Tour de France 2022

[markl121]

WVA beating ganna by 40 seconds lol

[grounded]

WVA beating ganna by 40 seconds lol

Jonas currently faster than Wout!  GT also flying.

[markl121]

WVA beating ganna by 40 seconds lol

Jonas currently faster than Wout!  GT also flying.

The top guys really are miles clear than the rest. the other gc contenders are minutes back in this TT alone

[grounded]

JV very nearly wiped out on than descent! Could be a repeat of last years final stages with wva.

[yellowcard]

Farcical levels of dominance by Van Aert and Vingegaard at this years tour. The more things change the more they stay the same.

[gallsman]

Yes, 96. All the commentary on Eurosport has made repeated reference to JV being on the verge of being the second Danish man to win the Tour, after Riis. Not once have I heard them qualify it with "of course that victory has subsequently been thoroughly discredited, and by his own admission".

Dan Lloyd and orla have both taken to twitter to shoot down the doping talk. Dan says he has no reason to stick to the omerta 

Like by all means continue with the innocent until proven guilty line about the current pros, or explain it away with tech, training, nutrition etc but when talking about Riis "winning the tour" they surely have to mention EPO ffs. It's not a suspicion or an allegation, he admitted it ffs. 15 years ago, it's not news!

[tonto1888]

Farcical levels of dominance by Van Aert and Vingegaard at this years tour. The more things change the more they stay the same.

I was a massive LA fan. When he admitted his doping I stopped watching cycling. I have started again this year but I just presume they are all on the juice. Less disapointment that way

[yellowcard]

Farcical levels of dominance by Van Aert and Vingegaard at this years tour. The more things change the more they stay the same.

I was a massive LA fan. When he admitted his doping I stopped watching cycling. I have started again this year but I just presume they are all on the juice. Less disapointment that way

I was never a fan of Armstrong and never believed that he was clean after the early stages, there was too much evidence to the contrary. He used to make me angry with his brazenness, arrogance and using cancer as a shield but now I just see it all for what it is. Entertainment. It's a bit of a reality show and the doping is all part of the whole soap opera. I just presume that most of the top cyclists are doping with some taking it to different levels than others. Jumbo have taken the piss this year with Van Aert and Vingegaard though and there hasn't been a pro rider tested positive in the last 2 years so the arms race will continue to spiral if they think they can do it with impunity. It still won't stop me watching it though and I don't think it will ever change.   

[oakleaflad]

Nothing really new from Van Aert this year though? He's been like this for a few years. I was more surprised by the performances from the likes of McNulty towards the end of the tour.
I enjoy watching the tactical battles and really enjoyed this year's tour, whilst having the understanding that they could all be on PED's at the same time.

[yellowcard]

Nothing really new from Van Aert this year though? He's been like this for a few years. I was more surprised by the performances from the likes of McNulty towards the end of the tour.
I enjoy watching the tactical battles and really enjoyed this year's tour, whilst having the understanding that they could all be on PED's at the same time.

He is a talented rider but to get into breaks, chase down breaks, ride all day in breaks, compete for sprints, rake long pulls in front and drop pure climbers in the high mountains is not normal. There was no cumulative fatigue with him and he done it day in day out for 3 weeks. Huge red flag when he was dropping the mountain goats on HC climbs. Probably the biggest red flag of all was Vingegaard's TT performance. A 58kg climber should not be beating the world champion TT in his specialist discipline. Whatever they're doing they have thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the peloton.   

McNulty in comparision had one superhuman day and I think UAE had their weetabix that morning and it was one last attempt to overhaul Jumbo who have upped the ante. Take the top 3 riders out of the race and the gap to the 4th place rider on GC was almost 14 minutes. That by itself is alarming.

In saying all that it was a very enjoyable tour but I'd just take it for what it is. The race was made by Pogacar losing a bucket load of time on one stage and then constantly attacking to try and get it back.

[bennydorano]

The TDF ladies getting wrote off here left, right & centre. Women drivers etc.. must be 4 crashes in a 10m stretch of flat, wide roads.

[maddog]

just got back from TDF after 3 weeks away. Great experience which id recommend to anyone. Its impossible to have a holiday and follow the whole race so we did the cobbled stage into Arenberg and then most of that week as far as Alpe d'huez which we didnt get to. Mrs D was navigating and we missed motor way exit, no way to get off and next thing was a tunnel into italy so we went to italian lakes instead. Lake orta was absolutely stunning (minus the mosquitoes). Then back up through Switzerland and into Vosges mountains again to the Grand Ballon. Lovely area and helped us escape the heat at 1300 metres altitude. Then up into Chartres and then Normandy for a few days before getting the boat back from Dieppe. Glad avoided Dover as i knew it would be a shit show.
Favourite region of France was by far the Vosges mountains SW of Strasbourg. Alps and the ski station areas were amazing but a rip off. 10 euro for 50cl beer - cheerio.

[maddog]

The TDF ladies getting wrote off here left, right & centre. Women drivers etc.. must be 4 crashes in a 10m stretch of flat, wide roads.

did you see that one that drove straight down the middle of the crash. Either she didnt see it or fancied changes of picking her way through but hit it an awful slap

[bennydorano]

The TDF ladies getting wrote off here left, right & centre. Women drivers etc.. must be 4 crashes in a 10m stretch of flat, wide roads.

did you see that one that drove straight down the middle of the crash. Either she didnt see it or fancied changes of picking her way through but hit it an awful slap

I did indeed, she must have been head down Froome style

[markl121]

The TDF ladies getting wrote off here left, right & centre. Women drivers etc.. must be 4 crashes in a 10m stretch of flat, wide roads.

did you see that one that drove straight down the middle of the crash. Either she didnt see it or fancied changes of picking her way through but hit it an awful slap

I did indeed, she must have been head down Froome style

She said she thought she could have made the gap. f**k that she should be thrown out. No remorse for it either and took out one of the pre race favourites.