Tour de France 2021

[Mntboy]

Anyone willing to make a prediction for the win given that the two breakaway groups have almost 7' on the peloton? Konrad whose just bridged across to the lead breakaway group is a potential winner. Riding strongly at the moment. 

[Mountain Bru]

27 minutes ago, Mntboy said:

Anyone willing to make a prediction for the win given that the two breakaway groups have almost 7' on the peloton? Konrad whose just bridged across to the lead breakaway group is a potential winner. Riding strongly at the moment. 

Solo break by Skujins. 
Or sprint between Matthews and Colbrelli

 

[Mntboy]

5 minutes ago, Mountain Bru said:

Solo break by Skujins. 
Or sprint between Matthews and Colbrelli

 

Personally hoping for the sprint between Matthews and Colbrelli with Colbrelli sneaking it from Matthews. 

[Patchelicious]

48 minutes ago, Mntboy said:

Anyone willing to make a prediction for the win given that the two breakaway groups have almost 7' on the peloton? Konrad whose just bridged across to the lead breakaway group is a potential winner. Riding strongly at the moment. 

Good shout that!

[Patchelicious]

They just had a close up of Konrads cranks. That Dura Ace crank arm looked a little different, seemed very smooth no sharp corners, Campy like almost?

[Mntboy]

2 minutes ago, Patchelicious said:

Good shout that!

He's been good all tour so far. He's been like Hirschi was during last year's tour. He's got a good lead at the moment. Will be an interesting finale I reckon. 

[J Wakefield]

2 hours ago, Jaco-fiets said:

That's like a 20 person entourage...............Team must have deep pockets

TD Energie have a huge budget but it is not a known thing to public they keep it quiet and Spez will put in about 6M euro in cash.

 

however the entourage is not 20 people, its more 8-10 as some have decided to stay at Bora. 

[Vetplant]

P. Konrad looking good here. He will at least be in the group contending for the win. 

[dsw]

Not so easy for pure climber Gaudu to drop new climber Colbrelli    

Edited July 13, 2021 by dsw

[Mntboy]

3 minutes ago, dsw said:

Not so easy for a pure climber Gaudu to drop new climber Cobrelli    

Yeah Colbrelli has been quite good on the climbs. Still not sure I'd call him an out an out climber though.

[Bonus]

Hope no one loses it on the descents. Roads look slippery.

[Mntboy]

1 minute ago, Bonus said:

Hope no one loses it on the descents. Roads look slippery.

Colbrelli nearly did but saved it nicely.

[Chris_]

One of these days UAE will put themselves outside of the finishline time cut... 

['Dale]

Great pic by Getty Sport Images as the Bora man chases glory

[Mntboy]

Now that's a solidly impressive ride from Konrad and a well deserved win. 

[DieselnDust]

53 minutes ago, Mntboy said:

Yeah Colbrelli has been quite good on the climbs. Still not sure I'd call him an out an out climber though.

He's found the right balance in his training to minimise his weakness without losing his strengths. Impressive tour so far for Colbrelli. My stand out rider of the 2021 tour