The BIGGEST MISTAKE Tour De France Ever Made
The 2024 Tour de France may still be nine months away, but the controversies have already started as they announced a gravel stage, causing a frenzy in the peloton. But is including a gravel stage really the biggest mistake the Tour de France ever made? And how will it change the race as we know it?
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Noticed the improvement on pronunciation – Vingegaard spot on now! Now just got to get PoGAcar. Good vid.
Why would they add gravel? This is road racing not gravel racing. Gravel is so stupid.
Every team and rider should agree to just soft pedal the entire gravel stage as a giant peleton as a big FU to the race organizers.
Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing more white roads, gravel and/or cobble in the grand tours. Seems like if the organizers wanted to improve rider safety, they would do something about attention-seeking fans.
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Every one of this guys videos are the same. Constantly throwing shade on everything and everyone he covers. Glass half empty guy. I close them as soon as I hear his voice now.
How much time did Remco lose in the Vuelta? Just ride the route as provided
I love the addition of gravel, just like I liked cobbles – an all around rider should win the TDF, not just the best climber.
AGREE 100 % THE UCI & THE ORGANIZERS COULD WELL HAVE BLOOD ON THERE HANDS . IT'S A POOR INCLUSION. DRAMA MORE DRAMA . GUESS IT'S COME FROM THE TV STATIONS. THE RIDERS & TEAMS SHOULD JUST STAND UP AGAINST THIS B.S.
They need to stop crying, just ride it’s equal for everyone, next they will cancel stages due to. Rain. Vino, go practice on gravel, unbelievable
The gravel makes no sense. Even if you are Wout van Aert or Van der Poel, you can have a mechanical. If for example 1 or two of the favorites drop out because of a mechanicel issue and loose 2 minutes, everybody will complain that the Tour is boring
I have heard riders complain about gravel now, but downhill finishes before, the Angliru being too tough… yeah, wouldn’t it be nice to have just flat stages?
Love all the Lifetime footage in this vid lol.
I think that this is the Tour Tom Pidcock should be in good shape.
Stage 4 down Galibier and the stage 9 he can take minutes to the others.
It will be difficult but he can do it.
And Vingegaard, Evnepoel and the rest has time to practice riding gravel before the Tour..
Nibali did practice riding cobblestones before the 2014 and that worked out quite well for him.
I prefer a gravel TT than at least that stops mass crashes.
i would love too see it and i think it will give otherwise weaker teams a better chance of winning
Remco and Jonas are afraid that winning the next Tour will require more than just the highest peak watts hahaha it's so easy to see through
Gravel should stay with gravel racing road racing is just that hard surface racing let it stand.
Yeah, the race organizers are absolute a–holes; proving they care little about the safety of the rider. That said; I suppose it behoves the riders to train there between now and race day.
* Not a smart decision. This guys ride ROAD BIKES. It´s like asking an F1 car to race a Rally stage. Same goes for cobblestone races. Tour organizers want more drama, but of course, they are not the ones crashing or loosing races because of silly ideas like this one.
Remco is complaining? Wow, how surprising.
WTF a gravel stage in the TTF 2024??? They are road cycliste.
The real threat is not the gravel for Jonas it is the Olympics. Mr hide from the wind and race the last 2k will not have the strongest cast in history wout will want gold rather than carry the weight for Jonas.
These guys crash out regularly on tarmac and risk their lives on the downhills. Kind of amusing to hear any of them complain about riding (slower) on dirt.
Wonder if they will switch bikes just before the gravel stage. It’s just long enough that it might make sense in terms of the time spent switching v. Time gained on the gravel. Plus reduction of puncture risk. I ride my Roubaix on gravel occasionally with the stock 28 Tires. It’s like riding on ice for an amateur…
Riders complaining abut having rough terrain on the TDF? Sounds like a skill issue to me.
A lot of whining going on about gravel compared to the cobbled sections regularly added to the tdf or the steep narrow poor pavement descents used every year
If you really think about the roots of the TDF then you'll realise that they have actually been taking away gravel roads for decades. '24 is going to bring out the real talent, can't wait .
It will bring a lot of sponsors in. The gravel bike market is massive. Also the Tyre technology might become better. And they will have to watch the road carefully. Easier said than done with the dust in the air
If riders and fans are worried about risk and safety, then they should focus on getting the spectators — as well as the support vehicles — under control. The last two or three Tours have been ruined more by spectators and vehicles than by terrain. This is a bunch of crying and whining about the wrong thing. I think the inclusion of unpaved sections is brilliant — it echoes years of the past, and reflects current trends in cycling. The way it introduces uncertainty is what makes great racing.
Riders always agree not to race this gravel stage. They can just drive it easy and safe for anyone. This way they can show organizators what kind of race, tour, is acceptable.
Feel sorry for all riders wanting to breath with the hundred of so motorcycles & cars kicking up dust!
Not really, if you are slightly familiar with the Tour de France, you will know that historically it was mostly gravel. Cheers 🍻
Stupid gimmick and can’t wait for this stage to be done and over with.
Look at the earliest days of Le Tour. Appalling roads,primitive technology, no team cars,huge stages. A bit of gravel could be considered a nod to the great riders of the past
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I'd rather see a couple of these stages than another flat sprinters' event.
The only thing really jeopardizing the tour and all the cycling sport's enthusiasm are those doped-up, controversial tour Favorites who make their competitors look like amateurs, at one point. That for me kills it every time. Maybe some Gravel is a good thing to get everybody out of their comfort zone and even let chance have a say in the decision.