TDF 2024:- Stage 21: Monaco-Nice 34Km ITT ***Spoilers***

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,727

    Dillier seriously breaking the no drafting rule. Any closer and he would be sat on Durbridge’s saddle.

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656

    Cav over a minute down at the third check. He's robbing his teammate of the Lanterne! It's happening!

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,727

    Cav about to win the red light.

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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,057

    Can't believe itv4 aren't showing Cav live.

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Roads round there are appalling in the wet

    "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

    Cav is processing

    "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
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
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    The first time I saw Cav.

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited July 21
    https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21085861#Comment_21085861

    Easy to Forget he rode for telecom

    "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
    edited July 21
    https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21085849#Comment_21085849

    Did I tell you about the training rides i rode with cav in Essex? ;)

    "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
  • diplodicus
    diplodicus Posts: 722

    Thanks for teh threads BS

    I assume there is no time limit on the final stage?

  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249

    Hatch saying Martinez leading by 3 seconds. Nearly 3 minutes, surely?

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
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    Apparently not

    "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
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,553
    https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21085850#Comment_21085850

    He's just ridden an off road route across the Alps from Lac Leman to Nice with some friends over the past week or so.

  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Itv 4 team on some shitty ring road

    "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

    Girmay ...I hope he's not a one year wonder

    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,727

    Hatch losing the plot over Grimay.

    Ridiculous hyperbole.

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  • alan_a
    alan_a Posts: 1,587

    I really don't like these drone shots.

    Works brilliantly with the mountain biking, but the choice of road section used is meh, and the picture quality is poor.

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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,057

    Could these TT stages be made more TV friendly by superimposing a ghost of a relevant rider's effort to those on the course?

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656
    https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21085876#Comment_21085876

    Possibly. We'd just need a relevant rider first

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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656

    This is an insane stat. In no Tour have they actually been particularly close, but over (very nearly) four Tours?


    https://x.com/friebos/status/1815001993372405776


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  • N0bodyOfTheGoat
    N0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 6,057

    There goes the invisible WVA!

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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,334

    Disappointed not to have seen anyone go through the tunnel making "neeee-owwmm" noises in the manner of a Formula 1 car.

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    Victor is going to get interviewed more in the future

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908

    WvA needs a roubais

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,699

    Nah I really don't like this...

    Mostly becasue we know the result already so there's not even an anticipation aspect to it which at least we get for the sprint...

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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,438

    I predict it will be at least another 35 years before the Tour finishes with a TT again

  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,601

    This is terrible. There isn't even a battle for the stage among strong tt'ers cos of the route profile.

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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,575

    Van Aert almost 5.5 minutes down on the leader.

    Saving himself for the Olympics I suppose.

  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,656

    Romaine Gregoire trying make some entertainment by overcooking a corner and unclipping to save

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21085890#Comment_21085890

    He’s not sitting straight on the bike. I wonder if this crash has affected him more than we thought.

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