Rate the Race: Tour de France 2021

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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2021

    Pross said:

    There seems to be a fairly unusual agreement on the race this year.

    I'll have a look at the ratings thread for last year if I can dig them out.

    At the moment the distribution looks similar to the Giro just with a lower average (mean 5.7, median 6, compared to mean 6.5, median 7 for the Giro - surprised the Giro is only one point better really).
    The Tour last year ranked much higher:

    Tour 2020: Mean 7.5, Median 8
    Giro 2021: Mean 6.5, Median 7
    Tour 2021: Mean 5.7, median 6

    Trend feels right, I just think the differences were a bit bigger than single points...

    The distribution curve for 2020 is a bit wider and flatter (range from 10 to 2, with votes a bit more evenly spread), so it's probably true that the agreement is closer this year. I can't be bothered to do any stats on that though...
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    What's the worst GT you ever watched and what score ?
    "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
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646

    What's the worst GT you ever watched and what score ?

    Tour 98.
    Null pointe
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435

    What's the worst GT you ever watched and what score ?

    Not sure I could give a fair/accurate answer without going back and checking. I've only been watching since some time after 2012 but there's some I can't remember at all so probably one of those...
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    edited July 2021

    What's the worst GT you ever watched and what score ?

    Tour 98.
    Null pointe
    I was feeling that too but at least you remembered it as the tour won by the guy who wasn't arrested . In a way the Landis tour was worse
    "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: 18,907
    Toss up thou .... Some vueltas are utterly forgettable
    "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: 26,691
    Pross said:

    There seems to be a fairly unusual agreement on the race this year.

    This is interesting as the OG Wine Glass Rater, Daniel Friebe, gave it a glowing review on this week's pod. I believe he even said 4 (four!) wine glasses!

    What did the godfather, iainf give it?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,089
    Probably a somewhat different experience when you're in Friebe's position to ours.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661

    What's the worst GT you ever watched and what score ?

    2012 Tour.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    edited July 2021
    ddraver said:

    Pross said:

    There seems to be a fairly unusual agreement on the race this year.

    This is interesting as the OG Wine Glass Rater, Daniel Friebe, gave it a glowing review on this week's pod. I believe he even said 4 (four!) wine glasses!

    What did the godfather, iainf give it?
    He only gave it 3 on Twitter



    Which is pretty close to forum consensus as well.
  • jimmyjams
    jimmyjams Posts: 780

    Toss up thou .... Some vueltas are utterly forgettable

    Yes, some of the Vueltas years ago. Decades even. Despite there always being mountain stages, it often seemed to me that the Vuelta did nothing but constantly cross endless mildly-rolling countryside full of cereals, with not a soul around. Rominger bored me to tears.

    I also thought half the Indurain and Armstrong Tour years pretty poor (half rounded up), and I'm sure a Froome one too.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,691

    ddraver said:

    Pross said:

    There seems to be a fairly unusual agreement on the race this year.

    This is interesting as the OG Wine Glass Rater, Daniel Friebe, gave it a glowing review on this week's pod. I believe he even said 4 (four!) wine glasses!

    What did the godfather, iainf give it?
    He only gave it 3 on Twitter



    Which is pretty close to forum consensus as well.
    Must have been giddy with excitement to be off the telly and back on the podcast...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461

    What's the worst GT you ever watched and what score ?

    2012 Tour.
    I take it you were too young for the Indurain years?
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Pross said:

    What's the worst GT you ever watched and what score ?

    2012 Tour.
    I take it you were too young for the Indurain years?
    We only got half an hour highlights of them anyway
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,646
    Pross said:

    What's the worst GT you ever watched and what score ?

    2012 Tour.
    I take it you were too young for the Indurain years?
    We only got half an hour highlights of them anyway
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Pross said:

    What's the worst GT you ever watched and what score ?

    2012 Tour.
    I take it you were too young for the Indurain years?
    Indirain's wins occurred between the ages of 3 and 7 for me, I don't remember them 🙃

    Think Rick is around my age or so...

    Space Jam is back again though!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Pross said:

    What's the worst GT you ever watched and what score ?

    2012 Tour.
    I take it you were too young for the Indurain years?
    Correct. My first Tour was ‘98
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    A five from me, and a race saved by the first week plus Cav's resurgence.

    I found the last week staggeringly dull and could hardly be arsed to watch it.
    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.
  • MattFalle
    MattFalle Posts: 11,644
    5 from the MFs - nice to see MvdP have a laugh and wear yellow, JA did some nice rides, a couple of cool first time stage winners.

    Care not a fig for Cavendish so no Brucey Bonus points there.

    Lost a point with Roglic going out so early and taking part of the anticipated battle between him and Pog away but that point was replaced by Rick's man doing so well.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.