There’s plenty of scope for trying different things like that. There hasn’t been a big mountain time trial for some years... or how about finishing one stage at the top of a mountain then starting with the descent the next day, perhaps in grid formation?blahblah wrote: ↑27 Jul 2018, 00:47Not sure it has been; and yesterday's FI kinda grid was a dry squid, imho; and if it had worked then it would have been bad ie dumping G, everyone's fave GC Brit out of the Tour among others in first bend carnage. A good idea that didn't work, imho. 50-100k's before would have it rock at lest as much?bluelionman wrote: ↑27 Jul 2018, 00:22 I feel like I've missed a great tour but I boycotted it this year in protest at the Velogames TdF game having to be suspended!
However listen to talksport on my DAB at work and keep hearing the headlines and surprised Geraint Thomas sounds as if he will win this years edition. Gutted to think team I entered before game got suspended has Froome, Dumoulin and might have had Thomas to - can't recall now but possibly.
Imagine a non TT stage just up d'Huez, where there could be a race to the first bend.... and as 1st Stage
It’s certainly been an eventful Tour (though it pretty much always is, even when there is a rumaway winner, it’s three weeks of organised chaos which is what makes it, along with the spectacular settings...) The route’s been good, they’ve kept it interesting by spreading out the different challenges, whereas in some Tours a decade or so ago it seemed to be a case of seeing Alpe d’Huez or Ventoux on stage 19 and everyone waiting for that to make their move.