everyone in top five?
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    Carapaz now leading of the main GC riders, just ahead of Pogacar with Thomas a bit further back. Roglic is around a minute behind Carapaz. Interestingly, Quintana is up there, and it's noticeable that he always seems to keep out of trouble in these crashes.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    _springclassic said:

    From the overhead it looked like Sagan bumped Ewan and then he lost his wheel taking Sagan down.

    It's true was doing his usual, argy bargy sprint stuff for sure.
    Not the safest guy in the peloton.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited June 2021


    eh?




    And just becasue I scrolled past it and...wow
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    RichN95. said:

    Jack Haig DNF

    He was going well too
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    TheBigBean said:

    Reminds me of that stage where every rider fell off on the finish line.



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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    Ewan has got over the line at least
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    edited June 2021
    ddraver said:



    And just becasue I scrolled past it and...wow

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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    edited June 2021


    It does look a bit dodgy.

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