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Tour de France 2022

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    #122
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,030 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119306117#Comment_119306117

    Think thats for some specific stage hunter side game, main game is still you pick the nine at the start and thats it

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    #123
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 20,852 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119306071#Comment_119306071

    3 stages in a row for me in Velogames. This is the best I’ve ever done

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #124
    bazermc
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    Do the cyclist use and wash the same shorts on rotation each day or do they get a new washed pair every morning?



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    #125
    retalivity
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119315040#Comment_119315040

    Think i saw something before that pro kit isnt reused for 3 days, youd imagine super teams like ineos/jumbo etc might be even less if at all



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    #126
    breezy1985
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119315040#Comment_119315040

    I remember being alongside the team buses once and some had washers and dryers built into the luggage compartment. Probably a full time job washing for a team and backroom.



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    #127
    Squidgy Black
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119315040#Comment_119315040

    Clean pair every morning, they’ll usually have like 5 or 6 of every piece of kit and they’ll rotate through them.

    Wouldn’t be surprised at all if bigger stars had brand new gear every stage though.



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    #128
    [Deleted User]
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    Checks wash basket and gives recently worn base layer a sniff, be grand for tomorrow morning 😀



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    #129
    Macy0161
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119315040#Comment_119315040

    Nowadays the team wash them - one of the reasons the carbon footprint of pro-cycling is so high is that the buses are running (or generators are), so much with stuff like the washing machines and dryers.

    I remember reading in Rough Ride about it being a daily task even on the Tour to wash and dry the kit in the room each night!



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    #130
    retalivity
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    O'Connor officially abandoned with a torn glute, will not start tomorrow.

    Should have just stepped off yesterday.



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    #131
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    Explains his troubles yesterday, it really did look like he wanted off when they showed him back at the team car. I've had minor glute niggles myself in recent times and hate to think what tearing one feels like 😫



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    #132
    retalivity
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    Prize money earned so far in the tour. Astana having a shocker.

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    #133
    Macy0161
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    I get why in the past riders struggled around the Tour, but really you'd wonder why more don't pull the plug when it's obviously not just an illness they may get get over. O'Connor would've been better leaving earlier, potentially targeting the vuelta.



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    #134
    Dodge
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    A lot still have pride in finishing the tour. It’s still an achievement



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    #135
    [Deleted User]
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    Well the prize money tells a tale doesn't it. I mentioned the other day that Astana had been anonymous but thats terrible. Only 1 win this year so far.



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    #136
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 20,852 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119322490#Comment_119322490

    Because it’s the tour is enough for most people. But he’s also on a French team.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #137
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 20,852 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119322523#Comment_119322523

    Yep.


    These days talk about the 3 grand tours like they are almost equal. This is a modern phenomenon. For traditionalists like myself, there’s a firm order 1. Tour 2. Giro 3. Vuelta.


    If I was the weigh them for prestige the tour is a 10. The Giro is a 6 and Vuelta is a 5. The monument classics would all be a 4.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #138
    eeeee
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    I'd put the classics over the giro and vuelta every day of the week in terms of importance within the sport.



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    #139
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 20,852 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323336#Comment_119323336


    Maybe the Rondje van Vlaanderen if your Belgian. But it’s all subjective

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #140
    breezy1985
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323336#Comment_119323336

    People actually target the monuments where as the Giro is for people who know they can't win the Tour and the Vuelta for people who fked up or crashed at the tour.



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    #141
    retalivity
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    Giro and vuelta are always the best craic though, tour can be pretty boring but youre guaranteed madness in italy/spain



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    #142
    Brian?
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323508#Comment_119323508

    The last 10-15 years the Vuelta had come on a huge amount. The Giro was always the most exciting IMO.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #143
    breezy1985
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323623#Comment_119323623

    There was some brilliant Vuelta a few years back when it was tired Froome, Bertie, Nairo and all the lesser GT guys going at it.



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    #144
    eeeee
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,828 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119323508#Comment_119323508

    Totally agree. The Vuelta has been the most interesting tour of late imo.

    The tour is the least entertaining by for I think.

    I'd watch the classics ten times over any tour, but I know that's not for everyone.



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    #145
    Dodge
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    we need them all. Classics season last year with MVP, WVA, Alaphilipe etc was sensational.

    Giro and Vuelta the last couple of years have struggled because of the loaded schedule IMO

    But some years they’ll flip. I loved watching the breaks form in the tour when working from home in recent years. Nothing beats a great alpine stage in the Tour but we’ve been robbed of them because of injury etc

    To summarise; I enjoy different types of racing at different times. Ha



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    #146
    Macy0161
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    I do get that it's still the Tour, but at the same time, for him as leader it's sometimes about stepping away even to lift the pressure/ workload from the rest of the team.

    I think the above ranking is very anglophone view of the sport to be honest, and very harsh on the Giro. I'd have the monuments (plus Strade Bianche and Wevelgem) ahead of GT stage win in any ranking.



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    #147
    breezy1985
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119325257#Comment_119325257

    The Strade is an amazing success story. Has become an instant classic for both riders and fans.



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    #148
    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dcully


    Really good TDF so far,i fancy Vingegaard to put Pog under pressure in the really long mountains.

    Will it be enough im not so sure but i can hope atleast.



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    #149
    retalivity
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    The latest George Bennett podcast is out, talking about Pog, WVA and the tour so far.

    I'm amazed UAE haven't put a muzzle on him, at least til the tour is over...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2ikhi8Ldt4




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    #150
    Squidgy Black
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    I think the hope is that the UAE domestiques crack in the alps, Hirschi and Soler struggled big time when INEOS stretched them on the first climb of the last stage.

    I know Pog is seriously strong in the mountains but there has to be a point where he can’t do all the work himself



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    #151
    CantGetNoSleep
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    I'm still hoping that someone risks it all, gets several mins virtual GC lead, and will probably end up blowing up and dropping out of the top 20, but makes it exciting for a few hours at least



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