Anyone on here a cycling fan?
Road cycling is one of my favorite sports……
The Tour de France started today and it was an appropriately chaotic first stage with at least three brutal crashes…..one in a situation I’ve never seen - one guy trying to grab a KOM (King of the Mountain) point or a sprint point - on cobblestones and his bike bounced and he took down the other cyclist in the breakaway with him.
The peloton hit EXPECTED crosswinds with 20km to go and the peloton split…….2 of the 4 pre-race supposed favorites were behind the split - a split in the field in a crosswind is HUGE - Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic each lost 39 seconds to the two true favorites - Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar.
Today’s stage showed Remco is still inferior tactically and he’s uncomfortable in a racing pack. He’s one helluva time-trailer…..no one else is around him.
Primoz Roglic is an inferior bike handler - he wants to sit back hoping to avoid crashes - as does Remco.
When a crosswind split happens, both are fucked.
39 seconds is HUGE. Yes, it’s a 21 day race.
Road cycling is one of my favorite sports……
The Tour de France started today and it was an appropriately chaotic first stage with at least three brutal crashes…..one in a situation I’ve never seen - one guy trying to grab a KOM (King of the Mountain) point or a sprint point - on cobblestones and his bike bounced and he took down the other cyclist in the breakaway with him.
The peloton hit EXPECTED crosswinds with 20km to go and the peloton split…….2 of the 4 pre-race supposed favorites were behind the split - a split in the field in a crosswind is HUGE - Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic each lost 39 seconds to the two true favorites - Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar.
Today’s stage showed Remco is still inferior tactically and he’s uncomfortable in a racing pack. He’s one helluva time-trailer…..no one else is around him.
Primoz Roglic is an inferior bike handler - he wants to sit back hoping to avoid crashes - as does Remco.
When a crosswind split happens, both are fucked.
39 seconds is HUGE. Yes, it’s a 21 day race.