Don't forget starts Saturday, we'll worth a visit to see it live especially the mountain stages, been a couple of times great atmosphere.
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Should a brilliant race this year with Pogacar, Vingegard, Roglic and Evenepoel all capable of winning. The money seems to be on Pog for a double after his domination at the Giro in May.
I'd add that if you did want to go and spectate and weren't really into cycling...going to a flat stage would be 2 hrs of build up and a 2000 vehicle publicity caravan followed by an 8 seconds whooosh as they hgurtle past at 50kmh and that'd be it. Generally a feeling of 'Was that it FFS?'
Go to a hilly or mountain stage and view at a point well past the halfway part of that stage, more likely to have a breakaway and a field more spread out...so you may get 5 minutes of little 'whoooshes' rather than 1 big whooosh. (I'll ride across to watch some of stage 11, a hilly stage finishing in Le Lioran, Massif Central)
I'd add that if you did want to go and spectate and weren't really into cycling...going to a flat stage would be 2 hrs of build up and a 2000 vehicle publicity caravan followed by an 8 seconds whooosh as they hgurtle past at 50kmh and that'd be it. Generally a feeling of 'Was that it FFS?'
Go to a hilly or mountain stage and view at a point well past the halfway part of that stage, more likely to have a breakaway and a field more spread out...so you may get 5 minutes of little 'whoooshes' rather than 1 big whooosh. (I'll ride across to watch some of stage 11, a hilly stage finishing in Le Lioran, Massif Central)
Can't wait. One of my Summer highlights. 
Yeah I'm in.
It will be interesting to see what sort of shape Vingegaard is in after THAT crash in April?
It will be interesting to see what sort of shape Vingegaard is in after THAT crash in April?
I am equally excited! If Vingegaard isn't fit, I'd love to see Sep Kuss promoted to the team no1. He has looked so incredibly strong in his domestique role these last 2 years, I'd really like to see what he could do if they backed him as their GC rider.
Unfortunately Kuss has Covid, I understand
Who has the best motor tucked away in the frame or the hub?? 
As above, Kuss out which is a rotten shame. He showed in last year's Vuelta that he can lead when his team mates EVENTUALLY got behing him.
Kuss is out, he was struggling a few weeks ago at the Crit de Dauphine. (Conntrary to jonnie...) I actually don't feel that Kuss is a natural leader...he is a born battler for his leader but doesn't seem to have that killer instinct, he is simply too nice a bloke.
Hidden motors are a big issue for the powers that be...a new form of 'doping'
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Here was Kuss and another rider after the last stage of this years Tour of the Algarve, riding back to their respective coaches. The lad on the left stopped after another 100m, Kuss had another mile to ride so I took the oppourtunity to ride alongside him and have a chat. What a genuinely nice bloke. He looked me in the eye when we were talking (about the Vuelta) and didn't laugh at my steel framed hardtail MTB with road tyres on.
Hidden motors are a big issue for the powers that be...a new form of 'doping'
“It will destroy our sport”: UCI set to pay whistleblowers for “credible” motor doping information ahead of Tour de France
UCI president David Lappartient has revealed that world cycling’s governing body is planning to pay whistleblowers and informants who come forward with “credible” information related to the suspected use of hidden motors in the peloton, days after the UCI announced that it will pilot the use of...
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Here was Kuss and another rider after the last stage of this years Tour of the Algarve, riding back to their respective coaches. The lad on the left stopped after another 100m, Kuss had another mile to ride so I took the oppourtunity to ride alongside him and have a chat. What a genuinely nice bloke. He looked me in the eye when we were talking (about the Vuelta) and didn't laugh at my steel framed hardtail MTB with road tyres on.
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It'll be interesting to see if Mark Cavendish has another stage win in him.
Don’t think Tom Pidcock will be anywhere near in the GC but hopefully grab a stage win or two.
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Of course he probably won't be. But as a rider he is brilliant, and the UK should be proud of him, and to top it all off he has charisma. Top bloke.
I hope Ben Healy manages a stage that would be good.
What a bastard of a first stage and a thoroughly deserved win for Bardet. Edge of the seat stuff at end.....has Cav finished yet? Wow, he'll have suffered like f### for hours on end.
Eurosport posted a clip the other day of Pidcock on a mountain descent from, I think, last year. Truly incredible stuff and I urge you to seek it out. He took 35 seconds out of the peleton in under 4km. Fuckin mental.
Toughest start to any TDF I think in recent years.
Good viewing and exciting end to first stage.
Good viewing and exciting end to first stage.
I’ve taken part in a few Etape du Tours over the years.
Each time it was pretty brutal and took me 50% longer to complete as the slowest professional, and each time I was pretty much fecked at the end. When I did them, I was a reasonably fit bloke who cycled over 300 miles per week in training.
How the hell these guys manage to do a stage pretty much every day for three weeks is just incredible really and I have nothing but admiration for their strength of character as well as fitness.
Let’s hope this year’s race is a good un
Each time it was pretty brutal and took me 50% longer to complete as the slowest professional, and each time I was pretty much fecked at the end. When I did them, I was a reasonably fit bloke who cycled over 300 miles per week in training.
How the hell these guys manage to do a stage pretty much every day for three weeks is just incredible really and I have nothing but admiration for their strength of character as well as fitness.
Let’s hope this year’s race is a good un
This is the most famous one, he went on to win on the Alpe D'Huez. A second one is down a canyon road near LA.
That's the one Davey. Very quick descent of The Alpe.
Pretty sure he was descending the Col Du Galibier (8600ft) towards Valloire. He climbed Alpe D'Huez to victory.
(They do the Galibier again this year....it was snowed in until very recently)
(They do the Galibier again this year....it was snowed in until very recently)
And another cracking stage today…fabulous viewing
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