Tour de France 2021

and then shrugging

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFbGAdUkBPQ

Finish this series of names: Alaphilippe, Van der Poel, ___

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I’d not disagree. I’m just not sure that should be the first statement made.

Gotcha now. Good point about it being the 1st thing said.

In the case of famous road races like the TdF, I’d say the onus should be kept firmly on spectators not to block the racetrack. Keywords are spectators, like this lady who went through various efforts to be there specifically, and racetrack, which is easier to define when it’s a country highway lined with people. #notunpopularopinion

Sucks for her but sucks even more for the riders whose lives she endangered and work she wasted.

All the top dogs attending his party. Pog is even the first to bring him the news about the maillot jaune
https://youtu.be/u-jVvXdfuQs

how did I miss this?! genius and accurate

Genuinely excited about seeing Cav in the mix today.

There looks to be the potential for carnage in the last 3km with those dead turns.

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I quite fancy Demare for the stage. Ewan and his train are inconsistent and perhaps given the tricky finish the train will matter more. Could give a slight plus to Cav too, but I don't dare to dream

I enjoyed that!

After all that Schelling/Perez KOM action MVDP took that Jersey too.

I think they’ll be fine. I was in Pontivy a couple of years ago and they are big, wide roads through the middle of town.

Hopefully not too dangerous then.

In the last year, I have become really nervous on behalf of the riders when it gets technical in the finish. I hate seeing crashes.

This is the last turn before the finish (annotated with a roundabout on the map...).

Looks sketchy for a sprint finish unless they remove the road furniture.

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Looks similar to the turn where GT did his thing in the criterium de dauphine.

Pending carnage ^^

those cars could be an issue

One would hope they'd remove, or at least cover by barriers, these little babies along the Quai d'Arcole ...

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@48.0612861,-2.9699981,3a,69.9y,145.7h,79.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYfs9qXSANFU468Du_lgjjg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Completely bizarre stuff, probably designed to deter people from parking there.

Canyon’s marketing team don’t miss a trick

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Detail.

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Ewan

That will have been done before hand, most likely weeks ago, and probably in anticipation of him winning stage one, so will have been sat in the wagon fully built and ready to go.

I know marketing teams often make out these things are done overnight, but that is almost always very far from the truth. (Just like any other marketing spiel)

I’ve always thought that some sort of exhibition of custom pro bikes that were done in anticipation of a big win/jersey, but never used, and as such have never seen the light of day would be super interesting. I’ve done five (or technically four, as one was a duplicate) so far, and all have an interesting story behind them as to why they were produced, and subsequently not used.

Maybe they should have got someone who speaks English to write that...It's like a Japanese t-shirt.

Maybe just me but I feel like the full yellow bike should just be for the final stage - almost makes it seem like he’s already won the thing