Tour de France 2021

[drron]

And O'Connor wins the stage.

 

[Pushka]

The race is broadcast at quite a civilized hour over here in the West. We watch about half the nights race each night. Then the next morning, before looking at any internet stories, we watch the second half of the race with a coffee or tea. It's like a 3 week holiday for us.

In France! Remember those days....

 

[Pushka]

Amazing moment just shown on SBS. Awesome

 

[drron]

Yes a memorable moment that I remember well.I stayed up all night to watch it.The only time I have stayed up for the final stage.But what I remembered most was Cadel giving the first version of his response in French.

 

[drron]

Cavendish wins his 3rd stage.an incredible result for a fellow who is only there because one fellow originally selected for his team pulled out a week before the start of this years Tour.
Now only 1 behind the most stage wins ever.

 

[sinophile888]

My boy, Wout.

 

[OZDUCK]

Pogacar was head and shoulders above anyone else in the GC group. Cavendish did very well in winning the number of stages he did considering him being in the wilderness for the last few years. Ben O'Connor seems like a good prospect to have a long and successful career. All together a pretty good coverage by SBS but someone needs to tell Michael Tomalaris that not every thought that crosses his mind needs to be expressed aloud. It may be as a result of missing out on two trips to France but he seems to have become one of those commentators who think people tune in to listen to him talk rather than to watch the event.

 

[drron]

Indeed Pogacar was way ahead of his rivals.Though some of those rivals were taken out of contention by the crashes of the first few days.
I still found it an interesting race but felt no necessity in staying up for the last 2 nights as the results were in no doubt.

 

[OZDUCK]

Indeed Pogacar was way ahead of his rivals.Though some of those rivals were taken out of contention by the crashes of the first few days.
I still found it an interesting race but felt no necessity in staying up for the last 2 nights as the results were in no doubt.

The Time Zone in WA is certainly an advantage as the 2 hour difference is very useful. We managed to see most stages live but also decided that we weren't going to stay up for the last 2 stages. Having our 2 grandkids over for a sleepover on those nights also helped us to decide to go to bed earlier.

 

[Happy Dude]

Cav really missed his main lead out man. They need to do something about the polka dots points. No question that Pogacar was the king but it would have been much more interesting if he didn't get nearly half his points on one mountain.