TDF 2021: Stage 21, Chatou > Paris Champs-Élysées 108.4 km **Spoilers**

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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,059
    That check by Cav to find room as the sprint started cost him a shot, shame, but he got the green and he's had hell of a Tour.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    rick_chasey said:

    mididoctors said:

    But they aren't invincible

    Punditification of the forum
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    rick_chasey said:

    The hatrick!!!!

    Extraordinary rider .
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,468
    Absolutely shit TV coverage of the finish. Head on shot and suddenly the riders were over the line. Rare mistake by Cav to let his rivals box him on the barrier. It also seemed odd for the sprint to be on the left.
  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 11,992
    I knew 19 was a missed opportunity 😞
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,174
    Well done wva. That's a pretty crazy three stages to take.

    Cav was never going to beat him when he had that lead out. Dqs messed it up 2.5km out, but they were on the same side as jumbo visma.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334
    What a time to box yourself in. If they didn't set up a sprint on Friday to try and stage manage things then it's backfired royally.

    WvA just ridiculous though.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,580
    Cav had to stop pedalling as the gap never opened. Clever by WvA to keep just close enough to the barrier to block.
    Effing Belgie!
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Good champs stage 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
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    No gifts that’s why the 34 wins is so impressive.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    I don't not think cav will win another tour stage ever
    "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
    rick_chasey said:

    No gifts that’s why the 34 wins is so impressive.

    Indeed
    "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: 26,701
    Combination of DQS being forced to do too much work in the last 10km and JV riding the last 700m very well.

    Fair play.

    Cav's going to have to come back next year then...

    (Called it!)
    ddraver said:


    Might make it interesting if leadout men have to make it around the place de Concorde 'chicane' and wind the speed back up again...

    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,468
    mididoctors said:

    Pross said:

    DQS not great in the last section again. HTC would never have been bullied off the front in the last 3km.

    They were on there knees ...ran out of power
    I really don't rate their lead out much. Morkow is excellent and Ballerini very good but not the rest (Alaphilippe did a monster turn to catch the break on Cav's first win). I didn't think they were that good for Bennett last year either but then they aren't specialists like that HTC team or Kittel's team were
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    If cav had returned and snagged one stage it would have been a dream result ...4!
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    WvA best rider this tour .
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    mididoctors said:

    WvA best rider this tour .

    Bring on Tokyo!!!
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,468
    Cav had a chance to go right of WVA before Philipsen drifted left. He either felt it was too early or didn't have the legs. I reckon the latter and that the mountains took their toll on him.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,701
    Good point from Boardman,

    Cav had everything to lose

    Wouthad nothing to lose
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • joe2019
    joe2019 Posts: 1,338
    mididoctors said:

    WvA best rider this tour .


    Best rider won the tour, that's all that matters.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,174
    ddraver said:

    Good point from Boardman,

    Cav had everything to lose

    Wouthad nothing to lose

    What does that even mean?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,701
    Not sure it's a brain teaser tbh
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,174
    ddraver said:

    Not sure it's a brain teaser tbh

    Cav is old?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,468
    kingstongraham said:

    ddraver said:

    Not sure it's a brain teaser tbh

    Cav is old?
    I assume it meant Cav had the record at stake and the expectation he would win (plus possibly his last chance) whereas WVA had no pressure of expectation and will got loads more chances
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,701
    Nawwww🥰

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,439
    Once WVA got wound up on that last 700m no one was coming past him.

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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,439
    Maybe now he'll get Eddy's approval.

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    It's a good job Jens Voigt or Chris Boardman never got on the podium. They've got six kids each.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,174
    Pross said:

    kingstongraham said:

    ddraver said:

    Not sure it's a brain teaser tbh

    Cav is old?
    I assume it meant Cav had the record at stake and the expectation he would win (plus possibly his last chance) whereas WVA had no pressure of expectation and will got loads more chances
    Cav already had the record and wva hadn't won a sprint yet.

    I think they both really want to win.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,658
    I'm annoyed that van Aert cost me a shot at top ten gc in the official fantasy league
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