Tour de France 2020 TdF2020 - SPOILERS

[Kyle h]

Oh man, MAL crash looked like it could have ended a lot worse

[dbnm]

oh my!

[dbnm]

That bike broke in TWO

[dbnm]

Helluva first stage.

[C40_guy]

Originally Posted by charliedid

You've never watched le Tour before? Par for the course...

Edit: Sorry forgot the

Only since the early '90s.

First year though with masks.

[jpw]

'Votre Mobilité, Notre Priorité'.

Did you see that in the La Course stage today, the train paralleling the lead group of riders? That's the most blatant bit of ASO commercialism I think I've ever seen.

[jpw]

Originally Posted by ntb1001

I had to laugh watching team mechanic struggle with Alaphilippe’s bike. He had an impact gun to remove the bolts on the front wheel thru-axle and give up and change the bike.

So much for disk brake


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No Mavic SpeedRelease? He's French!

[weisan]

Almost forgettable.

[ERK55]

Toward the beginning of the race there was footage from one of those onboard “bike-cam” things, including audio. There was some seriously annoying squealing coming from the brakes. But we won’t go there.

[pdmtong]

Newsflash for Phil:

Omar Fraile

is NOT

Oscar Freire

[bikinchris]

Originally Posted by ERK55

Toward the beginning of the race there was footage from one of those onboard “bike-cam” things, including audio. There was some seriously annoying squealing coming from the brakes. But we won’t go there.

First tour? They adjust the brakes to make them squeal. They've been doing it for decades. It makes the group safer.

[chrisroph]

Originally Posted by bikinchris

First tour? They adjust the brakes to make them squeal. They've been doing it for decades. It makes the group safer.

Variation on loud pipes save lives?

[bikinchris]

That was a really great outcome for Sagan. 5th in a big field sprint against ACTUAL sprinters is probably his best result in years.
They really should weight field sprint points for the green jersey differently compared to other stages.

[Spdntrxi]

Originally Posted by ntb1001

I had to laugh watching team mechanic struggle with Alaphilippe’s bike. He had an impact gun to remove the bolts on the front wheel thru-axle and give up and change the bike.

So much for disk brake


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that's not a disc brake problem... that is panic / lack of experience problem. Probably had the impact gun the wrong direction and made it worse.

[tctyres]

That was hard to watch.

There's a lot of skin that won't be showing up to the race tomorrow morning.

John Degenkolb did not make the time cut, so he's out.