Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2024 (Tour de France)

[heywoodu 14,954]

19 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

40k to go. Breakaway has 90 secs, so looks like a sprint from the very diminished peloton.  Think  Abrahamsen has bought himself a good stint in the KoM jersey.

 

And then Healy attacked. Peloton isn't looking great anymore, but still 30k to go.

[Grassmarket 3,385]

Well, if I were planning to move to  I’d definitely buy a house in the flat bit.

 

This late acceleration is going to make things a bit hairy for the Cavendish gruppetto at 30 minutes already.

 

Can’t see the breakaway making it now with 12k of flatness.

Edited June 29 by Grassmarket

[Olympicsnell 300]

1. 12 with 13k to go think bardet is doomed, and i have £1 on mads 🤣 keep going EF!

[Grassmarket 3,385]

Damn, if it was a twisty medieval Italian town the break might survive, but long straight roads mean last 200m heartbreak.

[Grassmarket 3,385]

YES!!!  

[Olympicsnell 300]

That was good fun

[Jinzha 702]

Great first stage!

 

Would've loved to see the  debutant Van den Broek win the stage and the yellow, but I guess the seniority of Bardet is understandable. Still a beautiful moment seeing them cross the line together. And what a debut for Van den Broek, really showing himself to the world!

[heywoodu 14,954]

21 minutes ago, Jinzha said:

Great first stage!

 

Would've loved to see the  debutant Van den Broek win the stage and the yellow, but I guess the seniority of Bardet is understandable. Still a beautiful moment seeing them cross the line together. And what a debut for Van den Broek, really showing himself to the world!

Agreed, but I also love Bardet getting the yellow for the first time on his career, in his last Tour! Always an attractive rider, lots of attacks and stuff.

[Grassmarket 3,385]

Looks like the peloton have learnt from yesterday & have started the catch early.

 

No, they are not bothering, so there’s attacks off the front that nobody’s bothering about.  Murderous climb to come….

Edited June 30 by Grassmarket

[Olympicsnell 300]

29 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Looks like the peloton have learnt from yesterday & have started the catch early.

 

No, they are not bothering, so there’s attacks off the front that nobody’s bothering about.  Murderous climb to come….

I got a trolley-train up that climb, was easy. wife specifically said "i am not walking up that"