Tour de France 2021

woah, just realised that American cycling journalist Kate Wagner who has been popping up on the The Cycling Podcast is the same person behind the McMansion Hell blog. this is like when I found out recently that footballing journalist Philippe Auclair is the same person as él records legend Louis Philippe.

I gave up on the cycling podcast at the giro, it fell to pieces without Lionel Burnie.

more like ineos grannygears amirite

yeah god its really not enjoyable without Lionel

Francois is also better in smaller doses imo

xpost to ed

you'll enjoy today's stage vg if you didn't already just watch it

camping this wknd :/
will watch the replays tomorrow when we get home

camping trumps all imo (unless it's raining?). enjoy!

Today’s stage was indeed a thing. Mentally glad for a break tomorrow.

Haven’t seen the stage yet but great to see Cav make it in inside the time cut, when a lot of others didn’t.

🤝 An emotional @MarkCavendish after the @deceuninck_qst "Wolfpack" pulls together to finish within the time limit.

🤝 Le "Wolfpack" se mobilise pour finir, ensemble, une étape difficile et rentrer dans les délais !#TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/3vdWv8tj3c

— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 4, 2021

back from camping trip, now deep in catchup mode

phwoar stage 8 holy cats!!! pogacar performance was wild, glad i opted for the whole replay vs highlights
incredible

now on to the stage 9 replay :)

stage 10 caught up

not to be gauche but
Aussie Aussie Aussie OI OI OI
XD

Awesome ride by O’Connor

Also looooooooooool
Quintana never not gonna Quintana
wtf
can we finally stop talking about him

stage 9 i mean oops

Cav did it! 33 down, 1 to go.

*nervous Merckx noises*

Proper stuff of dreams, this - it’s such a great story. Though today was proper goal-hanging, he only had to turn the pedals 14 times after Mørkøw peeled off!

yeah damn that was some cool handling
to paraphrase what the kids all say, i am loving this for Cav

and tbh i am enjoying more bc of THIS cav that we get! humbled, smiling, but genuinely appreciative. he has lost the caged animal quality where it seemed like he was always needing to aggressively prove himself
here now fully swaddled in a team he clearly trusts & who perform for each other AND him
in the interview he didnt even really take the win for himself, instead namechecking the accomplishments of everyone who got him there
its cool to see it at this stage in his career after everything

rotten luck for cobrelli w that flat tho :/

A beautiful sight, that Cavendish win. Almost clinical in the best way.

tomorrow sounds fkn bonkers
obv here for it

I know what, guys, let’s make them climb the deadly mountain, twice.

Wondering about staying up for it but I also have an 8:15 meeting across town.

I know what, guys, let’s make them climb the deadly mountain, twice.

Wondering about staying up for it but I also have an 8:15 meeting across town.

that descent finish is going to be nuts

Whatever do you mean, this is surely TOTALLY normal:

https://cdn-ctstaging.pressidium.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/TDF21_PROFILS-ETAPES-SANS-RAVITO_ETP11-1340x811.jpeg

I like how the setup is (now) 'watch Cavendish aim for all the points and then mysteriously disappear'

Bonus time awarded for whichever rider making the loudest Wilhelm scream on the way down to the end.

it’s like the cycling version of this

https://media3.giphy.com/media/xT9IgvzKKIn6AauFSo/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b95260032bb61a1a5628f53f17621f672f43612aba50&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g

"And the winner of the stage, the flaming tire that crossed ahead of the bike itself..."

the ultimate venn diagram:
Tour De France/Saw movie franchise

That was stage 3

true :/

Does anyone have a link to the expected timings for today's stage? Thinking of scheduling my afternoon around watching some of it live for once but not sure when will be best.

Wild stage today for sure. van Aert seems like he can do lots of things damn well individually — once he stitches it all together look out GC.

Wouty! I love this kid <3

Bummed that Julian went out when he did but he hit SO hard from the start, I dont know how he could have kept that level sustained

lmao

When you try to wink at the camera after climbing Mont Ventoux twice 😑#TdF2021 @INEOSGrenadiers
🎥 @Eurosport pic.twitter.com/sroQF6R42G

— Michał Kwiatkowski (@kwiato) July 7, 2021

Haha. Surprised he’s still functioning!

he’ll have more on his plate now- Luke Rowe didnt make the timecut!

Second in a bunch sprint on Tuesday, first on Double Ventoux on Wednesday. Phew!

Nils Politt is a goddamn legend

What ride, what a finish. Love it. His interview was really lovely & heartfelt too.

Hear what first-time stage winner 🇩🇪 Nils Politt had to say after his break win ⬇️#TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/GT0GyigqgE

— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 8, 2021

Yeah, good day for the main folks to ease back and have this happen instead. A good finish!

The lad did it, 35 seems a bit unlikely but at start of the tour I’d have said the same about him winning any stages.

There’s still two more sprint stages, one seems like it could go to a big break like yesterday, it’s the day after the Pyrenees, but the other one is Paris, and I can’t see how anyone else beats him there, if he gets there.

Yeah I mean if you’re going to take the actual record, Paris with a flourish would be pretty great. I’ll bet he does it, one way or another.

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.

i skipped forward a couple hours early on bc it got kinda boring and then💥😰! i felt bad for wishing excitement on them, that crash looked so bad

but that finish! WOO!
Cav & those Quickstep leadout lads are pretty special

fkn GREAT post-race interview w cav too <3

Once he caught his breath!

yeah it kinda contained multitudes, exhaustion confusion joy nostalgia gratitude

lmao this is v good

pic.twitter.com/fORcphkVcF

— Cycling out of context (@OutOfCycling) July 9, 2021

Great ride by the winner today - very punchy aggressive stage

"Liam is broken...really he is."

lmao

loved Cav’s youngest kitted out in the same gear as his dad <3 i heard Cav say in an interview a couple of weeks ago that his youngest was mad keen about cycling

This picture 💚#TDF2021
Photo: @GettySport pic.twitter.com/1N1J5xwno6

— Deceuninck-QuickStep (@deceuninck_qst) July 18, 2021

All three of his kids were great (as were van Aert's, Vingegaard's and especially Carapaz's 'do we really have to be here' kids). I do like how the middle kid there thanks to the haircut and Keith Haring shirt is basically halfway to forming some kind of band.

yes! so rad

lastly, a v hilarious thread re this year’s round of Panini stickers. well worth a read

Here it is then, Panini #TDF2021 stickers and what I think the riders look like.

The difficult second album 📖🧵

— tom owen (@tomowencc) July 13, 2021

Egan Bernal injured while training in Columbia, possible broken femur, hope he's alright:

https://www.velonews.com/news/road/breaking-egan-bernal-in-the-hospital-following-crash/

ugh right into a bus :( nasty

Oof. Not good! Hope he heals up well.