Tour de France - This Friday!

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Okay, time to clip in, or out...fill those bidons, and get our merde together.....we roll out from Wonderful Copenhagen for the biggest push bike competition on the planet.
Not sure where velogames are actually up to, but nevertheless we go on Friday. Will set up the league later today. Time to consider options........and who we will curse with selections...will post the link shortly..

Oh dear, reading Jakobsen's criticisms of his lead out team. Yet seeing the replay it was J. who lost placings on the final turn. Won't go down well you'd suspect.

Can I say that Cav would've found a way through?

Of course he would, prettybird.

of course, Cav would have mithered and tantrumed until he got his way....

Cav was wiley and aggressive enough to not get himself pushed out, on most occasions.

Just looking at those above me on the leaderboard thinking, "Hmm, I though about putting him in, and him, and him..."

Ah well...

Denmark was great, the crowds were so well behaved but also enthusiastic. It seems that the transport to France has been pretty chaotic, though, one of the aircraft booked had a mechanical problem, so scrabbling around for extra seats….900 miles is perhaps too far for a single rest day?

I keep thinking there'll be highlights to watch 😤

Day 4! Windy and puncheurs expected...it could be rather messy with a break away succeeding. Is this where our 'cheaper' team members, the domestiques, prevail?

Ouch. Poor Phillipsen.
Today hould see me plummeting to the bottom of the legue league again!

Got a very happy WVA fan DH here tonight. 😁

Windy? Non.
Puncheurs day? Non.
Successful break away? Non.

But other than that I was spot on......

Up to 9th

Only one of my "domestiques" (aka random choices mostly based sentiment rather than knowledge) has provided points now: Fred Wright

oooh after the heady, airy heights of a podium position I'm back in the pack!

I think this is our closest ever velogames competition isn't it? KMac still with their nose in the wind, but barely so.

Yes Phillipson - but surely WVA was in sights of the chasers? He was only 8 secs ahead. I did think Phillipson was celebrating rather energetically for winning 8 bonus seconds.

I still have a non-scoring rider, Gradek from BV. This may remain a feature.

Day 5. "Cobbles!" I hear you say. Puncheur, wind, break away etc...and cobbles. G says he is up frit.

WvA probably a bit good at cobbles.

Van Aert taken to 3rd in the league!

Sure it won't last.

Missed the whole thing live today. Particularly annoyed as it went through one of my favourite towns in the area that I've visited numerous times...

Which town Eddy? I know that bit of France quite well.

No shortage of drama today! 🤯

I feel tired and dusty just from watching that.

I came in mid race and really struggled to work out where everyone was in the race. It was a mash up, man.

I remember Clarkey from Orica-Greenedge days.

Do I have the dubious honour of being the first to lose a rider?
And without scoring me a single point too! Last time I rely on you Jack Haigh!

I've now just got a single rider who's not pulling his weight scored zero points: Cyril Lemoine.

Bergues. A lovely little town, with a wonderful restaurant.