Tour de France 2019
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andrew d
pfm Member
I was too excited to start a thread on Saturday! The start of a Tour is normal fairly predictable but this year has kept me on the edge of my seat. Big stage tomorrow!
An old timer I know put a fair sum on Alaphillipe at 200-1 to win GC. Speculative but who knows. The bookies make it Bernal from Thomas.
btw. I learned today that Chad Haga is virtuoso concert pianist as well as a tdf rider!
An old timer I know put a fair sum on Alaphillipe at 200-1 to win GC. Speculative but who knows. The bookies make it Bernal from Thomas.
btw. I learned today that Chad Haga is virtuoso concert pianist as well as a tdf rider!
NeilR
pfm Member
I am going to ride the first 50 km or so of the route and will stop to watch them on the Grand Ballon/Le Markstein climb.
cutting42
Arrived at B4 Hacker Ergo
I love all the big tours but the lack of enthusiasm here put me off starting a tour thread. I have started plenty before but they often get derailed by the usual suspects. Maybe no Sky will stop so much hatin'
Still watching it all and enjoying the ITV4 coverage
Still watching it all and enjoying the ITV4 coverage
I'm normally a fan but haven't switched on to it this year. I may do this weekend.
It's not actually very mountainous this year, is it? Today is quite lumpy and will offer good racing because there's no rhythm to establish. But there are no days charging around the Pyrenees going up and down everything in sight, no Ventoux, no 200km sufferfests exploring every steep back lane in the Massif Central, nothing. Not as interesting as when they started in Yorkshire, when Day 1 was pretty ordinary but Day 2 took them over the steep bits of the Pennines before a flog down to Sheffield for La Cote du Jenkins Road and granny gears all round. Even Sagan said that that was a tough day out.
It's not actually very mountainous this year, is it? Today is quite lumpy and will offer good racing because there's no rhythm to establish. But there are no days charging around the Pyrenees going up and down everything in sight, no Ventoux, no 200km sufferfests exploring every steep back lane in the Massif Central, nothing. Not as interesting as when they started in Yorkshire, when Day 1 was pretty ordinary but Day 2 took them over the steep bits of the Pennines before a flog down to Sheffield for La Cote du Jenkins Road and granny gears all round. Even Sagan said that that was a tough day out.
Tigerjones
Bagpuss
Enjoyable racing today.
Steve, I think there are more climbs this year but less HC Category ones. Apparently this is to encourage more attacking racing.
Steve, I think there are more climbs this year but less HC Category ones. Apparently this is to encourage more attacking racing.
Even the commentators are saying that today is boring. 230km (Jesus...) of flat racing, with a sprint finish at the end. The GC boys are all tucked up tight in the peloton, being towed round until they have the last blast to gain a few seconds on the others. The sprinters will be hanging around waiting for the last 2 minutes and maybe a stage win. Latest news is that the commentators are inviting people to write in with which racers have food related names. Chris MushFroome, anyone? It really is a quiet day at the office.