Based Allah Flip has done it yesterday, a stage win for the French and the yellow jersey. Today it is time for a flat stage, so prepare for comfy viewing, watching chateaux and falling asleep for a few hours without missing anything.
Classifications:
1. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) 9:32:19 2. Wout van Aert (Bel) 0:20 3. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) 0:25 4. George Bennett (NZl) “ 5. Michael Matthews (Aus) 0:40 6. Egan Bernal (Col) “ 7. Geraint Thomas (GBr) 0:45 8. Enric Mas (Spa) 0:46 9. Greg van Avermaet (Bel) 0:51 10. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) “
Points: Peter Sagan Mountains: Tim Wellens Youth: Wout van Aert
Contenders today:
Dylan Groenewegen 3.0 Elia Viviani 5.5 Caleb Ewan 5.5 Peter Sagan 23.0 Sonny Colbrelli 23.0 Giacomo Nizzolo 26.0 Alexander Kristoff 26.0 Michael Matthews 31.0 Mike Teunissen 41.0
I love the tdf threads. And while I'm never able to really participate with them live, I always have the thread open as I watch the replay going, following along with the memes.
I'm awake so I'm able to post early before I head off to bed.
There's a bike race taking place in my city (Vancouver) on Wednesday. It just so happens to be a small circuit and my place is right inside the course. My street becomes the place where all of the teams set up, so going outside is lovely because I get to see all the racers warming up and all the beautiful bikes everywhere. And just walking a few feet north or south takes me to the circuit, which is all cobbles, where I can watch the racers zip on by. I'll be taking my gf there to cheer on literally anyone and just shout whenever they pass us.
Anyways, goodnight everyone. Enjoy the race!
/blog
Chase Diaz
>daily reminder Viviani won't win a gt stage in 2019
I hope not. My brother has him as captain on sprintstages while I have Greenstreets. I usually win by a huge margin but this time I really think he has the better team. Embarassing
Andrew Ramirez
>Elia Viviani 5.5 lmao Overrated exposed fraud who won't win a SINGLE GT stage in 2019
Evening lads, managed to get out for a ride today after work. Heart rate monitor stopped working and momentarily thought I was dying. Glad to be here for this glorious sprint stage. My money is on the hafu pocket rocket, he cute.
Jayden Edwards
If they go full gas on the last climb the kid will die again like yesterday.
Justin Sullivan
Like "huiswijk" but with kr
Carson Hill
I'll keep an eye out for that. It's only 3.2km at 5% according to the profile, is Caleb really that bad at climbing? Or will all the pure sprinters die?
They were talking about Alaphilippe on French tv, saying that since he can't keep the maillot jaune til Paris he'd better let it go and concentrate on winning stages. But if he can win stages (presumably mountain stages like last year), why couldn't he fight to win the TdF ?
Carter Morgan
They deserve it because they fought for it and fought to keep it. How close is your nearest US military base?
Mason Turner
>"sprintère" The F*CK is this peasant pronounciation
Landon Collins
>effortlessly beats the pack Imagine if those bikes were allowed, the general speed of the races.
Henry Edwards
He can only win those stages if he gets in the breakaway and is far in the standing
Isaiah Ortiz
they are Ineos uses them
Xavier Jones
ask >tejay
Justin Evans
As I understand it someone good in mountain stages just needs to kill the breakaways with his team to protect the maillot jaune, like literally every winner did ?
Wyatt Perry
Disappointing that they're not talking him up.
Jackson Allen
>roadgame.mp3
Robert Morris
if Sagan get's 2agan'd today he'll become the one with most second places in Tour History
The GC teams don't 'kill' the breakaways that aim for stage wins they only care about stopping other GC riders from getting away. So if Allan Philip is behind in the standings he'll be allowed to ride in a breakaway where he will probably have the strongest finish and can win the stage.
There is a difference between being good at getting stage wins/one day races and then being able to sit in the favorite group every day for three weeks in order to win a GT. He wont win the tour so he's better off falling behind in the standings so he can win more stages.
i could see him pulling a greg, hopping along with the break and surviving untill stage 14 desu. allah tends to get what he sets his eyes on.
Charles Fisher
I must admit your roads are cleaner for garbage than ours. We are peculiar, we prefer to not clean up other people's rubbish, we want the culprit to be caught and made to clean it up themselves. You'll see garbage and shitty graffiti over here that's 20 years old
Caleb Gomez
finally Porte could win something
Jason Ross
But all the best ones would not finish the race so it would be some shitter with a tiny scratch on his knee that won the jersey every year.
Andrew Smith
There is no way he's going to finish within 40s of Bernal on Planches des Belles Filles.
Owen Fisher
can't wait. 1 week of tdf is already better than the whole giro
I don't believe in the conspiracy theory because I don't see why Ineos would bother to fake a crash but it is weird how there was no blood on the road and no scratches to be seen on Froome. I mean he looks like a cancer patient or something in that pic not someone who fell off their bike.
gva kept the yellow last year trough this stage by going in the break (flip won that stage). flip could defo do it, unless any of the gc riders has serious objections, in which case he has no chance.
>been beaten by fucking Stephen Strayer lmao at you user
Liam Jenkins
The Ripped Bloody Jersey kek
Ayden Fisher
Possibly internal injuries, easy to understand considering the body is frail as opposed to robust.
Luis Sullivan
He put almost 20 seconds into Andy Levine though. Not bad at all.
Connor Ortiz
How many excuses does Tejay van Garderen have this year?
Aiden Jones
But they reported he had open fractures and nearly died of blood loss.
Easton Miller
Jeez, France is so beautiful, must be like living in fairy land. Makes Australian rural towns look like shitholes.
Joseph Myers
Below that blanker on the chest there were open wounds, broken ribs. Open break just below the hip. He had major surgery for about 6 hours = feel shit for a long time.
Nathaniel Walker
this year? none.
Jack Brown
Another win for G
Parker Jones
Delete, this killed Tom in 2015. He was gonna take the yellow jersey for sure that stage :(
None, he will win this Tour. He's the dark horse to watch. Tejay is my new hero, fuck Quintana and his nancy pansy attacks.
Ethan Richardson
What's meme about them?
Xavier Jenkins
Im sure you're neck of the woods looks fine. You should try living in Canada, particularly near Toronto, ugliest place I've ever been. I hear parts of the US look the same.
I knew a guy had an accident on his motorbike, he was hit by a car that didn't give him way because didn't see him. Anyway, it happened about 9pm, he felt ok so went home and was asleep by 11pm, woke up at 2 or 3am with pain in his abdomen. He had massive internal bleeding and he died. He was 23.
Then you actually go there and is full of nigger, i'm not racist btw.
Daniel Martinez
oui
Mason Hill
Australia is ok but France is better. I`d love to live in Europe. Australia is a hellhole in summer.
Oliver Smith
What's the benefit to wearing these? Was his iron too high?
Easton Kelly
Thanks f.am Lorraine's countryside is a bit bland imo, towns set aside It's mostly flat and agricultural and it's been war raped a few times, it's certainly not ugly but I'd say there are noticeably prettier regions in this TDF, like the Massif Central stages or the Pyrenean foothills
James Price
A hot summer day in Dublin is 23°c. It gets humid here though.
Ineos are using LW wheels. I thought they were expensive memes. what marginal gain is this?
Dylan Clark
Look like our average Belgian tourists to me.
Dylan Mitchell
>that filthy water
hon hon hon
Grayson Hernandez
worth tuning in already?
Mason Bell
I'm sure you can find bad parts in Europe, but overall Europe is a beautiful part of the world. Wish my parents never migrated to this goddamn furnace.
Luis Peterson
You can fill them with extra clean blood in case of an emergency doping test and you don't have time to crash.
Aiden Howard
I had a trip in Ireland in summer few years ago, it was one of my dreams don't ask me why, IT'S FUCKING COLD YOU BASTARDS, the weather almost killed the fun.
Noah Price
I just have it as background noice, not expecting any happenings but I can tune in if there's crashes or something
Xavier Phillips
23c and humid, that's fine by me.
Blake Hall
I love hearing Frenchies talk about cold, I ride with a French dude and he complains about being freezing when it's 15c in the mountains lmao such a bitch.
>stage is 213,500m >only final 200m is important >the rest is just about GC contenders trying not to crash because of a fucking loose pebble or something retarded
Xavier Torres
Ireland is at sea level, you shouldn't need to wear a pullover in fucking July.
It`s also that whole European feel that I like. The history, culture, architecture, people and everything else that makes Europe great. And France is the jewel of Europe. I was in Paris a few years ago and absolutely loved it`s good and bad side. I cried on the plane back, did not want to leave. So many great memories of France and Paris.
Austin Ward
15c and I'm wearing shorts and tshirt
Wyatt Bennett
It's 19°c right now. We get arctic air sometimes it can be cool still in summer evenings. It's pretty good though really, never too hot
But there are trees in Northern Territory and Far North Queensland
Aaron Jenkins
I put long sleeves as soon as viable since the sun makes your skin age faster.
Jacob Brown
I live near a beach in Dublin, at the weekend if it's sunny and anything near 20°c the beach is absolutely packed with people from further in near the city all sunbathing and swimming.
Brandon Bell
Yeah because it's sub-tropical, which means a hellhole in summer Probably stunning nature but heavy to handle
Hunter Brooks
Some of the trees in Australia will attack you if you touch them.
Zachary Murphy
just use sun blocker la
Jack Ross
I wish i could do that. If i wear too much i sweat too much and it actually becomes a danger. Lots of riders here in the land of the nip wear long sleeves and tights all year round even if its 38c outside. But I'd be in the hospital if i did that.
Jackson Lewis
>there is definitely potential for echelons this stage >you remember that stage with echelons a few years back? >we've had echelons before early in the tour >sagan positioned at the front, very good echelon rider, you think hes up to something? >look at those flags! any second now! >sure, its its far from the finish, but this piece of road is perfect for echelons >jumbo at the front of the pack, you dont think they could get caught of guard by echelons today do you? >straight road coming up in a few km... if only had the intention to stir some chaos we could get... is this a dutch thing?
I do the opposite, I leave around 5 pm until 9:30 pm
Easton Wilson
they're just hoping this boring stage becomes interesting, can't blame them
Mason Jackson
Yes, but it's really hot and high humidity. Go to cool off at the beach and the water feels warm after a couple of minutes. Aircon is the only thing that makes it bearable on some days.
Isaiah White
Why doesn't anyone wear morphsuits in TT stages for aerodynamic purposes?
I've started channel hopping. Currently watching a rerun of Friends.
Angel Lewis
Do you have a guy who talks about every casttle and church and shiet on your channel guys ? Ours has like half of the talk, pretty comfy.
Jaxon Foster
fucking humidity. was talking to a lad from Arizona who says 20c in Ireland is worse than 35c in Arizona
Christian Myers
Nah, if his sleeves aren't too tight and a good fabric he's better off covering up
Jayden Jackson
>I wake up at 5am for my rides to avoid the sun.
I am up at 4AM and on the bike by 445-5AM. The Central Florida sun can be extremely brutal and with work schedules, only time can go. Evenings are strong thunderstorms daily.
Chase Sullivan
And night ridings?
John Carter
There are rules, even the socks are regulated.
Jackson Moore
you now remember when Sagan and Skel did something.
Guys I'm watching bike racing for the first time Why is that Lotto team allowed to wear yellow clothing?
Juan Jones
based stage
Easton Robinson
>Friends
Why? That shit is really not funny, can't stand it.
Lucas Bailey
Been to Dubai, 42 degrees there was way more tolerable than 28 degrees here. Fuck humidity.
Guess that's what I get for living in a swamp.
Tyler Miller
English Eurosport they do, and one of the guys is shit at pronouncing French names, even though it's a big part of his job.
Logan Smith
There's actually a bush here in the rainforests that if you brush up against it, it will give such pain that lasts for months that some sufferers committed suicide. No cure for it either.
Samuel Foster
Our guys talk about castles and what kind of wine and all that stuff. It's part of the appeal.
Mason Morgan
What's the most aesthetic helmet? I have to replace my old Prevail 1. Abus Airbreaker looks cool
Ian Lopez
Same when I experienced 42+ in Las Vegas, it was more tolerable than 30° in Florida
Yes, because I watch on English Eurosport. Can`t stand the aussie coverage. The aussie commentators love themselves and each other.
Adam Morris
Evade II and Aether are both /fa/
Gavin Nelson
Yes phil liggett
David Brooks
Some like the dry higher temps.
Henry Edwards
The Australian coverage on sbs used to be good. I could get the sbs player to work over here until recently.
Jose Rogers
Looking at some roads on google maps, would bike the fuck out of it I've already noticed Australia is more diverse than it looks tbf, but you truly are fucked if you live somewhere in the middle
Nicholas Powell
POC Octal is very エステティック
Jonathan Price
I can't comprehend how awful they must be if this collection of wankers are a better option. At least that prick Wiggins isn't shouting low quality twitter bait from the back of a motorbike today.
Ryder Walker
I prefer late evenings before the sun sets in summer. Sweat pours off me even when riding moderately.
Bentley Ramirez
For me, it's showing several minutes of handcrafted vases in a bike race
thanks to Lance. He wanted to wear compression socks in the tour. Then someone told the organisers he was planning on wearing them and the next week they introduced a new rule on sock length
Chase Stewart
Does sweat come out of the vents or holes on the bottom of your shoes? Because that happens to me here in summer even when riding at night.
Ayden Rodriguez
I like the aero Bont one. Cheaper than the others too
Leo Edwards
This is the only helmet you will ever need, great for time trials too.
? Some French rider yesterday complained that the Vuelta has become cliff climbing and dirt roads (which made me want to watch that shit)
Austin Clark
I like Orla, I think her and Wiggins are having it off. She's always excited when he talks.
Ryder Gomez
>another hour until finish zzzzzz
Ryder Phillips
Fuck commercials btw
Leo Williams
reminder that there is a climb coming up to btfo the fatfuck sprinters
Dominic Turner
Lads.
Fugl-O-Meter is at 0% today. Powering up for Les Blances Des Filles
Robert White
Ride in Tasmania or the Snowy mountains, that's as close as you get to being in Europe.
Lincoln Perez
Bit bored lads
Charles Ross
HI GUYS
What's happened?
Justin Flores
I'm scared for Greenroads, he is still injured from the crash and is usually one of the worst climbers anyways
Jackson Hall
>Les Blances Des Filles lol what is that? are you drunk?
Lucas Hill
If I ever go to Australia it won't be to feel like in Europe that would defeat the purpose That being said both places you mentionned look stunning so yea I'd visit
I'll be in New Zealand for several months next year, if I have the opportunity I'll hop over to Australia
Cooper Flores
>erm >errrm >errm >errrrm >erm
In the fuck knows how many years this paddy cunt has being this job, has there not been a single producer tell the stuttering prick to get his shit together?
Caleb Powell
Quintana attacked, he is a few minutes ahead of the peloton now
Charles Martinez
Cow herding simulator when?
Thomas Adams
The Aubrac cow won the popular vote
Logan Sullivan
What would a Tour d'Australie look like ? there are insane 100 km straight roads in the desert here, would be fun. Also why isn't there a Tour des USA, Tour de Russie etc ?
Jonathan Hernandez
Kek Sean Kelly
Evan Diaz
tour of USA would need 50 stages
Carter Walker
There are Tours of USA states They're large enough
Jace Hughes
Tour Down Under looks pretty nice from what I remember. Pretty good advert for Straya imo.
Ha ha, New Zealand is like stepping back in time about 15 years. But does have stunning countryside. I find New Zealanders strange. On one hand they are a friendly people but on the other they have this rude,nasty,arrogant side to them. I think they get that from the islanders that live there. Islanders can change from a charming personality to a nasty one instantly. Australia is far more laid back but love to stir or banter.
Angel Myers
>shameless french moto drivers pacing pinot
William King
dragon dildos
Josiah Baker
My guess is bike components
Parker Mitchell
Anime pillow
Jaxson Baker
Read about "burons" if you want to see how deep the comfy hole goes
Forget that in summer in central Australia. You will be burnt to a crisp. Probably will have to make a treaty with the Abos, you might be riding over sacred land or some shit. Also big red kangaroos might attack at full hopping speed at the peloton. Believe me, there will be deaths. Anyway there is a Tour Down Under in South Aus.
Gabriel Foster
I like these threads so much. Please don't change guys.
Jordan Kelly
>Frederick Baka
Landon Torres
Tour with only night stages would solve the problem
I just work 9:00-14:30 monday-thursdays doing the summer
Carson Kelly
blood centrifuge
Sebastian Kelly
We have a huge TV in the office and warehouse.
Lucas Harris
Would be pretty sneaky of Ineos to lay some tacks down with all this tree cover because no one would see
Jacob Phillips
I had a snake drop out of the tree on me while riding at night. Thank god it was only a non venomous python. Damn thing was nearly 2 metres long. Crashed my bike into the gutter and fell on the pavement with the snake slithering away into a bush. Scared the shit out of me lol.
Believe it or not there are nocturnal animals that are active at night. The greenies would complain if they get killed or injured on the roads.
Gabriel James
Put them as human shields
Aaron Wright
are you some kind of Kiwi apetor?
Robert Thompson
for me, it's the board of the qt girls
Oliver Cooper
*côte *Alpes
Jaxon Robinson
I propose extra QTs are posted during Stage 6
Bentley Young
for me it's stages with small cutie côtes
Ian Hill
Tell Dutch riders it's not the Alps already
Aiden Barnes
That's fucken beautiful user.
Owen Ward
Be on the west coast of the US - finishes around 9 am (plus I'm a PhD student so I set my own hours)
Grayson Brown
De rien
Alexander Price
Based sunweb killing fat sprinters
Anthony Reyes
>Tour of Australia happens >stage goes through the wilderness >Tom Dumoulin has to make an emergency poop stop >looks around for dingo or kangaroo >checks carefully where he's stepping in case of tunnel spider or hidden snake >sniffs the air for abo smell >coast is clear, time to unleash another proud Dutch turd >squats comfortably in the shade of a tree because of the scorching sun and gets to work >soon, after tremendous wet farts, a noxious smeel starts to rise in the air >Tom clenches his teeth, it's nearly there >he loudly grunts before screaming in anger >"KOM UIT JE GROTE ROTZOOI" >an enraged koala falls on his head and proceeds to maul him to death Such is life in Tour of Australia.
Robert Hernandez
Work in an office with a wall behind me and none can look on my screen. I usually have my actual work done by 11am and then just browse the internet/watch cycling/play fm. Last year with FM18 I won the Champions League with Truro City during work. No one seems to care enough that my job can essentially be done with 10 hours a week instead of 40.
Andrew Foster
>No one seems to care enough that my job can essentially be done with 10 hours a week instead of 40. >capitalism.txt
Wouldn't it be more true for socialism? The problem with my job is that so much time is lost on communicating with clients and there isn't enough work to be done when we're waiting on clients. I always see my colleagues working seriously though and I dont know if they're pretending or actually are working 40 hours..
I would burn that Novotel to the ground as team boss 2bh. Why the fuck to they agree with that? I find it also strange that riders sleeping with two in the same room as a bunch of faggits. Every team does that. Is it tradition? Give them a room for themselves.
Carson Stewart
The fuck are you expecting from a novotel lmao
Brody Roberts
who wants to bet FDJ and AG2R get the best hotels/rooms
Jack Robinson
Well yeah.. WHY ARE THEY IN A NOVOTEL?? So many questions. Jumbo was sleeping in a cheap van der Valk hotel. The crappiest of all hotels. I don't get it. Even fans that live nearby will give them a better bed.
Oliver Thomas
Maybe because there are literally thousands upon thousands of niggers living in a small fucking town with limited numbers of hotels in the middle of the fucking pyrinees you ape?
Lucas Williams
It's good. I avoided any steeper hills, do not want stress with my knee, cause I know I would push too hard.
Andrew Campbell
Book them in advance then you Dane
Isaac Bennett
Article 2.2.010 of the UCI Regulations now reads: “In all road stage races on the international calendar, the organisers must cover the subsistence expenses of the teams from the night before the start to the final day; riders must stay in the hotels provided by the organiser throughout the entire duration of the race”.
And the UCI insist: “The decision was made in order to reaffirm absolute fairness between all riders. The amended article comes into force immediately.”
Jaxon Sullivan
Holy shit. The UCI does this? I have no words. Bunch of cheap cunts.
Isaiah Nelson
Big baby needs his pacifier
Alexander Diaz
>only win 1 gt stage w the goat lead out squad itw Kittel won five tour stages in 1 year
i get the gist but its seems kind of cheap at least for towns like brussels were there could give everyone a 5* hotel if they tried to
Charles Torres
The UCI can even book hotels in small towns before they announce the route. Hotels will be happy to host the teams. >sleeping on a sofa in Novotel
Xavier Gutierrez
Anyone else has problems with Tiz cycling stream lately?
For the Giro it worked pretty well, now the stream gets disrupted and stops every few minutes and often enough it does not even load.
For Thursday I gotta find a reliable stream, think I will go with acestream, even if I have to listen to Russian commentary and do not understand a word.
Alexander Clark
you can stream eurosport 1 germany in sd for free from their website, you only need the player for hd or in the earlier hours of coverage eurosport.de/eurosport-eins-sd-live.shtml
James Nguyen
you might need to make a throwaway account ofc
Robert Reyes
Its not a matter of getting the rooms monkeyman, its about there being 5000 rooms available for 10000 people. Get it?
Charles Collins
There are no 10000 riders snowtranny. You can at least take good care of the riders.
Brayden Nelson
>at least take good care of the riders. How is that bad ?
Grayson Long
not in every sport millionairs have to sleep on sofas like hobos
Jeremiah Cooper
They could send them to the nearest homeless shelter. They should feel at home with the junkies.
Jacob Young
>sofas As long as the mattress is good I fail to see a problem.
kek
Juan White
There are riders, there are teams, there is the entire media circus, there are organizers for TdF, there are tourists from everywhere. If having to share a room with one of your buddies for the night to make millions of dollars, sign me the fuck up. Spoiled shit.
Wyatt Rivera
Read the fucking thread
Aiden Phillips
Suck my dick Luuk.
Jaxon Cook
There would be deaths literally ever single stage.
