Tour de France

There'll be a fair amount of Road Rash after this stage

I've never seen as many fallers in one race.

The winner of the stage was UAE team sprinter was Noway's Alexander Kristoff

A few months off and they all forget how to ride in a bunch :rolleyes:

2nd stage today. Yet another start and finish at Nice. But today course is different from yesterday, as this contains a mountain stage with two passages at over 1,500m.

(30-08-2020 11:45 )Charlemagne Wrote:  2nd stage today. Yet another start and finish at Nice. But today course is different from yesterday, as this contains a mountain stage with two passages at over 1,500m.

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And a great finish over the last 1KM Julien Alaphilippe was outstanding perhaps a podium contender ?

Good to see Adam Yates up there today, I don't know if he didn't have the legs, but If he was trying for a stage win he need to take a punt & take it on earlier, as Alaphilippe was always going to beat him on the run in.

Today's stage 3 is a 198km ride from Nice to Sisteron up the famous Route Napoleon.

good to see Yates in top 3, but he has to take a stage win soon to keep in contention and more than likely the mountain stages will be tough.
While it would be nice to see another British rider win it, I think it has been quite some time since there has been a French winner of the race, and I wonder if it would be a boost for the French people and French sport in general if there was a French win.

Unless there's a change of heart is has already been decided that Yates will only be looking for stage wins & not GC.

Mildly moist again. Let's see if they manage to keep it upright.