TDF Stage 21 - The procession & a sprint

neris

Final stage 128km in to Paris. Flatish stage nothing really up for grabs except a few sprint points and the stage end sprint.

Inquitus

I think the landslide gifted Bernal the win, he might well have won anyways, in fact its more than likely, but we'll never know, he had to ride the valley and the climb to Tignes with only Yates for company and a fairly commited chase from the rest of the GC contendors behind. That effort combined with the long hard stage 20 that was largely nullified could have made him pay if he had gone too deep.

Melodeon

My mother just commented that Orla's dressed for the Ball and the two lads are dressed for the bog

Sagan photo bombing :pac:

AxleAddict

Melodeon wrote: »

My mother just commented that Orla's dressed for the Ball and the two lads are dressed for the bog

I'd expect nothing less from the Baile na Scrine woman. Brings a smile to my face when I see her on the telly - back in her school days you'd have been more likely to see her running around the place with a Camogie stick!

Wiggo "Sh1t Lidl champagne" from Ineos.

neris

That's a bit surreal going through the louvre and no one about

Why so late this year , was it down to the long transfer?

happytramp

Best in years. However I'd dock a couple of points for being robbed of the chance to see Pinot and Bernal go head to head to see who really was the strongest in the race.

bazermc

Where all the yellow vest protesters?

retalivity

The symmetry and the alignment of the roads and monuments in Paris is always something that will impress me.
From the Louvre through Arc de Triomphe to La Defense, and now the sun shining right down it is amazing.

neris

Keyleb Ewan, dequeny quickstep. Is there another Irish who can butcher names so eloquently

cunavalos

Team Prizemoney won before todays stage
1 Lotto Soudal 90060
2 Deceuninck - Quick Step 88340
3 Team Jumbo-Visma 87900
4 Mitchelton-Scott 61790
5 BORA - hansgrohe 50150
6 Bahrain Merida 49850
7 Team INEOS 41100
8 Trek - Segafredo 39020
9 Movistar Team 36770
10 Groupama - FDJ 36100
11 Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team 24600
12 Team Sunweb 22160
13 AG2R La Mondiale 20840
14 CCC Team 19250
15 Astana Pro Team 15850
16 Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 14830
17 UAE-Team Emirates 14330
18 EF Education First 11710
19 Team Arkéa Samsic 11220
20 Team Dimension Data 10970
21 Team Katusha Alpecin 8950
22 Team Total Direct Energie 7960


Top 20 Individual Prizemoney
1 Alaphilippe Julian 40350
2 Ewan Caleb 38700
3 Sagan Peter 34390
4 Pinot Thibaut 30830
5 Viviani Elia 26230
6 Yates Simon 24450
7 Trentin Matteo 23110
8 De Gendt Thomas 21700
9 van Aert Wout 20150
10 Groenewegen Dylan 20130
11 Bernal Egan 17700
12 Wellens Tim 15850
13 Quintana Nairo 14170
14 Teunissen Mike 13720
15 Matthews Michael 13590
16 Teuns Dylan 13200
17 Nibali Vincenzo 13150
18 Impey Daryl 12650
19 Van Avermaet Greg 11680
20 Benoot Tiesj 11470

neris

Does pinot get his dosh after pulling out? No surprise seeing katusha and dimension data so low down

odyssey06

retalivity wrote: »

The symmetry and the alignment of the roads and monuments in Paris is always something that will impress me.
From the Louvre through Arc de Triomphe to La Defense, and now the sun shining right down it is amazing.

Beautiful, great firing lines for artillery if needed though...

Mefistofelino

neris wrote: »

Keyleb Ewan, dequeny quickstep. Is there another Irish who can butcher names so eloquently

"Francis the Jew"

Alaphilippe will be given the combativeness award so a well deserved trip to the podium for him.

odyssey06

Think that was Nico helping Matthews back after his mechanical?

neris

Bosan haggens sprint pretty much sums up DDs tour

bazermc

Was that Bernals mother and brother or his wife and son??

retalivity

Did groenwegen sit up? Looks like he looked across before the line, allowing ewan to sneak it

Eamonnator

odyssey06 wrote: »

Think that was Nico helping Matthews back after his mechanical?

Yes, it was.

Inquitus

bazermc wrote: »

Was that Bernals mother and brother or his wife and son??

Not sure who it was but his Girlfriend is this lady who was on the podium the other day. Xiomy Guerrero, the couple live in the Colombian city of Zipaquira, just five minutes away from Bernal’s parents

neris

I would assume it was his brother unless he was a dad at 7

neris

AG2r Should take bardet down to mcdonalds and give him a good feed

Inquitus

How many Tours can Bernal win, with a long term Ineos contract, and Ineos having signed up for 3 years minimum, injury and bad luck aside, he is likely going to be riding for the best team, as the best rider, for a good chunk of the next decade. As some of the lads on the commentary were saying they continued to improve as riders from his age up to 27/28, he could potentially be set to break record after record!

eeeee

neris wrote: »

Keyleb Ewan, dequeny quickstep. Is there another Irish who can butcher names so eloquently

*Cable Euun :pac:

Lusk_Doyle

Inquitus wrote: »

How many Tours can Bernal win

At least one per year.

rtmie

nee wrote: »

neris wrote: »

Keyleb Ewan, dequeny quickstep. Is there another Irish who can butcher names so eloquently

*Cable Euun :pac:

King K really struggling with that one alright.

Cal Ba Yuan

Good thing 'Ronan' Dennis abandoned :pac:

Kelly can be great at times if they get him talking and even funny like when they were convinced a big break was going to go in one of the stages and only a few got away and he said to hatch ah for ffffff ... gods sake even we could have gone away there.

dastardly00

I think one of the reasons I really enjoyed this tour is because I thought the coverage from Eurosport was great. I'm not a fan of Carlton Kirby, but at least you know he will be swapping in and out with Rob Hatch. Then you also have Kelly, Brian Smith or Dan Llyod alongside in the commentary box. I think Orla does a good job presenting the show and you have Matt Stephens doing random interviews. And Wiggo isn't everyone's cup of tea but I thought he was interesting as he speaks his mind. And if anything, the segment on the motorbike was something novel.