Can't wait for Wout's second Place on an epic mountain stage

@Jay Tee I actually don't disagree but until it is PROVEN it's not right to accuse with no PROOF or EVIDENCE. The problem lies with WADA! They need to improve their protocol and testing routines and techniques. Until then it will just continue. And to be completely honest with you the sport would be boring if they were ALL clean!!

Ok, he was third. 🤣

@Ken Kaniff Doping in cycling is as old as the sport. Just because you like a rider doesn't mean he's clean. These guys ride for money and glory. If you are not winning, you turn into a domestique which pays a lot less. The race you don't see is that for new medical technologies. Of course talent plays a role too but if had to make a bet on if they were doping or not, I'd say 100 percent of winners are using PED's, even if TUE's.

@Jay Tee A COMPLETELY UNFOUNDED AND BASELESS CLAIM!!! I don't even like the guy and I don't accuse any rider of doping. You MIGHT have a point if you were talking about BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS!!! But even in that situation we are awaiting the outcome.

Yup. Doped to the hair follicles.

This was insane! The tour going past my front front!! The noise when they went past me, was crazy 🥰 Best movie on my phone right now

@DK 1689 Production I am SO JEALOUS!!! But I'm VERY happy for you. What a memory!!!!💯🤘

I am SO JEALOUS!!! But I'm VERY happy for you. What a memory!!!!💯🤘

Me to it was epic!❤️🇩🇰🇩🇰

Was Magnus Cort still on his lonesome at the time? You get two chances to cheer your head off.

Lucky!!

Danish cycling fans and crowds are awesome. Kudos

Absolutely amazing crowds!! Best GRAND DEPARTE since England did the send off!!🤘

Thanks to the Danish people! 👍🥇

Van Aert's sprint was illegal, just not apparently illegal enough. Straight road so I'd like to hear the justification why he felt compelled to moved 10 m right.

Caleb Ewen taking the wrong line and cut himself off. Have him in my fantasy team and really think he has it in him to win. He just has that extra kick when others are already at top speed. And the crowds were awesome. Probably the best in 6 or 8 years in the TDF.

The only GRAND DEPART that was this good or maybe even a had better and had THIS many spectators was England but this is absolutely stunning with all the fan support!!! It's the greatest I've seen since England did the send off🤘

Van Aert is pulling a perfect Poulidor so far with three second places out of three!

Someone said yesterday that the SAFEST BET IN CYCLING is to bet on WVA getting 2nd place🎯💯😂🤘

İ bet he is Poulidor's grandchild, not Mathieu 😅

a perfect Poulidor would be that he isn't wearing the yellow jersey ;)

great finish, love the highlights, love the tour

Wild that Jakobsen and Groenewegen won stage 2 and 3 after the Tour of Poland incident in 2020.

Suuuuper exciting adventure of life fans, now you can realize what Denmark super power is about. ..vikings back in action huh?

Still can't believe that the Tour went through my city today. It was a great experience.

Sweet you are lucky

I'm so jealous!! But I'm VERY happy for you!! What a memory and an experience!!! WOWWW!!! I can't imagine that!! That's an absolute DREAM OF MINE!!! ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!💥💯🤘

Fantastic coverage and narration. You guys are the best- thank you!

💥🎯💯🤘

Amazing crowds!

AMAZING crowds!! Best GRAND DEPARTE since England did the send off!! The crowds are incredible and the energy is off the charts!!!💥🤘

Can't wait for Wout's second Place on an epic mountain stage

I'm always amazed by the effort of the narrator (whose name I forgot, sorry mate :( ) for the correct pronunciation of names and places, in any language ! Thank for that mate, you are a wonder to listen to.

This was insane! The tour going past my front front!! The noise when they went past me, was crazy Best movie on my phone right now

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KOM jersey in Denmark is like winning the Portugal Arctic Tour 😂

I thought pretty much the same But people say the same about Tour of Britain and the UAE Tour until they actually SEE it but you'd be surprised. These rollers can be a doozie!!

I’ve biked some of those cotes before. They’re not to be underestimated actually.

Love your coverage 🤘

I love that Ewan got 9th instead of 4th because he wants to bang his bar like a baby due to his own poor positioning instead of finishing the race pedaling. Poetic justice.

@Adam JD just for the record (since you questioned it), I've been watching the sport for over 40 years consistently but yes I will agree that the commiseurs are NOT CONSISTENT in their application of the rules. I think they change them when THEY want or they ignore things when THEY want. I don't disagree with that. Also for the record, I love Peter Sagan, I'm a fan of his AND I REALLY do NOT like WVA AT ALL but I don't feel he violated any rule. I feel it was a CLEAN SPRINT with some argy bargy that is dangerous. I also feel Sagan tried really hard to draw the foul (for lack of better term). He just tried to make it into something it wasn't. That's all. I've seen thousands of sprints and one day this is a clean sprint and on another day this is a sprint that gets someone relegated. It's not right at all but my personal opinion is that I feel it was a CLEAN SPRINT. Just my opinion and yes I know, I've seen people relegated for much less. It's very annoying but I also think the UCI is a sham organization on many levels. They are a VERY self serving organization in my view.

@Ken Kaniff Show me where I mentioned relegation... I'll wait. Besides, if you think rules are applied even-handedly, you haven't been watching cycling long. We know commissaires pick & choose at times.

@Ken Kaniff Well, that's certainly one interpretation. Pity the facts don't support it. Look at the aerial shots for starters. Besides, there is no excuse for WvA moving from the centre of the road all the way to the right. Sprinters MUST hold their line... he didn't. End of.

@Adam JD Yes BUT Sagan cut towards Ewan and the barrier BEFORE WVA started his line change!! I watched it 8 times in slo-mo and Sagan did it first. It WASN'T because of WVA. Sagan was also TRYING to make it look much worse than it really was by unnecessarily leaning into WVA and it only made him look like an angry, bitter loser. He's really not the happy, fun, loving guy we remember!! Ever since his wife left him for cheating on her is when he stopped winning. I've paid very close attention to when and what went wrong with him and it all started when his wife left him. He's never been the same since!! I'm not sure he'll ever get back on track and I REALLY do like Peter but I'm just being honest. That show by Peter was not a good look at all

My heart was in my throat when I saw F.Jakobson getting squeezed into the barricades again. I cant believe they dont use motorcycle track style barricades at the finish. It would be so much safer.

Boooring. Wake me up when they get to the mountains, that's all that counts.

Suuuuper exciting adventure of life fans, now you can realize what Denmark super power is about. ..vikings back in action huh?

Go team giant bike exchange. Great win for them after missing last year’s event.

Love your coverage

Sagan is getting better every day

Sagan didn't win the stage 4 and i'm very disappointed! Hope at the next stage he can take the win.

how?

@Donald Shake he won at tour de Suisse what the hell are you talking about?

@Donald Shake 🤡

Van Art blocked him

Sagan needs an out and out aero bike for that last half bike length. Bring back the Venge

Did you see him kick his back wheel out in that sprint. He lost A LOT of traction in those few pedal strokes!!! His back wheel lick out about 8"

@mike ecker Yes BUT Sagan cut towards Ewan and the barrier BEFORE WVA started his line change!! I watched it 8 times in slo-mo and Sagan did it first. Sagan was also TRYING to make it look worse than it was and it only made him look like an angry, bitter loser. He's really not the happy, fun, loving guy we remember!! Ever since his wife left him for cheating on her is when he stopped winning. I've paid very close attention to when and what went wrong with him and it all started when his wife left him. He's never been the same since!! I'm not sure he'll ever get back on track and I REALLY do like Peter but I'm just being honest

Van Aert took everybody to the fencing, a crap move that allowed Dylan to win

The sl7 is a flex noodle compared to the venge so yes

Jakobsen looked spent after the intermediate sprint. Quick-step might have taken Cav and doubled up their chances; with no Alaphilippe? Ewan's having a shocker of a Tour too. Sagan surprisingly competative.

@Ken Kaniff I forgot about his Giro win, but the competition wasn’t that great. Demare is no longer what he used to be and is very inconsistent and the others would never win a sprint against the competition that’s sprinting in the TdF. The national championship is definitely not a valuable argument in this case, since the amount of competition was even far lower than he had in the Giro. I’m not a fan of him, because ever since I’ve first seen him sprint, he often has dirty moves (head-buts etc.). However, I do not think he should stop until he’s completely certain he won’t be able to compete for wins anymore. He may not be able to beat the best sprinters, but he can still beat other sprinters. So I would say, he has to keep fighting and see where he will end up. I don’t really care about ending on a high, but rather like the attitude: all or nothing. Just fight till the very end Therefore, I dislike the attitude Dumoulin has. Although he had some incredibly disappointing and frustrating years, he has the talent to still perform if he really fights for it (even though it might be a long and tough fight) That I do respect of Cav: he has fought himself back to the highest level after a long time of bad performances

@Tim K. ok I read your second comment so I'll back off a bit😉 and yes as much of a HUGE Cav fan as I am I will say he got lucky last year at TDF cuz all the major sprinters weren't there to challenge him so he was quite lucky. I'm a HUGE fan of Cav but I'm REALISTIC and I think he should bow out GRACEFULLY NOW after matching Eddy's record and just winning British Nationals last week rather than coming back and POSSIBLY not achieving #35! It's something ALL athletes struggle with in ANY and EVERY sport!! They have a hard time deciding when to bow out GRACEFULLY while on A HIGH NOTE!!! I'd be really upset if he came back and didn't get #35 and these sprinters now are phenomenal so I'm not sure if Cav should come back next season. I'll stand by WHATEVER decision he makes tho!! He's the GREATEST SPRINTER to EVER ride a bicycle!!👑🎯💯💥 Cheers🤘🇬🇧

@Tim K. Incorrect!! What are you even talking about?? MOST of Cavs wins are thanks to Mark Renshaw!!! Cav only had Morkov as his leadout LAST SEASON when Lefervre brought him back to break Eddy's record. Renshaw worked with Cav spanning 6 seasons!! Cav wouldn't go to a team if he couldn't bring Renshaw with him. Morkov had ONE measly season with Cav and Cav just won a stage at the Giro AND WON the British Nationals last week for 2nd time so you don't really have a valid point. Yes I know, us Cav fans can be a pain I the arse😂

@Zack Reynolds I didn’t mean that he owed a big amount of his victories in his entire career to perfect lead outs. I meant he owed a big number of his victories from last season to perfect lead outs. Quickstep had incredible lead outs in last year’s TdF. Especially Morkov was so good at it. Besides, the competition qua sprinters was poor in the TdF last year. So his wins in the TdF last year - although they were special - don’t imply he was the best sprinter The lead outs Jakobsen has gotten in the 2 stages for sprinter have however been bad. But that may also have to do with Jakobsen being cautious after his horrible crash. While Cav is not too shy to head-but others out of his way (whatever the consequences)

@Tim K. people always say Cav owes his wins to leadouts. If it works so well, why haven’t other teams figured out how to do it as well as [insert whatever team Cav has been on]? Oh maybe it’s because their sprinter isn’t strong enough to win. Cav has won several times with several teams and u think they all miraculously learned how to do perfect leadouts when other teams could’ve been doing the same thing? No, he’s just always been faster and that’s why it works. You also somehow forget all the stages he’s bailed on his leadout due to it failing. Take stage 4 from last year for example. I’m sick of people picking and choosing which sprinter “has all the work done for them”. And Cav literally displayed insane form coming into the race so idk what u on about.

Absolutely disappointed in the lack of KOM Crocs

the danish crowd is amazing! I thought they were cold and formal (north Europeans) instead they are warm and funny! they look like us, they look italians! 😄😄

@Ch- Chest haha... true 😅 from a Dane

@Congobajer it's the true, you are very passionate cheering bike races... I love it! I would love a lot to go to Denmark to watch Il Giro di Danimarca!

@Congobajer AMAZING crowds!! Best GRAND DEPARTE since England did the send off!! The crowds are incredible and the energy is off the charts!!!💥🤘

@epincion 😂

@Intercettazioni & Podcasts I do love visiting Italy very much even though its exasperating at times

What's the longest run of 2nd places to start a Tour?

Probably 3 ? On the first 3 stages it mist nit have happened a lot

VanAert put the squeeze on Sagon, check Ewan who also got squeezed out by VanAert's move. It's bike racing. Also nowadays it probably makes sense to stay away from boards. In a crit race you have time to gauge finish (multiple laps) here 1 time to get it right. things don't go your way sometimes.

Everyone is blaming WVA cuz Sagan pointed at him making a scene but I watched it on my TV in slo-mo about 10 times and Peter cut towards Ewan and the barrier BEFORE WVA changed his line!! But YES WVA did get a bit dirty but that's a bunch sprint for you. It's BRUTAL!!! But WVA is NOT why Sagan squeezed Ewan into the barrier. That was Ewan HIMSELF and a bit if Sagans fault. If you watch the replay and do slo-mo you will see Ewan was SO CLOSE to the barrier that his front wheel actually TOUCHES one of the legs to the barrier!! He did it to himself and then within .5secs Peter just made it IMPOSSIBLE for him to try to regain his speed and line!!

@Tudor Thanks. I’ve been wrong before. Probably will again.

@Profe Sam it was a guy from intermarche, maybe kristoff

Talking about the squeeze.... did you notice who cut-off Jakobsen in the final turn, causing him to brake hard and lose his lead-out and all his momentum? Looked like it was Groenewegen to me. Has he still got it in for Fabio...? Looked like he tried to put Fabio into the wall again!

Seems like slower paces increase the crashes as the riders get all bunched up.

I love that Ewan got 9th instead of 4th because he wants to bang his bar like a baby due to his own poor positioning instead of finishing the race pedaling. Poetic justice.

I love that Ewan got 9th instead of 4th because he wants to bang his bar like a baby due to his own poor positioning instead of finishing the race pedaling. Poetic justice.

Why did you casually mention that some GC contenders lost time but then not tell us who?

@Lucas Favey why do you call them "gun recaps"? But I do agree with you about Lantern Rouge tho. I enjoy listening to Phil Liggett👑, Bob Roll, Christian Van de Velde and Chris Horner on the NBC Sports feed. The CONVERSATION is better over here and LR bit I can't watch the TDF without Phil Liggett👑!!!

these gun recaps are garbage. Watch Lanterne Rouge recaps man

Wild that Jakobsen and Groenewegen won stage 2 and 3 after the Tour of Poland incident in 2020.

Wild that Jakobsen and Groenewegen won stage 2 and 3 after the Tour of Poland incident in 2020.

Doesn’t start till the Mountains GC contenders come through

Caleb Ewan is sadly done.

Wout is very consistent with 2nd place. 😊 Peter was furious. He knows that technic, he shouldn't complain.

Yes BUT Sagan cut towards Ewan and the barrier BEFORE WVA started his line change!! I watched it 8 times in slo-mo and Sagan did it first. Sagan was also TRYING to make it look worse than it was and it only made him look like an angry, bitter loser. He's really not the happy, fun, loving guy we remember!! Ever since his wife left him for cheating on her is when he stopped winning. I've paid very close attention to when and what went wrong with him and it all started when his wife left him. He's never been the same since!! I'm not sure he'll ever get back on track and I REALLY do like Peter but I'm just being honest

Caleb Ewan was coming fast and the door closed, I wish he had a clean line would have been interesting.

There's like 8 guys all going for the sprint. Considering that, Ewan's positioning was way too far back.

3:19 a very dangerous piece of Road Furniture

Well, the road is built for cars, not bicycles, but yeah, probably had hurt a lot if crashing into them.. Fortunately they were polstred a bit.

would be a nasty crash at 60 kph

I hear Cav has been left out this year, are his team managers nuts or what?

Was in my town (Haderslev, South Jutland ) waving my Uion Jack . The only non - Danish flag in town !

Van Aert deu demasiada atenção a Sagan e acabou abrindo o flanco para Groenewegen.

Go team giant bike exchange. Great win for them after missing last year’s event.

Old Sagan still kicking

Cav needs to join a team with "I go to the Tour" written into his contract...

@Jimmy RH I don't think Cav needs us to change anyone's mind or influence anyone tho. He is the GREATEST SPRINTER to ever ride so his name carries him. Nothing we say is going to influence anyone to pick up Cav for another season. Just my opinion and yes I'm a HUGE Cav fan!!! He's my FAVOURITE rider!!! But I think maybe he should go out ON TOP after matching Eddy's record and just winning British Nationals last week for 2nd time, I think it MAY be best to bow out now, GRACEFULLY rather than coming back and not achieving it. I'm honestly torn between letting him have another go at it and saying, he should bow out GRACEFULLY now. These new sprinters are phenomenal and I DO believe Cav can break Eddy's record but what if he DOESN'T??? That wouldn't be the way ANYONE would want to leave ANY sport!!! But that's the one thing ALL athletes struggle with!!! MANY TIMES they should have retired after a major victory but they come back and have a shit season and don't get to leave on a high note. It's a VERY VERY hard thing for ANY athlete to decide on. Cav is a LEGEND and I'll forever be grateful I got to watch him race in person, meet him, took MANY pics with him, got him to autograph MANY items for me and whatever choice he makes I will think no less of him. He's the GREATEST SPRINTER to EVER ride a bicycle!!👑💯🎯🤘

@heliumtrophy My comment is clearly about the future. Cav is obviously not head and shoulders the fastest sprinter like he was 10 years ago, but watching this sprint, he surely would have had a decent chance still. With Cav being in a team with another, much younger sprinter capable of winning stages, there was always a risk that the team would make the legitimate decision to go with the younger option. A year is a long time for a 37 year old professional cyclist, but if he still has the legs, I would like to see him join a team that will back him to go to the tour. Sponsors would clearly be interested and perhaps the opportunity might attract a couple of up and coming lead out men... maybe there's a new Mark Renshaw who would like to make his name by leading out Cav to stage win number 35! If enough people keep taking about it, maybe it can influence all the people involved, like team managers, sponsors, young lead out men, and even Cav himself!

Can we give this shit a rest? It sucks that he wasn't brought along for the Tour but there's no use continuing to gripe about it because it won't change anything.

Relegate van Aert for that irregular sprint.

Yes BUT Sagan cut towards Ewan and the barrier BEFORE WVA started his line change!! I watched it 8 times in slo-mo and Sagan did it first. Sagan was also TRYING to make it look worse than it was and it only made him look like an angry, bitter loser. He's really not the happy, fun, loving guy we remember!! Ever since his wife left him for cheating on her is when he stopped winning. I've paid very close attention to when and what went wrong with him and it all started when his wife left him. He's never been the same since!! I'm not sure he'll ever get back on track and I REALLY do like Peter but I'm just being honest

Suuuuper exciting adventure of life fans, now you can realize what Denmark super power is about. ..vikings back in action huh?

Ewan's positioning 🤦🏻‍♂️

Suuuuper exciting adventure of life fans, now you can realize what Denmark super power is about. ..vikings back in action huh?

After Cort was absorbed by the peloton, why no attacks if there was still 50km of riding to go?

Cuz there was NO POSSIBLE CHANCE the peloton would allow ANYONE to attack at that point. It was a bunch sprint stage and that's the ONLY way stage 3 was going to end

In the intermediate sprint Jakobsen did not 'come second' to WVA - Laporte did

It was recalled after they watched the line footage, Jakobsen just beat out Laporte but it was difficult to see, making it a 1, 2, 3 Jersey sprint with the polka dots, yellow, and green.

van Aert blocked Sagan at the end there. They really should paint lanes in the last 100 meters. It’s getting absurd how much shady and dangerous tactics are happening at the ends of these races.

@Amedeo Santiniok I told you if come back. Yes that would be exactly where I was confused because it seemed like we were actually agreeing on things but it's always easy to get things lost in translation when typing comments. Its ok tho. No worries.

@Amedeo Santini I'll come read the comments tomorrow pal. Im going to sleep rught now tho. Enjoy the stage today. I'll come check in with you tomorrow🤘

@Amedeo Santini i saw how long your c omment was and I didn't feel like reading it. I'm too fkng tired and couldn't care less to tell you the truth. I have no idea what you said but count it as a win for yourself if you want. Good night. Enjoy the rest of the TOUR

@Ken Kaniff oh, I was very perplexed but I now see where you misunderstood my comment. It must be difficult to read. I wrote “You were talking about SAGAN and Ewan being squeezed by HIM”. Van Aert is nowhere in the sentence, HIM is referring to Sagan, casually in the same sentence.

@Ken Kaniff it’s not hard to read, I agree with you. So, tell me, where in my second comment I wrote even once “Van Aert”. Well, I didn’t. So it’s pretty obvious, to me at least, that I did not think that you said that VA squeezed them. And if you go back and read my comment again you’ll see that I was just presenting my argument about what a squeeze is. Furthermore, you literally wrote “it is not VWA’s fault if Sagan squeezed Ewan” and all that BS about the “Sagan move”. So, the reference about Sagan squeezing Ewan is definitely there. Whatever you think doesn’t matter if written words say otherwise. I am not in your head. Also, I remember Groenewegen sprinting not in a straight line, I remember Demare, Alaphilippe and Ferrari. Well, I don’t remember Sagan do it. I remember Sagan keeping his position with his elbows out but that is completely another thing. And Cipollini, I’m sure, did worse. Luckily cycling is not where it once was. P.s. How come that all your comments are modified? How could I know you didn’t change sentences? Or is it very hard to write? And if it is, shouldn’t it be at least as difficult as reading?

People always get mad at Cavendish for deviating… I guess he’s the only one they ever watch cause it’s all over the sport

Everyone is blaming WVA cuz Sagan pointed at him making a scene but I watched it on my TV in slo-mo about 10 times and Peter cut towards Ewan and the barrier BEFORE WVA changed his line!!

Weird colour grade on these videos… some clips are quite over saturated. Thanks for posting them though!

Van Aert's sprint was illegal, just not apparently illegal enough. Straight road so I'd like to hear the justification why he felt compelled to moved 10 m right.

@Tom Webster the only thing I did with my comment was fix a spelling error. I didn't change the comment in any way tho.

@Ken Kaniff Please be aware I haven't actually stated that I think WVA should be relegated either. You said that Sagan did it first. I have responded to that by pointing out how what Sagan did was different to what WVA did in the context of the rules. You've also edited your posts since my reply which may have changed the context.

@Tom Webster you're aware that the commiseurs and Peter himself feel no need to relegate and Peter himself has said "it's OK, no problem". It was a clean sprint, as I said earlier!!

The rules allow riders to select a lane when launching into their sprint, which is what Sagan did by selecting a line to the right of WVA. Also, Sagan wasn't endangering anybody by pushing them into the barrier. This differs from WVA who changed his lane after launching into his sprint and was pushing Sagan who was alongside him into the barrier.

Yes BUT Sagan cut towards Ewan and the barrier BEFORE WVA started his line change!! I watched it 8 times in slo-mo and Sagan did it first. Sagan was also TRYING to make it look worse than it was and it only made him look like an angry, bitter loser. He's really not the happy, fun, loving guy we remember!! Ever since his wife left him for cheating on her is when he stopped winning. I've paid very close attention to when and what went wrong with him and it all started when his wife left him. He's never been the same since!! I'm not sure he'll ever get back on track and I REALLY do like Peter but I'm just being honest. Bottom line is it was a CLEAN SPRINT and Peter tried SO HARD to make it look like something happened. It was quite comical actually watching him TRYING to put his head into WVA😂 he couldn't even make it look good🤣

Frustrated Van Aert 🤣

guess that the "wise old man" was wrong for once after all, the finish had cav's name written all over it :))

@Jason Pan I know who he is... the other reference... who? LOL

@John Andrews patrick lefevere quickstep manager

who?

Magnus CORTS' a Magnum Mustache

Oh shit, I didn't even know it was YOU when I responded😂. WHAT'S UP Savage?! Tough break with no Bini huh?? Don't get me wrong, I'm totally fine with no Bini cuz I don't wanna deal with the "fans"😂 (I use that term loosely) but I do feel bad for YOU tho buddy. I know you wanted him there! We are BOTH in the same boat pal cuz I wanted Cav there but it didn't work out that way so I've accepted it whether I like it or not. Hope you're well my friend!! Who are your eyes on? What are you looking at and wanting to see or EXPECTING/PREDICTING to have happen. Cheers🤘🇬🇧

I'm loving that 70s retro p0rn mustache😂🤣🤘

Sagan is just getting started gonna win a couple of stage's

I will be satisfied with ONE stage win from Peter. He MIGHT get ONE but nothing more. I wouldn't even vet on him getting ONE tho

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I like Van Eart, but he did get in Sagans line. That’s not cool

Everyone is blaming WVA cuz Sagan pointed at him making a scene but I watched it on my TV in slo-mo about 10 times and Peter cut towards Ewan and the barrier BEFORE WVA changed his line!! But YES WVA did get a BIT dirty by pulling a "Sagan move" on Sagan himself but that's a bunch sprint for you. It's BRUTAL!!! But WVA is NOT why Sagan squeezed Ewan into the barrier. That was Ewan HIMSELF and a BIT of Sagans fault. If you watch the replay and do slo-mo you will see Ewan was SO CLOSE to the barrier that his front wheel actually TOUCHES one of the legs to the barrier!! He did it to himself and then within .5secs Peter just made it IMPOSSIBLE for him to try to regain his speed and line!! WVA is NOT why Sagan ended up where he was. Sagan put HIMSELF there and then YES WVA did squeeze him a bit but nothing Sagan hasn't done MANY times before!! A d for the record, I can't stand WVA!!!

Should be relegated to last to forfeit the sprint points for today. Doing nothing just validates what he did is correct and so he will continue doing it, eventually causing a crash risking someone's life.

TDF noob here, confused by how/why everyone in the same first finishing group gets the same time? How are you supposed to differentiate every rider then for the yellow jersey

If there is no more than a 1 second gap between consecutive riders they are given the same time. If there is a gap then it is seen as two separate groups, with the time gap between them being taken between the times of the first rider in each group. (e.g group 1 rider finishes in 04'12'15, the first time there is more than a second of a gap is a rider at 04'12'30, so even though there was maybe only 1-2 seconds between this rider and the last rider in the group ahead he loses 15 seconds)

Because it’s kind of unfair to lose 10 seconds because you get boxed in. If that were the case then there would be 50 guys trying to be at the front instead of 20 and there’s not enough road for that. It would cause more crashes.

If you Are part of the group you get the same time as the lead rider. With breakaways and mountainclimbs People Will ved split up and you Will se a time difference

because not every rider will always be in the first finishing group, there are stages with lots of elevation to come where the field gets torn apart time wise

Also interested to know

Fabio goes 3rd wheel to 13th in one corner, terrible. Has to do better in order to keep all the Cav fanboys quiet - though that may be impossible ( unfortunately).

Wout's becoming dirtier the longer he stays as a sprinter. Fortunately Sagan didn't get Jakobsen'd.

Everyone is blaming WVA cuz Sagan pointed at him making a scene but I watched it on my TV in slo-mo about 10 times and Peter cut towards Ewan and the barrier BEFORE WVA changed his line!! BUT, WVA did play a bit dirty but Peter was TRYING to make it look worse than it REALLY was!!

He wont let it. sagan is a bull he can bump whenever he wants.

No one mentioning the massive deviation because the world's on WVA's d

Van Aert's sprint was illegal, just not apparently illegal enough. Straight road so I'd like to hear the justification why he felt compelled to moved 10 m right.

Funny they didn't sail from Sonderborg to Dunkerque, it would be a short trip through the Kiel canal and past the Netherlands and Belgian coasts in a fast luxury ship.

Did sagan just say mf ?

Suuuuper exciting adventure of life fans, now you can realize what Denmark super power is about. ..vikings back in action huh?

Wild that Jakobsen and Groenewegen won stage 2 and 3 after the Tour of Poland incident in 2020.

wva clearly swerved to the right putting sagan in harm's way .. why has uci not taken action against him?

@#AkoSi- Bong no not at all. I've met Sagan and have several pics together with him that are framed in my house, autographs from him, watched him race in person MANY times and i do like the guy but I'm a realist and he has had a rough few years after his wife left him for cheating on her and its sad to see his decline so fast but i just look at things logically and in a realistic way and i don't make excuses for myself or others and I'm just stating how I feel about Peter. Hes starting to become a grumpy person and a sore loser it seems. I know hes passiinate but he's lost a lot of his passion lately and i just call it how i see it.

@Ken Kaniff not so fast .. he was actually being sarcastic in his answers .. b.t.w what's your beef against sagan, you seem too bitter .. lol !!

@#AkoSi- Bong just now saw your second comment. Yes, Sagan seems to have backed off from claiming WVA was at fault. Smart choice cuz I watched it frame by frame and Sagan was full of sh1t!

@#AkoSi- Bong yes I agree. My comment wasn't in reference to Ewan. In fact in another comment (I posted it somewhere around here) I said that Ewan put HIMSELF in that position AND in fact he actually cut so hard towards the barrier that his front wheel hit the leg of the barrier!! Ewan screwed HIMSELF!! Another thing was that Sagan cit towards the barrier BEFORE WVA changed his line!! WVA did not squeeze him in!! I watched it frame by frame about 10 times. Sagan blaming WVA is bullshit and Ewan can only blame himself!! It's a bunch sprint!! They are notoriously brutal!! Clean sprint in my opinion

@Ken Kaniff anyway, peter is not blaming wva after all .. so that's ok

1:23 one of the riders directly on the front took off their helmet. is that allowed?

@Vetom thanks

@system m what's that supposed to mean? it was a genuine question

He was just adjusting it propably, there is no point of not allowing it, when you don't feel comfortable and just need to change the lenghts on the helmet or whatever.

ok karen

Why did you casually mention that some GC contenders lost time but then not tell us who?

Wild that Jakobsen and Groenewegen won stage 2 and 3 after the Tour of Poland incident in 2020.

Disappointed for wout's line deviation

Everyone is blaming WVA cuz Sagan pointed at him making a scene but I watched it on my TV in slo-mo about 10 times and Peter cut towards Ewan and the barrier BEFORE WVA changed his line!! But YES WVA did get a bit dirty but that's a bunch sprint for you. It's BRUTAL!!! But WVA is NOT why Sagan squeezed Ewan into the barrier. That was Ewan HIMSELF and a BIT of Sagans fault. If you watch the replay and do slo-mo you will see Ewan was SO CLOSE to the barrier that his front wheel actually TOUCHES one of the legs to the barrier!! He did it to himself and then within .5secs Peter just made it IMPOSSIBLE for him to try to regain his speed and line!!

Seems *very* minor to me

Takes something to make Groenewegen the clean one in a 2 up battle.

nice chop WvA

Sagan pointed at him bcuz he was mad. If i was there i would be mad to if i get squeeed😂

@KO Coc very cool. Pleasure to talk with you. Let me ask you this. I need to know if you can understand this. I was told this as a teenager by an asian friend. I think he was Filipino. Do you know what "MOLAKI AM POKEMO" means? I probably did a terrible job of spelling it but thats the only way I would guess how to spell it. Do you understand what that phrase means or no? I think its a rude comment but I'm asking you so i know for sure what it means. And what does "DONG MAH" mean? Is that Filipino also or no? I think it might be Vietnamese actually

@Ken Kaniff im from indonesia, i speak filipino and a little bit of french, i dont really like talking to anyone since im for of an introvert? Idk the diffrence in extrovert or intovert, i draw alot in my free time and also watch some cycling vids,

@KO Coc maybe my comment sounded like i was mad but i didn't mean it to sound that way so my apologies if it sounded like i was mad. I wasn't mad tho my friend. I do get very excited and I'm very passionate about cycling so maybe it was my fault. No hard feelings pal. You're English is not bad at all. I pretty much understand what you're saying so no need to apologize for your English. Its a gift to speak more than one language and I've always been a bit jealous that i only speak English. I know all the bad words in Spanish and know-how to talk to the Mexicans on the construction site and i know how to tell a Korean woman that she has a nice ass but thats about it LOL. Where are you from? Where do you live?

@Ken Kaniff no need to be mad bro… its just a simple mistake i made im really sorry i offended u in any reasons! I didnt know the real story in it.. im really sorry for commenting out of the blue but i didnt know the backstory, i know its my fault for saying that i didnt wanna harm anyone or anything from that mow i know the story of it,.. u dont need to be mad , now i kinda support her for walking out on him, she did a good job leaving him, if i read that right,,… once again im really sorry for peter but its fault. Im sorry if i have bad language im not really good at english since im an indo,,

@KO Cocyou "heard what too"? I didn't say I HEARD anything. I was saying I paid close attention to what went wrong with Peter and when it went wrong. And I'm a fan of Peters but how can you feel bad for him!? The "love of his life" left him because he CHEATED ON HER!! She obviously wasn't THAT important to him!! I don't blame her one bit!! He played around with other women when he had an awesome relationship and he paid the price!! I don't feel bad for him AT ALL!!! He got what he deserved!! That's way happens!! I commend HER for walking away and being strong enough to say "you fkd up dude, I'm outta here!!" Tough shit for Peter. He brought it in himself. You're crazy to feel bad for him. He is the reason she left and that has consequences!! Not only did he lose the "love of his life" but his career took a shit after she left. He should of thought that one trough before he fkd around on her!!

Sagan ain't happy with wva

Sagan surprisingly competative.

Was in my town (Haderslev, South Jutland ) waving my Uion Jack . The only non - Danish flag in town !

🇮🇩💯

So many Danes out cheering, the local burglars must of enjoyed the day also.

@gormoboskos Yeah not worth it man..

Meh. Too much police and closed roads. Denmark really isn't a country for burglaring jewlery or cash anyway

So many aren't out watching, it's not like we're only 50k in Denmark haha.

Sagan should have won!!

@SavagePro 😂🤣 it all started when he cheated on his wife and she left hin!! He's never recovered from that!! Now he's turned into an angry, bitter loser who is turning a bit into a bully!! I really mean that

oh yes, he is WORN

Why is Cavendish not in the tour this year?

Leferve chose to send Fabio Jakobsen instead of Cav!!

When the war is over someday it will start in mariepol

Aert baby should be DQ for sure

Everyone is blaming WVA cuz Sagan pointed at him making a scene but I watched it on my TV in slo-mo about 10 times and Peter cut towards Ewan and the barrier BEFORE WVA changed his line!! But YES WVA did get a BIT dirty by pulling a "Sagan move" on Sagan himself but that's a bunch sprint for you. It's BRUTAL!!! But WVA is NOT why Sagan squeezed Ewan into the barrier. That was Ewan HIMSELF and a BIT of Sagans fault. If you watch the replay and do slo-mo you will see Ewan was SO CLOSE to the barrier that his front wheel actually TOUCHES one of the legs to the barrier!! He did it to himself and then within .5secs Peter just made it IMPOSSIBLE for him to try to regain his speed and line!! WVA is NOT why Sagan ended up where he was. Sagan put HIMSELF there and then YES WVA did squeeze him a bit but nothing Sagan hasn't done MANY times before!!

Magnus, nice ‘stache

Sad tour stage,cavendish would have won that hands down. Unfortunately his team do not won’t him to beat eddies record. Hence they did not take him to the tour.

Look, I'm the BIGGEST Cav fan you'll ever meet. I've had the pleasure of watchibg him race in person, I've met him several times, gotten MANY autographs from him and several oucs with him but I wouldn't be so sure he would have won this stage. The competition is WAY HIGHER than last year's TDF!!! These guys are REALLY going at it. The way it was looking today Cav would have probably crashed out to be honest with you

You’re music bed is too hot. It makes it difficult to hear the voiceover. Drop the music bed several decimals.

Relegate van Aert for that irregular sprint.

Funny they didn't sail from Sonderborg to Dunkerque, it would be a short trip through the Kiel canal and past the Netherlands and Belgian coasts in a fast luxury ship.

3:04 Bottom left is: Her Danish Majesty's Yacht Dannebrog ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMY_Dannebrog_(A540) )

@SavagePro not ‘stupid’ - just stupid.

@Mikko Räsänen I know. I'm just making a 'stupid' comparison

@SavagePro but those are not in the picture. I am just telling what is in the picture.

Nothing compared to Steven Spielberg's or any famous American's yacht!

Omg ! I cant believe they have a rest day after 3 stages.

Well, Denmark lays a bit travel distance from France. Can't just drive there in a few hours.

It's a 600 mile transfer to get to France. That's literally impossible to do overnight.

its also a travel day... moving from Denmark to France.

The Tour of where?

Van Aert's sprint was illegal, just not apparently illegal enough. Straight road so I'd like to hear the justification why he felt compelled to moved 10 m right.

Can't wait for Wout's second Place on an epic mountain stage

Why was Sagan swearing with his finger?

@Kuya Kikss I agree. I see it now.

@Vetom Agreed. Caleb took a chance that the barrier move might magically opened but it closed. He was definitely coming hard, though, which bodes well for him in future sprints.

@James H You're right. I took another look and saw it differently than I did before.

@Tom Ehrhard that was just poor positioning from Caleb, not Sagan's fault. There was no space for both and Sagan already took the lane where he wanted to go.

I'm not even sure if he was criticising van Aert or maybe congratulating Groenewegen.

Did anyone notice who cut off Fabio Jakobsen in the final turn? It looked to me like it was Groenewegen. If Jakobsen had not braked hard Dylan Groenewegen would have crashed him out again. Fabio had to brake hard and lost his lead out man and all of his momentum. Meanwhile, Dylan went on to win the sprint. Doesn’t seem quite right to me. A cut-throat move for sure!

@Profe Sam you're absolutely right!! It WAS DG!! It wasn't really anything he did "wrong" or malicious, it's just that DG took a better line than FJ and FJ paid the price for taking a shitty line. It WASN'T malicious tho in any way!! One rider took a better line and they seemed to have gotten close to each other inadvertently. I'm pretty sure DG didn't want to be ANYWHERE NEAR FJ in the final km😉 The LAST place he would have wanted to be would be within 2 mtrs of FJ😂 It just happened that way but it was absolutely CLEAN!!

@Shema i’m not a Fabio fan and you are right about taking a bad line. That line left the potential for him to be cut off and you are right about that it was his choice. My comments were really more an observation of the continuation of that friction between him and Dylan. I can’t say that there wasn’t something calculated in it...?

@Profe Sam I'm a Fabio fan but he took a bad line and that's his fault.

@Shema Just because it might not be considered an “illegal” manoever doesn’t mean it wasn’t a crappy thing to do. Especially, in light of their history.

@Ken Kaniff make sure you are looking at the last turn at 800+ meters to go. I reviewed the video and it looked to be a blue jersey with blue helmet were worn by the rider who cut across and pushed Jakobsen towards the wall forcing him to brake hard and slow.

Tf no wants the montain jersey or time in front for sponsors?

@Ken Kaniff ok buddy, come up with a bunch of things I didn’t say. The post was about the man in the jersey being the only one interested in a breakaway. My point was exactly that nobody could take it from him if he won one climb. The rest of the peloton felt the same. I don’t see a that I said anything about saying he wasn’t proud to have it in his home country. I guess this is going to be your thing now, hunting for my comment to reply.

@Jonathan Z it's about the PRIDE you get for wearing the jersey! And there's a VERY great chance he will hold it ALL WEEK!!! How do you not understand that?!

Why waste your time on cat4 save it for real mountains. Especially when MC only needed one climb to keep it today.

Clearly no one cares about sponsors anymore. No breakaways, several great riders left at home (especially Cavendish), new jerseys just before the tour to confuse casual spectators…

be so much safer.

No one mentioning the massive deviation because the world's on WVA's d

Bring back Djamolidine Abdoujaparov

He's getting a bit old for this!

Come on, Ineos! Do something :(

You must not be a SKY/INEOS fan from the beginning. What the hell do you think they should be doing right now!!?! They have no business to tend to in the first week!! They are just trying to stay away from any crashes untill the 2nd and mostly the 3rd week. That's when they GO TO WORK!!!

Sagan not gonna win the green, WVA looks so strong and he is also better climber than Sagan. WVA gonna pick up more sprint points on hilly and mountain stages. I don't like WVA as a rider though, I'll be happy if Sagan can still pull it.

WVA did deviate here in sprint quite a lot ,he boxed out not just Sagan but more sprinters behind him that were on the right side of the road

Can I just say to all the riders, for goodness sake don't go so mad as to threaten the outcome of the race by going so mad as to cause mass pile ups, think long term, better to lose a battle and win a war, is such a waste of all the preparation when a huge crash causes would be favourites to be injured or held up, this goes for the sprinters as much as the overall contenders. Team directors , have a word with the lads, it will make for a much better race, am big fan of Peter Sagan, don't know why he had the hump at the end of the stage but remember it is crucial to maintain the sportsmanship, I have vintage photos of the racers looking at each other with huge admiration and respect, that is where things should be, mutual admiration and respect. P.s Somebody give the order to arachute in Mark Cavendish, is outrageous he has been denied a record breaking opportunity, Henri Desgrange would be turning in his grave if he knew the Cavendish firepower had been removed from the equation.

Van art should be suspended

Shame Cav wasn't there.

Pause at 00:03 that’s cheating, notice he is using a 56 tooth ring so when he cross chains he can get more speed with an easier cadence. He is clearly cross chaining, been using this method for years now using bigger chain rings in order get faster speeds when cross chain in heavy winds. I live in flat lands and heavy winds every day. Air pressure is also high. Approaching 45km on a bike your helmet is trying to rip out of your head with this air pressure and winds here (Southern Ontario shit weather and even worst shit roads). This comment is sarcasm for those gullible lol

@Danfuerth Gillis yea it's sports. We have a go at each other. I had a BLAST💥talking to the Bini fans about him taking his eye out with that champagne cork at the Giro and watching him getting in the team car with a eye patch😂🤣 that was great😂🤘 all in fun tho. Cheers🤘🇬🇧

@Ken Kaniff lmfao it’s all in good fun, we already take ourselves too seriously anyways lol 😂

@Danfuerth Gillis 😂🤣 I make sure to read the ENTIRE comment before I call the person a muppet😂 the other person didn't seem to read the full comment tho🤔😂🤘🇬🇧

@Jesse Dishner lmfao sorry I did that but was trying to make the sarcasm legit with the technical stuff . Funny thing is the technical details actually do help you in windy areas as a 56/39 chainring set allows you to cross chain and get more speed than a cross chained 53/39 in windy areas 😂

@Jesse Dishner LMao sorry I could not help myself lol 😂 no it’s not cheating it’s mostly used for flat stages.

Ewan would not be boxed in if he was further forward, position, position

@David D yes, indeed, I watched his last sprint time and time again, If and its a big If, Caleb had gone left instead of following Sagan he would have had a clear path to sprint, however, he seems to like the right barrier for his line, some of his better wins have been left of centre

He'd get himself boxed in in a 2 up sprint

Track id please