Second in a bunch sprint on Tuesday, first on Double Ventoux on Wednesday. Phew!
― Madchen, Thursday, 8 July 2021 09:37 (two years ago) link
Nils Politt is a goddamn legendWhat ride, what a finish. Love it. His interview was really lovely & heartfelt too.
Hear what first-time stage winner š©šŖ Nils Politt had to say after his break win ā¬ļø#TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/GT0GyigqgE— Tour de Franceā¢ (@LeTour) July 8, 2021
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 9 July 2021 03:45 (two years ago) link
Yeah, good day for the main folks to ease back and have this happen instead. A good finish!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 July 2021 03:54 (two years ago) link
The lad did it, 35 seems a bit unlikely but at start of the tour Iād have said the same about him winning any stages.
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 9 July 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link
Thereās still two more sprint stages, one seems like it could go to a big break like yesterday, itās the day after the Pyrenees, but the other one is Paris, and I canāt see how anyone else beats him there, if he gets there.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Friday, 9 July 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
Yeah I mean if youāre going to take the actual record, Paris with a flourish would be pretty great. Iāll bet he does it, one way or another.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 July 2021 00:59 (two years ago) link
I think I can predict two things with absolute certainty.
No commissaires will see Cav hanging off a car in the Pyrenees.
Bike Exchange will complain about Cav hanging off the cars in the Pyrenees.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Saturday, 10 July 2021 03:37 (two years ago) link
i skipped forward a couple hours early on bc it got kinda boring and thenš„š°! i felt bad for wishing excitement on them, that crash looked so badbut that finish! WOO! Cav & those Quickstep leadout lads are pretty special
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 July 2021 03:56 (two years ago) link
fkn GREAT post-race interview w cav too <3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 July 2021 04:02 (two years ago) link
Once he caught his breath!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 July 2021 04:04 (two years ago) link
yeah it kinda contained multitudes, exhaustion confusion joy nostalgia gratitude
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 July 2021 04:09 (two years ago) link
lmao this is v good
pic.twitter.com/fORcphkVcF— Cycling out of context (@OutOfCycling) July 9, 2021
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 July 2021 05:00 (two years ago) link
Great ride by the winner today - very punchy aggressive stage
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 July 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
Touch of the Jens Voigt about that win, it was a gutsy one.
― Madchen, Saturday, 10 July 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
yes! def a āshut up legsā ride
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 July 2021 21:50 (two years ago) link
call him by his namehttps://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5373c9c6e4b003ad465398f8/1401132836090-D3KBTPPQAWW48WVPWZOF/Bauke_Mollema-GregorServais.jpg?format=2500wBauke Mollema
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Saturday, 10 July 2021 22:00 (two years ago) link
lord that is a pigeon chest anyway i watched early so was trying not to spoiler
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 July 2021 22:06 (two years ago) link
ah sorry about that
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Saturday, 10 July 2021 22:07 (two years ago) link
<3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 July 2021 22:13 (two years ago) link
Lovely work by Mollena, Woods AND Martin. What changeups!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 July 2021 23:53 (two years ago) link
wild that Woods crashed & still got KOMalso v glad to see Tim declerq made it well within the time cut <3
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 July 2021 23:55 (two years ago) link
What a win by Sepp Kuss! Lotto is going great guns with their core group of little dynamos, love watching them work their induvidual movesBig chapeau to Valverde for a killer effortNairo attacking on the final climb & Valverdeās like sure go ahead nerd
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 11 July 2021 23:28 (two years ago) link
(sidebar: Geraint Thomas has a āCycling Clubā podcast that started the beginning of the year, eack ep is a diff theme like Time Trials, Crashes (lol/sadface), Wind, Climbing, etc & they have v good interviews w Rohan Dennis, Lizzie Deignan, Steven Cummings, Froome, Rod Ellingworth, Sam Bennet, Tom Boonan, etc.. they interview Gās wife Sara for the crashes ep highly recommend if you dont completely hate G or the Ineos/Sky guys
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 July 2021 00:27 (two years ago) link
this is a nice mini-thread
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 July 2021 02:00 (two years ago) link
Me hizo nervioso siendo perseguido por un campeĆ³n como tu! @alejanvalverde š„µGracias por su deportividad y humildad! Buena batalla! https://t.co/EvvJG8GCwj— Sepp Kuss (@seppkuss) July 11, 2021
What a crazy stage! But yeah, magnificent victory by Kuss, what a ride. Hadnāt realized it was the first US stage victory in ten years! Wonderful work. Dare I say LOL at Ineos trying to break Pogacar and noooope.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 July 2021 02:33 (two years ago) link
it felt v clever until it all fell apart lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 July 2021 03:49 (two years ago) link
I keep forgetting Kuss is American.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Monday, 12 July 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
Weird to say a mountain stage is low key but it kinda was; still was nice to see Konrad win it. Bora happily picking up stage wins just because!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 03:12 (two years ago) link
Yeah p chill stage all things considered.Konrad rode like a king, lovely stuff
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 05:12 (two years ago) link
crosswinds predicted for tomorrowās stage:D
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 05:21 (two years ago) link
Well that was much more of a classic mountain stage. Pure physical effort and mind games over the last 10K in particular!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 July 2021 01:05 (two years ago) link
yes a cracking end to the stagewas out of my seat when Vingegaard came back and beat Carapaz to the line, can't wait to see those two go at it again on the Tourmalet
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 15 July 2021 01:13 (two years ago) link
Iām late to finding out that Lachlan Morton already completed his self-supported tour/sideshow
― john shopkins (naus), Thursday, 15 July 2021 02:35 (two years ago) link
what a bunch of psychos, that was awesomelol at carrapaz lying in waiting thinking haha he has cracked them, pogacar is like lol ok sure mate byeee, vengaboy like i am herpes hear me roar
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 July 2021 05:02 (two years ago) link
vingegaard is really fkn amazing with his tenacityalso from the quotes he had carapazās number early on & said as much to pogacar https://www.velonews.com/events/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-what-the-stars-said-after-tadej-pogacar-soars-to-stage-win-in-yellow/
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 July 2021 05:13 (two years ago) link
wow at Anthony Perezās effort too, he dug so deep!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 July 2021 05:21 (two years ago) link
Not something you often see. Route of the Tour de France temporarily blocked by llamas in fog. Photo from TdF Race Radio. pic.twitter.com/RSC5abj6I0— John O'Connell (@jdpoc) July 15, 2021
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 July 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
Apologies, people. Turns out the photo is on the current Tour de France route, but itās actually from a few years ago when this happened. Frankly, itās still marvellous. My misunderstanding of the colloquial French on Race Radio.— John O'Connell (@jdpoc) July 15, 2021
― not up to Aerosmith standards (Neanderthal), Thursday, 15 July 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
Gotta love the llamas.Well there ya go with that today ā not surprised Ineos just went with the āletās do the old reliable and have the squad grind it outā and no. Now Iām pretty curious as to how Vingegaard and Carapaz are going to try and outsprint/psych each other over these last two stages.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 July 2021 23:26 (two years ago) link
Mind youā¦this happenedhttps://www.bicycling.com/tour-de-france/a37034833/bahrain-victorious-anti-doping-raid-tour-de-france/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 16 July 2021 01:10 (two years ago) link
iād love to see vingegaard pwn carapazliked cavās move on matthews in the early stage sprint too, very canny stuff going on between them these past few days
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 July 2021 03:13 (two years ago) link
stick a fork in rigo too i guess , sad to see him lose so much time
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 July 2021 03:15 (two years ago) link
Bit of a weird āare we going for it or notā start today. And then nobody could figure out what to do with Mohoric with 25K to go!
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 17 July 2021 05:01 (two years ago) link
And then of course Mohoric just going full asshole with the zipped lips thing, which I perversely appreciated.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 17 July 2021 05:04 (two years ago) link
that celebration was v snitches get stitches great win tho
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 17 July 2021 06:55 (two years ago) link
Cav chucked a wobbly at his mechanic this morning & issued a statement. I for once welcome the return of Flouncy Cav, all that smiling got a bit weird
āMy mechanics have worked tirelessly to ensure Iāve always been safe and successful. Although they know how short I can be when Iām stressed, no one, especially those you care about, deserve to have a voice raised to them.āhttps://t.co/ITQ53d33oe— VeloNews (@velonews) July 16, 2021
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 17 July 2021 07:02 (two years ago) link
Bahrain prob hoped Mohoricās win might provide a distraction from the tumult but he does that celebration & basically invites questions about the investigation š¬š¤¦š»āāļø
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 17 July 2021 07:17 (two years ago) link
sorry for shitposting
Peloton at the finish >20 mins after MohoriÄ... makes the time cut with ~5 mins to spare— the Inner Ring (@inrng) July 16, 2021
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 17 July 2021 07:19 (two years ago) link
I seem to remember them making an āadjustmentā to the time cut in the past when a large number of riders missed it.
― Madchen, Saturday, 17 July 2021 07:33 (two years ago) link