Tour de France 2021

[Eugene Oppelt]

Can light a bonfire with all the matches being burnt in the break.

 

[Chris_]

3 minutes ago, 'Dale said:

Can light a bonfire with all the matches being burnt in the break.

 

It's been the most frustrating period of cycling I've ever seen

[Chris_]

More than that I can't believe Cav et al gave up on the break when it was only 3 mins away. 

[Yyyy]

i wonder if Mohoric saw that buttcheeks that was just flashed at him ????

[Eldron]

Mohoric has the strength of 10 men! No wonder his hotel got raided ????

[Chris_]

I'm glad (prounouced Mattie) is going to win, I like him. But wow what a k@k stage

[Vetplant]

That is the stage result done and dusted. Mohoric now too far gone. 

[Bonus]

Nicely done.  

[The Bull Shark]

That chase group rode like a bunch of muppets. None of them were interested in working together.

Edited July 16, 2021 by dev null

[Frosty]

3 hours ago, Eldron said:

He is not wrong. Hincapie got a 6 month ban AFTER he retired from cycling. While Armstrong was the king pin and deserved a rougher sentence - Hincapie's punishment was effectively zero.

Hincapie cooperated with the investigation/inquiry, along with other USPS riders.

[Sid the Sloth]

Mohoric's position is so hot. He just oozes speed. 

[Wayne pudding Mol]

22 minutes ago, Sid the Sloth said:

Mohoric's position is so hot. He just oozes speed. 

I have a similar cadence to him I noticed today

Although I might be in the granny gears at the time 

 

 

[J Wakefield]

3 hours ago, Chris_ said:

Wow! Brilliant.

We watched some netflix series the other day and it featured that restaurant. 

What a stunning looking place.

Impressive and good to know. Everyone thinks or knows Girona for cycling; but really; the food and restaurants are to me are 1st then cycling.

 

 

[Frosty]

 

[DieselnDust]

4 hours ago, Jewbacca said:

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/cycling-moves-down-sports-doping-list-three-places-to-8th-with-18-recorded-cases-in-2020-489189

So 3 world tour cyclists bust in 2020, the lowest in 15 years, 8 World Tour riders in 2019..... There were also WAY less tests conducted.

Then there's this

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/sports/cycling/cycling-freeman-team-sky-doping.html

So no, things are very much still happening and the 'change in attitude' won't happen unless there are a number of years between guilty parties and adverse findings. If there are multiple naughty people caught every single year, there can be no shift away from the perception.

 

There will always be naughty people.

[Jewbacca]

1 hour ago, DieselnDust said:

There will always be naughty people.

So in the same breath I must have a mental shift and believe that the peleton is clean despite 'unbelievable' performances but also accept that there will always be naughty people?

By accepting 'there will always be naughty people' doesn't that completely put a stop to any mental shift that says when there is smoke there isn't fire?