TDF 2021: Stage 6, Tours > Châteauroux 160.6 km **Spoilers**

12467

Comments

  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    blazing_saddles said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Coming up to Kluge's big moment.

    He's not looking like he's going to be making big gains today, unless he's booked himself in for a late Plat du Jour somewhere nearby.
    I'd put quite a lot of money on Kluge not being caught in the last 250m today.
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Demare's leadout down
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Demare's lost a leadout man
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Squeaky bum time.

    I'm off. My nerves can't cope. Catch you later.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Does make life easier when key riders are wearing obvious jerseys
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Everybody fighting for Cavendish's wheel. Obvious tactic I suppose.
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Cav is miles faster!
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    Well bloody done and he was a marked man.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143
    Damn he's good at this
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited July 2021
    Cavendish might get relegated IMO. He cut up the Alpacin guy

    Edit: Looking at the overhead it looked a bit of both
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,056
    Cav!
    ================
    2020 Voodoo Marasa
    2017 Cube Attain GTC Pro Disc 2016
    2016 Voodoo Wazoo
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Oh yes. That was good.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436
    RichN95. said:

    Cavendish might get relegated IMO. He cut up the Alpacin guy

    I was thinking the same
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!

    That was was just perfect from QS

    (Perfect from AF to be fair too, until the last 50m)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Everybody fighting for Cavendish's wheel. Obvious tactic I suppose.

    He's too small to be much use. Most sprinters gave up on that years ago.
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Reckon they’ll appeal that?
    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.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143
    van der Poel very impressive in the run in there to get his guys in contention, but Cav spotted the fastest wheel and rode it.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Yes
    "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
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Class
    "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: 26,697
    Phillipson didnt get round Merlier - that was the problem...

    Nothing to do with Cav
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Fifty-fifty in terms of moving across, I think.
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    RichN95. said:

    Cavendish might get relegated IMO. He cut up the Alpacin guy

    Edit: Looking at the overhead it looked a bit of both

    Yup. Even though Merlier was done.
    Possible DQS coming up and there was no need for it.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143
    Drifted ever so slightly off his line meaning both Alpecin guys missed a couple of pedal strokes, but he was already past them and disappearing into the distance
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    r0bh said:

    RichN95. said:

    Cavendish might get relegated IMO. He cut up the Alpacin guy

    I was thinking the same
    That was Philipsen's leadout man though, unless Alpecin were trying to have them both sprint...
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,910
    RichN95. said:

    Cavendish might get relegated IMO. He cut up the Alpacin guy

    Edit: Looking at the overhead it looked a bit of both

    I wondered that. It's like VAR in football. It was Merlier leading out Philipsen and he got squeezed from both sides though.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,463
    ddraver said:

    BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!

    That was was just perfect from QS

    (Perfect from AF to be fair too, until the last 50m)

    Didn't think it was that good to be honest, Cav had to jump to the AF train instead.

    I thought it was much tighter from the front on and that he was counting his chickens celebrating so much but we'll clear on the overhead.

    I also thought he might be risking a DQ but the Alpecin rider (Merlier?) was peeling off just as Cav passed him so he didn't impede him (possibly slowed Philpsen a touch though).
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    RichN95. said:

    Cavendish might get relegated IMO. He cut up the Alpacin guy

    Edit: Looking at the overhead it looked a bit of both

    Fenix guys tried to muscle him first and shot themselves in the foot imo ..
    "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
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,149
    edited July 2021
    I just saw the replay, I heard Ned gasp but didn't eleborate with a comment.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Both made their way onto the white lines - looked ok to me. Lot of incredibles for the first 6 stages! Great to have the Tour back !
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,815
    With all this going on we need them to bring back Phil Liggett so he can go on about "The Missile" like in the good old days.

Categories