TOUR DE LA PROVENCE 2021 (Spoilers)

at1withmyself

4 stage race in France and begins on Thursday. Some Irish interest as Roche & Dunbar I believe are scheduled to start.

Not sure on TV coverage but will post when/if I see.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-la-provence/

dastardly00

It's live on Eurosport and the GCN app

Saturday should be the decider on Mont Ventoux but they only go up to Chalet Reynard, which is likely further than I'd get at the minute :P

Snow forecast for Friday, Saturday looks ok but temperatures between 0 and -7 up there

koutoubia

The last 50km of the Aussie Road mens champs was some of the best racing I have seen in a long time.
Sorry for the thread derailement.

odyssey06

IS this on the Eurosport player only? Seems their TV listings are full with Aussie open.

at1withmyself

Start list:

AG2R CITROEN (ACT) FRA
BOUCHARD Geoffrey FRA
CALMEJANE Lilian FRA
GALLOPIN Tony FRA
O'CONNOR Ben AUS
PARET PEINTRE Aurélien FRA
SCHÄR Michael SUI
VENTURINI Clement FRA

ASTANA - PREMIER TECH (APT) KAZ
ARANBURU DEBA Alex ESP
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar ESP
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka ESP
IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Ion ESP
LUTSENKO Alexey KAZ
TEJADA CANACUE Harold Alfonso COL
VLASOV Aleksandr RUS

ARKEA - SAMSIC (ARK) FRA
BARGUIL Warren FRA
BOUDAT Thomas FRA
BOUET Maxime FRA
BOUHANNI Nacer FRA
DELAPLACE Anthony FRA
RUSSO Clément FRA
SWIFT Connor GBR

ST MICHEL - AUBER 93 (AUB) FRA
CARDIS Romain FRA
HUREL Tony FRA
LOUVET Louis FRA
MAURELET Flavien FRA
PAILLOT Yoann FRA
TESSON Jason FRA
VAN NIEKERK Morné RSA

B&B HOTELS P/B KTM (BBK) FRA
BAGIOLI Nicola ITA
BONNAMOUR Franck FRA
COQUARD Bryan FRA
DEBUSSCHERE Jens BEL
HIVERT Jonathan FRA
LECROQ Jérémy FRA
LEMOINE Cyril FRA

BORA - HANSGROHE (BOH) GER
ALEOTTI Giovanni ITA
FABBRO Matteo ITA
GROSSSCHARTNER Felix AUT
KONRAD Patrick AUT
SCHELLING Ide NED
WALLS Matthew GBR
WANDAHL Frederik DEN

COFIDIS (COF) FRA
ALLEGAERT Piet BEL
CHAMPION Thomas FRA
EDET Nicolas FRA
FERNANDEZ Ruben ESP
HERRADA Jesus ESP
HERRADA Jose ESP
SAJNOK Szymon POL

DELKO (DKO) FRA
DIAZ GALLEGO Jose Manuel ESP
FEDELI Alessandro ITA
FERNANDEZ CRUZ Delio ESP
GIRMAY Biniam ERI
LE TURNIER Mathias FRA
RAJOVIC Dušan SRB
TRARIEUX Julien FRA

DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP (DQT) BEL
ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA
ASGREEN Kasper DEN
BALLERINI Davide ITA
CAVAGNA Rémi FRA
LAMPAERT Yves BEL
VANSEVENANT Mauri BEL
ŠTYBAR Zdeněk CZE

DSM (DSM) GER
COMBAUD Romain FRA
DONOVAN Mark GBR
KANTER Max GER
LEKNESSUND Andreas NOR
MÄRKL Niklas GER
ROCHE Nicolas IRL
SÜTTERLIN Jasha GER

GROUPAMA - FDJ (GFC) FRA
DAVY Clément FRA
DEMARE Arnaud FRA
GUARNIERI Jacopo ITA
KONOVALOVAS Ignatas LTU
MOLARD Rudy FRA
SCOTSON Miles AUS
SINKELDAM Ramon NED

INEOS GRENADIERS (IGD) GBR
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley COL
DE PLUS Laurens BEL
DUNBAR Edward IRL
MOSCON Gianni ITA
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos ESP
SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro COL
SWIFT Ben GBR

LOTTO SOUDAL (LTS) BEL
CONCA Filippo ITA
DEGENKOLB John GER
FRISON Frederik BEL
GILBERT Philippe BEL
OLDANI Stefano ITA
VERMEERSCH Florian BEL
WELLENS Tim BEL

MOVISTAR (MOV) ESP
ERVITI Imanol ESP
GONZÁLEZ RIVERA Abner PUR
JORGENSON Matteo USA
MAS BONET Luis Guillermo ESP
MAS NICOLAU Enric ESP
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio ESP
VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos ESP

BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS (TBV) BRN
BAUHAUS Phil GER
HAIG Jack AUS
HAUSSLER Heinrich AUS
MÄDER Gino SUI
POELS Wouter NED
TEUNS Dylan BEL
WRIGHT Fred GBR

TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE (TDE) FRA
BONIFAZIO Leonardo ITA
COUSIN Jerome FRA
DE LA PARTE Victor ESP
GAUDIN Damien FRA
GRELLIER Fabien FRA
SIMON Julien FRA
VUILLERMOZ Alexis FRA

TREK - SEGAFREDO (TFS) USA
CICCONE Giulio ITA
DE KORT Koen NED
EG Niklas DEN
LIEPINS Emils LAT
MOLLEMA Bauke NED
MOSCHETTI Matteo ITA
REIJNEN Kiel USA

QHUBEKA ASSOS (TQA) RSA
ARMEE Sander BEL
ARU Fabio ITA
BROWN Connor NZL
DLAMINI Nicholas RSA
FRANKINY Kilian SUI
SCHMID Mauro SUI
VACEK Karel CZE

UAE TEAM EMIRATES (UAD) UAE
ARDILA ORDOÑEZ Andres Camilo COL
BYSTRØM Sven Erik NOR
CONTI Valerio ITA
COVI Alessandro ITA
KRISTOFF Alexander NOR
LAENGEN Vegard Stake NOR
TRENTIN Matteo ITA


XELLISS - ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE (XRL) FRA
ANTOMARCHI Julien FRA
CENTRONE Ivan LUX
DE WITTE Mathias BEL
LEROUX Samuel FRA
LEVEAU Jérémy FRA
URRUTY Maxime FRA
VERMEULEN Emiel BEL

TheBlaaMan

odyssey06 wrote: »

IS this on the Eurosport player only? Seems their TV listings are full with Aussie open.

Certainly on the Player each day at lunchtime...

dastardly00

odyssey06 wrote: »

IS this on the Eurosport player only? Seems their TV listings are full with Aussie open.

Yeah it doesn't seem to be on the Eurosport TV channels for some reason. No highlights or anything. Eurosport1 is dedicated to the tennis. But they could definitely fit in highlights on Eurosport2... so it seems like they are showing it only on the Player on purpose.

Last year this was on the GCN Racing youtube channel just before they launched the racepass and app. There were a few other races and CX racing covered that way too.

EDIT: I remember Carlton Kirby making cameos on there and thinking it was better than Eurosport as they showed the commentary team in their booth chatting before the race as opposed to Eurosports zero effort in production.

dastardly00

Dan said on this week's GCN show that it would be himself & Matt Stephens commentating on this race.

I'm looking forward to when Sean Kelly is back on and his pronunciation of AG2R-Citroën

Well I wasn't expecting that stage today and the finish, I thought race over but no . Well deserved by DQS.

koutoubia

Enjoyed Matt and Dan today.

After seeing Julian Ala grabbing something to eat in the last few k......

Matt: Dan did you ever reach for something nice in the last few km.
Dan: Yeah the Broomwagon.

joey100

I'm probably one of the few who don't mind the UCI ban on supertuck and forearms on bars position but you can't do that and have a finish like yesterday. About 1km out from the line there was a big raised kerb/lane divider in the middle of the road, and pretty sure it was on a bend or after a roundabout, with no one marking it at all. Think I seen a crash on it but they never cut back to it.

Other than that great racing, and a great finish. Looks like riders aren't hanging around and easing into racing, just getting straight into it.

Finnrocco

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joey100 wrote: »

I'm probably one of the few who don't mind the UCI ban on supertuck and forearms on bars position but you can't do that and have a finish like yesterday. About 1km out from the line there was a big raised kerb/lane divider in the middle of the road, and pretty sure it was on a bend or after a roundabout, with no one marking it at all. Think I seen a crash on it but they never cut back to it.

Other than that great racing, and a great finish. Looks like riders aren't hanging around and easing into racing, just getting straight into it.

I thought that at the time, it looked awful dangerous.

It was one of the Grupama riders if it was at the roundabout, he managed to get a leg out and stay upright. There was an equally dodgy finish last week too where a few lads skidded out on a roundabout and spectators had to jump out of the way, I think it was Edvald Boasson Hagen that went down and took 2 or 3 with him and that was only 500m from the line.

There was an interview with Philip Gilbert on cycling news as he was at the talks over the rule changes as a rider rep and he mentioned 800 emails to riders had been sent with a link to the new rules and changes, only 16 riders had accessed the information.

Cosmos7

Seeing Provence in the sunshine had me dreaming of post-covid times. Looked unreal.

Cosmos7

Weather looks a bit more irish today

dastardly00

Cosmos7 wrote: »

Weather looks a bit more irish today

I was about to reply and say the weather isn't great today :pac:

dastardly00

4 km left

Richard Hillman

Very eventful finish :pac:

Seems like the crashers are ok

dastardly00

Not an easy day on the bike

Cosmos7

Great commentary again today

Tim Wellens is a non starter today. Has a cold according to the team.

velo.2010

GCN+
GCN+
GCN+
Ok lads, we get it.

Richard Hillman

I have missed watching Cyclists go up mountains

Aru didn't feature at all today, couldn't see him even at the bottom of the climb.

at1withmyself

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Aru didn't feature at all today, couldn't see him even at the bottom of the climb.

He was dropped at about 5km to go so didn't seem to do too badly for an early season race. Would like to see him get some form back this year.

Yeah there he is now about 2 minutes done. I'd like to see him get some form back too.

Mugser

Matt Stevens taking about Eddie today and that he likes rugby too, "If he hadn't gone down the pro-cycling route, he'd probably perused a career in rugby"
:rolleyes::D:D

At 5'7" and less than 9 stone, don't think I'd like to see on a pitch against some of the behemoths that play rugby!!
Think maybe Matt he likes it merely as a spectator? Could be wrong though..

De Bhál

Mugser wrote: »

Matt Stevens taking about Eddie today and that he likes rugby too, "If he hadn't gone down the pro-cycling route, he'd probably perused a career in rugby"
:rolleyes::D:D

At 5'7" and less than 9 stone, don't think I'd like to see on a pitch against some of the behemoths that play rugby!!
Think maybe Matt he likes it merely as a spectator? Could be wrong though..

Peter Stringer, similar height and build, heavier due to the sport's requirements, but it is possible to be that size in rugby.

Mugser

De Bhál wrote: »

Peter Stringer, similar height and build, heavier due to the sport's requirements, but it is possible to be that size in rugby.

Really? Always thought he was bigger, just looked smaller by comparison beside the likes of O'Connell , O'Callahan &co... hmmm. There's hope for me yet!:p

Eamonnator

De Bhál wrote: »

Peter Stringer, similar height and build, heavier due to the sport's requirements, but it is possible to be that size in rugby.

Stringer would be very much an outlier these days.
Take Conor Murray, One of the current Irish Scrum halves, He's 188cms and 93kgs (6'2" and 14 1/2 stone in old money)

Melodeon

Mugser wrote: »

Matt Stevens taking about Eddie today and that he likes rugby too, "If he hadn't gone down the pro-cycling route, he'd probably perused a career in rugby"
:rolleyes::D:D

At 5'7" and less than 9 stone, don't think I'd like to see on a pitch against some of the behemoths that play rugby!!
Think maybe Matt he likes it merely as a spectator? Could be wrong though..

Given that Eddie's at the super-elite pinnacle of a sport whose dietary and weight control regimen would be getting on for cause for concern over eating disorders and body dysmorphia among the general population, I'd suspect his 'normal' walking around weight is probably in the 10-11 stone range.
Feed him a load of steaks and put him in the squat rack for a year or two, and he'd be pretty close to the size and stature of Antoine Dupont (Height: 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in), Weight: 85 kg (13 st 5 lb; 187 lb), the current French scrumhalf, an outstanding player who more than holds his own among the large scary monsters of modern professional rugby.
He'll be in action against Ireland this afternoon at 3pm, if anyone wants to have a look.

at1withmyself

Rugby Thread somewhere that way

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TheBlaaMan

Eddie pulling them along this morning...

Melodeon

Incidentally, I'm very much liking The Matt & Dan Show, long may it continue!

at1withmyself

Alaphilippe takes some seconds in the intermediate sprint today. Puts him in second overall ahead of Bernal now.