TDF 2021: Stage 4, Redon > Fougères 150.4 km **Spoilers**

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  • singleton
    singleton Posts: 2,523
    Well done Cav, that was a close finish. I thought van Moer had done enough.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    He is overwhelmed
    "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
  • tonyf34
    tonyf34 Posts: 194
    ddraver said:

    There was nothing lucky or accidental about that...

    Agreed, that's within normal parameters of what happens in racing, it might look chaotic and disorganised but there's that element to it almost all the time due to varying factors of type of race/stage, who wants to achieve what.
    Just a brilliant finish to a stage even if Cav hadn't have won.
  • photonic69
    photonic69 Posts: 2,967
    EPIC! Bouncing up and down on the sofa despite my prolapsed disc! Get in Cav!!!!!


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  • rc856
    rc856 Posts: 1,144
    Yeeesssssss!!!

    Wow.

    It’s dusty in here….
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    Cycling. Bloody hell.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 3:20:17
    2 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:0:00
    3 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 0:0:00
    4 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange 0:0:00
    5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:0:00
    6 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM 0:0:00
    7 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis 0:0:00
    8 Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:0:00
    9 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:0:00
    10 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-up Nation 0:0:00
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Awesome
    "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
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,065
    Come on Cav!
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  • hanshotfirst
    hanshotfirst Posts: 403
    Should Mark Cavendish swallow his pride and retire though?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    I'm teary eyed. Wasn't going to have a drink tonight... Might have to crack open the champagne!
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  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    Brilliant. So happy to see, can see how much it means to him.

    What happened to Demare. Or is he doing the classic French thing of totally underperforming at the big race.

    On a side note the protest was a waste of time. If you’re going to protest then do it properly, don’t ride the whole stage or ride it all slow. Don’t do 15k at a slow pace. Like the UCI and organisers are going to care about 10/20k’s at a slow pace.
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  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    No, you lot are crying...
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    I don't think I've ever seen a Mark Cavendish interview like that. He's just got no way of processing it.
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  • thejimmymethod
    thejimmymethod Posts: 458
    Wowww. What a finish. Cav's F-bomb sums it up nicely
  • tonyf34
    tonyf34 Posts: 194
    mrb123 said:

    Is it too early to start working out how many more sprint stages he might have a chance in?

    If he has the legs, getting past stage 12 is his first goal, then stage 19 if I have the stages correct.
    There definitely is a chance of a couple of more, but he's finished doncha know ...
  • dannbodge
    dannbodge Posts: 1,152
    I'm glad I'm currently the only one sat in my office (everyone else has gone for euros), jumped off my chair and you're the ones that are crying ;)
  • poweredbyidris
    poweredbyidris Posts: 848
    I bl**dy LOVE bike racing
  • iron_duke
    iron_duke Posts: 117
    Amazing! What a fighter!

    Great turn from JA. Wasn’t going to let the break go.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    A word of praise for Nacer Bouhanni too.
    I had my eye on him for the * ratings and he's turned back the clock, too.
    He's looking very competitive.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    He's in green as well.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    That was such a good sprint.

    Compare him to Bol, and it's obvious why Bol doesn't really win against the top sprinters.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    slim_boy_fat said:

    Joy for cycling fans globally!

    Genuinely does seem that way, too. Can't see anyone who's not overjoyed.


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  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,982
    Now that's what I call a feel good result.... just fantastic.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    Green jersey

    1 MARK CAVENDISH 55 DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP 89 PTS -
    2 JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE 51 DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP 82 PTS -
    3 MICHAEL MATTHEWS 171 TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 78 PTS -
    4 NACER BOUHANNI 132 TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC 74 PTS -
    5 MATHIEU VAN DER POEL 101 ALPECIN - FENIX 67 PTS -
    6 JASPER PHILIPSEN 105 ALPECIN - FENIX 61 PTS -
    7 TIM MERLIER 103 ALPECIN - FENIX 50 PTS -
    8 PETER SAGAN 71 BORA - HANSGROHE 48 PTS -
    9 SONNY COLBRELLI 163 BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 45 PTS -
    10 TADEJ POGACAR 1 UAE TEAM EMIRATES 44 PTS
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    That was so good!!!

    Managed to time it in a recovery interval, halfway through a VO2 max workout... massive HR spike for the sprint!

    No idea what the neighbours must think!

    Definitely got a bit emotional there.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    I don't think I've ever seen a Mark Cavendish interview like that. He's just got no way of processing it.

    Was it Bernie interviewing him? The 'try to talk us through it, you might find it easier' was quite good as he's usually so analytic but he couldn't even do that today. Hollywood stuff really, the rejected has been coming back to win and nearly being deprived by the plucky breakaway rider. What happened to Demare?
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    Nice of FDJ to do the lead out for everyone else. Marc will be happy 😂
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    They re all Seb Piquet cos bubble.

    ES need to get on that ASAP tho! Ned & Dave can hardly speak...
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