Tour de France 2021

So in the aftermath of yesterday’s football, we have a rest day. Going to be a slow day….

Yep. I have a day off, too.

To add to the joy it's chucking it down here.

and yet it's where 2nd on GC gets distanced.

2nd on GC is a vacant position, one day an aussie has it, other day a french guy

I'm also sure one of them commented on a church and the paintings inside of the Last Summer...

Which is a shitload more interesting than watching Pog chillout with 5min lead.

Feel the tour is gonna somewhat fizzle out :o(

Movistar currently 8th on the team classification.

Rest day at the tour but it’s wonderful to see Jinsong Li get a third in Stage 2 of Qinghai Lake. He’s a class act.

I also wonder why? Is the finish line a rubbish zone? Otherwise should there be a penalty?

On penalty note: Uran did a poppy paws for few seconds when attacked. Was there any comment from the ASO?

Uran did a poppy paws for few seconds when attacked.

I think it's just puppy paws that the UCI have an issue with. :)

Is it 5km to go yet?

I think it's just puppy paws that the UCI have an issue with. :)

Reminds me of a phone call I received from my very excited Swedish sister in law one November a few years back. She couldn't wait to tell me about the RAF plane that had just flown over Tower Bridge releasing tens of thousands of puppies into the river.

How is the number/rate of riders abandoning the tour compared to earlier years?

higher this year at this stage than for any other tour since 2012 (?) I think

Sagan had surgery due to a knee infection.
Fuck climbing Ventoux twice with that going on.

So here are my hot take talking points:
a) some of them quit with a hope to do well in the Olympics instead?
b) a winter with all kinds of pandemic related inconveniences has affected their training, and many riders are finding they're less fit than they hoped to be?
c) it's just a random statistical spike with no particular reason as to why it happened this year?

d) everyone horny

Or not horny enough

Are rest days needed? Seem to hear more negative comments from riders than positive but maybe a selective bias thing.

Looks like Lachlan made it to Paris with a few days to spare... https://www.instagram.com/p/CRQTvAwl04W/

They're needed for the race to start and finish on a weekend and have 21 stages. Also for the press to get their fill.

If the race didn’t have official ones, the riders would agree unofficial ones and no-one wants to see a peloton doing 200kms at club run pace.

Made every other pro look soft

Sorry, but that’s bullshit.

You are comparing apples with oranges. Morton’s ride deserves respect, but so does every single rider who starts the Tour.