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Wow, that was close.

Sprint Teams left this too late methinks... Breakaway is going to steal this...

I think we don't even have the slightest idea of what the "good guys" are up against:

The wife of a colleague of mine is an Industrial Engineer at ESKOM. She worked at Kusile, she now sits in the Strategic Planning department, she is sitting in meetings with Andre de Ruyter a couple of times a week. His summary of what his wife told him is that the rot is beyond repair. The company culture has just deteriorated to such a degree that it might just be easier to let ESKOM die and build up a new electricity generation and transmission company from scratch. But we know that can't happen. When I contemplated to do a solar installation a year ago, he told me to do it immediately, because things are only going to get worse going forward. The outlook for our electricity supply isn't pretty.

Jinx!

STRONG breakaway established, 4min lead: Andrea Vendrame (AG2R Citroën), Mathieu Van der Poel, Stefano Oldani, Oscar Riesebeek (Alpecin-Fenix), Valerio Conti (Astana Qazaqstan), Santiago Buitrago, Jasha Sütterlin (Bahrain-Victorious), Wilco Kelderman (Bora-hansgrohe), Simone Consonni (Cofidis), Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Education-EasyPost), Vincenzo Albanese (Eolo-Kometa), Lorenzo Rota, Rein Taaramäe (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert), Pascal Eenkhoorn, Gijs Leemreize (Jumbo-Visma), Michael Schwarzmann (Lotto Soudal), Will Barta (Movistar), Davide Ballerini (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), Lucas Hamilton, Matteo Sobrero (BikeExchange-Jayco), Nico Denz (Team DSM) and Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo).

You are a day early Dale... that is the Profile for tomorrow This is the profile for today. But yes, still one for the breakaway IMHO

Thanks, that was a good read.

He might be a bit disappointed in his results, but I have to say, he did hit the deck quite hard on that tough uphill finish on stage 1. He would have had a 3rd-place finish there and then most likely some better results in the rest of the stages if he didn't make contact with the tarmac.

Winds... Teams trying to split it... 80km out. Tune in if you can

Silver lining from all the drama of the damage to his eye: He can go recover and build up again to be in peak form for Le Tour... giving the other puncheur-sprinters a hard time on the biggest cycling platform there is.

Ah shucks, so close

Girmay to put on the Ciclamino Jersey with that win?

Girmay you bizkit! To beat MvdP is a big achievement!

Riders are going to sweat this next week, as temperatures soar. Temps might be hitting 40s in Spain or France. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/16/unusually-high-temperatures-to-hit-western-europe-this-week

To keep us all properly on our toes w.r.t. team names, Deceuninck is joining Alpecin in sporsorship of the team currently known as Alpecin-Fenix. At LeTour it will be Alpecin-Deceuninck, not to be confused for the team that Julian Allaphillipe will be representing, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl(Formerly known as Deceuninck-QuickStep) 😵

Very true. Pierre Spies comes to mind, also a Nylstroom native, got picked up by Affies after he was identified in primary school as a promising talent.

Hoërskool Nylstroom. The only Springbok that got recognized out of the school in the past 30 years is Arno Botha. So by no means an obvious rugby powerhouse of a school.

He misread that corner completely, lucky to find a gap between the wall and barrier for a "softer" landing. Hope he makes it to the finish without injury.

If Drive To Survive was accurate:

Thrilling finish between these riders!

Davide Formolo (UAE Team Emirates), Koen Bouwman, Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma), Diego Camargo (EF Education-EasyPost), Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), Wout Poels (Bahrain-Victorious) and Davide Villella (Cofidis) I'm not going to pick one, but it is setting up for one of these okes in the break taking the win today.

Breakaway taking shape on the inclines now. Wout Poels way in front, many trying to join him.

30kms in and no break is established, yet, but not for a lack of trying. The parcours could favour a breakaway win, so nobody wants to miss it. Average speed is currently at 50km/h.

Cav's chances of taking another stage win just took a serious knock: