Nervous Finale Leads To Second Bunch Sprint | Tour De France 2022 Stage 3 Highlights

On their final day in Denmark, the peloton of the Tour de France ride from Vejle to Sønderborg. Today’s profile appears tailor-made for the sprinters, with the likes of Fabio Jakobsen and Caleb Ewan ready to open their accounts, but can a breakaway spoil the party?
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[@grill38]

I'm happy to see Denmark is hosting a little bit of Tour de France Beautiful country and wonderful public Greetings from France ! Gros bisous 🥰💋

[@a.campos891]

Danish cycling fans and crowds are awesome. Kudos

[@kenkaniff8428]

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

[@albandb9366]

Thanks to the Danish people! 👍🥇

[@daskanguru140]

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

[@SurpriseMeJT]

Yup. Doped to the hair follicles.

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@SurpriseMeJT 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.

[@SurpriseMeJT]

@@kenkaniff8428 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.

[@jveselysks]

Ok, he was third. 🤣

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@SurpriseMeJT 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!!

[@Klokmose1]

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

[@oddtoddodd]

Lucky!!

[@luckyspurs]

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

[@DKProduction-oo4yj]

Me to it was epic!❤️🇩🇰🇩🇰

[@kenkaniff8428]

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

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@DKProduction-oo4yj I am SO JEALOUS!!! But I'm VERY happy for you. What a memory!!!!💯🤘

[@luckyspurs]

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

[@aboumawiyah]

Sagan is getting better every day

[@FrancoBehringJJ]

? he's washed what are you talking about

[@jessandrade2238]

@@FrancoBehringJJ washed ? At 4th? He’s coming for Green jersey as well

[@DanielPetre826]

Sagan the great! 💚

[@MatthewMachuDidge]

Yeah he looked good in this ultra close sprint!

[@AshKetchhum]

you mean worst right? Him and Ewan are done.

[@neilreid2298]

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

[@kenkaniff8428]

💥🎯💯🤘

[@MoOutdoorsandReviews]

great finish, love the highlights, love the tour

[@gregoirefourniermontgieux2033]

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.

[@AlexRochette]

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

[@MrDornar]

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

[@mathieuvanderpoel4007]

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

[@kenkaniff8428]

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

[@christopherremy5972]

Love your coverage 🤘

[@alanoneill3065]

Amazing crowds!

[@kenkaniff8428]

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

[@TheBrodd42]

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

[@kenkaniff8428]

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!!💥💯🤘

[@jerryasher9443]

Sweet you are lucky

[@HBosman]

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.

[@kenkaniff8428]

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🤘

[@JustArkon]

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

[@nigelk288]

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

[@seanedward1852]

nice chop WvA

[@mondociaociao]

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! 😄😄

[@epincion]

Except for the lack of graffiti everywhere

[@chrisborst4488]

And when they are sober, they actually are cold and formal. Luckily they aren’t that often

[@mondociaociao]

@@epincion 😄😄 I was talking about enjoying and cheering bike races... Obviously, in others issues Italy and Denmark are different.

[@Congobajer]

Thank you! From a dane 🤩

[@epincion]

@@mondociaociao I do love visiting Italy very much even though its exasperating at times

[@FlyWithMe_666]

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

[@Skate771parts]

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

[@kenkaniff8428]

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!!

[@jefreycanada2537]

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

[@kenkaniff8428]

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

[@clayvianwilliams6125]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I agree

[@graemegallagher4481]

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

[@stfu6397]

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

[@mikeecker]

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

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@mikeecker 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

[@kenkaniff8428]

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"

[@clayvianwilliams6125]

@@mikeecker sagan deserved it.

[@thisishowthetruthdies684]

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.

[@kenkaniff8428]

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🤣

[@Twisty1024]

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.

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@Twisty1024 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!!

[@Twisty1024]

@@kenkaniff8428 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.

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@Twisty1024 the only thing I did with my comment was fix a spelling error. I didn't change the comment in any way tho.

[@eigobike3929]

Magnus, nice ‘stache

[@kenkaniff8428]

I call it his 70s retro p0rn 'stache!!😂

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

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

[@luckyspurs]

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.

[@tudor3906]

jakobsen lost his position in the last corner with 800 m 🤷

[@Tim-K.]

He was completely out of position after the guy in front of him went very slow through the last corner. Cav wouldn’t even win if he had the lead outs he had last year with the competition this year. Philipsen, Jakobsen, Groenewegen, Ewan etc. are all faster than he is.

[@zigzagnemesist5074]

@@Tim-K. Cav literally smoked philipsen about 5 times last season

[@Tim-K.]

@@zigzagnemesist5074 Was I not speaking in present tense? Last season is a long time ago and given Cav’s season so far, it’s not relevant anymore… Btw: Cav owes a big amount of his victories to perfect lead outs (especially from Morkov) He was the best sprinter, but he definitely isn’t anymore. He’s actually not even in the top 5 of the best sprinters anymore

[@zackreynolds7590]

@@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.

[@luckyspurs]

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

[@maximefornasari4110]

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

[@tonybalzan3160]

The Tour of where?

[@Laf-Adventures]

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.

[@erlendbor6101]

Theese guys don't sprint for a second place and he know that he can not even get on a podium.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

@@erlendbor6101 That's not how you get a green jersey though, as every placing at the line counts for a bunch finish. Notice how Sagan didn't just give up when he got squeezed in, and that's how he carries 7 titles.

[@AliG-yu2bn]

na ewan is not gonna win the green Jersey though. He was never gonna go for that

[@oldtwinsna8347]

@@AliG-yu2bn To intentionally rule yourself out of that contest on stage 3 because you can't control your emotions, getting all mad, is just asinine. You don't know who's going home due to crashes/illness/covid/etc or who gets relegated to lose points and you suddenly become in the running for it. And he was putting in tremendous energy in intermediate sprint points, indicating he did have an interest.

[@davidd1492]

You not only have to befast to be a good sprinter. You also need to know how to position yourself which Caleb isn't very good at. He has no one but himself to blame for continually being in a bad position. Being as small as he is doesn't help either,as they just seem to be able to muscle him out of the way.

[@hannecatton2179]

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

[@MAdDyMatt]

Doesn’t start till the Mountains GC contenders come through

[@christellelemaire9749]

Coucou je suis contente ❤️❤️💪

[@mikeecker]

Relegate van Aert for that irregular sprint.

[@kenkaniff8428]

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

[@grey_fox7]

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

[@kenkaniff8428]

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

[@M5252email]

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

[@Congobajer]

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

[@gormoboskos]

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

[@Congobajer]

@@gormoboskos Yeah not worth it man..

[@davidgeissler8620]

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

[@FiFAViDZ4You]

🤣

[@kenkaniff8428]

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

[@ernestpaul6444]

Absolutely disappointed in the lack of KOM Crocs

[@mattwood852]

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.

[@ronaldhoward7908]

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.

[@l0s3rke]

I guess someone is just here to hate on Van Aert.

[@eamartinez88]

I think Van Aert has yelled at Sagan for doing the same

[@profesam8457]

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!

[@tudor3906]

@@profesam8457 it was a guy from intermarche, maybe kristoff

[@profesam8457]

@@tudor3906 Thanks. I’ve been wrong before. Probably will again.

[@nycheesehead]

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

[@Tibovl]

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

[@zacharycat603]

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

[@johndododoe1411]

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.

[@bluebillbo]

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

[@system_m]

ok karen

[@vetom7225]

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.

[@bluebillbo]

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

[@bluebillbo]

@@vetom7225 thanks

[@MyWissam]

Why is Cavendish not in the tour this year?

[@kenkaniff8428]

Leferve chose to send Fabio Jakobsen instead of Cav!!

[@mcmxiitommasino3521]

Track id please

[@irjake]

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

[@kidnamedfinger420]

these gun recaps are garbage. Watch Lanterne Rouge recaps man

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@kidnamedfinger420 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👑!!!

[@TehPwnererer89]

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

[@oldtwinsna8347]

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.

[@kenkaniff8428]

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!!!

[@ShredPile]

LOL, WVA pulls a Sagan. Sagan not happy about it. To surpass the master is to repay the master:-)

[@clayvianwilliams6125]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You got that right

[@kenkaniff8428]

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

[@mikkolukas]

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

[@mikkolukas]

@@savagepro9060 but those are not in the picture. I am just telling what is in the picture.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

@@savagepro9060 not ‘stupid’ - just stupid.

[@DIYPackraft]

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

[@epincion]

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

[@ladyofolyas]

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.

[@ambroseho584]

Aert baby should be DQ for sure

[@kenkaniff8428]

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!!

[@albertkikstra]

I’m a subscriber to GCN plus, why are there no extended highlights of the Tour de France?

[@boudoir00]

Yes, wondering about that too. It's like either watch the full race or a 5 min summary. I'd enjoy the 30 min long highlights a lot more. I guess Chris Horner's Post race analysis will go some way to give more details than GCN/GCN+ provides for their paying subscribers.

[@kenkaniff8428]

NBC and the PEACOCK APP have the best coverage!!! We have Phil Liggett THE LEGEND!!! We also have Bob Roll, Christian Van de Velde AND Chris Horner!!! It gets no better than that and the effort put into the production is unparalleled!!💥

[@albertkikstra]

@@boudoir00 yes, what’s the point paying for something that’s free on KZbin anyway. I love the 30 minute extended highlights. Watching live isn’t really an option as it’s in the middle of the night almost.

[@boudoir00]

We should write to them or something - I'm not sure whether they are picking up on this here..

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@albertkikstra yes but GCN+ did that with the Giro also tho. I subscribe to GCN+ and only a couple of stages had 30 min extended highlights.

[@henrywang4898]

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

[@monkmodemalik8225]

Also interested to know

[@godspeed2218]

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

[@Schoen1992]

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

[@zackreynolds7590]

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.

[@Fyr35555]

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)

[@luckyspurs]

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

[@ironbuttcycling146]

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

[@kenkaniff8428]

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!!

[@jimmyrh247]

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

[@heliumtrophy]

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.

[@pinarellolimoncello]

@@heliumtrophy You've capitulated to the bollocks, nothing wrong with dissent, parachute in Mark Cavendish now is what I say, he's being robbed of a chance to go down in the record books, is a scandal. They are scared of him is the truth, toast is what they'd be if he was there.

[@jimmyrh247]

@@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!

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@jimmyrh247 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!!👑💯🎯🤘

[@attybong]

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

[@Koen030NL]

they should have taken action against sagan aswel in the second stage where he was pushing Jakobsen in the sprint.

[@attybong]

@@Koen030NL obviously that's another matter .. i'm only taling about stage3

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@attybong 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!! For the record, I can't stand WVA!!!

[@attybong]

@@kenkaniff8428 nope .. ewan was looking for a gap that wasn't there .. he boxed himself out .. not sagan

[@attybong]

@@kenkaniff8428 anyway, peter is not blaming wva after all .. so that's ok

[@srsergiowilson]

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

[@MrLaodeismail]

🇮🇩💯

[@Laf-Adventures]

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.

[@martinsolden77]

Thats roadracing for you...noone is forced to take part of the sprint....

[@zackreynolds7590]

Problem is I’d hate to see everyone disqualified when they might’ve won anyway but seriously just put some tape down in the last 100m

[@amedeosantini3911]

@@martinsolden77 but it was not road racing when the Groenewegen-Jacobsen incident happened. All decisions should be done for safety, or it will happen again. It’s really simple: once the rider starts his sprint he can’t deviate or penalty awaits. Sagan had to make space with his shoulders to avoid a crash into the barriers. That’s so not cool.

[@kenkaniff8428]

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 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 not 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!!

[@amedeosantini3911]

@@kenkaniff8428 you are just saying a lot of BS. You can't ask to a following rider, like Sagan was, to not deviate at all. Otherwise the leading athlete will always win because the others can't pass him. But the sprinter needs to keep his line once he starts his sprint. Sagan was starting his sprint and of course he needed to go left or right. He cannot be aware of the position of 200 athletes and ask permission to all of them. Ewan was never alongside him and Sagan did nothing to impede him, whereas Van Aert did exactly that. He was fully aware of Sagan's position and squeezed him, the gap to the barriers disappeared and Ewan was screwed. Sagan needed to bump into Van Aert to avoid a crash. That's a clear relegation as far as I am concerned.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

Anyone can lip read and make out what Sagan was saying ?

[@JesseDishner]

It was four letters I would imagine

[@carlosluisluis6085]

Yeah, it was LOVE you Wout....😊😊😊

[@leocheng9428]

Disappointed for wout's line deviation

[@luckyspurs]

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

[@jdsm7815]

Seems *very* minor to me

[@kenkaniff8428]

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!!

[@tungstenkid2271]

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

[@jasonpan586]

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

[@johnandrews3568]

who?

[@jasonpan586]

@@johnandrews3568 patrick lefevere quickstep manager

[@johnandrews3568]

@@jasonpan586 I know who he is... the other reference... who? LOL

[@apachemimi9762]

Sagan should have won!!

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@savagepro9060 😂🤣 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

[@newjones1754]

When the war is over someday it will start in mariepol

[@professorsogol5824]

There are classified climbs in Denmark? It's one of the flattest and lowest countries in Europe: low point -7 meters (below sea level), high point 171 meters, average elevation 31 meters. Even the Netherlands has a higher point, 1059 meters. And since we're talking about the Polka Dot Jersey, how are climbs categorized? How, precisely, does a Cat 1 differ from a Cat 2? If two locations on a road have a given elevation difference, say 100 vertical meters, and a given horizontal distance apart, say 1000 meters, the climb is 10%. What category would that be? Did Henri Desgrange address this question? Does the Amaury Sports Organization provide any definitions or metrics?

[@MeesterJ]

Nah bro that mountain is somewhere in the Caribbian and nobody here has ever heard of it. Our highest mountain is 321 meters high, the Vaalserberg.

[@professorsogol5824]

@@MeesterJ Still higher than anything in Denmark, eh? Sorry to say I was misled by Google.

[@MeesterJ]

@@professorsogol5824 yes that's true! Well technically since they restructured our overseas areas that mountain apparently is the highest, but nobody has ever been there, knows about it or cares about it haha! Still I think it's silly to say that some area 10.000km further is part of your country while it has not physical attachment to it and totally different geography culture and everything...

[@Koen030NL]

@@MeesterJ I believe its Mount Saba right? some volcano island, not something any cyclist would encounter cycling in the netherlands :P

[@tombrcherjakobsengolf201]

Tour de France has categorized climbs on all stages to keep the climb competition interesting. So for flat stages they would pick the most interesting climbs. On mountain stages you will also see climbs that are steep and long, but not categorized for the jersey because other climbs on that stage are more important.

[@KTT940]

Sagan ON.1

[@kococ8246]

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

[@kenkaniff8428]

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

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@kococ8246you "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!!

[@kococ8246]

@@kenkaniff8428 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,,

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@kococ8246 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?

[@kococ8246]

@@kenkaniff8428 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,

[@danosullivan2964]

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

[@zackreynolds7590]

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

[@kenkaniff8428]

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!!

[@silviofontana5144]

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

[@davidd1492]

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

[@silviofontana5144]

@@davidd1492 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

[@benjibodhranboy]

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.

[@kenkaniff8428]

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

[@mikethomas4842]

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

[@Koen030NL]

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

[@kenkaniff8428]

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

[@Thegoldenvalkyrie]

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

[@HooxNZ]

Sagan ain't happy with wva

[@KenshinHimura23]

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.

[@tollph3314]

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

[@pinarellolimoncello]

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.

[@gigirabbit]

inb4 sagan mad

[@becausewemust]

Ewan's positioning 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@profesam8457]

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!

[@kenkaniff8428]

I thought it was a Intermarche rider. Possibly Kristoff but I'm pretty damn sure it WASN'T Dylan!!

[@profesam8457]

@@kenkaniff8428 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.

[@profesam8457]

@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.

[@profesam8457]

@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...?

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@profesam8457 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!!

[@nielcutter3804]

Frustrated Van Aert 🤣

[@peterraikman]

Bring back Djamolidine Abdoujaparov

[@gcnracing]

He's getting a bit old for this!

[@AshKetchhum]

Caleb Ewan is sadly done.

[@guilhermehenriques2240]

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

[@zackreynolds7590]

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…

[@jonathanzappala]

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

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@jonathanzappala 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?!

[@jonathanzappala]

@@kenkaniff8428 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.

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@jonathanzappala 😂 you're a piece of work. NO, I'm sorry but you're not important enough for me to come "hunt down" your comments. That is funny tho😂 You can go look around and you'll see That I comment ALL OVER THE PLACE and believe it or not I actually have a splendid record of being correct😉 You can go look around and see I told a bunch of other people that they were wrong for saying WVA should be relegated and I said it's a CLEAN SPRINT and the commiseurs AND EVEN Peter HIMSELF have since said "no relegation" But back to the issue at hand . . . What you fail to realize is that MC got the jersey (we all know that) but he wants it for more than just ONE DAY!! He AND THE TEAM want it for as long as they can keep it. WHO WOULDN'T!!?! MC now has 6 points in that competition which means that even if another rider comes along on stage 4 and takes ALL 6 points in the 6 cat 4 climbs scheduled for that stage, MC will STILL retain the polka dots!! If he did not go out in the break there's a chance he could lose the jersey. It doesn't seem you're thinking this through COMPLETELY my friend!! Cheers🤘🇬🇧

[@67daltonknox]

Shame Cav wasn't there.

[@ronwhite8503]

Yeah, I would have loved to see him crash/have tantrum about something.

[@lukethomasch3681]

WVA is the king of 🥈. Seems like almost every race he does he gets the same result

[@kenkaniff8428]

SAFEST BET IN CYCLING RIGHT NOW!!! Put it ALL on WVA to get 2nd!!!🎯💯🤣🤘

[@Catharsis791]

Make 3 photos of the last 4 seconds. Wva starts in the middle of the road, feels Sagan coming and ends his sprint at the total right side of the road. Sagan is right sorry to say. Wva had to be stripped from the stage 3 result.

[@kenkaniff8428]

I disagree!!! 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!!

[@Catharsis791]

You just have to take 4 photos of the last 4 seconds. He just blocked the riders at the right of him. He goes meters to the right. Sagand and maybe others were faster. He was second because his mate put him in a good spot. But he does not have the fastest sprint. Sagan, Ewan, Jacobsen, Philipsen and Groenewegen all were faster in this sprint

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@Catharsis791 look I REALLY don't like WVA!! I just don't like him!! But it's CLEAR that it was a CLEAN SPRINT and even Peter has said so since it happened AND MOST IMPORTANTLY the commiseurs have chosen to NOT relegate WVA. It WAS A CLEAN SPRINT. I'm one of the ONLY people to say this since the minute it happened AND EVEN Peter HIMSELF and the commiseurs have agreed. It's amazing how many people said WVA was at fault and I would LOVE to see WVA relegated but it was absolutely a clean sprint! Bunch sprints are BRUTAL but I'm sorry, this one was CLEAN!!!

[@Catharsis791]

Well actually Sagan said literal quote: ‘I was happy I was still in one piece…’ Commissioners in France don’t sanction the yellow/green jersey who rides for one of the biggest teams and is a known name that fast. You literally have to smash your helmet against an adversary or give him a elbow. Diverting 5 meters to block 2 other faster sprinters is not enough. Conclusion: commission supports dick moves and crashes in the peloton. I can’t recall not more than 5 sprints being sanctioned. It is a no rules sport were injury is tolerated as long as the right guy does it. In F1 with Verstappen the same although there it is stricter

[@robinjcaesar2578]

Did sagan just say mf ?

[@kenkaniff8428]

SOMETHING with "fuck" in it, yes!

[@KevinGrinder]

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

[@alexandrecustodio6040]

van aert blocking a sure sagan win :|

[@petesharp3640]

no way. Sagan didn't have the power. He had plenty of room on his right.

[@Tibovl]

In no world was this a sagan win. 3d at best and even then.

[@Liam-yr4uf]

Sagan also cut off Ewan on the right

[@kenkaniff8428]

Nope! I disagree!!! 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!!

[@isitrachelorj3953]

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).

[@Shinror]

really unfair move of van Aert 👎

[@punchline2529]

Sagan, a legend, yet no saint in the sprints himself

[@joie.4795]

Come on, Ineos! Do something :(

[@kenkaniff8428]

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!!!

[@whystudios.1986]

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[@brucegelman5582]

The real race starts next week

[@valeccylinder8703]

WVA points down and to the last position as a minimum penalty for This crap he did to sagan

[@petesharp3640]

Did you not see how much space Sagan had to his right? Plenty! Instead he was elbowing with Van Aero to his left. Sagan did not have the power.

[@viniciusfreitas2218]

@@petesharp3640 Did u watch the video? Sagan was coming like a 1000cc in the right side.. just look one more time

[@biyaherosikiks]

@@petesharp3640 u so blind dude

[@Tibovl]

@@viniciusfreitas2218 Nah, Sagan wasn't going fast enough to overtake. He had plenty of time to do so, but just couldn't and then got kinda blocked. And even then I think there was still just enough space to squeeze into.

[@vetom7225]

@@Tibovl You'll need to try going 60kph on a bike sprinting first to say stuff like "there was still just enough space to squeeze into". Sagan has one of the best bike handling skills in the race, so does Wout(both experienced mountain bikers). If someone is literally going into your way at that speed, you need to stay aware of the situation and think about your own safety. There MIGHT have been still a space, but Sagan surely lost speed because he got scared he is gonna crash into Wout. We can't know if Sagan would've won, but he surely couldnt give all his power in the sprint cuz of that.

[@MJarthur95]

I don’t understand why Groenewegen was even picked/allowed to race the Tour, but yet Cavendish isn’t allowed to break a record (that’s meant to be broken)

[@Koen030NL]

why? they are not even in the same team?

[@MJarthur95]

@@Koen030NL because you can clearly see in the footages that Jakobsen & others held back big time when they saw Groenewegen squeezing between. Rather have Cavendish between the sprints than a ruthless guy (Groenewegen)

[@chrishornersponytailx2208]

Not even on the same team....

[@Koen030NL]

@@MJarthur95 Groenewegen is not a ruthless guy. he just happened to be part of a horrible racing accident. You think this was a calculated move to injure Jakobsen?

[@kenkaniff8428]

Look, I'm the BIGGEST Cav fan but FFS, Shut it up!!! Your argument/statement isn't even making much sense.

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

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

[@brianglendenning1632]

How the heck is that cheating? Which rule do you allege has been breached?

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

@@brianglendenning1632 Lmfao Jesus man I can’t believe this worked 😂 off course it’s not cheating 😂. Sarcasm and an obvious leg pull lol

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

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

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

@@JesseDishner 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 😂

[@kenkaniff8428]

@@danfuerthgillis4483 😂🤣 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🤔😂🤘🇬🇧

[@mikeecker]

Who farted?