Tour de France 2022

Brian? · 27-06-2022 4:43pm #1

Lads, is there no thread? I can’t see one.

Let me know if a fantasy league exists, if not I’ll do it tonight.

27-06-2022 5:23pm

There was a league mentioned on the general racing thread probably better placed here as more might see it

CODE: boards.ie - 77430889

Brian? · 27-06-2022 5:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119258473#Comment_119258473

Place has gone to the dogs! No Tour thread and it’s 4 days away

retalivity · 27-06-2022 5:51pm

No real point for a tour thread if there's going to be individual stage threads with spoilers? The general thread seems to catch the rest...

Brian? · 27-06-2022 6:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119258593#Comment_119258593

It was a joke, kind of.

I get very excited about the Tour and only really visit here for pro racing chats.

breezy1985 · 27-06-2022 6:25pm

I really really need Nairoman or one of the French lads to do something magic for me to give a sht this year.

Outside of MvdP and Pinot this season has really bored the ars off me.

27-06-2022 7:07pm

Raids carried out on the homes of some of the team/staff they had their hotels done last year.

https://cyclingtips.com/2022/06/homes-of-bahrain-victorious-riders-and-staff-searched-by-police/

Squidgy Black · 27-06-2022 7:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119258906#Comment_119258906

There’s no smoke without fire.

Although if they are doping, they’re not getting their moneys worth either!

breezy1985 · 27-06-2022 10:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119258996#Comment_119258996

They have had unreal results during the time in question. They went from winning nothing to almost winning a Giro and winning Paris Roubaix as well as racking up wins like the top teams. Definitely fire with this smoke.

dastardly00 · 28-06-2022 8:04pm

GCN Tour de France preview

https://youtu.be/-7RZnRbSFxw

mewso · 28-06-2022 10:05pm

LRCP Preview (all 2 hours of it):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGSjOoBSW7k&ab_channel=LanterneRougeCyclingPodcast

mewso · 28-06-2022 10:15pm

My predictions:-

Yellow: Pog (2. Rog, 3. Vlasov)

Got to think 1 and 2 are fairly safe bets (bar crazy events or falls etc.) but which way round? Heart says Roglic, head Pogacar. Then again Roglic has the better team and if used properly could really put some pressure on here. Bora have the team and the strategy to mount a proper bid assuming Vlasov is fully recovered.

Green: Van Aert

Can't see anyone really competing with him on this. Maybe Jacobsen if he gets to the end but a pure sprinter is unlikely to be getting green I think.

KOM: Bardet

Bardet if he is, as he says, not going for GC is not required for support outside of that so he should be looking to lose time (and the opening TT will oblige) and then go in breaks. Someone like Lenny Kamna could easily go for this but he will have another job.

Brian? · 29-06-2022 5:58am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119264548#Comment_119264548

My podium prediction is Pog, Vlasov and Vingegaard (sp?).

Green: van Aert. Polka dots: Pinot.

I think Roglic will crash on the cobblestones and lose minutes.

MyDarkArts · 29-06-2022 7:42am

I'm going to go with Roglic, he was one (very) bad day away from winning it two years ago. And had a crash last year. There's no guarantee that Pogacar stays free from bad luck either. Plus, despite UAE strengthening, Roglic still has the better team behind him. I'd rate it more of an even match than the current odds would suggest.

retalivity · 29-06-2022 7:46am

I could see a Wiggins/Froome situation arise with Roglic/Vingegaard, where V is the stronger rider but is holding/held back to help Rog. Whether he's strong enough to beat Pog though...i don't think so.

breezy1985 · 29-06-2022 7:53am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119265237#Comment_119265237

He was way off Pog last year and I don't see him in the same league as Pog or Rog.

Brian? · 29-06-2022 9:52am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119265256#Comment_119265256

In fairness, no one is in the same league as Pogacar over 3 weeks. Roglic is closer to the level of Vingegaard than of Pogacar

Brian? · 29-06-2022 9:53am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119265237#Comment_119265237

A split in cross winds or a crash on the cobbles will sort that out.

29-06-2022 11:09am

Saturday going across that 15km of bridge before the finishing town could be interesting if the wind is there.

retalivity · 29-06-2022 11:12am

EF finally announced their team, so startlist is now confirmed, barring any last minute withdrawals due to covid or otherwise

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2022/startlist

breezy1985 · 29-06-2022 11:18am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119265926#Comment_119265926

It's 2 years ago now but Rog was a lot closer than Vini to beating Pog. I still think that Tour could have went differently too if ROG had put the boot down rather than letting Pog tag along.

29-06-2022 11:32am

Team presentation is at 17:30 today.

breezy1985 · 29-06-2022 11:53am

Really gonna miss Steephill.tv for the Tour. Cyclingnews has gone pay walled too.

Is PCS the best for stage by stage stuff now ?

Also I get confused between the GTs on timing. Is the TdF an estimated 4.30 or 5.30 finish our time ?

RunDMC · 29-06-2022 11:57am

https://www.tissottiming.com/

Good for official times, and often faster to update than PCS, but you don't get the commentary.

R

neris · 29-06-2022 11:58am

430 our time normally.

Hope ITV have sorted out some new clobber for Gary Imlach & Millar and wont be dressing them a like a priest & 1980s prisoner again

29-06-2022 12:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119266486#Comment_119266486

Cyclingnews paywall as well as many others can be got around if your browser has a reader mode, in my case if it can be used on a page I'll have an icon I can click in the address bar.

retalivity · 29-06-2022 12:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119266545#Comment_119266545

The live reports are still free, or at least they were for the giro.

Cyclingnews in incognito mode also does not seem to be blocked.

dastardly00 · 29-06-2022 12:32pm

Trentin for UAE has tested positive for Covid and is replaced by Marc Hirshi. Not exactly a like-for-like replacement in terms of their respective skill sets.

retalivity · 29-06-2022 1:56pm

Thought Hirschi was left out because he had covid and wasn't recovering well! Trentin is a big loss for UAE on the cobbles stage

wpd · 29-06-2022 2:37pm

what is the latest that a reserve can be drafted in to a team

is it right up to the start does anyone know??

dastardly00 · 29-06-2022 3:02pm

Lotto-Soudal are yet another team to release a new jersey for the Tour... Although it looks like they just stole the helmets from Astana

https://twitter.com/Lotto_Soudal/status/1542147398453104644?s=20&t=vvC4o5TXWrpn3U7zkBR4hw

Mefistofelino · 29-06-2022 3:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119267406#Comment_119267406

I think up to the Team Presentation is the final time to make changes (at least unenforced ones). However some years ago, a rider warming up for the prologue on the first day crashed on a TV cable and broke his collarbone. His team were allowed replace him a couple of hours before the start.

G1032 · 29-06-2022 3:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119265027#Comment_119265027

Pretty similar to what I think

1st Pog

2nd Vingegaard

3rd Vlasov

Green - WvA

KOM - Bardet or Pinot.

I'd love to see Bardet podium though but if he says he's not going for GC......

29-06-2022 4:35pm

Trek kit is very similar to the Alpacine kit, nice though.

https://twitter.com/TrekSegafredo/status/1542177353165508608

dastardly00 · 29-06-2022 4:39pm

The team presentation feels like the Eurovision Song contest just without the singing 😂

29-06-2022 4:44pm

Oh my that red Canyon MvdP is on !!!!!!!!

29-06-2022 4:47pm

The Danish lads are getting some cheers must be some buzz there.

breezy1985 · 29-06-2022 5:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119267533#Comment_119267533

Bahrain Soudal

29-06-2022 5:43pm

Had it on mute there for a while why were there only 7 AG2R guys , someone get covid?

dahat · 29-06-2022 5:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119268302#Comment_119268302

No sign of Jungels so yeah Covid would be a good guess but who knows.

dastardly00 · 29-06-2022 5:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119268302#Comment_119268302

Bob Jungles wasn't there... not sure if it is Covid related or not. They didn't say it was. Daryl Impey was missing for Israel as well. And there was another team with only 7 riders but I can't remember which team

29-06-2022 5:55pm

Jonas close to tears there.

Squidgy Black · 29-06-2022 7:14pm

Covid running riot in the Israel Premier Tech camp, Goldstein replaced with Boivin and Daryl Impey will probably be replaced too

https://twitter.com/israelpremtech/status/1542153276791160834?s=21&t=e-bQ73bm4obAIzXiZtmATQ

I seen one of the Jumbo DS tested positive as well, Meerjin Zeemen

dastardly00 · 29-06-2022 7:31pm

The team presentations looked great from a rider's perspective as well

https://twitter.com/LouvelMatis/status/1542205027191857152?s=20&t=5H9QHfHoegZ03dPxWHD6Yg

dastardly00 · 29-06-2022 7:36pm

Change to the Astana team also

https://twitter.com/AstanaQazTeam/status/1542161915757084679?s=20&t=5H9QHfHoegZ03dPxWHD6Yg

mewso · 29-06-2022 7:42pm

With all the Irish missing at least we, yet again, have Chris Juul-Jensen to cheer on and we get to share support with the Danes.

Dr. Bre · 29-06-2022 8:05pm

Covid could turn this into a tour de farce !

29-06-2022 8:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119268756#Comment_119268756

Wow if I was them I'd have regretted not bringing my guitar for a sing along !!!!!!

Squidgy Black · 29-06-2022 9:05pm

Seen this on Twitter, surely has to be a photoshop but if not it’s brilliant

dastardly00 · 29-06-2022 10:33pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119269153#Comment_119269153

That is actually real 😂. I watched the team presentation. Even when the presenters started taking to Jakobsen there were still images of Cav in the background 🙈

breezy1985 · 30-06-2022 7:22am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119269512#Comment_119269512

Maybe someone from RTE got a job with ASO 😜

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