Tour de France 2021

Actually on seeing the replay, Philipsen and Merlier both had to check their speeds. That chop was deffo against the rules. Whether they'd be able to convince the jury of that against the tour's current darling is debatable though

he's clearly shifted lines after opening his sprint. what do the rules say

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Sprints
2.3.036 Riders shall be strictly forbidden to deviate from the lane they selected when launching
into the sprint and, in so doing, endangering others.

hmmm

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Are Cav!

Great interview - 'y u no fight me?'

Though they cut across his train first so maybe fair's fair

Definitely up there with the Ridleys

Merlier getting squeezed by Philipsen too.

yeah I've seen it a couple of times now, it's like a bad football takcle, the more you look at it (particularly in slow motion) the worse it looks. Don't think its egregious enough for the commissaires to stick their necks out.

The only person he cuts across is Merlier, but he was done. Philipsen was cutting across the same amount, but he's shit so slowed down.

Well, he overtook the slowing leadout Merlier, and Cav follows the straight road marking, and Philipsen was going right to try and get into the same space as Cav, but Cav was already there.

Also, to be fair, the white line kinks to the left, when everyone open their sprint, and then straightens shortly after.

so much for britishers' fabled fairness. brb just submitting myself to one of britannia unchained's (sponsored by tim martin's wetherspoons) re-education camps

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lol

DQS kit supplied by BBUC or PNS these days or wot

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Funny. Had ARE CAV down as dressing to the right for some reason.

TDF supply jersey winners kit

It’s quite high on BBC but that might just be algo based.

This made me chuckle, I wonder what caused it to blow up…!?

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https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alpecin-fenix-sprint-switching-strategy-paying-dividends-at-tour-de-france/

Good headline

Alpecin Fenix would be better off sending MVDP on a long range sprint, have DQS chase him down, and if they can, have Merlier sprint off Cav's wheel.

what is this all in one full length zip jersey/bibs thing called?

Risqué

Cav crossed the line with his chain off

Hidden motors!!!

etc etc

Castelli called them San Remo back in the day

Holes in chainstay, chain-off, breaking rear wheels.

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