Tour de France 2020
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SFMCjohn
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fun listening to Mr Roll talk about how the stages have evolved recently ... think he was saying the Tour these days is now harder and maybe favors climbers ...? :dunno
The riders from Columbia all seem to be wonderful climbers, anyway ...
and it looks like we have five Colombians in the GC top ten today? :ride
He also said that eight man teams have perhaps limited the participation of some riders ... he was specifically talking about the future of Mr Cavendish.
enjoyed this:
Tour de France 2020: First Rest Day Review
idk ... two French riders in the GC top-five, maybe I’ll root for France ... :laughing
anyway, fun to think about how a sport becomes dominated for a time by different nationalities ...
The riders from Columbia all seem to be wonderful climbers, anyway ...
and it looks like we have five Colombians in the GC top ten today? :ride
He also said that eight man teams have perhaps limited the participation of some riders ... he was specifically talking about the future of Mr Cavendish.
enjoyed this:
Tour de France 2020: First Rest Day Review
idk ... two French riders in the GC top-five, maybe I’ll root for France ... :laughing
anyway, fun to think about how a sport becomes dominated for a time by different nationalities ...
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seadog
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SFMCjohn
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Wasn't Pablo Escobar Colombian? Coincidence?
we have to draw the line somewhere, because it’s snort a good idea to look for cokeincidences ... :toothless
in other news, Mr Prudhomme and three other team support people test positive for Covid ... guess I can add rooting for the race to go the distance to my list of TdF things to root for. :dunno
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GAJ
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Did he get a penalty for shoving that guy out of the way within feet of the line?
He certainly deserved one.
I don't want to google it as there could be spoilers of today's race which looks a bit more interesting than the last two boring days, (other than the sprints).
wannabe
"Insignificant Other"
They totally had to. I forgot what race it was, but there was a similar incident during a sprint at another race just before the Tour except that one of the riders went down and got seriously injured. That type of reaction from the judges has been coming.
One of the older guys mentioned something along these lines: "In the 80's, nothing would have happened. In the 90's, he would have gotten a warning. Now, the judges had to relegate him after what happened earlier in the year."
GAJ
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Cavendish did that ALL the time and got away with it most times IIRC.
wannabe
"Insignificant Other"
Nope. I was talking about Fabio Jacobson’s crash during the final sprint at the Tour of Poland. He got really fucked up. This is still fresh in everyone’s minds. They HAD to penalize Sagan after this happened. They had no choice.
Edit: they were probably going 40+ mph.
youtu.be/OMobj6UZpso
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wannabe
"Insignificant Other"
edit: Sorry, I just realized you were talking about the Jacobsen crash. Yes, it was the fault of the guy in yellow. He veered from his line and caused Jacobsen to crash into the immovable barrier. (He freely admitted that it was his fault.) The only reason it didn't happen in Stage 11 of the Tour de France is that Van Aart has some extra special bike handling skills and was able to stay vertical.
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UDRider
FLCL?
Ah yeah, he did deviate from the line. I think you are right.
Speaking of the TDF incident. Yeaht, that freaken idiot with selfie cam. :nchantr