Tour de France 2023 spoilers Warning in OP

lawrencesummers · 08-07-2023 12:24PM

Looks like the peleton are happy for 3 to be away, hard to see them being given enough time and having the strength to go all the way.

lawrencesummers · 08-07-2023 12:28PM

Pog will surely just stay in vgg wheel and not allow him anymore time, he must feel that he has the measure of vgg on the big hills

Its up to jumbo to try and put more time into the lead maybe with a strong pace at the front for the last 70/80km and also for bora to try something but nobodybhas put anyone up the road so every chance of a bunch finish and gc strolling over the line or minimal time gained / lost in the last 3k

dastardly00 · 08-07-2023 12:53PM

It's very unusual to see Tim DeClercq in a breakaway... normally he's the person leading the peloton trying to chase them down. I wonder will he do all the work at the front of the breakaway 🤣

arsebiscuits82 · 08-07-2023 02:45PM

Cav gone!

nc6000 · 08-07-2023 02:47PM

Carlton is very sad.

2smiggy · 08-07-2023 02:48PM

You would think someone is after running over their dogs !!

nc6000 · 08-07-2023 02:50PM

I'm expecting a minutes silence.

De Bhál · 08-07-2023 02:50PM

Ah that's shite for him. Crap way to finish, not even a sprint crash.

2smiggy · 08-07-2023 02:54PM

You would feel sorry for him. He seemed a much less unlikeable fellow in later years

De Bhál · 08-07-2023 02:55PM

When you look at the camera angle from the motorcycle at the head of the peleton looking back, Vingegaard looks like a 14yr old boy surrounded by adult men.

De Bhál · 08-07-2023 02:56PM

Carlton needs a stiff whiskey

08-07-2023 02:56PM

Thanks everyone for providing an interesting and entertaining thread helping me and others keep up-to-date with the goings-on Tour de France.

Is there an app or website. I could download/go to keep up-to-date with what is going on during the race and possibly hear the commentary? I was hoping to have my broadband installed and ready to go today, but after the third time Eir still haven't managed to put in a phone line, so I'm stuck using a crappy 5G connection which gives me a whole 3 Mb per second.

Morris Garren · 08-07-2023 02:58PM

I'm very disappointed for Cavendish; will miss him in these stages between mountains. And there was more than a slim chance of a stage victory. All gone. Retirement beckons.

Meanwhile, though it is a sad moment, I switched on GCN and I thought I was getting commentary from the Queen's funeral....

mewso · 08-07-2023 03:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120822083#Comment_120822083

Except when he is berating his mechanics. Still sorry to see him go out like that and does take something from the race. The whole will he or won't he was engaging all the same.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120822090#Comment_120822090

I don't think you are going to get commentary for free but Pro Cycling Stats is decent enough for live updates. Also the official site is ok too and if you join the TDF Club for free you can also get live race radio for the whole race although not much of it will be in english.

08-07-2023 03:03PM

If I remember correctly from the commentary the day before yesterday, isn't there a British rider in the race who raised money to compete by flipping second-hand watches on eBay if I remember correctly, he was wearing a pink jersey number 40 something?

I hope he is doing well.

mewso · 08-07-2023 03:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120822105#Comment_120822105

I think you may have gotten your wires crossed as riders are entered by way of being chosen to participate for their team and the team will be paying for everything. Maybe it was a charity thing? Also of note you won't find anyone with a number ending in zero in the race as all teams start at 1. E.g. last years winner will be number 1 and his team mates 2, 3, 4, 5 etc. The next team, UAE in this case, will start at 11 and in true sporting superstition they skip 13 although thankfully they don't tie black cats to the back wheel.

at1withmyself · 08-07-2023 03:12PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120822142#Comment_120822142

He's on about James Shaw from EF I think. He used to buy and sell watches to make a living before signing for EF I think.

08-07-2023 03:14PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120822142#Comment_120822142

Thanks for the clarification. Perhaps the commentator was talking about the rider before he became a professional sponsored by a team and thus had to finance his own expenses.

mewso · 08-07-2023 03:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120822159#Comment_120822159

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120822166#Comment_120822166

Yep that makes more sense.

Raoul Duke · 08-07-2023 03:32PM

Terrible to see Cavendish go out this way. He definitely had a chance to get 1 stage and it's a story line which has now been removed from the race. Granted the GCN guys well overdid it with him and it will leave more space for them to talk about others, but it's not every year that you get someone challenging a Merkx record.

I didn't want to see him get the record, as I think that Merck deserves to remain at the top and I like sprinters less than all other types of riders.

Dr. Bre · 08-07-2023 03:33PM

Gutted for Cav

mewso · 08-07-2023 03:41PM

With Cav gone we can look to Bini to provide the story when it comes to sprints. In some ways a more interesting narrative.

CrowdedHouse · 08-07-2023 03:46PM

Jumbo are burning a lot of matches imo

Raoul Duke · 08-07-2023 03:48PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120822294#Comment_120822294

Definitely, everyone's got a good story to them. I'm now in the anyone but Phillipsen camp.

mewso · 08-07-2023 04:01PM

Jaysus I think it's unfortunate Cav is out but good lord the guff on Eurosport would almost make you glad.

odyssey06 · 08-07-2023 04:06PM

Pog was 10th!

Mefistofelino · 08-07-2023 04:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120822360#Comment_120822360

Apparently Carlton is setting up a book of condolences on rip.co.uk

dastardly00 · 08-07-2023 04:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120822090#Comment_120822090

Another good option is www.cyclingnews.com for live text updates.

The official Twitter feed for the Tour de France frequently posts video clips during the stage.

CramCycle · 08-07-2023 04:25PM

TG4 and there is a few radio channels if you aren't good with the cupla focal.

Mefistofelino · 08-07-2023 04:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120822147#Comment_120822147

I watched it again and while Girmay was on Cavs wheel at the start of that move, Cavs sudden acceleration opened a gap of a metre back to Girmay and Philipsen just jammed himself in there.

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Tour de France 2023 spoilers Warning in OP