Tour de France 2021 - Spoilers

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Well, Petacchi won the green jersey at 37…
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I was amazed Cav did not win in Paris but it showed what a rider Wout Van Aert is: selected as a support rider for Primoz Roglic, he ended up as one of a team of only four riders and still won three stages: Ventoux; individual TT; final sprint. And the combativity on the stage into Andorra. Nineteenth on GC.
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I think Cav had the legs to win but he got himself boxed in. You can see he had to freewheel briefly twice in the last 100 metres. Still a great achievement to win 4 stages and the green jersey after many (including me) had written him off.
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Quite incredible sprint win for Wout van Aert the day after winning the ITT, and to add to his fantastic Stage 11 solo mountain win which was gravity defying for a guy weighing in at 78kg!

Which one is going to be Jumbo-Visma's La Vuelta team leader? Roglič, van Aert, or Vingegaard? :D
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TrevA wrote: 19 Jul 2021, 6:40pm I think Cav had the legs to win but he got himself boxed in. You can see he had to freewheel briefly twice in the last 100 metres. Still a great achievement to win 4 stages and the green jersey after many (including me) had written him off.
I saw him in Paris after the finish and he looked absolutely exhausted, not surprising, but so tired I just said hello, and didn't bother him for an autograph :shock:
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Is anyone travelling to watch the tour this year? (assuming travel is back on the cards)
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