Tour de France 2024

[Legs]

Yebbut, nobbut.....stage 9 is a loop in and out of Troyes on a sunday. If your day trip is not by bike, you could make a great long weekend of it. There is some lovely scenery, a few hills and Troyes is a fun town. Historically, it was the centre of champagne. Altho no longer, there is a hilly outcrop outside town which produces some superb fizzy wine. I could easily be tempted.

Also famed for yummy andouillette!

 

[matticus]

Luck is a huge factor in any stage so I don’t completely buy the idea that cobbles are uniquely unpredictable. If you want to avoid trouble, develop the handling skills and make sure you’re at the front when they arrive

Tell that to WVA at the end of Paris-Roubaix. I dare ya!

 

[Adam4868]

Stage one has Cavs name all over it....fingers crossed he can, then they'll be no need to watch any other sprint stages 😁

View: https://twitter.com/LeTour/status/1730182379128471708?t=e9p_z91NWnZFE9qnC2-EjQ&s=19

 

[rich p]

Stage one has Cavs name all over it....fingers crossed he can, then they'll be no need to watch any other sprint stages 😁

View: https://twitter.com/LeTour/status/1730182379128471708?t=e9p_z91NWnZFE9qnC2-EjQ&s=19

If he wins he can retire before Stage 2

 

[Adam4868]

If he wins he can retire before Stage 2

It's on my Santa List 😁

 

[rich p]

It's on my Santa List 😁

I've asked Santa for a small voodoo doll of Jasper Phillipson and a set of pins...

 

[rich p]

@Adam4868 ,
I notice that Egan Bernal is 200/1 for the Tour...

...I suggest waiting a bit before you put the mortgage on him till his odds go out a bit more

 

[Adam4868]

@Adam4868 ,
I notice that Egan Bernal is 200/1 for the Tour...

...I suggest waiting a bit before you put the mortgage on him till his odds go out a bit more

Be class for him to be competitive with the best again....he deserves it !

 

[Adam4868]

@rich p Bernals back racing tomorrow at Gran Camino...not too shabby of a team with him either
Bernal,Fraile,Ethan Hayter,Kwiato,Tarling, Rodriguez and Castroviejo.

 

[rich p]

The Yates bros have both been quiet after concussions (?) I think.

Anyone got any info on their health and Tour participation? I notice that both of them are absent from the Dauphine, but in the provisional startlist for the Tour.

 

[Adam4868]

The Yates bros have both been quiet after concussions (?) I think.

Anyone got any info on their health and Tour participation? I notice that both of them are absent from the Dauphine, but in the provisional startlist for the Tour.

Last I read of Simon was something about he had two weeks to sign his contract ?
As for Adam maybe Suisse had a quick look and Jay Vine is down so maybe taking his place ?

 

[rich p]

Last I read of Simon was something about he had two weeks to sign his contract ?
As for Adam maybe Suisse had a quick look and Jay Vine is down so maybe taking his place ?

Simon's contract with Jayco? Don't they usually run out at the end of the year?

 

[Adam4868]

Simon's contract with Jayco? Don't they usually run out at the end of the year?

Was this article Rich....it's from April,my memory isn't as good ! Seems like I read it last week 😁
https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.co...ons-central-to-jayco-alulas-transfer-strategy

 

[Adam4868]

@rich p
Yates will be at a altitude camp I'm guessing
Pogi speaking.about the Tour....
"Yates will be my wingman, Ayuso & Almeida are super domestiques for the mountains. Soler & Sivakov can support me both on the flat and in the mountains. And then we have Politt & Wellens, it scares me a bit!"

 

[rich p]

@rich p
Yates will be at a altitude camp I'm guessing
Pogi speaking.about the Tour....
"Yates will be my wingman, Ayuso & Almeida are super domestiques for the mountains. Soler & Sivakov can support me both on the flat and in the mountains. And then we have Politt & Wellens, it scares me a bit!"

That's a pretty decent team!