Tour De France 2021 with spoilers

[roadrash]

3 of my fantasy team, Roglic, Sagan and Ewen, hit the asphalt HARD!
Hope all the fallers are OK!

three of mine , Roglic , Thomas and Sagan


Ewan doesnt look good , still on the deck

 

[Grant Fondo]

Merlier did well, thought he was good in Giro too

 

[Milkfloat]

It was like a war zone out there - crashes all over the place.

 

[JBGooner]

Sagan seemed to be bulling his way forward in the sprint a bit recklessly.

 

[roadrash]

looking at it again , i think ewan took sagan down

 

[Milzy]

The whole tour is ruined. I left Tim M out for a second tour. Learned my lesson now. Our Fantasy leagues are filled with more pot luck than ever this time around.

 

[gavroche]

I think Alaphilippe should re-assess his situation now and aim for the GC now that some contenders are out of it. He has a chance to be the first Frenchman since Hinault to win it. I certainly hope so. Cocorico.......

 

[Milzy]

I think Alaphilippe should re-assess his situation now and aim for the GC now that some contenders are out of it. He has a chance to be the first Frenchman since Hinault to win it. I certainly hope so. Cocorico.......

My thoughts exactly. It’s his to lose now.

 

[Cathryn]

Heck what a day.

I was wondering, are there MORE riders in the peloton now than historically? Is the sheer 'weight of traffic' more than the infrastructure can handle? (I would have posted this on the 'why so many crashes' thread but I think it's been closed). I don't mean to open up a can of worms, just wondered about numbers and how they've changed.

 

[Eziemnaik]

I think Alaphilippe should re-assess his situation now and aim for the GC now that some contenders are out of it. He has a chance to be the first Frenchman since Hinault to win it. I certainly hope so. Cocorico.......

I see a French fan coughing on Pog and Carapaz
But seriously, should these two suffer some more misfortune, Alaphilippe would be the main contender

 

[Milzy]

Heck what a day.

I was wondering, are there MORE riders in the peloton now than historically? Is the sheer 'weight of traffic' more than the infrastructure can handle? (I would have posted this on the 'why so many crashes' thread but I think it's been closed). I don't mean to open up a can of worms, just wondered about numbers and how they've changed.

They race much closer and faster now. Position is so important in such little space. They’ve tried to make some stages more like monument courses this year to spice it up at a shorter notice due to Covid changes. They’ve certainly achieved a lot of drama.

 

[Mike_P]

Number of riders on a team has reduced from 10 to 9 (effective 1987) to 8 in 2018. Do wonder if there should be a case of substitutes being allowed subject to being marked down such that they are ruled out of the jersey competitions.

 

[Adam4868]

Number of riders on a team has reduced from 10 to 9 (effective 1987) to 8 in 2018. Do wonder if there should be a case of substitutes being allowed subject to being marked down such that they are ruled out of the jersey competitions.

Maybe just have them for the first week ?

 

[Adam4868]

That was a fecking horrible stage to watch ! To edgy the first week of the tour...quite a few GC men look like their out of the game after that.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

It could be the width of the roads as they are quite narrow in that part of France I believe, combined with the speed of the stage.