TDF 2021: Stage 13, Nîmes > Carcassonne 219.9 km **Spoilers**

lettingthedaysgoby

I rather liked the horse bike.

blazing_saddles

So, there's no real change of direction until after the Pic St Loup.
We have ourselves a worst case scenario wind direction.
Meh.

No_Ta_Doctor

They've got 10 "

If that's the break DQS will be delighted

No_Ta_Doctor

Alpecin-Fenix help close gaps

Back to square one...

Pross

Jeez, that's narrow. Very nice though.

TheBigBean

I didn't know S. Bennett was riding.

lettingthedaysgoby

QS locking things down. Sprint finish it is then.

blazing_saddles

Perfect soft breakaway for Team Cav

lettingthedaysgoby

A Wanty rider (Zimmerman) clearly getting an earful of abuse from his DS

blazing_saddles

Horrible street furniture

Pross

DQS let that go at the perfect time. Absolutely no way anyone was getting through once they blocked the front on those roads.

lettingthedaysgoby

Trek also getting a roasting from the team car.

Lanterne_Rogue

Maybe reading too much into it, but if Cavendish makes a big fuss yesterday about not getting a skinsuit, and reminds everyone that he wears a skinsuit for stages where he expects to sprint, and then today rocks up without a skinsuit, is that possibly an attempt to convince other sprint teams that it's safe to work because he doesn't really fancy it?

takethehighroad

Let's hope Stuyven has his sprinting legs on ha

above_the_cows

lettingthedaysgoby said:

I rather liked the horse bike.

Damn I missed it.

daniel_b

Pross said:

No_Ta_Doctor said:

Skinsuit watch: Cav not wearing it today. Draw what conclusions you will

My conclusion is that what Wiggins reported yesterday about ASO not providing him with one for yesterday's stage is BS as presumably if that was the case he'd have had one of the other ones on standby today.

Struggling to see why Wiggins would make something like that up, it is possible he was given duff information of course, but it sounds like that would have come from DQS if that is the case.

Lanterne_Rogue

daniel_b said:

Pross said:

No_Ta_Doctor said:

Skinsuit watch: Cav not wearing it today. Draw what conclusions you will

My conclusion is that what Wiggins reported yesterday about ASO not providing him with one for yesterday's stage is BS as presumably if that was the case he'd have had one of the other ones on standby today.

Struggling to see why Wiggins would make something like that up, it is possible he was given duff information of course, but it sounds like that would have come from DQS if that is the case.

Similar thinking is why I floated the disinformation idea, though I don't genuinely believe that's what's going on. Seen dafter games played in the peloton to try and get an advantage though.

Pross

daniel_b said:

Pross said:

No_Ta_Doctor said:

Skinsuit watch: Cav not wearing it today. Draw what conclusions you will

My conclusion is that what Wiggins reported yesterday about ASO not providing him with one for yesterday's stage is BS as presumably if that was the case he'd have had one of the other ones on standby today.

Struggling to see why Wiggins would make something like that up, it is possible he was given duff information of course, but it sounds like that would have come from DQS if that is the case.

Yeah, I meant more that he heard it as a bit of a rumour and made more out of it than there really was.

daniel_b

Pross said:

daniel_b said:

Pross said:

No_Ta_Doctor said:

Skinsuit watch: Cav not wearing it today. Draw what conclusions you will

My conclusion is that what Wiggins reported yesterday about ASO not providing him with one for yesterday's stage is BS as presumably if that was the case he'd have had one of the other ones on standby today.

Struggling to see why Wiggins would make something like that up, it is possible he was given duff information of course, but it sounds like that would have come from DQS if that is the case.

Yeah, I meant more that he heard it as a bit of a rumour and made more out of it than there really was.

Got ya, yes I realised that latterly - apologies!

Seems like they are saying they would only ever be given 2 skinsuits anyway, so a bit of a mystery.

moonshine

what's with the blue front tyres on the Jumbo Visma bikes?, they have black & tan rears

kingstongraham

moonshine said:

what's with the blue front tyres on the Jumbo Visma bikes?, they have black & tan rears

Some hire bike advert

moonshine

kingstongraham said:

moonshine said:

what's with the blue front tyres on the Jumbo Visma bikes?, they have black & tan rears

Some hire bike advert

so they are
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/why-are-jumbo-visma-using-blue-tyres-at-the-tour-de-france/

above_the_cows

moonshine said:

what's with the blue front tyres on the Jumbo Visma bikes?, they have black & tan rears

https://swapfiets.nl

Don't get me started.

daniel_b

The blue front tyre looks really weird and wrong, that would do my head in.

There is nothing on the bike or kit it remotely ties in with.

lettingthedaysgoby

daniel_b said:

The blue front tyre looks really weird and wrong, that would do my head in.

There is nothing on the bike or kit it remotely ties in with.

Those Cervelos are ugly enough to start with, the blue tyre makes them even worse.

above_the_cows

Landscapetastic!

Mad_Malx

Who’s on ES today? - or should I head over to Ned & Dave?

blazing_saddles

To think we were all worried about week 1 being boring.
This is more like watching a 5 hours holiday programme than a bike race.
Siesta unless the klaxon is sounded, I think.

above_the_cows

This is a perfect stage to be on hold to the Dutch public health authorities because they've effed up your Covid vaccine records rendering you physcially fully vaccinated but digitally unvaccinated.

daniel_b

Mad_Malx said:

Who’s on ES today? - or should I head over to Ned & Dave?

They are alternating, currently ck & lloyd, which means, I hope that Hatch will be closing things out.
PLEASE.

ck earlier on commentary, talking about the first time he met Greipel - Greipel's first words once he knew who he was were "ahhh, you're the one who screams a lot"