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!

Never mind the Yates twins (triplets?) I think this thread will be proud to find that I only have 214 places to go and I will be the triumphant lantern rouge of the entire Velogames competition!

Wow Mr Slant that would be some achievement.

I'm still bobbling along close to the rear, despite having Alaphillipe, Bardot and Bernal in my team

I'm most disappointed with Calmjane

Wow @prettybird that seems very unfair! Somehow i'm hanging onto 6th place, despite Philippe Gilbert crapping out on the first day.

Does anyone else feel like Yates is treated like a non GC contender really? By commentators. Like Tejay Van Garderen. He's wearing yellow but no one expects him to win or even really be on the podium.

Having said that, I fully expect him to lose yellow soon enough and ultimately the podium.

He's always had the initial legs but then loses steam IIRC, how are the covid levels doing in France? Haven't heard any more reports of in-house testing coming up positive but I wouldn't be surprised if the entirety of a French team came up positive and the news was gently brushed under a carpet of leaves.

Young Yates doesn't seem to talk about himself as a GC contender, though.

Chapeau on the 214 people to beat Mr. Surely there is an ultimate lantern rouge to fight for? Doing the Lotto draw I do it in lots of 3 lines, so 18 numbers and yet always manage to avoid all of the winning numbers. A rare skill.

prettybird - with Alaphillipe out of GC, then doesn't that leave him free to do a bit of stage-grabbing? Do QuickStep want him for anything else?
And do we know what happened to him at all?

Was a bit sketchy corona-wise up the tops of the mountains yesterday as riders going through a load of un-masked spectators getting really close and yelling in their faces.
I know that happens every year, but this year it's particularly stupid.

That's true MrSlant, he hasn't had the legs for a 3 week tour histotically.
MrMarmite tells me that according to Cycling news, if 3 riders test positive for Corona, the whole thing could be cancelled. All the more reason to cover it up

As has been suggested on here: if a Frenchman gets into the yellow jersey at the end of the 2nd way, then the 3 positive CV tests will no doubt follow

I've lost 2 of my team now. There may not be anyone left by Paris!

Or maybe not, thought I had someone who abandoned but made last minute change so didn't have them after all. Oh for an edit post function.

prettybird I think you may be on to something there

Now only 125 places off lantern rouge, may actually be gutted if one of my team has a spectacular stage off the back of the rest day.

Pan that is truly a skill.

Endo I hadn't even thought of the whole insane mountain spectator behaviour through the lens of covid, it used to drive me crazy before but now I suspect I'll need blood pressure medication to get through a mountain stage. Such idiots.

Still trundling long third from the bottom.

I had high hopes of de Gendt early on in the stage but he let me down

Anyone up for Tirenno-Adriatico on velogames? Deadline is in the next couple of hours. G and Froomey are going for it.

oh and The Yates Bros too....

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Just had a go at submitting a team Mr Pan but missed the deadline Ah well, just as well I haven't cursed anyone.

Oh damn Olinguito. I've cursed Yates Bros, Fuglsang, Ackerman and Rohan Dennis among others. Left G and Froome alone, which is a good sign for them....

Sprint finish at M-A.

1. Ackerman 2. Gaviria. The sprinters in my team, whoops! Good boys.

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Not sure where I got 'Mr Pan' from - sorry Pan2 ! Good choices so far!

Now we just have to wait to hear who has tested positive for Covid at the Tour ...

....all those mountain spectators "supporting" them by shouting in their faces

So Christian Prudhomme is the only person who tested positive!

The French PM was in his car the other day when he came to visit and say how safe it all was.....there were a few teams who had one staff member test positive, too. Just one each.