Tour De France 2021 with spoilers

[Dogtrousers]

Here's an interesting rest day fact

View: https://twitter.com/EdwardPickering/status/1412031100654964740


Poulidor 2nds:
TdF ('64,'65, '74)
Vuelta ('65)

Uran 2nds
Giro ('13, '14)
TdF ('17)

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Rest day today
so - decorating it is then!

 

[mjr]

Eddie "the eagle" Edward's record for the ski jump is 71m. Given that he did it all himself without any funding or professional coaching, [...]

Maybe you mean paid coaching. The Viscomes were professional coaches, but I'm not sure if Eddie the Eagle paid them, or if they gave him advice because of his enthusiasm, as reportedly did many coaches when he started travelling to competitions.

What's this got to do with the Tour? Are any ski jumpers still in it?

 

[Mike_P]

UAE should sign Sam Bennett and a decent sprint train, that will cover the sprint stages and TP can cope on his own on the rest.

 

[MasterDabber]

Roglic's crash this week must have felt minor compared to this.

View: https://youtu.be/oNRYgKyZBAI

 

[yello]

Age restricted. First time I've come across that.

 

[Buck]

Over the last Sky years (era?) I'd gotten used to it being a race for 2nd. It was the only way I could sustain interest. And even then, I stopped watching in the last few years, just read reports. What's happening now is a god-send for my interest in the sport.

Totally agree. The carnage of the first couple of days has opened up the race beyond its usual formulaic outcomes.
we’ve had so many twists and turns in the first week that nobody can see the next two weeks as being a “done thing”.
For me it has been so good to see some new GC contenders coming through as a result too.
Plus the resurgence by Cav has been something to behold.

 

[MasterDabber]

Age restricted. First time I've come across that.

When you post a video on YouTube it asks you whether you want to age restrict the access.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Hopefully Cav is still in good nick after the mountains for tomorrow

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Worrying?

De Gendt: It's clear that the general level is just much higher at the Tour de France | Cyclingnews

Possibly, but I hope not.

 

[matticus]

Hopefully Cav is still in good nick after the mountains for tomorrow

Cav fans should watch the Rest Day ITV4 prog - great interview, classic Cav (and Freibos failed to bait him )

 

[geocycle]

Brilliant ITV rest day show. Loved the line from Imlach about his late director ‘he could have set up a stubbornness consultancy in a field full of mules’ will use that one! Nice tribute and the climate change was different,

 

[cyberknight]

Wait until Team Ineos sign Tadej Pogacar!

(Don't worry, that'll never happen!)

I can see it happening, either at the end of contract or if ineos really want him a contract buyout

 

[cisamcgu]

indeed we all think sprinters are slow on hills but the fact is most of them would trounce any amateur on any sort of terrain

A case in point is Chris Boardman - a specialist time trialist and a very poor TdF climber. However, he was the Britsih hill climb champion for 4 years in succession - the best amateur the UK had to offer. It reinforces the idea that a poor TdF climber would out-perform pretty much anyone else.

 

[Beebo]

I use "double the pros' time" as a benchmark quite often, going back to when I was a runner. Marathon? 2hrs for the pros. 4h will do me. The peloton can cruise happily at 40-50kmh. I cruise happily at 20-25 kmh. And so on.

Of course that's only for running and cycling, things that I would consider myself good at. Thinks like shot-putt or swimming or other stuff that I never do I'm probably down to 10%. Ski-jumping probably more like a fraction of a percent

Edit: I just checked. Stage 1 of the 2016 tour (flat, 188km) was won by Cav in 4h 13' 55" I rode it a few days before the race and it took me 11h 04' 58". So a factor of 2.6 Mind you that did include a hearty breakfast stop a really good lunch stop ... and a mid-afternoon snack And my route came out 10km or so longer for some reason.

I’ve had similar pub chat with friends.
Take every Olympic event and see if you can get 50%.
Sprint events are OK, long distance running a bit harder but technical track events are impossible. How’s your triple jump and hammer throwing?