Men's Road Cycling UCI Tour de France 2018

[mihamiha 124]

10 minutes ago, Agger said:

 

Richie Porte and co. will be sorry that they didn't even participate in the Tour 

porte was in tour, but he crashed

[Agger 1,663]

3 minutes ago, mihamiha said:

porte was in tour, but he crashed

 

Considering that it starts today, he can't 

Jokes aside. I don't really agree that it starts today. Back in the days where it was pretty much just a prologue and some boring flat stages before the mountains (and maybe a TTT), I could agree that the mountains were the real start, but looking at what we've seen so far, I would say that it has been on for quite some time. The weather didn't really help making some big differences on the cobbles, but those and also some hilly stages with decent potential. We have afterall seen the GC riders fighting on at least Mur de Bretagne and the cobbles.

[mihamiha 124]

9 minutes ago, Agger said:

 

Considering that it starts today, he can't 

Jokes aside. I don't really agree that it starts today. Back in the days where it was pretty much just a prologue and some boring flat stages before the mountains (and maybe a TTT), I could agree that the mountains were the real start, but looking at what we've seen so far, I would say that it has been on for quite some time. The weather didn't really help making some big differences on the cobbles, but those and also some hilly stages with decent potential. We have afterall seen the GC riders fighting on at least Mur de Bretagne and the cobbles.

agree, but in next 3 stages we will see a lot of changes in top 20 and favourites will stand out

[Agger 1,663]

1 minute ago, mihamiha said:

agree, but in next 3 stages we will see a lot of changes in top 20 and favourites will stand out

 

Sure (though I would only say that 3 in the current top 20 are pretty sure not to be there after the Alps (Van Avermaet, Gilbert and Kragh))

That's what's so impressive about this year's tour. No doubt that we'll see bigger differences and some will advance while others will lose the race though. I'm just sad that I'll miss the next stages

[heywoodu 15,174]

Meanwhile there's 23km to go in the first stage of La Course, the women's race. 

[Agger 1,663]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Meanwhile there's 23km to go in the first stage of La Course, the women's race. 

 

Isn't it just one stage this year?

[heywoodu 15,174]

Just now, Agger said:

 

Isn't it just one stage this year?

 

I don't know, but that would be disappointing. 

[heywoodu 15,174]

DNS for Puck Moonen, the female cyclist who gets a boatload of attention in the Netherlands and even though people say it's sexist, yeah, it is because of her looks, not her results  The DNS fits well in her season:

 

 

 

[Agger 1,663]

10 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

I don't know, but that would be disappointing. 

 

I'm pretty sure it is.

[Agger 1,663]

But well. Wouldn't mind seeing more or less the same sight in about 5 hours with a Dane in the break