Tour de France 2021

It was after I won the Giro and came second at the Vuelta that I decided I didn't really have what it takes in the big races.

at this point does being a good GC leader mean you are either Pog or Rog?

Can Pog get back on the sauce to make it interesting again

Winning a GC in Movistar where no1 takes your team seriously vs trying to win while every ineos rider and move being marked and followed I guess.

I'm starting to think you aren't a true Movistar supporter at all!

No love for Egan?!

The French commentators enjoy taking the piss in a way that's a lot more fun than anything from the British ones. Froome stopped to change bike and they said "Attaque de Froome ... en voiture". When Valverde was trying to chase Kuss it was "Allez Opi!".

I like Bernie but everyone knows you can't be a good GC leader with a bad back.

Pog smokes a weak opposition - he's doping

Cav comes back winning every sprint after years of decline - an example of cleanliness, best sprinter ever

Take a look at opinions outside of our cycling bubble. Cavendish is a doper comments seem to outnl number Cavendish is a great sprinter 10 to 1 on social media.

Ben O'Connor on his attack earlier "I was just trying to get a headstart"

Fine. Apart from winning the Giro and 2nd in the Vuelta and currently 4th in the Tour, what has Carapaz done for us?
Maybe Ineos need to update their tactics then... Seeing them old-skool burn through the team one by one and then when the big moment comes for Carapaz he's unable to do anything seems not to be working.

I think they'd have expected to have Tao there on the last climb too but he's clearly not going anywhere near as well as he'd have hoped. That said I think you are right, Carapaz is not on his super best form yet and there's not much to choose among the top 5 or 6. But there's 2 more mountain stages to come so differences might well grow.

It's been a long while since the Mountain jersey classification was this interesting though.

Anyone can throw baseless accusations. It's pretty tiresome

Ineos really seem like they miscalculated something in the run-up. No-one has been as expected apart from Thomas on the tarmac.

Spotted froome getting a bike from the team car, with rim brakes.

Would love it if he flies on rim brakes tomorrow. Stage win.

Tomorrow's stage is about the only stage this Tour that Froome can win.

Lol

Bit late for this but

https://racing.ekoi.com/en-gb/ekoi-premium-70/10039-lunettes-premium-70-ekoi-proteam-nacer-bouhanni-0400001003909.html

Speaking of glasses, why did Kuss toss his just before the line today?

cav is safe for SPOTY and knighthood!

lol, too soon

Silver linings.

Opi

Too soon.