Tour de France 2020 general thread (SPOILERS GALORE)

breezy1985

breezy1985 wrote: »

I cant imagine riders are cycling round with illegal drugs in the back pocket like its the 1970s

No it was alleged it was a device for sending data back to the car outside of what is allowed in the rules.

retalivity

Ah Sean Kelly is back on comms.

All is right with the world.

triggermortis

Sound quality is a bit crap

matban

what's the story with the Eurosport audio?

topnotch

Fix the fecking sound.

odyssey06

Did I just hear "What is reality, what is the big question" on the Eurosport commentary???

* Now they've fixed it...

MPFGLB

Sean Kelly comparing the ridersto thorough bred horses that have been locked up ...yep great to be back

dastardly00

Carlton just said that they might not be able to fix the commentary issues... and that it might only be him for the rest of the day :eek:

odyssey06

dastardly00 wrote: »

Carlton just said that they might not be able to fix the commentary issues... and that it might only be him for the rest of the day :eek:

He says he can't hear his audio... tweet him to let him know you can hear him.
Or maybe tweet to say we can't hear you so take a break mate

Jo kept getting dropped from commentary this morning , sounded like she was on a mobile literally phoning it in.

dastardly00

Nizzolo's Italian National Champions jersey is savage... pity we won't get to see it in a race ever (he will be wearing the European jersey)

Melodeon

dastardly00 wrote: »

Nizzolo's Italian National Champions jersey is savage... pity we won't get to see it in a race ever (he will be wearing the European jersey)

Yeah, it's a great pity.
There MUST be some way for the various governing bodies to come to some arrangement to allow riders wear a combination jersey of World/Regional/National colours.

Dcully

Sam down noooo, looks fine though

ednwireland

someone get sam a bike !

retalivity

That took a lot longer to get him going than it should have

Has Schar got a deeper rim on the rear there?

at1withmyself

Pavel Sivakov is injured, no details but he was at the rear and moving slowly after a crash about 5 minutes ago. Big hit to Bernal if its serious

dahat

It's something that I haven't even considered beofre today but the time of year will mean more of this weather than is normally at the tour, could be a huge factor during some stages.

Dcully

It's super dangerous out there now ,hope all stay upright.

retalivity

JA down now as well

velo.2010

Sivakov is banged up on his right side. At the Dauphine, he came down on his left side. Poor fella.

Weather causing carnage. Would they neutralise the course if too many came down on the first stage?

Discbrake failure for Alaphilppe?

retalivity

Bernal off the back of the peloton now as well??

EDIT: Tom D out the back with Sivakov behind JA now

topnotch

Full list of the starters.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/start-list/

dastardly00

Did Eurosport give Matt Stephens a call and ask him to do some commentary? :pac:

topnotch

Sivakov in big trouble.

Acosta

Could do without the Brad updates

dastardly00

Another crash

velo.2010

Sivakov down again. He'll struggle to get to the finish today.

And another crash...

dastardly00

I would not fancy riding in these conditions

Dcully

Race should be neutraized it's too dangerous, we have had enough serious accidents as already this season.