Tour de France 2021

Andre Greipel is a class act. Knew no-one would work with him today, so told Politt he had to get away.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/greipel-passes-on-advice-to-training-partner-politt-in-tour-de-france-breakaway/

Its been bothering me

Me too, it's 'Politt'. :)

On the lower back?

If so, that’s not a printed pattern, it’s ventilation, a feature of some aero jerseys.

Yes. Whenever I see it, just looks like the jersey is too small. Even though I know it's a skin suit.

I get what you mean. This kit is a a bit straight edge/punky for me.

Total Energies is an underrated kit IMO, from what I’ve seen of it. B&B is the absolute worst.

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The 3 km rule today has been extended to 4.5 kms, which seems arbitrary.

Any fans of Ned Boulting and Dave Millar commentary on ITV, they have their own podcast, Never Strays Far/ Never Strays France

Just more inane chatter from the pair, behind the scenes stories and the like, not sure how frequent it is, they tend to glaze over a few stages at once.

Think they said they’d do 4 for the tour.

I’ve not managed to listen to the latest ones but I like it.

Edit:wrong thread

Hope DQS were keeping their powder dry yesterday to use it today in the wind.

4.5 k is the outskirts of the town right before a sequence of bends

Dafuq

Why not just GC neutral the whole fucking stage then, because "bends".

is Are Cav in a speedsuit today?

Wetsuit

Did the hairdryer at the hotel break??

horsing along at 72kph on the flat. lordy

#froomewatch: looks like the 'dog is trying to get in today's break

When do the last 5k start?

With 5k to go.

Will that be near to the finish?

Yeah about 5k away

Swapfiets for the JumboVismas today

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Yeah about 5k away

Gotcha.

And that'll be shortly before the stage finish time? Great I'll set an alarm for then then.

^ Would rep all here.

Effectively that appears to be the case.