Le Tour

[impede]

Facepalm moment. I was thinking David Millar is very good at looking at drive trains and spotting cassette and chain set sizes. Only just spotted that they are showing them in the bottom left corner

 

[MaineRoad_96]

Absolutely amazing by Cav today. Only in the tour as a last minute substitute, over 2 years of desperate problems. He (along with everyone else) must have thought he'd never win a race again, let alone his 31st Tour de France win. It was phenomenal today by him.

I think I read somewhere that’s 31 out of 70-odd Stage wins by Brits in the history of the Tour. Remarkable.

 

[HoofGrantBrown]

I think I read somewhere that’s 31 out of 70-odd Stage wins by Brits in the history of the Tour. Remarkable.

Actually surprised there's that many other ones!

 

[berksimps]

Loads of extra information on the Official Tour Site:

https://www.letour.fr/en/

Rankings = Places. Within the Teams section find details of those teams and the individuals current and past records.

 

[berksimps]

Cav, what a star, win number 32. Amazing! Scenes

 

[HoofGrantBrown]

Cav, what a star, win number 32. Amazing! Scenes

Truly phenomenal.

 

[HoofGrantBrown]

Truly phenomenal.

And this has been true for a long time, but just underlines again that he's his country's greatest ever athlete.

 

[impede]

And this has been true for a long time, but just underlines again that he's his country's greatest ever athlete.

Greatest sprinter in the world ever and only two of Eddy Merckx' record 34 stage wins

 

[impede]

Loads of extra information on the Official Tour Site:

https://www.letour.fr/en/

Rankings = Places. Within the Teams section find details of those teams and the individuals current and past records.

I have the app

 

[impede]

The fear after yesterday was that this tour would just be a procession for Pogecar, and the rest of the race would just be a succession of one-day races. But now Ben O'Connor is happening.

 

[HoofGrantBrown]

The fear after yesterday was that this tour would just be a procession for Pogecar, and the rest of the race would just be a succession of one-day races. But now Ben O'Connor is happening.

Four big climbs today. Just a monster of a stage.

 

[HoofGrantBrown]

Cav does it again !!!!!!

33 now....can he get to the Champs Elysees and get the 34th there?
Or might there be another sprint stage he can get before Paris??

 

[berksimps]

Just incredible from Cav and the Deceuninck-Quickstep Team on Stage 10 . One off the Merckx record. But will he make it over the mountains?

 

[impede]

Cav does it again !!!!!!

33 now....can he get to the Champs Elysees and get the 34th there?
Or might there be another sprint stage he can get before Paris??

The fairytale would be number 35 in Paris, and he might have every team without a sprinter as his lead out train

 

[HoofGrantBrown]

Seen Mont Ventoux (from autoroute) but never been up it.
These climbs they ride are of course far from easy in cars!

 

[impede]

Seen Mont Ventoux (from autoroute) but never been up it.
These climbs they ride are of course far from easy in cars!

Generally a much easier gradient than most 'hard' hills in this country because in this country we rarely bothered with weaving our way up them. But do they go on for km after km!

 

[impede]

Dull transition stage today but a nice win for Pollit. It would have been really dull without Boulting, Millar and Sayle

 

[impede]

Yessssssssssss!!!!

 

[HoofGrantBrown]

Yesssssssssddd!!!!

It's beyond amazing what Cav has achieved.
Has to be one of the greatest sporting achievements the human race has ever seen

 

[HoofGrantBrown]

Just hope he can now get through the Pyrenees within the cut off times and make it to Paris.