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LeeW
Joined: 13 Jan 2004
Posts: 453
Location: near Baltimore, MD7/30/22 6:18 AM |
I've been trying to watch the TdF-Femmes coverage, but hate to admit that so far, I've found the majority of the stage action to be plain boring. Their route selection, at least up through the first 4 stages, seems to be very mundane, with a lot of rural roads crisscrossing through vinyard country, not a lot of terrain definition, and very few spectators out along the rural routes. So far, only a small number of cat 4 climbs and a few cat 3s. I hope the queen mtn stage will show a little better.
The Peacock announcing crew (McCrossan & Walker) so far has not seemed to catch on that Pogacar's GF is in the field, as I haven't heard them mention it once.
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/tadej-pogacar-on-site-at-the-tour-de-france-femmes-to-support-fiancee-urska-zigart
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH7/30/22 5:23 PM |
That was definitely one of the most bizarre crashes I've ever seen. I've never seen bikes and bodies piled up that way before, with riders that never went down, standing there, trapped in the middle of the mess. It was just plain weird.
I agree that the race has not been exciting, but frankly it just reminds me of most women's races. There's just a lack of aggression and when somebody does finally make a move, often the other women just look at each other. Even the queen stage today was not exciting, despite being very decisive. There just wasn't much suspense. Add McCrossen's droning and I actually had difficulty not dozing off.
FWIW, they did talk about Zigart quite a bit.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX7/31/22 8:37 AM |
Vos disappeared Stage 6 I guess..
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH7/31/22 1:38 PM |
Today's stage was much better
There were plenty of riders trying to get away and the end result was seriously in question. There was even a little intrigue. Definitely worth watching.
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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6890
Location: Maine7/31/22 1:52 PM |
Yeah
Today was the only stage I saw, but it was interesting. Miek looked pretty strong. Watching them stomp up the last few meters reminded me of the Rockpile and D2R2…:)
Took a long time to get her a proper bike!
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH7/31/22 4:20 PM |
Time to put up some plexiglass...
I would love to know exactly what happened with Van Vleuten's bike changes. Even the commentators were baffled.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19083
Location: PDX7/31/22 5:57 PM |
Seemed like power meter was not on the yellow bike, and that was why getting her back on her regular bike was the target task.
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5101
Location: Nashua, NH8/1/22 10:22 AM |
Seriously? Unless she really rides to the numbers, why would it be worth making multiple bike changes for that? Then again, the ease with which she got back to the peloton after each change made it pretty clear that she was ridiculously strong, so perhaps she just wasn't worried about it.
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RCoapman
Joined: 09 Feb 2005
Posts: 5141
Location: Back in the snowy homeland8/2/22 7:58 AM |
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The man patiently explained which way she should go using easy-to-understand directions like "north" and "south" but the female bicyclist still looked flummoxed.
"I'm sorry, can you explain which way to go using Starbucks or Targets as landmarks?" As there were no Starbucks or Targets nearby, however, the man was unable to help her out.
To my eyes this is clearly a misogynistic attempt at 'humor.' I'm not aware of the normal content of that site but even as satire it doesn't work.
[EDIT] looks like a "the onion" style site but lacking in talented writers. The first three articles I looked at were only worth tired groans.
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