2017 Tour de France Stage 1 - 13km - Dusseldorf TT

Inquitus

Christian Prudhomme's comment

Of the 13 kilometres of the inaugural time-trial course, close to 10 will be set on the banks of the Rhine river or the bridges above it… and bends can be counted on the fingers of both hands! There will be no or almost no mystery: the “rouleurs” will have their word to say. In this speciality where a new generation is showing up, a multiple world-champion boosted by the support of his fans could well be the fastest man.

Odds
Tony Martin 6/4
Primoz Roglic 9/4
Jos Van Emden 5
Stefan Kung 8
Jonathan Castroviejo 18
Alex Dowsett 16
Jasha Sutterlin 22



And don't forget the concert afterwards, which will likely put the cycling in the shade!

Decuc500

I'd like to see Phinney get a good result here.

Inquitus

Decuc500 wrote: »

I'd like to see Phinney get a good result here.

He can be had at 100/1 seems very long odds for him, maybe worth an e/w punt?

Decuc500

Inquitus wrote: »

He can be had at 100/1 seems very long odds for him, maybe worth an e/w punt?

Definitely worth a punt if I was a gambling man! He hasn't got his form back yet from before his horrible injury a few years ago.

neris

Strap yourself in for 3 weeks of Bora, Alpecin & Israeli Tourist Boars ads

De Bhál

neris wrote: »

Strap yourself in for 3 weeks of Bora, Alpecin & Israeli Tourist Boars ads

"I love this cooking revolution"

neris

neris wrote: »

Strap yourself in for 3 weeks of Bora, Alpecin & Israeli Tourist Boars ads

Ahhh that Israeli Tourist board ad has a special place in my heart, stirs some great memories of when I met my partner and being led around a foreign city

.....we actually looked into a Bora cooker after the Giro so brainwashed were we at that stage, she assures me I don't need the Alpecin just yet though

Inquitus

Start Times

https://twitter.com/CaleyFretz/status/880779585398460416

MPFGLB

And they are off !!!






Further information here: http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2017/us/stage-1.html

Favourites to take the 1st stage and yellow jersey must be

Martin (Tony) ,Roglic, Kung, Castroviejo, Matthews or Kwiatkowski

TV Times (GMT) :
Eurosport UK : 1.45pm
ITV4 : 2pm



Tour start list here : http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_France_2017_Startlist

Podcasts:
http://www.itv.com/tourdefrance/podcast
https://thecyclingpodcast.com/
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/recon-ride-tour-de-france-podcast/

Best Start Timings for the TT so far : https://twitter.com/CaleyFretz/status/880779585398460416

MPFGLB

So I will do stages 1 & 2

Feel free for others who comment on here to step in a do some stage profiles

Inquitus

MPFGLB wrote: »

So I will do stages 1 & 2

Feel free for others who comment on here to step in a do some stage profiles

I'll do stage 1

Inquitus

Looks like AG2R didn't want Bardet pant shamed by Froome!

Lusk_Doyle

Inquitus wrote: »

He can be had at 100/1 seems very long odds for him, maybe worth an e/w punt?

Too many years in the wilderness recently to warrant any lower odds.

Lusk_Doyle

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ahhh that Israeli Tourist board ad has a special place in my heart, stirs some great memories of when I met my partner and being led around a foreign city

.....we actually looked into a Bora cooker after the Giro so brainwashed were we at that stage, she assures me I don't need the Alpecin just yet though

I have a Bora hob. Love it.

Inquitus

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

I have a Bora hob. Love it.

How much does a bora hob go for, tried to google prices during the Giro, couldn't find anything?

Lusk_Doyle

Inquitus wrote: »

How much does a bora hob go for, tried to google prices during the Giro, couldn't find anything?

About €2,800 or so.

pajor

I use chemist own brand caffeine based shampoo. :pac:

I'm getting all smug again about having ad free Tour on TV.

death1234567

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ahhh that Israeli Tourist board ad has a special place in my heart, stirs some great memories of when I met my partner and being led around a foreign city

That israeli tourist board ad has a special place in my heart because the model in it has an arse that could crack walnuts. #stunner.

As for the stage, der panzerwagon for yellow.

neris

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

About €2,800 or so.

Must be great to have that kind of money to keep the wife happy and in the kitchen :P

All My Stars Aligned

I'd sell a kidney for that bike, would I get 10k for one?

Lusk_Doyle

Weepsie wrote: »

Does it include the inbuilt extractor? I'd like one for that. Not least as our (thankfully only rented) apartment has a poorly designed kitchen with the extractor hood at the perfect height for whacking my head off.

Yup. Works really well and the absence of a big extractor hood is great.

Kaisr Sose

De Bhál wrote: »

"I love this cooking revolution"

Or is it
" I lorve dis cook-kinge wreveloultion"

Subpopulus

All My Stars Aligned wrote: »

I'd sell a kidney for that bike, would I get 10k for one?

Yes. PM sent.

pelevin

Kwiatkowski has done some great short tt's before though not sure would they have been a bit lumpier. Think though it was just qa question of raw speed & power. My leftfield hunch mention would be Kittel to put in a big performance.

pelevin

Controversy. On various fronts.

Apart from Boards members' rivalries regarding race threads, riders who ride MPFGLB's tt will have to go a full km further than Inquitus's. Time gaps could be significant.

Darkglasses

pelevin wrote: »

Controversy. On various fronts.

Apart from Boards members' rivalries riders who ride MPFGLB's tt will have to go a full km further than Inquitus's. Time gaps could be significant.

Breakaway over, they're all back together.

MPFGLB

pelevin wrote: »

Controversy. On various fronts.

Apart from Boards members' rivalries regarding race threads, riders who ride MPFGLB's tt will have to go a full km further than Inquitus's. Time gaps could be significant.

It is 14km...I checked

MPFGLB wrote: »

Sorry for not replying but don't want to get caught doing the lion share

I am happy to do stage 1 & 2

Are there other volunteers... Blaa man ? Conclavous (sic ?) Darkglasses ?

Wrote that in the general Tour thread on 27th June...
It was the only ones I could do
Very happy to leave ti to others now though :D:D

pelevin

Darkglasses wrote: »

Breakaway over, they're all back together.

I miss the controversy already.

pelevin

pelevin wrote: »

Kwiatkowski has done some great short tt's before though not sure would they have been a bit lumpier. Think though it was just qa question of raw speed & power. My leftfield hunch mention would be Kittel to put in a big performance.

Have Kwiatkowski in mind for tomorrow too, if he can stay on the bike wasn't he who was off at the Giro TT? He'll be in the Polish TT Jersey too. I'd say he could do top 5 here if he has a good day.

Steve SilverMint

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Have Kwiatkowski in mind for tomorrow too, if he can stay on the bike wasn't he who was off at the Giro TT? He'll be in the Polish TT Jersey too. I'd say he could do top 5 here if he has a good day.

I think you might have him mixed up with Kiryienka who took a thumble near the finish line on the TT at the Giro. He's actually not a bad e/w bet at 40/1 he won the world TT in 2015

pelevin

I was wondering. My memory isn't to be relied on but I couldn't remember Kwiatkowski being in the Giro. For a shorter more explosive tt like this one, right or wrong it's Kwiatkowski rather than Kiryienka I'd be looking at.

Yee are right , always mix those two up

retalivity

Why is latour second last to go? Is he the designated AG2R in place of bardet?

Inquitus

retalivity wrote: »

Why is latour second last to go? Is he the designated AG2R in place of bardet?

Yes, I am guessing AG2R wanted to avoid the embarrassment of Bardet being potentially caught by Froome!

MPFGLB

retalivity wrote: »

Why is latour second last to go? Is he the designated AG2R in place of bardet?

I'm guessing 2 things

1. He is going late as he is a GC rider for Ag2R and going for the white jersey though not the main GC rider for them... that is Bardet

2. They do not want Bardet to be passed by Froome which could happen and thus destroy his confidence

MPFGLB

https://twitter.com/Procyclingeu/status/881134147963678720

Darkglasses

Found this handy set of mini-profiles of the entire Tour - http://i.imgur.com/zaTsWPn.png

Black lines are rest days of course. Credit to antiloopje on reddit.com/r/peloton

Who's commentating ???? Please let it be Rob Hatch

Manufan123

ITV starting with a bang. Straight in with team Sky's issues.

Darkglasses

Oh Carlton, how I missed you

Oh ffs Kirby /kicks the cat :mad:

ednwireland

That start looks well dodgy with those white lines

Darkglasses

A rolling commentary team apparently, Rob Hatch will be subbed in later. Probably best solution for everyone, really.

Darkglasses

Darkglasses wrote: »

A rolling commentary team apparently, Rob Hatch will be subbed in later. Probably best solution for everyone, really.

I don't really mind Kirby too much just when theres not much happening he's prone to rambling

The moto cameras are going to be great in the days to come for switching between the break and main bunch etc. the split view works super well, following 3 guys at once here

retalivity

bouhanni is taking it very handy...

ednwireland

I know no one likes itv4 coverage but great to have it on free to air, so I'm delighted they have extended there coverage until 2023.
Having had to find a stream for the lions match this morning.

Darkglasses

Anyone know if Jonathan Harris-Bass will be back this year to teach us about the local cuisine?

MPFGLB

Darkglasses wrote: »

Anyone know if Jonathan Harris-Bass will be back this year to teach us about the local cuisine?

Yes...he has been on already though not talking YET about grub


EDIT : He just mentioned something with grated potatoes and apples for cycling on a wet day....didnt sound too good to me tbh

pelevin

Well the conditions certainly make things more interesting & iffy. Dusseldorf is I think Kraftwerk's home city - mentioned cos of their huge cycling connection.

Eamonnator

pelevin wrote: »

Well the conditions certainly make things more interesting & iffy. Dusseldorf is I think Kraftwerk's home city - mentioned cos of their huge cycling connection.

Canyon have a limited edition Kraftwerk bike, if you have a spare 10 grand or so.
But, get in quick, there's only 21 of them