Tour de France is happening next week?

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Probably? Fingers crossed?
If a team gets sent home with two positive tests it may end up being more a test of avoiding the 'rona than cycling!

I think they'll keep going until someone French gets into yellow and then call the whole thing off due to COVID I've selected my team accordingly.

Good thinking! I do have Calmejane in my team

I too have Calmejane in my team. Because it's just such an ace name

Ooohhh the cynicism! Probs true though!

Our first thread bike sign...

Back on the road!

Do we know where DA may be?

A very 2020 start to the Tour.

I'm waiting for the highlights and trying to avoid spoilers. A 2020 start could mean anything - murder hornets? Road turning to jelly? Aliens beaming up half the peloton?

I picked my team and when I tried to add it to the mini league all I got was ENTRIES CLOSED. It was 1248. Bugger. Missed it by a full three minutes.

@Pan2 I'm here!! to all. Just happened to see the thread in Active.

I'm joining DoctorTwo on the too late for the league bench sadly, but it's great to have a thread going.

@DramaAlpaca @DoctorTwo shame to have two DNFs so early in the race :bike:

I'm also doing an online film festival this weekend so I only saw an hour of it live then caught up later. Unluckily I caught the hour when they were going very slowly in the driving rain. As to my team's performance ... at least I'm not Lanterne Rouge ...

Morning DA, and DoctorTwo. Dam - I imagine you watched us roll out as you ran chasing down the road with an entry form, zut alors.

Like Felicity I saw an hour of slow riding in sleeting rain. So just going to watch the ITV highlights, of crashes and rashes?

I see I've scored a dazzling zero

I think that's an achievement in itself @prettybird

I've always liked the colour red

I think I've selected a Cav. Van Aert is a sprinter in a GC team...oh well.

This stage is looking A LOT better than yesterday re H&S. Happy they are about to descend in the dry.

Yes! Back in the coveted wooden spoon position, if you are going to be bad make sure to be really, really bad.

Annual apologies to my team choices for dooming them to three weeks (if they are lucky) of falling off in random incidents scuppering theirs and anyone near them's chances.

Those beautiful, beautiful switch backs! And snaking, fluid riders tracing their way down. Maybe as many switches as the D'Huez....not sure who to check with... Excellent stage, with what Julien Alaphillipe would arguably state "proper normal service has been resumed." Except in French.

And like snakes and ladders switches I've gone from 2nd last to 2nd first. "Remarkable, incredible...and frankly unbelievable! Off to the test tent...."

Jumping up through the field, thanks to Alaphilippe

My apologies to Philippe Gilbert for including him in my team and thus totally jinxing him leading to crashing out on his first day.

Really enjoyed yesterday. I love Alaphilippe, he's such a racer (and on my team!) and good to see Adam Yates in good form.

Everything crossed for echelons this week!

After the madness of the first 2 days the riders will surely love a nice quiet lumpy stage, where a break away forms in the first 10 km and then absolutely nothing happens for the next 4 hours!
"How was today dear?"
"Oooh, quiet. Bit of a fuss toward home time."

Slow and hopefully steady climb up the ranks for my motley crew.

I'm getting into yellow early in the hope we don't do the whole 3 weeks!

My hope was misplaced! Am now bringing up the rear.

It's a long ole drag Felicity. "There's many a slip...." no, really.

Hear Boardman tipping Adam Y to stage win today. AY does have such a distinctive riding style, doesn't he? Is he fairly small? Keeps his shoulders fairly rigid and looks extremely efficient in pedaling. Can pick him out in a pack easily.