2019 Tour de France!

bvader said:
Off Topic... Tom Hardy's Character one of my All Time favorites... quite literally mesmerizing when on the screen... my eyes glazed over and I was in an awe induced stooper...
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I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about...:gotnothing:
 
I know the first couple days of the Tour are usually flat, they are a necessity....but they are generally boring as hell.

Let’s get into the climbing stages, into the attacks.
 
herzalot said:
Whatever stage I watched yesterday was brutally/stupid steep at the top. Painful. Stage won by - wait, it’s not been 24 hours... some guy on a bike.
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Stage 6
6 climbs before the final 7th climb that at worse was a 24% Grade! A flippin 24% GRADE!
My guy Julian Aliphilippe was in kick ass mode but lost the Yellow Jersey by 6 seconds. I suspect he will regain it. And my other brothah Peter Sagan is Green with everyone else’s envy! I should have placed money on this Tour. Amazing finish. I never thought I would see such suffering on that final climb!
 
rossage said:
I'm tired of these machine-like teams without any soul. The Tour is the best when it's unpredictable and dangerous.
Today's stage was like that. A bold move like only Pantani used to pull off - except he did it in the Alps.
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The tour would be much better if it was actually a true race. Team tactics are one thing but every rider should carry their own tools and necessary supplies to fix their own flats if required. The "entourage" they ride with is nonsense and not racing as it should be in my opinion. I'll see myself out....
 
mtbMike said:
The tour would be much better if it was actually a true race. Team tactics are one thing but every rider should carry their own tools and necessary supplies to fix their own flats if required. The "entourage" they ride with is nonsense and not racing as it should be in my opinion. I'll see myself out....
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Read the stories of the old Tour. A guy broke his fork, carried it to town, welded it back together, and finished. He still got dq'ed because someone else pumped the bellows! Those guys were hardcore.
 
mtbMike said:
The tour would be much better if it was actually a true race. Team tactics are one thing but every rider should carry their own tools and necessary supplies to fix their own flats if required. The "entourage" they ride with is nonsense and not racing as it should be in my opinion. I'll see myself out....
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Yep, that's the way they should run.
 
mtbMike said:
The tour would be much better if it was actually a true race. Team tactics are one thing but every rider should carry their own tools and necessary supplies to fix their own flats if required. The "entourage" they ride with is nonsense and not racing as it should be in my opinion. I'll see myself out....
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Runs with Scissors said:
Yep, that's the way they should run.
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Blah blah blah blah...
I get it, but still... :sneaky:
 
Mikie said:
Blah blah blah blah...
I get it, but still... :sneaky:
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If you have a vehicle following you for the entire course with extra wheels, nay, entire bicycles, how is it a competition? I am not denigrating the ability of the racers to power up hills in ways that we only see in video games, but c'mon...oh, my bike broke but I have an extra one right here.

Not.

I am reminded of my efforts on the Crusher. 70 miles and 10,000 + gain on road and gravel (of which I finished 35-ish) totally self-supported other than a few feed stations for electrolytes and stuff. You flat, you fix. You break and can't fix, you out. I think the Dirty Kanzaa is the same.

Or look at the Tour Divide....wanna win? Better have yer stuff in the bag. To me, that's a much better indicator of ability.

That's the way it's supposed to work.
 
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Runs with Scissors said:
If you have a vehicle following you for the entire course with extra wheels, nay, entire bicycles, how is it a competition? I am not denigrating the ability of the racers to power up hills in ways that we only see in video games, but c'mon...oh, my bike broke but I have an extra one right here.

Not.

I am reminded of my efforts on the Crusher. 70 miles and 10,000 + gain on road and gravel (of which I finished 35-ish) totally self-supported other than a few feed stations for electrolytes and stuff. You flat, you fix. You break and can't fix, you out. I think the Dirty Kanzaa is the same.

Or look at the Tour Divide....wanna win? Better have yer stuff in the bag. To me, that's a much better indicator of ability.

That's the way it's supposed to work.
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Blah blah blah blah...
I get it, but still... :sneaky:
(or... read above post)
 
Turning into the grumpy old man thread... “back in my day...”

Apples and oranges. If you want a competition of self-sustaining endurance bicycle events, they exist. If you want the Tour de France, it exists - whether you think they should fix their own flats or not.

Now get off my lawn!
 
herzalot said:
Turning into the grumpy old man thread... “back in my day...”

Apples and oranges. If you want a competition of self-sustaining endurance bicycle events, they exist. If you want the Tour de France, it exists - whether you think they should fix their own flats or not.

Now get off my lawn!
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UPSed said:
It's a team sport plain and simple. It's not about the equipment. It's about the riders and the teams they make up. Now get off my lawn!
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I remember back in the day you hade to ride your bike uphill both ways in the snow, then when you got home you hade to cut a chord of wood with an axe. Now get off my lawn! :geek:
 
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