TDF 2023: Stage 1:– Bilbao to Bilbao, 182km ***Spoilers***
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False flat bit over the top"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 pm0
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False flat bit over the top"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 pm0
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Carapaz abandons.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.0
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Fractured shoulder blade for Mas.0
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gweeds said:
Carapaz abandons.
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Did well to finish .,.. he is a unlucky ridergweeds said:Carapaz abandons.
"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 pm1 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJOgCyvCPWU&ab_channel=Magicr%C3%A8meTVandyp said:
Virenque didn't win the sole Pyreneen stage, but he did take yellow. The stage winner that day would really test @RichN95. spelling skills.mididoctors said:mididoctors said:
Virenque or was that the next dayandyp said:
Can you remember, without looking it up, who won the opening road stage?mididoctors said:Last time the tour came to the Basque country ETA burnt all the C4 press cars
I was way wrong
I was discounting the prologue (sorry Rich) and the first road stage was won by Dominique Arnould, who just held off the reduced peloton.
Different era - all the policemen lining the road in the last few hundred metres.0 -
I liked this from Jayco. Warning: might not work as that idiot Musk is currently trying to strangle Twitter
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Cosnefroy had a defect about 120 km out from the finish, something to do wth the bottom bracket. He already was off the back of the peloton before he stopped to wait for team car and seemed a bit annoyed. He got a replacement bike, and although he only needed about 4 km to get back, maybe as consequence he became discouraged?blazing_saddles said:
At least he had an excuse.tailwindhome said:Carapaz rolls in 15 minutes down
I wonder what Benoit Cosnefroy's was for losing almost as much on a course that would normally suit his skill set.0 -
Traeen fractured his elbow when he crashed with about 80 km to go and is now a possible DNS for tomorrow.0
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A bit of a diversion. ITV are about to show the film 'Knight and Day'. I've never seen it. Apparently it's not good.
So why mention it? Back in 2010 the stars - Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz - visited the Tour to promote it (and saw an epically boring stage)
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That's a factoid coincidence. ......RichN95. said:A bit of a diversion. ITV are about to show the film 'Knight and Day'. I've never seen it. Apparently it's not good.
So why mention it? Back in 2010 the stars - Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz - visited the Tour to promote it (and saw an epically boring stage)"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 pm0 -
This stage today was pretty good you know ."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 pm0
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MvdP has the material edge over WvA on flat one dayers but WvA is a *much* better climber0 -
Some talk on Belgian cycling twitter that Vingegaard should have paced back to the Yatess to allow WvA to try and win... which is knew kf the dumbest things I've ever heard.0
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bobmcstuff said:
Some talk on Belgian cycling twitter that Vingegaard should have paced back to the Yatess to allow WvA to try and win... which is knew kf the dumbest things I've ever heard.
Van Aert couldn’t even be bothered to sprint for third and the bonus secondsTwitter: @RichN950 -
Who’s saying that?bobmcstuff said:Some talk on Belgian cycling twitter that Vingegaard should have paced back to the Yatess to allow WvA to try and win... which is knew kf the dumbest things I've ever heard.
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Said he didn’t have the legs.RichN95. said:bobmcstuff said:Some talk on Belgian cycling twitter that Vingegaard should have paced back to the Yatess to allow WvA to try and win... which is knew kf the dumbest things I've ever heard.
Van Aert couldn’t even be bothered to sprint for third and the bonus seconds
Tbh he was 10kg heavier than everyone else in the group0 -
Some Belgian commentator, I can't remember now. Might check later.rick_chasey said:
Who’s saying that?bobmcstuff said:Some talk on Belgian cycling twitter that Vingegaard should have paced back to the Yatess to allow WvA to try and win... which is knew kf the dumbest things I've ever heard.
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Michel Wuyts for one. There were apparently others. I imagine they will have doubled down today.bobmcstuff said:
Some Belgian commentator, I can't remember now. Might check later.rick_chasey said:
Who’s saying that?bobmcstuff said:Some talk on Belgian cycling twitter that Vingegaard should have paced back to the Yatess to allow WvA to try and win... which is knew kf the dumbest things I've ever heard.
https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/wuyts-teleurgesteld-in-vingegaard-van-aert-is-een-teamplayer-de-kopman-blijkbaar-veel-minder/Twitter: @RichN950 -
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While that is definitely true, it didn't look like he was trying today.rick_chasey said:
MvdP has the material edge over WvA on flat one dayers but WvA is a *much* better climberPTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230 -
Schlecks on Galibier (although they were some minutes apart from each other)Pross said:Great result and Pog takes round 1 v Vingegaard.
Has there been a sibling 1-2 before? Can’t remember if the Schlecks did it.0 -
Did they cross the line first and second or was there a DQ? TV had said it was last done by the Pelissiers.takethehighroad said:
Schlecks on Galibier (although they were some minutes apart from each other)Pross said:Great result and Pog takes round 1 v Vingegaard.
Has there been a sibling 1-2 before? Can’t remember if the Schlecks did it.0 -
Nope, they crossed the line first and second. Contador was later disqualified, but he was outside the top ten on the stage.Pross said:
Did they cross the line first and second or was there a DQ? TV had said it was last done by the Pelissiers.takethehighroad said:
Schlecks on Galibier (although they were some minutes apart from each other)Pross said:Great result and Pog takes round 1 v Vingegaard.
Has there been a sibling 1-2 before? Can’t remember if the Schlecks did it.0 -
I think people, such as me, forgot that stage has they didn't ride together and instead remember the 2009 stage where they were 1st and 3rdPross said:
Did they cross the line first and second or was there a DQ? TV had said it was last done by the Pelissiers.takethehighroad said:
Schlecks on Galibier (although they were some minutes apart from each other)Pross said:Great result and Pog takes round 1 v Vingegaard.
Has there been a sibling 1-2 before? Can’t remember if the Schlecks did it.Twitter: @RichN950