/cyc/ /TdF/ stage 20 Albertville - Val Thorens

Not even funny.

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The kinoest, don't get spoilered.

Is that a steel frame ??

EXIT THE THREAD NOW

Crushed under snowplough F

I feel bad for Bjarne. All that dope killed his hair gains.

/sumo/

>feeling bad for a cheating cunt
Yikes.

Jesus, you'd think the organizers of the biggest race in cycling would have a plan b for these situations, having alternate route with Madeleine etc.

Which cleats do you use/like, /cyc/?

For me, it's Shimano SPD-SL yellow cleats.

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what an underwhelming finish for such an exciting tour

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They have a plan B. See op

>what do we do when it's over?
San Sebastian next saturday
Tour de Polska Kurwa starting next saturday as well and it's a week event

Pretty much every winner has tested positive before Skyneos started paying off WADA.
Is it really cheating if everyone is cheating?

>It's another sky wins season
fuck this race man

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Not like it would have changed anything, Ineos and Jumbo would have gone full train mode in any case and kill all the attacks anyway.

I use spud sl red.

Time Xpresso

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I doubt it, t-mobile rode pinarello and I think they were aluminum at that point

they did what?

Bernal could've had a bad day, he's young - no one knows if he has the endurance for a gt, riders often go down on the last day - now we'll never know

Yes without Pinot, nobody will attack.
I also believe that if today stage wasn't canceled. Allaphilipe could have kept his yellow jersey. With the descent he would have gone back to Thomas group and the second mountain wasn't as hard as the first.

this, the second mountain was just above a puncheur type finish, he had already caught Poels etc. before it got neutralized

I think Bernal was being hold back by Ineos in this 3rd week, waiting until this very stage to see whether Geraint would have had the legs to win it again.

That doesn't happen suddenly though, they show weakness before crumbling, like Yates last year losing 40 seconds the previous stage or Pinot looking weak yesterday.

this tour has a big asterisk next to it not only because of doping but also because of MUH HAIL

Outside the ITT, at no point in the race has Thomas looked anything less than a full tier below Bernal.

He wasn't getting much closer on the part of the descent they had. He made up maybe 10 seconds and the other group still had de Plus to run himself into the ground on the flat.

Allaphillipe loses more if the stage isn't cancelled.

Yes, but Ineos is a Brit team, and they would have liked to see a Brit winning it.

user I... ;_;

Fair. Does that take getting used to with no float at all?

Honestly I didn't even know Time still existed. Do any pros still use them these days?

Bernal wasn't very strong in the Pyrenees, who knows

it's not only about Alaphilippe but also about bookie and Thomas
they could have caught up to Bernal and make things look differently

There was at least 15 k more descent though, and on wet roads he could've done even more. Again, he even caught the group with Poels etc.

Allah didn't gain any time on Bernal on the descent yesterday so no that wouldn't happen. Plus the second mountain was still at 2000 meter of altitude and after the Iseran Allah would have just lose even more time.

You missed the planche stage?

Probably very few, if any. I like the free-floating.

I don't think he would have won by a minute if they rode the full stage, but I think he would win the stage at least. Jumbo and Bora had 2 guys to sacrifice while Bernal would have to pull in the valley. Worst part is that he can save his legs for tomorrow because of this.
What would they do if the break had 4/5 minutes with a Uran or Quintana in it over the top? They could not do what they did with the time gaps.
This is kinda refball imo

He was the strongest besides Pinot and even gained time on all the other GC guys, how is that not very strong?

He was gaining time on the group with Thomas etc. brainlet, and the final climb wasn't very long or difficult

These mongs only focusing on Bernal vs Alaphilippe as if everyone else weren't on the roads and racing is frustrating. >_

Honestly was the first clips I used.
I first got them 8 years ago and just haven't had any reason to try anything else.

sadly nobody will do anything. Kruiswijk and Buchmann will just lead the peloton at first to put a high tempo to be sure Alaphilippe is dropped to take a podium spot. That's about it. They never attacked before so they won't attack now to be 1st.
Alaphillipe is too exhausted and the rest of the team too, also they might gave up on this stage to relax Viviani for the sprint at Paris. But I hope they don't do that, Viviani is shit this TdF, he lost at least two sprints even though he was in ideal conditions thanks to his teammates. I hope Lefevre punishes him and forces him to ride on the flat stage tomorrow to help Alaphilippe.

I might remember wrong, but he finished with the group on all the pyrenees stages?

Okay the ITT and a meme mountain that means literally nothing.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Him and Buchmann finished together on both stages.

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delet :(

He will be back, stronger than ever before.

Forever /Pinot/

right, so he wasn't superhuman. Point is, today's stage and yesterday's where he rode alone could've been in his legs tomorrow and made him vulnerable

BOOOOOOOOOOO
FUCK ASO

In the pack of emotions, it can be found emotions like "ASO MERDA" and "PRUDHOMME CULO"
youtube.com/watch?v=E0a1lZWoMu8

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Yes a bunch of slows that were still losing 1+ minutes on Bernal on the climbs. Also that without considering Allah was still 1 minute from them when they stopped the race so your scenario isn't very realistic. And of course on the final climb Allah would have lost even more time, it was still above 2000m not the small climbs Allah is used to race in.

Allahphillipe took 30 seconds or something on the Thomas group yesterday on a much shorter descent

idk, I think they're just dealing with the hand they've been dealt. Shit sucks, but I don't think it's really their fault.

At least it leaves us with a thousand what-ifs to discuss in the coming decades.

>rating "podium"
I'll never understand this mindset.
Cracking spectacularly while trying is even superior.

Such reasoned opinions have no place here.

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they should put rest days in the middle of the alpine stages and switch days if the weather forecast is bad for a day in particular; spectators that go early would be pissed to have the programme changed, maybe a few problems with TV coverage/teams hotels, but it'd be totally doable

Agree with that. The move was a bit of a gamble, but lucky for him they paid off at halftime for once.
But if anything positive comes of this it's that the aggressive rider is rewarded.

In this Giro, when Passo di Gavia got unavaliable to climb by excess of snow, they have put a replacement climb to keep the stage distance.

He >pinoted once more

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Heartbreaking
Maybe it was his last chance
If he didn't fuck up his knee he would have been at least with Bernal yesterday and today

Det kalder jeg et herninghoved der vil noget!

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20, and you are right on the Thomas group, Bernal kept all his advantage, he goes down just as fast as Allah.

Bunchman and Bernal finished above the others in the first Pyrenees stage, in the second they all finished together, so he was one of the few gaining time so you know, strong.

Also

> using handlebars

Giro totally and purely cancelled a stage in 2013 because of the snow

Win the Vuelta for us /Pinot/

It's people with this mindset that make the Tour boring.

It was good to see his level though. Even skeletor himself would have trouble hanging with him uphill this year. And let's face it, he is almost certainly never coming back at old level.
A Vuelta win would be awesome.

He's injured for at very least 2 months
No vuelta

How much float does it have? SPD-SL yellows are 6 degrees apparently, which is a fair amount, although less than Look reds which are 9 degrees. Looking at Time's website it looks like their floating ones have 5 degrees of float, pic related.

Interesting. For me I think it would take some getting used to having my foot position that fixed. I was just watching a video of pros being asked what they use and half of them (especially sprinters) were saying they used reds for maximum power transfer during sprints, but the other half used cleats with at least some float because they kept saying that if it's too fixed it can cause knee issues, especially if it's misaligned. I think if it's properly aligned and you adapt to it then it's fine, but it sounds like getting the right alignment is tricky and takes tiny adjustments.

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They took time from G and SK on the second as well.

Young /Pinot/
twitter.com/Inafr_officiel/status/1154761019543175169
>who's your favourite cyclist ?
>Virenque!

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Last chance?
He is 29 and steadily improving season by season.
He showed he has the level to win this race.

Why must you hurt me so

Bestemt..!

Fuck it's real. Maybe they're using it to test how would such short stages compare.
Out tour is boring af, basically same stages every year with dumb laps. Though it did let some good riders on bigger stage.

I self adjusted it, haven't had any problems so far and the knees are fine for now, don't know when I'm 40 though.
My dad's knees did explode when he was training for a triathlon so hopefully I don't end up in that situation ha.

This shit was finally about to get interesting and now they go and ruin it like this. I don't even care about who wins, it just sucks that we didnt get to see this stage play out in full.

Tour de France should be owned by Gazzetta dello Sport, like Giro d'Italia

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Keywin CRM

5 degrees then, I guess. The clip-in action is also rather nice.

Lads I'm not sure a world where Aru and Horner are Grand tour winners but Pinot isn't is a world for me

same

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mafiosis and fascists can fuck off desu

Forever and ever /Pinot/
twitter.com/i/status/1154843676209799168

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Take heart, then, that you also live in a world where Lance Armstrong is not a grand tour winner.

At least, people like Carapaz is GT winner

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;_;7

Doggo was just happy to see him :)

>Does that take getting used to with no float at all?

People rode for years without float (slotted cleats, with clips and straps).
Float is for riders who 1.) have legitimate knee issues or 2.) can't be bothered to perfectly dial in their fit.

INEOS MERDA
CARAPAZ CULO

it's owned by L'Équipe, actually

I have a premonition....if either ones of the teams play it right, neither Bernal nor Geraint will wear the Maillot Jaune after tomorrow's stage.

Long mountain TTT but with everyone starting at the same time...Ineos Merda win still not set in stone

Even sumo is 6 weeks away.
I guess soccerball will have to do until handegg comes back.

Not quite. L'Équipe used to run the Tour. L'Équipe is owned by EPA. ASO is owned by EPA.

> he doesn't watch pre-season

I certainly do not. Only 24 hours in a day lad. Don't be wasting them.

60km stage
>reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee chutes reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
and it's over

So who is the favorite to win the tour now ? Bernal ? I mean it is practically only one stage left, granted a very hard one but still. Also who could realistically still win it all if he has a perfect day tomorrow ? Is Buchman at 1:55 still possible ? I guess 2min arent that much when you look at stage 20, if you have a great day it might be actually possible I guess...

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Sounds like you're not actually a Real Fan. Shameful.

Vuelta bigger than Tour when?

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Today I took the padding net thing out of my helmet and cleaned it. Squeezed it like a spnge and the water came out black. Fucking disgusting. Reminder to clean your helmet chaps

Of course I am not a plastic fan of foreign teams. I just enjoy watching the big games.

I think Jumbo Pissma has the best chances with Kruis, if they treat it like a TTT and blend everything out, steady but very high pace.

Bernal, because of iMEOS train plus good form showed by El Elfo

Any word on what kind of wind is expected tomorrow? Could make or break the stage.

Official race power rankings

1. TDF
2. Paris Roubaix
3. Giro
4. Flanders
5. World Champs
6. Olympics
7. Vuelta
8. Tour de Trump
9. LBL
10. Lombardia

Nobody has best chances for anything. It is over. Steady pace for 60km? Dave Brailsford says thank you very much

I'd move Vuelta above Olympics, otherwise solid list. Missing:

POWER GAP
946. MSR (it's comfy, granted)

think the tour is already decided ? I really dont want ineos to win, would much rather see literally anybody else win.

Kruiswijk and Buchmann were the only two who didn't put their cards on the table today. Thomas attacked, Bernal attacked, Alaphilippe was at his limit. So I can see these two surprise us tomorrow.

you have the weird giant balloon advertisement

You're in the breakaway when this landslide blocks your path. What do?
streamable.com/2doas

Don't forget you could win the stage.

I had MSR for Tour de Trump. I think that's where it belongs. The 3rd best monument. It's pretty boring but it's a important race historically and definitely important to the riders

>Kruiswijk and Buchmann
They both would have attacked on tignes, its pretty obvious considering how they rode.

really sad for krus, he seemed in good shape.
Tomorrow is probably gonna be explosive tho, last chance for many people.

It's just so formulaic when compared to other races. I get it, but... Eh.

It's obvious they were pacing steady for the last climb and they had help for the flatter parts down to the foot as well. It's a damn shame this happened, and Bernal got extremely lucky with how this entire race played out. Before the injury issue came up he was completely outclassed by Pinot on pure level.

Lance who?

inrng.com/2019/07/roads-to-ride-val-thorens/

>History: the Tour de France has only visited once before and in 1994 Colombian climber Nelson “Cacaíto” Rodríguez won ahead of Piotr Ugrumov as the pair held off a young Marco Pantani.

Since Colombians have such an advantage at altitude I think we need to level the playing field. Foe genetic disadvantage you can get a TUE. What about genetic advantage? They must ride on heavier bikes or something

just take the bike on my shoulders and walk over it christ, it's just mud

Wait they changed the stage for tomorrow as well and made it shorter ? Well then I guess it is already over and Bernal won it... really anticlimatic... maybe I am overreacting but on such a short stage I just dont see anyone taking really any significant time off of him considering he is a strong climber and todays stage was so short already...

Angry Lance is best Lance. Today on his podcast he was shitting on Contador, Pinot and Bardet. Says he could still beat Bardet in a TT

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Of course, he's an astronaut after all

Pussy organisers don't want anything to happen. There are no more real men left in this world.

TdF and Roubaix are usually pretty anticlimactic though.
If you're talking prestige the top 3 are the GT, no question.

Explain why only Armstrong had his victories retracted despite literally every rider during his years was doped up to their ears?

Indeed. Let's make blacks run with 5lbs weights at their ankles at the 100m sprint too. Whites over 6' shouldn't be allowed to compete in swimming competitions too.

>20, and you are right on the Thomas group, Bernal kept all his advantage, he goes down just as fast as Allah.
Actually no, he took 8 seconds on Bernal and there was still 20 km of descent to go.
That said he had no more juice in the legs for the last climb. But what a berserker.

Cucks get triggered by the charisma and swagger of Armstrong.

roubaix this year was amazing, flanders was the underwhelming one this year

Yes it's over barring a chute.

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Depends on what rider you ask. Half the peloton would take Roubaix over Giro or Vuelta

Years without declared winner. Different, for example, than 2010 when Schleck has heired title took from Contador because of doping.

That's not much of a stretch, he probably still has a freezer of Ferarri blood though so he could probably beat half the peloton.

Because Giro and Vuelta is hostile to >sprinters

It was pretty good. 2016 was amazing, top 3 all time for me.
I just get so disappointed every year because they never get rain. What has it been now, 17 years?

Were there snowfalls during Paris-Roubaix?

94 or something - the year where Andre Tchmill won

A bit hard on Viviani there. Yeah as a sprinter he's shit this TdF, but he helped to get Ala over the first climb yesterday and a while after that. Surprised me to see him that long up there actually.

Because they aren't GC guys.
Why would Nils Pollitt rate the vuelta overall?
GTs are a cut above everything. For the big dogs.

>wearing a helmet
How many times did you fall on your head ?

I would never wear a helmet.
I am not a professional, I only ever hit the tarmac 4 times, I don't respect my life and I will never look like a dork on the road.

Nah, Cancellara & Boonen are bigger stars than most gc guys

I honestly just wear a helmet riding in the city because I dont trust car drivers. Already got fucked over once and hit my head on the pavement dont want to do that again.

If I ride longer rides out of the city I dont bother with a helmet that much but I find that wearing a helmet and big sunglasses makes me feel more secure like you would with a motorcycle helmet so I am more confident when going high speed on a descent. But maybe thats just me.

>virenque

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>listening to a podcast made by the biggest loser in cycling
You're beyond parody Patrick

I think this will be super exciting stage. Perfectly suits our man Cantana

Reminding Punished Virenque
youtube.com/watch?v=EMRYMqGfUb4

Everybody shall chute tomorrow and Richeze shall win Tour de France

Yes, but they also won those races multiple times and many others.
I'd take a Vuelta win over any one day race, easily. Maybe even over two.

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>a man denied his products

Dramaqueen.
It's sad he left the course like this, but he's a talented guy. He'll get plenty more chances.

What is Pinot's age?

The only kind of person who would think that helmets, such as the pros all wear, are for "dorks", is a dork.

Enjoy your death, dork.

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God I wish that was me.

>Lance is bad man. why u listin to Lance

You're the parody. If you want to give it a listen you'll find it at the top of the podcast rankings with many thousands of downloads everyday

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based
unironically helmets killed cycling, the kino mountain top finishes where you could see everybody's face will never come back again

29

It will be

>a bunch of gullible losers listen to this lowlife scum so you should too
>in fact you should listen to justin bieber too just because his videos have a billion views
You're pathetic.

Helmets don't obstruct the face, so I don't know what you're talking about.

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>1 (one) accident in a fucking century
>EVERYBODY PUT ON A HELMET RIGHT NOW
Gay. Literally what happened today "oh noes there's some mud on the road, cancel the race please mommy".

Alaphillipe pls leave

It wasn't his crash that caused the UCI scare ironically.

>Using alps

>He is 29 and steadily improving season by season.
True, but how many opportunities will he get to race against a weakend Sky/Ineos train?

Froome will be back next year so there'll be no point in even showing up.

>not using alternative routes

idiot, most wear the shades too so they're just robots that all look the same. And would Pantani have been as iconic if you couldn't see his bald head? With the helmets you killed a large possibility for riders to stand out and develop character

That's what lance says, that cyclists should be able to discard their helmets on mountaintop finishes

I agree...somewhat. It's far more spectacular to see riders go for all or nothing. But it's understandable they chose the middle way, upping the tempo in hopes others will break and end up with something.

You should follow his example.

>team with Carapaz, Bernal, Froome, Thomas
KEK

RIP

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>listening to Lance Armstrong, ever.

user, no.

beta cuck

Go live out your hair/scalp fetish somewhere else.

With such a short stage maybe riders will keep an insane pace and we’ll actually see some fireworks with ineos and jumbo visma

I'm a good looking guy and with a helmet on I look like a cuck, hair is at least 70% of a face's character

Nothing more beta than orbiting an asshole.

For 2020:
Bernal 23yo
Skeleton 35yo
G 34yo
Facepeace 27yo

Why? All the domestiques are gonna be fresh, Sky will just be able to do a train most of the way

Wow, you make it sound like his leg got amputated. He's injured, he'll heal and I'm pretty sure he'll be back.

A team with 3 overall winners riding in support of Froome will be pretty much unstoppable on the road. The only thing that will beat them is if the flu ravages the team bus or something.

Plus people would rush to pick up the helmet, it would be hilarious.

This:

brb going to break into a chemical research facility.

>HELMETS KILLED CYCLING
>they don't obstruct the face
>ACTUALLY IT'S GLASSES THAT KILLED CYCLING, WHICH HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH HELMETS
Picture related

This: This:

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Or if Froome crashes into a wall again.

kek. Check this out guys. From Adriatica Ionica (2.1 stage race in the dolomites today)

twitter.com/TeamSVB/status/1154826641631322131

I do, and I'm also a skier. I just laugh at the normies who risk their cervical to avoid an improbable skull injury for the sake of fashion.

I'm going to fly to France for the Dauphine and personally launch Froome from his bike.
I will rot in French prison until Trump gets me out with tweets.

He's a cyborg, he can't be defeated by a mere wall anymore.

I’ve reported you to the FBI

Cool, maybe they will drop me off in France in a nice black heli.

The French wouldn't imprison you for that, they'd give you a bloody medal.

Also about that Trump thing - I cringed hard when I saw that. The most transparent attempt to corral "the black vote" ever.

>Hate us cus they anus

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I don't understand your post, earlier you were saying you're against helmets, now you're criticising people following "fashion". Are you saying people wear helmets just for fashion? I don't get it.

I would stay away from trees

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True.

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Honest question, You think Alaphilippe would have been a bandana guy?
I feel yes, but think he might even bring out some new kind of headwear the world have never seen the likes of.
Just that much of a madman.

dude is already rocking the pirate look with his beard, he would have gone full out bandana and eye patch if he could get away with it

Probably a turban.
Then the English would abandon so he could win.

The only case where a helmet is somehow useful.

Alaphillipe without helmet on the mountains wouldve been kino, looks like captain haddock

youtube.com/watch?v=ekOsNl0YqZE bring back the 100 km TTT :(

Who?

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Allah is revolutioning cycling world

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Oh I get it, it's because you have nothing to protect. All makes sense now. Or you already bumped your head a few too many times.

>getting off their bikes to shelter in the trees
Fucking pussies

Kek.

Funny story because I always wear a helmet but never crashed on my head, the only time its been useful to me was cycling home during a storm and a tree branch fell on my head

0/10, you're drunk Lars.

Why don't riders dress like motobikers?

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>I was saying BOOO-uchmann

Wait are you telling me that tomorrow a ColombiANO could win this thing?

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>what is weight
They unironically went on strike when the helmet was imposed because it was an unnecessary weight.

we raised him and he's a nice guy

it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egan_Bernal#2016-2017:_il_debutto_nel_professionismo_con_l'Androni

Even better idea: bikes should have 2 axles with a wheel at each end for a total of 4, a seat and some pedals at the bottom of a footwell to control a petrol powered engine instead of having to manually pedal, a metal cover to keep the weather out, and a steering wheel instead of handlebars.

Crazy idea:

Tomorrow's stage is a kino mountain TT, instead of this limp dick amputated stage

>tourmalet 2026

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So barguil will ride as domestique for Quintana next year?

Yea Forums hates TT on weekends

What a great photo.
>Froome: exists
>Frenchies: seething

It is going to be like a TT just everyone starting at same time. Tomorrow will be a great stage, Mark my words

More like domestique for whatever Sky doped horse, according to twitter.

when does it even start

Once again, why are you so dense user ?

the french are anglo's bogeyman

Oldfag here who was glued to the screen when this happened
>team mate in panic when Casartelli didn't move
>Moto unsure whether to stay with him or follow the course
>Decide to do the latter, so Sporza comentators (or whatever it was back then) follow suit, while still being more interested in Casartelli.
>They fall silent
>Emotional voice: "Casartelli has died on his way to hospital"
I sat crying in front of the tv.
No idea if a helmet would've saved him, but it sure is a sight I never want to see again.

No you're not. But do not try and deny the French reaction to Froome.

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>hit with urine
lol, not cool but welcome on the TdF, in the early days they were beaten on the roadside or given 75° alcohol as refreshment. It's part of the adventure.

>Michel Disteldorf, the French doctor who examined Casartelli's body on behalf of the coroner in Tarbes, where the rider was flown by helicopter after he crashed, told the Sunday Times that the point of impact was on the top of the skull, and that had Casartelli been wearing a hard helmet "some injuries could have been avoided".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabio_Casartelli

So possibly he could have lived. Although I will mention a helmet cannot work miracles - Wouter Weylandt died even though he was wearing a helmet. But Weylandt was going very fast, I don't know if Casartelli was going as quickly.

A helmet will definitely protect you more though, no question. I really should wear mine more. If I'm going for a long ride I will always wear it. I don't usually if I'm just going to the shop or the gym, though. But I probably should.

>pot calling the kettle black
lel, he deserved the urine.

INEOS MERDA
ASO CULO

>Pinot hasn't finished a TdF since 2015
Why is this man so incredibly punished? What did he do to deserve this?

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Has any other modern rider had the same reaction? But regardless, all I said is that Froome makes some French people seethe. The French public's reaction to him is notorious. That's just an objective fact, sorry that you're getting butthurt about it.

???
That saying would only apply if I was calling him something which I am myself... I didn't call him anything.

commenting specifically on the image, Froome says the fans are ruining the race when it was his team that ruined the race.

Black(0 float) Look Keo cleats. I hate how the floating cleats always get my feet in the wrong position while never being in the position I want. As long as you dial them in right they won't cause problems.

Getting ready to celebrate tomorrow lads

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People in this picture are cheering, taking pictures and wearing yellow caps, t'es vraiment con toi.

>only 1 guy possibly looking mad
>rest all excitedly taking pictures
(you), clearly fishing for reactions with this intentionally misconstrued bait

(I won't deny that generally Froome DOES make the French seethe but there was no reason to bring that up from this picture unless you wanted to stir shit up, in which case don't, this thread is supposed to be /COMFY/, friendo)

Another reason to wear a helmet is cooling.
Apparently the vents' design of top-end helmets are more effective at cooling the head than even a bare head in the wind.

Certainly true, but necessarily at the expense of speed.

>wahhh it's ruining the race when riders i don't like win!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>checking thread

>Ineos dick slurpin Brit is still here and on defend mode

I hope you at least get paid.

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Yeah these people are definitely just cheering him on! Especially the angry looking guy on the right!

Putain d'idiot.

Mate I'm just leaving a true comment (as you admit yourself) on a photo. If you want to seethe about it that's your own choice.

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>WHY DOESNT EVERYBODY SUPPORT THE SAME TEAM AS ME WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Friend, there was no reason to start being mean just from that picture because it doesn't actually contain tons of Frenchmen seething, just like I said! Just try to be nice! I don't get why you're trying so hard to fight with people :(

I am not seething, just disappointed in you making the thread less comfy, please understand!

>the angry looking guy on the right!
What ? You mean that man raising his fist and looking at the camera while yelling ? Must be the most hardcore fan in the assembly, what do you smoke bro ?

What's wrong with G**mans?
streamable.com/i0xdm

There's like 300 heavy vehicles for one rider on the road, it's a miracle there's no more accidents.

>frogs given hope just for it to be crushed at the end

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He's disciple of Master of Punishment Suffering

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my dad, who was born and raised in Boyaca, Colombia is really sad to have seen JA lose yellow today. Based Tour lads, I'm glad fo have spent it with you all

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>Bernal
>Sosa
>Lopez
>Chaves on the mend

how did Colombian cycling get so good so quickly?

Colombia has good riders since early 80s. See Luís Herrera (then as amateur) winning Alpe d'Huez in 1984, for example.

There hasn't been this many top Colombian cyclists at one time. Even a few years back you had Uran, a younger Quintana and a few specialists like Darwin Atapuma, but that was no more than three. Now there's at least six or seven including Gaviria

What an anticlimax finish for this TdF ..
With Pinot injurie, we will never know who really was the best between him and Bernal. And with this shitty stage, the Tour is already won for Ineos

lol
Mühlbereger is austrian though

this was an abysmal stage, and a blue balls tour if the GC stays like this.
I definitely agree with that it was a refball decision that gifted Bernal the jersey and potentially the whole tour. While he may have held, Alaphilippe was well on his way to making time back when they called the stage.
I like the colombian rider and he was certainly gaining time on the jersey, but this is ridiculous.
The decision to take the time from Col de l’Iseran is bizarre. The two logical options were to either null the whole stage, or take the times from the time of stoppage. Stopping on the Col de l’Iseran literally only benefits Bernal.

Allaphilippe would have lost 5 minutes if the stage went full length. Bernal was the best today and that's that. There is literally nothing to be outraged about. If anyone was hurt by it, its Geraint thomas

Allah gained 3 seconds on the Thomas group in those 10 minutes they descened while they lost 5 on Bernal so no he was not coming back. The descent wasn't technical as the one in the previous day so not much differences would be made.

Also Allah was completely blowed up and would only lose more time in the last climb, he even smiled when he found out the stage was neutralized.

might watch today
i think it's going to be raining here (yorkshire) pretty much all day so my plans of heading out to the dales are likely scuppered

>Pinot got injured and abandoned the tour (again) while bernal rides a clean race and brings the yellow home
Hmm doesnt take much to figure out which was better...

With the normal stage it was won for Bernal anyway, the last climb is long but only 5.5%, that's why they went long range attack yesterday.

Maybe I'm just a bit salty because I want the a frenchmen to win the Tour, but still it cheapens the win. They were still 30 km to the finish on a two man break, I just think its unlikely they would have put more time on the chase group which. Allah is a bit gassed, but people thought he would be gassed by stage 13. I can't help but shake the feeling he would still be in yellow today had it not been called off.

*which was picking up speed by the time it was over

>benefits Bernal.
many here disagree
- Yikes was cooperating with him since the no-written rule that he was given the stage victory as reward
- Ala wasn't gaining much in the descent, barely 5 seconds in the section they did
- if Ala would have gained 20 seconds it means he'd have spent a lot of energy before the last climb, where he could definitely blow up since the other guys were fighting for the podium positions
- G was working as a stopper
- Bernal was going to add another 6 seconds time bonus at the finish, or 10 if Ykes crumbled

What a shit show. SAD

yfw Bernal can take 3 jerseys

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Bunch of pussies nowadays with these shortened stages, I will now post the Eugene Christophe Milan Sanremo story

>Christophe is most famous for the broken forks of the Tour de France, but his suffering was far greater in the 1910 edition of Milan–San Remo which was run in dreadful weather with glacial temperatures. There were 71 riders at the start; only four finished in San Remo. Christophe recounted: “The weather had been good at the start of the week but it turned really bad and Alphonse Baugé [the manager] told us that we'd be going over the Turchino even though the road was bad and covered with snow. François Faber and Louis Trousselier cheered us up by saying 'What does it matter if we've got Lapize and Christophe the two cyclo-cross champions with us?' The roads were muddy and frozen and we had to bounce along in the ruts, riding on the verges between the posts that were spaced every 20 metres as far as Pavia. We rode the first 32km in 56 minutes, the 53km from Milan to Voghera in 1h 50. There were attacks after attack and it was more like a course des primes than a long-distance race...

>We go to the notorious col de Turchino. The clouds were low, the countryside was unattractive and we started to feel the cold more and more. We started to shiver and every turn of the pedals was heavier. The half-melted snow made the race very hard and we were struggling too with a glacial wind. I dropped my friend Ernest Paul to get up to Ganna, whom I could see on the hairpins. I got up and past him without too much trouble because he didn't seem to be standing the cold any better than I was. Not far from the summit I had to get off my bike because I started feeling bad. My fingers were rigid, my feet numb, my legs stiff and I was shaking continuously. I began walking and running to get my circulation back, looking at the countryside. It was bleak and the wind made a low moaning noise. I'd have felt scared if I hadn't been used to bad weather in cyclo-crosses.

1/3

>Well, I got back on my bike and I got to the top of the col. There's a tunnel at the top and I asked a soigneur how far down I was on the leader. He told me six minutes. I found van Hauwaert at the exit of the tunnel with his bike in his hand and a cloak on his back. He told me he was packing it in. I was beyond feeling happy about it and I just got on with going down through the snow that lay on the road on that side of the mountain.

>The view was totally different now. The snow made the countryside beautiful. The sky was really clear. But now it was my turn to have trouble. It was hard to keep going. In places there were 20cm of snow and sometimes more. Each time I was obliged to get off and push. It was cyclo-cross - off, on, riding, walking. I could keep going but it was slowing me right down. Then I had to stop with stomach cramp. Doubled up, one hand on my bike and the other on my stomach, I collapsed on to a rock on the left side of the road. I was bitter with cold. All I could do was move my head a little from left to right and right to left.

>I saw a little house not far away but I couldn't get there. I didn't realise just what danger I was in. I just had one thought: to get to San Remo first and I attached no importance to the pain I felt… I thought too of my contract with the bike factory. I'd get double my wages if I won as well as primes and there'd be my 300 francs for first place. Happily in my misfortune a man chanced to pass by.

>' Signor, signor…'

2/3

>Christophe looked at the man and said casa [house]. He took him into the house, undressed him and wrapped him in a blanket. Christophe did physical exercises to get his blood restarted. Then van Hauwaert and Paul came in. "They were so frozen that they put their hands into the flames. Ernest Paul had lost a shoe without noticing," Christophe said.

>I was there for about 25 minutes. I saw four riders go by, or at least four piles of mud. I decided to press on. Ernest Paul said 'You're crazy.' And the innkeeper didn't want to let me go. I had to trick him by saying I could meet someone who would get me to San Remo by train. I set off and caught Cocchi and Pavesi and I got to the control just behind Ganna, who was setting off as I stopped. I set off again after Baugé told me I could win and I passed Ganna at the edge of the town. And I caught Albini a few kilometres later.

>At the control at Savona (90km) everybody was astonished to see me alone. I didn't stop long and took Trousellier's spare bike, because I knew he and Garrigou had abandoned before Ovada. I was sure of my victory and with only 100km to go I felt a new strength. The idea of crossing the line alone brought back all my energy. I got to San Remo well behind the scheduled time. It was 6pm when I stopped underneath the blowing banner that showed the end of my Calvary.”

>It took a month in hospital for Christophe to recover from frostbite to his hands and the damage the cold had done to his body. It was another two years before he got back to his original health. Only three riders finished and the result is still uncertain because some reports say van Hauwaert came fourth and others that he was disqualified for hanging on to a car.

3/3

Helmets only became mandatory when Kivilev died 8 years after Casartelli

More interest and funding

>stage shortened
I’m fucking outta here, my Bernal bet is gonna win, sure, but this is no fun

>Milan to Voghera
Hey I've done that, pretty cool when they talk about roads you've been to.

what are your thoughts on escooters?

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Flags on Yea Forums taught me that Austrians are really really angry

>using pedals

Based and sumopilled

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Has a rider ever won the KOM, Jeune and White jersey together before and if so when was the last time?

Mercx won all the jerseys in his first tour including the green.

>using gears

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I thought the white didn't exist yet then

Except there was no white jersey at the time (but he would have won it if there were).

White+Yellow happened 4 times, but the KOM was for another rider

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_rider_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France#Winners

and KOM+Yellow happened 10 times with modern rules; only 7 cyclists did it:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France#Winners_of_the_general_and_mountain_classification_in_the_same_year

Basedu

Look, grey ones.

>using cleats

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Départ réel will be at 14:30
Oh

official recap of yesterday stage

in French:
youtube.com/watch?v=C6rVyqCPVJU

in English:
youtube.com/watch?v=LmbAqQTx2hk

in Spanish:
youtube.com/watch?v=_ayP6Ovcsn0

>Tfw hopes and dreams for this tour crushed
Not sure if I'll even watch this stage lads, I don't care much for Ineoswinslol
At least it's Bernal, he seems like a nice lad and Colombia deserves a win after years of >Cantana

During a Liege Bastogne Liege race in the 80s, Hinault won the race with more than 15mn on the 2nd. More than half of the peloton gave up the race. Hinault got frostbites and lost sensitivity permanently on several fingers because of it. That is the power of a mad man. Pretty based if you ask me.

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>seething this much because another country simply exists
Very sad.

Looks like angry and disappointed to me, not just the angry bald guy in the glasses on the far right but the rest of them just look so unhappy.

He doesn't look like a happy guy does he.

I like the "previously" bits at the beginning of these videos, like it's an episode of 24 or something.

>Seething this much just because not everyone supports the same team as you
Pathetic

The 80's were the best, everyone juiced to the max, no helmets or breaks. They grew extra legs from the stuff they injected. Good times.

Hoelang ga je zijn aas nog eten?

Why are you being so mean to everyone? Please stop :(

Until my reports finally get the janny to do his job and remove this shitstain

You're both dumb cunts who have been fucking up the comfiness of these threads for three weeks non-stop.

Congrats to Ineos and Bernal.

Eating something and going back to my bed.

Lately I wake up way too early because morning sun is heating up my room.

It's the brit autist's fault though, the toothpaste was just trying to get the comfiness of the threads back.

He should have stopped responding after the first three or so tries and things would have been better.

My fellow toothpaste is retarded as fuck. Getting trolled over and over again. He can also fuck off.

Can't disagree with that.

Hate the heat. Simple as.

He's not trolling though, the autist actually believes he has to defend the honor of a jewis corporation on a image board.

Sorry. I'm bad dealing with people who just keep trying to get in a final word. To be fair, in this last week I've mostly just ignored and reported all his posts and only reacted to him sometimes AFTER the stage, to at least keep comfiness during the stage. I've tried. but yeah, sorry.

Chances of Bernal getting the polka dot today?
He only has to finish top two with Bardet getting dropped but the mountain only has one steep part at the very beginning.

If Kruijswijk isn't on the podium in Paris i will burn my drijftenue and do my groceries somewhere else. That will show them.

LIDL
I
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Not worth going for it, if all the other contenders die a he's up there he may get it but it's not worth trying even if you only have to spend like 5%.

It's not their fault the ASO decided to grant the win to Bernal

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After his pathetic attack yesterday I doubt he can even take 5 second on Thomas.

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cancellare

>seething this much just because another country exists

Especially the toothpaste, seething more than anybody else. Absolutely pathetic.

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Alaphillipe will take back the yellow jersey for 5 seconds
Digits confirm

Do you think Yates has enough left for a top two finish today?

Last year Quintana made a mad attack in the 60km stage, get your greentexts ready!

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/Pinot/

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/ourguy/

final Spain – Italy in 30 minutes:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_polo_at_the_2019_World_Aquatics_Championships_–_Men's_tournament

It's heartwarming fellow Britgod. I can't wait to taste the tears when Britain's Brave Eddie Bernard crosses the line today.

Very true my friend, surely a moment of great national pride.

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Yesterday he was visibly upset when they told him the race was neutralized, he really wanted his 3rd victory. So yeah imo he will try going for it trying to enter the breakaway etc.
If there is no a breakaway I don't know if he can keep up with the best guys though.

Can't imagine a breakaway lasting today. I'm hoping for really bad weather and heavy wind, the first 30 km are a pretty straight road so there might be some real action there if conditions are suitable.

But Eganio Bernarelli is clearly an Italian rider.

Are you talking about Dutch National Champion, young hero Egbert Bernardus?

>breakaway
They'll be going full gas the entire stage.

This. It is ON.

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>no bascule today ;_;

>it's a no one attack stage

Éguane Bernalin is honorart French

>it's an everyone attacks stage

wtf they mutilated this stage too?
what a shit end, especially with the last useless faggot homo ceremony stage left

>The future of Rohan Dennis and Bahrain-Merida could take a dramatic twist in the coming days, with speculation that the team has offered the Australian the chance to buy out his contract and leave when the UCI transfer window opens for a brief period between August 1-15.

Wow who's gonna grab him? Would be cool if Arkea gets him so he can drag Quintana's ass in the TTT next year.

Eero Perälä is Finland's brave rider though.

Finnish will never not make me crack up, it just looks so goddamn silly

The final stage is good for the sprint but that's about it. That's why they should bring back a final stage TT.

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Uae maybe? That's where dead careers usually go

Öh ÿöü döñt thînk thïs löôks göôd?

Will anybody want him? He has just shown how difficult he is to work with.

very based
youtube.com/watch?v=SDCGSsOaLDA

Yeah but it's also almost guaranteed TT stage wins, still worth it imo

Last stage's cancellation was a jewish plot to prevent the white man from realizing that he CAN overcome difficulties by himself

Digits for an exciting stage with all-out racing by the top 5 contenders.

the will of Allah intervened

SHANT be watching this farce of a grand tour anymore. At this stage even the vu*lta might be better.

This just in. Jumbo-Visma has filed a complaint, they claim Kruijswijck was timed 5 seconds too late on top of the Iseran. They hand-stopped the times there so it's a very slippery slope.

Based Jumbo-Visma exposing jewish trickery
The perfidious albion must be stopped

Man, do I H A T E Ineos.

The problem is, what's stopping Alaphilippe from claiming the same? Taking the times on top of the Iseran after the fact was a mistake.

Not when he unexpectedly quits the race the day before said stages.

Just read this, it's interesting, they think he could go to CCC or Trek maybe, but they note how difficult he is.

cyclingnews.com/features/what-next-for-troubled-rohan-dennis/

>59 km

hell even i could do that

Are they THAT scared of Buchmann?

I don't know how you can fuck it up this bad for the top classement riders. The live TV footage alone made it clear that there wasn't > 1 minute between them.

You'd miss the timecut for sure user.
Obviously buchmann and co would get the same time too as they were in the same group.
Trek could be a good fit.

buchmann's time

With 2000 meters of altitude gain?

FUCK SIR DAVE RAILSCOCK
FUCK INEOS
FUCK SKY
FUCK SIR JIFFY BAG WIGGINS
FUCK FR**ME
FUCK GERANUS THOMAS
FUCK BROWN RATFACED FROOME
FUCK ENGLAND
FUCK ASTHMA
FUCK THE TDF
FUCK WADA
FUCK UCI
FUCK ASO
FUCK BRITS
FUCK POELS
FUCK KWIAT
FUCK ROWE
FUCK VAN BAARLE
FUCK MOSCON
FUCK YOUR MOTHER

Shut up, don't wake the retarded inbred dragon.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FUCK JANNIES

You forgot Castroviejo btw, unless you think he's the only good lad on there

I saw that on NOS De Avondetappe but isn't that just bonifications?

laffinnigel.jpg

Jumbo can actually win this because they present their own footage to the jury.

Hey!
It's not our fault France did the unprecedented triple surrender yesterday!

Calm down, Mr Juncker. Have another glass of wine.

Based belgium

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Keep seething continentals, cycling belongs to us now.

Context of the pic? Is this like a zoo for people who've never seen a black person?

À noter qu'au sommet du Col d'Iseran (ndlr : souvenir Henri Desgrange), les premiers coureurs à passer prendront des bonifications, les derniers points-bonus distribués sur cette édition du Tour. Le premier recevra 8 secondes de bonifs, le deuxième, 5 secondes et le troisième, 2 secondes, de quoi inciter les favoris à se dévoiler.

So actually instead of 5 seconds Kruijswijk should lose 8 to Bernal. I guess Lotto are right to challenge it

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>seething this much because another country merely exists
Sad.

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

How's the piss throwing been this year without Froome involved?

The bonis are only added in the CG afterwards. Kruijswijck lost 5 seconds in the day results that are unexplained so he actually lost 13 bonis inclunded. Shit is shady.

BASED BREXIT LADS
GET THOSE RETARDS OUT OF OUR UNION
CAM ON BORIS LAD, RUIN SOME FAKIN ECONOMIES

It was a human zoo in Brussels where you could feed little niggerbabies and shit.
Wanna guess the year?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_zoo

they were common

Wild guess: 1957

2013?

58, close.

Why didn't Christ Dyke and that german guy just pedal faster to catch up with Quintana 2?

Ah, of course, the World Expo.

1920?

Lads they might cancel the stager altogether.
Imagine being Kruijswijck right now.

FUCK OFF

>Kruijswijck
>ever making a difference on a climb

LOL

>Move the finish line to about halfway the climb
>Alaphilippe wins easily and takes the yellow
>gg ez

That dutch wheelsucker deserves it tbqh

KRUISWIJK?
More like ZUIGWIJK HAHAHA

This is fucking bullshit. They can ride in the rain. There isn't even any descents. PRUDHOMME MERDA

>post tour depression is already starting to set in

summer ends tomorrow

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I will actually literally seethe if this happens

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Tour de France should be relocated to Colombia or Ethiopia

Has that ever happened? That they completely cancel a stage and don't even start? What did they do in that case?

Thunderstorm at the finish right now

can this be anymore kino

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oh not some rain. we might get wet. it isn't even windy.

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hold it in south america, like they do with "paris-dakar" nowadays

Put wet tyres for bikes and problem solved

They simulate the stage on TdF Manager 2019 and award times as such.

Thomas Gravesen is a cycling expert these days?

Ride the stage on zwift. They might actually do this one year because of stupid fucking zoomers

Not sure, but I doubt they will do it desu, the worldwide rage would be too much. They will only do it if the road would be literally unridable, I think a hailstorm is not enough reason to cancel a stage if its only uphill.

every rider should have their own dedicated man on a motorbike riding alongside them with an umbrella

got a family to feed in the football offseason too la

Tour de ‘France’ and yet no Frenchman has won for over 30 years. SAD.

Meanwhile Great Britain have won 6 out of the last 7 (despite being a sport literally no one cares about).

Meanwhile in footy

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Thomas is Welsh
Froome is Kenyan
Wiggins is Belgian

Why are the Eng*ish so bad a riding bikes?

At least they have the yikes brothers

Mark Cavendish has won the second most stages of all time.

anglos are bad at pretty much everything

It shall be like Milton Keynes, where brits haven't won by 75 years until Andy Murray appears

>second most

He's from the Isle of Mann, right? Not from England

Heh, gotta leave the bongs something to feel good about. God knows stuff like that is getting uncommon.

Give the anglo a break, all thats left on the main isle of Britain is muslimes and dirty factory workers in Liverpool and Newcastle.

0 (ZERO) YELLOW JERSEYS

0 (ZERO) YELLOW JERSEYS

>greying at age 33

J U S T

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They wont actually cancel the stage right lads? They wouldnt do that to us r-right?

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i'd rather grey than bald tbqh

can't be bothered with road pedals

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Actually we’re pretty good at loads of sports, that’s the problem. Jack of all trades, master of none.

France are top 5 for what? Football, Tennis and Handball?

England are top 5 for football, rugby league and union, golf, cricket, cycling, F1, curling, darts, snooker, lacrosse, netball, hockey. boxing

Right I'm going for a ride. I guess the stage will be cancelled by the time I get back. See you at the Vuelta

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>(despite being a sport literally no one cares about)
So, talking about a sport literally everyone cares about like football, how is it going for englishmen (as they're the ones who "invented" it) ?

they prefer to race cars

Was he punished for that?

>netball

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This just in: Kruijswijck was awarded 5 extra seconds following Jumbo-Visma's complaint. Really makes you think about the hand-stopped times.

What about the other guys that were with him?

>golf, cricket, cycling, F1, curling, darts, snooker, lacrosse, netball, hockey. boxing
top kek, also
>England are top 5 for football
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA the delusion is real lol

Alaphiippe also awarded 3 extra seconds.

>curling

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We were promised 3 days of Alp memery and a very Hot climax today. Instead we get elongated quintana and ineos controlling, and >pinot. Don't think this mud slurping sport is for me lads.

>tfw it's all meaningless anyway

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>At the second when Sky grab the yellow, the best TDF for ten years turn into a boring shitfest
Mother Nature has a spicy sense of humor

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>tfw he gets podium with less than 5" difference.

Would make for highest drama tour in years if not decades.

706 days to Grand Depart in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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>tdf is just as cucked as F1 nowadays

Wish we could turn back time... *sips*

based

TdF starting in Saudi Arabia when?

Should have cancelled the whole thing one mountain sooner and Alaphilippe would have won it all.

>the chad assgrabber
pic related
>the virgin hairline

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I hope it's a joke

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God hates the english

Name my band, /tdf/.

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where're Kirby and Kelly

based DJ Drogba

before cuckstraia that's for sure

The Designers

Copenhague is a top kino city

The Frog weather machine operators had a late lunch.

So, what going on today? Some bikin' or just letting Colombian doper keep the jersey anyway?

anglos are huge cuck's four, also do you have a loicence to meme on internet ?

For what?

>that cap on the right guy

wtf

UPDATE: if conditions don't take a turn for the worse the stage will go as planned.

ALLEZ JUJU

how are we looking today

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He was saving energy for the last climb

Gaps were inaccurate

Salzburg is in negotiations to start the tour in 2025, tbqh.

dodo

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Who's saying they still aren't?

And ? What's the connection with France ? Let's make a tour of europe then, it could be great to have stages in different countries. But there is no point going as far as Danmark for the Tour de France.

?????

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>You now remember the Giro d'Italia starting in Israel.

need some relevance ? kek

noooooo

:(

Based transparent and fair jury. Guess all you have to do is ask

someone somewhere, probably. But it was already clear that the declared gap was wrong when counting from the live tv feed.

Slovenia depart when?

Yes, and it pisses me off

i am greying at 33, bitches like it

no idea what you mean

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this, nothing wrong with grey

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Checked the weather forecast ... the area can have a cheeky surprise thunderstorm the whole time

fuck Israel
fuck Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
They spam their commercial on Eurosport for a decade now

One guy at my uni became completely gray in his mid-20s

>Bernal gets zapped
>Thomas wins yellow
kino

The irish guy genuinely puts me to sleep

he's making fun of you because you're a cuck that needs tdf to remind people austria is a real country after all

just trying to contribute to a comfy discussion, won't do it again

TWO CITIES

Sean Kelly isn't up there, but yes.

>we will never see a true kino ending to a tour like 1989

>comfy discussion
but there are bongs itt, it can't be comfy

there is no need to be rude desu

yes well, errr

miss big david duffield going on about cakes and sandwiches desu whilst steven roche was trying to tell him about important stuff happening on the road

Nothing can be comfy again here after yesterday's stage. Nothing.

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when the gaps end up small enough after today there may actually be some crazy racing in paris

Rude

I like sharing few stages with eurobro'. Belgians or Danes are good fellas

There's always next year.

Marion>your girl

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way too much makeup desu

Wiggles>your men

HOW MANY BINGS UNTIL THE RACE START LADS?

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ew

>5min 17 secs

no problem. outta my way ineos shits

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I want Marion to be my gf.

90 bings

1bing and 30bungs

I want to fuck that kike

No comfier thread than that of a one-day race.
San Sebastian is in a couple of days.
Join us and become comfy.

please use the official nomenclature

hour: bong
minute: bing
second: binglet

>brit in charge of bongs and bings

>they look at the bike first

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Fuck this gay earth.

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>Stage already scraped of 60km

aaaaaaaaaaaaa putain

any buchmann man in

Oh no Vettee almost killed that Redstart

>last stage radio only

That would be kino.

>infrastructure

Both are despisable vulgar shit

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i'm glad to see cyclism is starting to open to gay peoples like you

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>you now remember the Jewbs being flashed

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

what the fuck is going on this summer? First the suffering in 42C and now we all drown. how can we blame UK Postal for this?

Oops wrong thread

post you are bikes

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>dumb laps
Laps are the most embarassing thing 2bh. Tour de Czech'em uses them as wel..

but which one has the most plastic ?

STOP POSTING
THE RACE HASN'T STARTED YET
my computer has an anyeurism every time I try to refresh a thread with 700+ replies

INEOS is one of the world's largest chemical producers and involved in the oil and gas market, They are causing the global warming that is killing the tdf!

AAAAAAAA FUCKING SRAM

>Sky
Coincidence ?

In fact, it happens every year.

clic on update you noob

Based, the radio commentators could make up the most ridiculous scenarios like they used to in the old days

>every time I try to refresh
>what is autoupdate

>1 less bong
good

HOLY FUCKING BASED

He is a fellow ancient fag. Don't bully grandpa pls.

i unironically thought sunweb was a web developer

lold danish friend

>every time I try to refresh

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my hairline in 4 years

That is where the plebs buy their vacation to Lloret de Mar

BAH GAWD, IT'S MATHIEU VAN DER POEL ON A STEEL BIKE! HE'S CARRYING WOUT VAN AERT ON HIS BACK AND IS GAINING ON THE PELOTON!

NEW THREAD WHEN?
:^)

That frame may be too big for you, or you're a woman. (Women tend to angle their saddles down more than men do.) Stumpy stem length and not enough bar to saddle drop.

How tall are you?

The components are mostly hella nice, except for the crappy Vision stem-bar thing.

>/tdf/ calls them out on the +5 seconds
>TV image magically disappears on the next stage

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Just a reminder that 2 years ago a stage of Tour Of Denmark was cancelled due to bad weather and storm which caused the riders to seek safety in a forrest

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I'm not against getting out of our borders for few km when the stages are close to our neighbour countries, but starting from so far is so stupid.

when we reach 2000+ posts newfag

just as keikaku

Bah gawd, that's Pinot's music!

Is this what excessive EPO use does to your hairline?

FINE. Radio Tour de France it is today. It's like going back to 1959. Can be good.

Not only is shortening the stage ridiculous and against everything the tour is supposed to stand for, bravery - courage - conquering the mountains etc, but not even showing tv images? Worst tour since 1942

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>Lloret de Mar
Costa Brava is Hell.

the insidious anglo does not appreciate being called out on its tricks

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He was ironic ...

I have been there once and felt like i was waiting for the flight home. What a waste of money.

why does rain make it hard to do tv

streamable.com/m18qi

We may as well, this thread was a pre race thread anyway and has been up since yesterday.

Today is the day lad

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during Giro they have a plane flying above the race to re-transit signals

they have this complex system of helicopters and drones communicating with the motos and crap to get all the coverage everywhere, bad weather fucks with that
based

No need to go that far back, this was happening yesterday at the adriatica

twitter.com/TeamSVB/status/1154826641631322131

this is where drunk british like to go to drink cheap beers and get their skin red, when you know wbout that you understand all

Its just a bit wet, thats fine. How is the wind?

Friend of mine designed the antenna for the relay plane. I'll tell her it sucks if I get no tv :^)

kek at that commentator

Just switch to a mtb bro.

SHUT UP
I'm 43. I DEMAND RESPECT

>1959
>Although the French national team had the favourites, the race was contested between Anglade, in a French regional team, and Bahamontes, in the Spanish national team. After the French national team refused to help Anglade, Bahamontes won the race. It was the first win by a Spanish cyclist.

Even back then, never trust the Fr*nch

electrical infetterence

Those retards destroyed the landscape, it used to be a pleasant place.

Will there be good racing today or what? Other people within 2 minutes will surely try, right?

Also WTF happened to Fabio Aru over the years? Over hyped?

those poor bikes :(

tour of Luxembourg this year was pretty fun

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based and boomerpilled

the Alps were a mistake

>xoomer on Yea Forums

Look at this loser lmao.

*crack*
*pshhh*
*sip*
Aaaaaahhhhh.... now Indurain, THAT was a rider

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>tour of Luxembourg
how many times are they turning around in circles ?

Look at it this way, we've got a 60k hillclimb stage now. With a bit of luck they'll go up it like some kind of insane TTT.

And you can't really be upset that they've chosen not to ride through mudslides... disappointed, sure, but mad?

I blame earth

>43

wow you fought hitler ?

Itll basically be a grouped mountain climb TT with atrocious weather, I have very high hopes for it desu. I just hope there are live images so we can witness the kino.

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Respect is earned, not given.

It's one big boi ascent today with a chance of heavy weather. Either nothing happens or it'll be completely bananas, no inbetweens.

I hope for insanely bad weather and high winds during the climb. I wanna see some suffering dammit.

And then they ask us to respect it and stop polluting...

How much time do you think they'll allow Alaphilippe to lose before they cancel the stage due to bad weather? I think they'll stop it once Landa is about to pass him

Attaque de Louison Bobet dans les première déclivités du col de Vars !

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Yeah, he fought Hitler junior

Quintana excel in bad weather, GET READY FOR AN ATTACK.

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I can understand why they do it, but I fear it's not as much the regards for the safety of the riders as it is to keep everything locked down tight and on schedule, they should have a plan b :(

>checked
Is it Le Jour de Gloire ?

So no stage on tv ?

*crack*
*pour water on his Ricard 51*
*sliiiiiiiiiiiiip*
aaaaaaaah la DS that THAT was a car you could be proud of !
*sliiiiiiiiiiiip*

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At 14h30

Kino

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I made this a year ago

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they just said on belgian radio that appearantly yesterday's scrapped mountain was the one that Kruiswijk marked out in his training, having ridden up it 8 times to concoct a tactical plan. and now he wasn't allowed to use all that preparation to his advantage.

Would it be unfair to add this to the recent lore of Dutch GC riders always getting fucked or fucking themselves in the final days?

Been reading more about this

>On the last climb, Anglade attacked. Baldini and Gaul could follow, but Bahamontes could not, and at some moment was five minutes behind. This made Anglade the virtual race leader, which was against the wishes of the national team. Anquetil and Rivière then reached Bahamontes, and helped him to get back to Anglade.

>The only risk for Bahamontes left was the time trial in stage 21. At the start, Bahamontes was leading by 5'40". In the time trial, Anglade won 1'39" back on Bahamontes, but that was not enough. When the Tour ended in the Parc des Princes velodrome in Paris, the French crowd booed the French national team, because they did not allow Anglade the victory.

That's what I love about the Tour, there is so much history and so many stories

>ENTIRE STAGE LIKELY TO BE CANCELLED
twitter.com/carltonkirby/status/1155059697847869440?s=19

lmaoooooooo fuck this tour

When are we posting the race thread? Makes no sense to continue in a pre-stage thread from yesterday

You can't, particularly in Mountains. It's already a nightmare to not stop public services or block emergency services with one road.

Plan b's are hard to do when you need to (get permission) to close off a whole bunch of roads, move over all the logistics that had been planned months in advance.

I think what we are going to see is a version of the plan b they had.
But to really get a full stage out of today they would have had to have a plan with a completely different stage and a different finish 30-50k away. Is that really something you think they should have prepared?...

Nice

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But Big Tom won the Giro

Why stand in the way of another Sky/Ineos win?

It's not. They are fragile whiny Brits.

That was awesome, but now his knee is fucked so maybe he flew too close to the sun

>Bernal will have won this tour with a 10 min effort and others not even chasing fully yet

a tdf cap or a bob on the boomer head and it would be perfect

I propose the usual dutchie makes it at 14:00ish

>twitter.com/GDiGrazia/status/1155062796108873730?s=19

The weather condition appears to be quite extreme even today, there's plenty of rain, thunderstorm...No helicopter today and no RV along the road.

It appears the rider will still start but the production could be crappy.

Too bad its so short, it had the potential to truly be a "last boss" kind of ride.

As soon as yesterday's stage was hinted to be neutralized the Rai commentator said that every rider would use that as an excuse of how he got fucked over. And here we are.

If there is hail/rain/snow or even a thunderstorm they should just have each rider decide individually if they want to continue or not. Have them each sign a waiver form if they want to continue and let's race

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Betfair GC odds

England's Brave Egan Bernal: 1.10
Welsh Loser: 24
everybody else: 900000000000/1

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>muh french plot
Skydrones are the biggest turboretards of the whole sport scenery.

>60k stage

No porblem. Leave it to me. I got this you fucking shits

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I don't know how bad it is, it seems like a mental thing too because he thinks the management of Sunweb are a bunch of retards and he wants to leave

What's /tdf/'s favourite Deftones song?

For me it's When Girls Telephone Boys

youtu.be/kIyDJwNtQos

One hour to go

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twitter.com/sportschau/status/1155075847629561856

#PrayForLeTour

Fucking hell. The best Tour in years and they ruin it.

They aren't the only ones saying it.
Willing to bet it's gonna be cancelled today.

>England's Brave Egan Bernal
That's just the name he used to circumnavigate Ineos's diversity quota. His real name is Eddie Bernard or Bernard Evans.

At least Kruijwijk tried but he only got like 5 meters on thomas for a few seconds.

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He's confirmed to go to Lotto Jumbo already isn't he? I know nobody can officially announce moves before august but everyone kinda knows but won't confirm it officially.

Lotto Jumbo are going to be incredible next season, especially now that they are no longer a meme

The riders are on their way to the start

>not the Kraftwerk song

Don't like Germans

Of course they are, they'll do their usual routine until it's officially cancelled.