Le Tour de Femmes, race chat

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  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,306
    What was that stuffed toy thing? Where is the Lion?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    amrushton said:

    What was that stuffed toy thing? Where is the Lion?


    I think that's a baby. It's not a prize as far as I know,
    The lion is behind the bouquet


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  • thejimmymethod
    thejimmymethod Posts: 458
    amrushton said:

    What was that stuffed toy thing? Where is the Lion?

    It's the Zwift squirrel
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,022
    I expected Balsamo to be in the mix but apart from getting blocked she said after her legs weren't great so maybe just gone off the boil at the wrong time.

    Vos seems very predictable in opening her sprint early.
    [Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]
  • vincesummerskRoxcBTr
    vincesummerskRoxcBTr Posts: 882
    Any news on the rider that crashed and was stretchered off?
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    DeVlaeminck said:

    I expected Balsamo to be in the mix but apart from getting blocked she said after her legs weren't great so maybe just gone off the boil at the wrong time.

    Vos seems very predictable in opening her sprint early.

    Wiebes seemed to suggest in her interview yesterday that she felt she had to go way too early as a result of Vos going, so a deliberate tactic to try and neutralise her? I felt there was a sort of unspoken admission that Vos gets under her skin a bit by doing it.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    vincesummerskRoxcBTr said:

    Any news on the rider that crashed and was stretchered off?



    Here's wishing a swift recovery.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    Any good preview blogs?
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    Late start on the app ...
    "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
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    Now doing the analysis bit before going to live racing... Blythe pulling yesterday's sprint to pieces.
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  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    mididoctors said:

    Late start on the app ...

    Welcome to the wonderful world of Womens cycling on GCN. Advertise a start time of X, in reality X+15minutes as a general rule.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    JimD666 said:

    mididoctors said:

    Late start on the app ...

    Welcome to the wonderful world of Womens cycling on GCN. Advertise a start time of X, in reality X+15minutes as a general rule.
    That's a common thing huh?
    "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: 18,790
    We missed the start? That's a bummer
    "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
  • JimD666
    JimD666 Posts: 2,293
    mididoctors said:

    JimD666 said:

    mididoctors said:

    Late start on the app ...

    Welcome to the wonderful world of Womens cycling on GCN. Advertise a start time of X, in reality X+15minutes as a general rule.
    That's a common thing huh?
    It's not uncommon unfortunately.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700
    Lanterne_Rogue said:

    Now doing the analysis bit before going to live racing... Blythe pulling yesterday's sprint to pieces.

    Nice to see that he and Orla have hung around to front the studio chat.
    Makes it that bit more special
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    GCN / Eurosport are reliant on footage from the organisers, unfortunately... You start to realise how spoiled we are with full stage coverage.

    Women's Giro was downgraded because their footage was so poor.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    I wanted to see how the break formed
    "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
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    Aaand we have racing. Group out of four out front, crosswinds helping to tail people off the peloton apparently.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    Windy
    "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
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    PCS has live coverage of who's in breaks etc, if anyone's wondering who's up there

    https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france-femmes/2022/stage-2/live/livestats
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    Oufff ... Trek .trying to split it in the crosswinds ... Rude intro to the coverage
    "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
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    It settles down again as they go through a village (and the wind direction has changed after a corner), but this is going to keep causing panic. 45 seconds got taken out of the break as a result of all that - halving their advantage within just a handful of km.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,700
    edited July 2022
    Mostly head/cross though according to commentary.
    This course is very exposed.
    Where's the Sun gone?
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    Echelon off the back
    "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: 18,790
    Break getting reeled in by jumbo on the front
    "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: 18,790
    Dsm too through and off
    "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
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    Washing machine in full effect as teams try to get to the front. Not looking like it'll split on this section - Blazing's right about the wind direction here - but there's a lot of nerves and one of the Danis is saying there's a corner in a few km that will give it a cross-tail.
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,325
    Break caught. Look somewhat disgruntled about what's just happened to them.
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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,790
    Break caught race reforming jumbo look keen
    "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: 18,790
    Iris on the bike dam sight more use that contador
    "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

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