Tour de France 2021

wow willmelling, you have been places! That pic is amazing.

Hmmmpf. I can’t find it on-demand on the app.

I’d like to see a willmelling x EF photoshoot

is that the original arkose in will’s pic

Next time they go up Hautacam or Alpe d'Huez you're all in for a big treat.

Given how he's been UAE's second most valuable asset for the past two stages, I'd not be surprised if they try to pull a Hirschi-like move for him, and make his support role for Pogacar official.

friendship ended with TDF, now the open is my friend

come on ARE RORY

Ha

2019

vs. 2009

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Am curious to watch as I’m Korean, and stereotypically good at archery.

Funny, I'm not Korean but I was a state champion archer in Australia :)

Simon Fairweather, Aussie, won gold in the Archery at the 2000 Olympics. I was at a tournament with him once, although I was only a junior back then so not competing against him.

It was just "funny" stopping the Tdf coverage and 'doping' was the next word.. then it got dark. I've recorded it to watch later anyway as I'm curious what else they're talking about.

love it. cheers will. can't get enough of these

Teamwork!

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fess up, who fed pogacar after midnight

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Downhill stage today

The only good thing this Tour can deliver now is Cav winning again and Merckx having a fucking meltdown. That would be superfuckingace.

Is it 5km to go yet?

The only good thing this Tour can deliver now is Cav winning twice and Merckx having a fucking meltdown twice. That would be twiceassuperfuckingace.

FTFY

Has #froomedawg been dropped yet?

The stage finishes next to the Stade Velodrome Eddy Merckx too. Cavendish should get his pen out again and rename it in my opinion.

Merckx showing himself up as a child has been the highlight of this TdF for me.

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Soon

That would be rad to the power of supermaxawesome

Isn't the supposed Merckx / Cav beef a bit overblown? The quotes here are hardly disrespectful, and why shouldn't Merckx point out his own incredible record? Or has he said more that I has missed?

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/eddy-merckx-i-wont-lose-any-sleep-if-cavendish-beats-my-tour-de-france-record/

There is no beef, there's just a sour, doper, Merckx

“I won 34 Tour stages by winning sprints, in the mountains, in time trials and going on the attack on the descents. Let's not forget the five yellow jerseys I’ve got at home plus the 96 days I wore it. Does that not seem much?"

"We can't compare. I rode 2800 km in front, Cavendish did that for 6 seconds"

Can we have Merckx being brought out by the organisers to award Cavendish the green jersey at the end?

Though he might already be in Paris with a stick to shove in Cav’s spokes.

But he's not wrong is he? Even if you added the palmares of Cavendish, Froome and Cadel together, they would be nowhere near Merckx.