101 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 58 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Fair play to Cav, he could have chucked it various times this race, going right back to Stage 1. Even from the middle of this week with no more sprint finishes in store and only a few days of suffering to come it would have been very easy to throw in the towel, but he has toughed it out to the end. I thought he might have been tempted to withdraw or get dropped after his performance in the first stage. Fair play to him, some achievement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 58 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Fair play to Cav, he could have chucked it various times this race, going right back to Stage 1. Even from the middle of this week with no more sprint finishes in store and only a few days of suffering to come it would have been very easy to throw in the towel, but he has toughed it out to the end. It's a shame the Olympics in Paris stopped him finishing on the Champs-Élysées 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 4 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: It's a shame the Olympics in Paris stopped him finishing on the Champs-Élysées And a chance at a final stage win as I doubt they would have gone with a time trial. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 There’s a couple of those hairpin bends that look pretty hairy with the damp patches on the road 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 That bike of Carapaz’s looks amazing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Decent enough time from Oscar Onley 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Who’s going stop Pogi claiming the rainbow jersey ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Spent the day in Monaco watching the bicyclists. Saw some guy in a yellow jersey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Pogacar has 12 Grand Tour wins this season. That is insane. If he tops this off with either or both of the Olympic/World title, then that's the best season of all time for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Saw the presentation, black shirt for the Lanterne Rouge, “CAXXXV”. What were the chances of him losing 1min+ to his team mate Ballerini? What a shame, it wasn’t Merckx presenting it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Pogacar giving the Olympic Games a miss , looks like he’s aiming for the Rainbow Jersey 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 (edited) 1 hour ago, stanton said: Pogacar giving the Olympic Games a miss , looks like he’s aiming for the Rainbow Jersey Slovenian Olympic Committee saying it’s “extreme fatigue”. The ORR is on the 3rd August. Edited July 22 by kiddy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 24 minutes ago, kiddy said: Slovenian Olympic Committee saying it’s “extreme fatigue”. The ORR is on the 3rd August. I felt it was asking a lot for him to go into the Olympic Games so close to the Tour. Be interesting to see what effect Covid has had on Tom Pidcock who was targeting a medal in the mountain bike and the road race 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 The Slovenian Olympic Committee not picking his girlfriend might have also been on his mind... Olympics will be interesting with it being so close to the Tour again (although not as close as London I think - didn't Wiggins, Froome, Cavendish etc not only have a few days? Then the Worlds where Pogacar has targeted taking the Rainbow jersey from van de Poul. Will Remco defend the TT jersey? One good thing about this Tour and the way it played out is that the Vuelta looks really open. Kuss will presumably be there to defend. Adam Yates/Almedia bid for UAE? Roglic has wln it a few times, he should be fit enough to have another go. Could Landa finally get a GT win? Who do Ineos take? Will Teo Geoghan Hart be fit for Lidl Trek? Pogacar could have probably done it and won tbh. I take it he'll have a go at some point so he has the full set. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said: The Slovenian Olympic Committee not picking his girlfriend might have also been on his mind... Olympics will be interesting with it being so close to the Tour again (although not as close as London I think - didn't Wiggins, Froome, Cavendish etc not only have a few days? Then the Worlds where Pogacar has targeted taking the Rainbow jersey from van de Poul. Will Remco defend the TT jersey? One good thing about this Tour and the way it played out is that the Vuelta looks really open. Kuss will presumably be there to defend. Adam Yates/Almedia bid for UAE? Roglic has wln it a few times, he should be fit enough to have another go. Could Landa finally get a GT win? Who do Ineos take? Will Teo Geoghan Hart be fit for Lidl Trek? Pogacar could have probably done it and won tbh. I take it he'll have a go at some point so he has the full set. IIRC Wiggins finished the Tour on the Sunday with the Olympics a fortnight later. Edit: a quick Google shows I'm wrong, Tour finished on 22nd July, London road race was on 28th July. Edited July 22 by peasy23 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 15 hours ago, Salvo Montalbano said: One good thing about this Tour and the way it played out is that the Vuelta looks really open. Kuss will presumably be there to defend. Adam Yates/Almedia bid for UAE? Roglic has wln it a few times, he should be fit enough to have another go. Could Landa finally get a GT win? Who do Ineos take? Will Teo Geoghan Hart be fit for Lidl Trek? Pogacar could have probably done it and won tbh. I take it he'll have a go at some point so he has the full set. I won't be shocked if Yates and Almeida both on the podium at the Vuelta. They have both been in sensational form this year and I think Yates could have podiumed the Tour had he not completely sacrificed his chances for Pog. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 No let up in Visma’s luck. Van Baarle abandons Vuelta on stage 2! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 What happened to Tarling yesterday? I didn't see any of it and saw he was quite far down for such a big stage favourite. Also seems to be a criticism of the lack of spectators for a Grand Departure, which is a shame. Also weird the organisers have went for an ITT to finish the race instead of the usual Madrid circuit sprint. Would look interesting maybe in a normal year but in the same year the Tour did the same it makes it look like they have no ideas of their own (apart from starting inside a supermarket next week). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Denny Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 17 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said: What happened to Tarling yesterday? I didn't see any of it and saw he was quite far down for such a big stage favourite. Also seems to be a criticism of the lack of spectators for a Grand Departure, which is a shame. Also weird the organisers have went for an ITT to finish the race instead of the usual Madrid circuit sprint. Would look interesting maybe in a normal year but in the same year the Tour did the same it makes it look like they have no ideas of their own (apart from starting inside a supermarket next week). Caught some of his interview after the TT, said he felt flat... he was sounding a bit down Where he crashed today near the end was a nasty bit of road to kerb gutter.. If he sounded down yesterday..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggie_Murray7 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 We're approaching silly season and I see some transfers have already been announced. Ethan Hayter is off to Soudal Quickstep. Alaphillipe is off to Tudor. Lenny Kamna to Lidl Trek. Simon Yates to Visma. Jhonatan Narvaez off to UAE. Some interesting moves there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.