Tour de France 2022

[Jakkals.]

14 minutes ago, edgarblount said:

Not only the college fund, the house, the cars, the dogs. Everything!

Hey, LM was virtual 4th for like 2 seconds last week.

No he was virtually second...on the podium(virtually on the podium)

[Vetplant]

This was the best TDF in recent memory for me, and like this tweet, I also think it is actually best for the TDF that Pogi didn't win this year. (Even though I personally really like the guy and his racing style)

 

[Shebeen]

On 7/23/2022 at 6:15 PM, Frosty said:

Louis looks, and sounds, disappointed.
Week 1, and the breaks in the high mountains; the reason he feels that made today hard.

normally he would have had Nairo's number in a ITT, all the matches burnt getting there.

On 7/23/2022 at 7:52 PM, DJuice said:

Great ride by Louis!

8th place in this years tour trumps the previous 8 placings.

Hopefully this tour gives him the confidence to go for stage win in a grand tour or perhaps one of the classics, still think Lombardia.

Some pressure on admin to get us a lekker interview with Louis.

 

I suppose we can dissect this for another 12 months, but it is hard to compare the current peleton with the Froome - sky/ineos era that Louis got his other 8th places at. A lot of good(and sometimes young) riders have got podiums during this period and never kicked on. Now we had two guys aged 23 and 25 this year streets ahead of the rest, and Bernal won it at age 22 in 2019.

The old adage of a TdF GC contenders generally maturing through their 20s and challenging in their 30s has been blown away for good now.

Looking away from the data and numbers, I'm stoked to see how he has blossomed at IWG, back in 2016/17 he was not more than just a really good follower of wheels, grinding out a result by process of elimination. This year he has been attacking and making moves, a lot more exciting to see and to me a lot more promising for the future. 

 

2016 GC top10 - 6:58 behind (tied on time with rodriguez)

 

2017 GC top10 - 8:20 behind

2022 - 18:20 behind, not forgetting how he was given GC rope by being a good 10 minutes by being so far behind in the first place

[Frosty]

[DieselnDust]

12 hours ago, Jakkals. said:

Wout is from Belgium.

Yes he is and he answered that question like a proper Nederlander. Did you know that Flemish Belgium was once part of Holland and the Flemish town of Herentals is twinned with Ijsselstein in the Netherlands. Culturally the people from Zuid  Holland and The Flemish Region are very similar, hence he answered that question like a proper Nederlander

Edited July 25, 2022 by DieselnDust

[Underachiever]

1 hour ago, Shebeen said:

normally he would have had Nairo's number in a ITT, all the matches burnt getting there.

I suppose we can dissect this for another 12 months, but it is hard to compare the current peleton with the Froome - sky/ineos era that Louis got his other 8th places at. A lot of good(and sometimes young) riders have got podiums during this period and never kicked on. Now we had two guys aged 23 and 25 this year streets ahead of the rest, and Bernal won it at age 22 in 2019.

The old adage of a TdF GC contenders generally maturing through their 20s and challenging in their 30s has been blown away for good now.

Looking away from the data and numbers, I'm stoked to see how he has blossomed at IWG, back in 2016/17 he was not more than just a really good follower of wheels, grinding out a result by process of elimination. This year he has been attacking and making moves, a lot more exciting to see and to me a lot more promising for the future. 

 

2016 GC top10 - 6:58 behind (tied on time with rodriguez)

 

2017 GC top10 - 8:20 behind

2022 - 18:20 behind, not forgetting how he was given GC rope by being a good 10 minutes by being so far behind in the first place

Look at the company he is in.  Such class.

Which makes the forgotten years even harder to swallow. 

I agree, it was excellent seeing him actually RACING.  And being excellent at it!!

[Vetplant]

"You know what, I'd bet this Trophy can double as a Vase..."

 

[Vetplant]

Excuse my ignorance, but can someone please explain these "Grapes" categories shown in the TDF Femmes Stage 4 Profile?

[splat]

1 hour ago, Vetplant said:

"You know what, I'd bet this Trophy can double as a Vase..."

 

Peter Sagan doing his thing

[worriesnot]

9 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

Excuse my ignorance, but can someone please explain these "Grapes" categories shown in the TDF Femmes Stage 4 Profile?

 

Dunno... where they stop and do shooters...? 

[splat]

14 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

Excuse my ignorance, but can someone please explain these "Grapes" categories shown in the TDF Femmes Stage 4 Profile?

4th stage (July 27): Troyes - Bar-sur-Aube

126 km . The French “strade bianche”. As they approach Bar-sur-Aube, the peloton will cross four sectors of white paths (12.9 km in total), often steep chalky paths that wind through the vines. "These areas will be much larger than those that the Men's Tour had recently offered on the Glières plateau or at the Planche des Belles Filles" , warns Marion Rousse.

[DieselnDust]

1 hour ago, splat said:

Peter Sagan doing his thing

Chris doesn’t look impressed….

He’s got that….Bishops Look on his face

[DieselnDust]

1 hour ago, worriesnot said:

 

Dunno... where they stop and do shooters...? 

Red wine and sokkie jawl locations 

['Dale]

7 hours ago, Frosty said:

Jonas was a substitute for Big Tom in 2021 to be a sherpa for Roglić. At the time, Dumoulin was struggling with the demands of the sport (that was the publicity at least). En kyk nou! That’s what I adore about sport - there’s a magic in there somewhere. 
 

[Vetplant]

OK, final one then I'm done

Lets pin this post and come back to it in the 2040s.
We all know the kid has the Genes for it...

 

 

[Jakkals.]

41 minutes ago, Vetplant said:

OK, final one then I'm done

Lets pin this post and come back to it in the 2040s.
We all know the kid has the Genes for it...

 

 

he was already turning the pedals here.