Tour de France 2022

[justinafrika]

12 minutes ago, lechatnoir said:

your point is acknowledged. judging by where this discussion could go, this extremely valuable (to us) thread can't get shut down, and it's not even Friday. My offering to you is to formulate a proper argument in a thread dedicated to it. Muddying the waters here won't get anything achieved

Got it, I’ll shut it.  😊  Can’t imagine why a discussion about a TdF team would get this thread shut down, surely not in this dimension or on this planet...  Zip.

- a cycling obsessed currently unemployed half-retiree with clearly too much time on his hands

Edited July 5, 2022 by justinafrika

[Vetplant]

2 minutes ago, justinafrika said:

Got it, I’ll shut it.  😊  Can’t imagine why a discussion about a TdF team would get this thread shut down, surely not in this dimension or on this planet...  Zip.

Have you been online in the past two years? People have highly emotive opinions about any current topic, so best to isolate such a discussion from the actual racing action.

NB: We are not saying "shut-it", we are asking to separate it from this thread.

(Fine, I created the thread myself, just go post your postulation there and we can discuss: Ethics)

[justinafrika]

10 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

Have you been online in the past two years? People have highly emotive opinions about any current topic, so best to isolate such a discussion from the actual racing action.

NB: We are not saying "shut-it", we are asking to separate it from this thread.

(Fine, I created the thread myself, just go post your postulation there and we can discuss: Ethics)

I know bruh, no worries.  There was no defensiveness on my part I light-heartedly volunteered to shut it.

Edited July 5, 2022 by justinafrika

[DJuice]

29 minutes ago, justinafrika said:

- a cycling obsessed currently unemployed half-retiree with clearly too much time on his hands

I am day dreaming about this...in my future hopefully before I turn 70 and not on a dumb trainer at 04:30 in the garage.

Go on long extended bike adventures!!!

['Dale]

By crossing the first 8 summits of the Tour de France first, Magnus Cort breaks a record set by Federico Bahamontes in 1958. - StatsMan

['Dale]

Approaching the foot of the Cap Blanc-Nez, with enough 10% gradients to handbrake the guys with big thighs. Puncheurs to the front.

Go, Sagz Baby.

[justinafrika]

30 minutes ago, DJuice said:

I am day dreaming about this...in my future hopefully before I turn 70 and not on a dumb trainer at 04:30 in the garage.

Go on long extended bike adventures!!!

Yeaaahhh with kids many years out of the house I’ve the freedom to almost only cycle wherever I go.  Am on for a chilly-overcast-showery few hours night riding as soon as this stage concludes… Man I’d love to biketour this gorgeous northern French coast.  Finale action!!!

Edited July 5, 2022 by justinafrika

[Vetplant]

WOUT! 

[milky4130]

Wow I’ll eat my hat, that was total nuclear ☢️  I didn’t expect that 🫣

[milky4130]

I guess if you can’t win against the pure sprinters then go on a solo attack should do the trick 🙌🏻

['Dale]

2-2-2-1

[Rowl]

What an attack and what a finish! As said, nuclear

[Vetplant]

Not sure whether everyone picked up on it, but Jonas looked dangerously strong on that final climb. Yates too. 

Safe to say, I think we will NOT have a procession in the GC battle. 

Edited July 5, 2022 by Vetplant

[milky4130]

34 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

Not sure whether everyone picked up on it, but Jonas looked dangerously strong on that final climb. Yates too. 

Safe to say, I think we will NOT have a procession in the GC battle. 

I hope that was the case and that Poggie just stuck to his game plan, maybe marking Roglic only and doesn’t consider the others as threats in the GC battle? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[F@yino]

Unbelievable race today. Well done Wout and Jumbo Visma. 

[Vetplant]

I was a little surprised the TDF TV director decided to do the Super SlowMo of Phillipsen crossing the line. The embarrassment is worth the airtime he got for the sponsors

Edited July 5, 2022 by Vetplant