19/07/2019, 10:08
Okay, maybe we will add to the speculation
Or at least report on it.
What was behind Rohan Dennis’s “reluctant” withdrawal from the Tour de France?
19/07/2019, 09:34
Don't blame your tools
There's currently a lot of speculation about the reason for Rohan Dennis quitting the Tour de France yesterday. We're not going to add to the speculation here, we're sure the full story will come out soon enough, but in the meantime here's a close look at the bike he would have ridden in today's individual time trial. It's a shame we won't get to see him racing against the clock in his world champion rainbow stripes.
19/07/2019, 09:30
The Tour de France weekend on Strava
It’s a big Tour for Strava with 98 out of the 176 Tour de France 2019 riders (56%) on there.
Gareth Mills, UK Country Manager of Strava, has listed a few below, but here’s the definitive list of who to follow.
“Could Alex Dowsett take the [time trial] stage win following on from his amazing British TT title? He's clearly in great form – a 50kph average when you're out on your own would indicate that.
“Egan Bernal’s skillset as a pure climber could set him up to take charge from Saturday onwards, hopefully giving the 'galacticos' of Team Ineos something to think about.
“The romantic in me really wanted Thibaut Pinot to podium this year, and I was sad to see him lose out when the wind tore the peloton apart on stage 10. I really hope that he stays well, and can get back into contention, otherwise he may as well lose some time and go for some stage wins.
“Looking back at the tour so far, my favourite stage was Thomas De Gendt's amazing win on stage 8, over 12,000 have given him kudos on Strava, rightly celebrating an incredible achievement.
“The Strava award for best photos uploaded to the tour has to go to Michal Kwiatkowski.”
The weekend’s big Strava segment is the Tourmalet on Saturday.
Mills said: “The Tourmalet also includes an 18.95km Strava segment. Over 25,798 Strava members have climbed it, with more than 30,500 activities being logged at an average time of 1 hour and 55 minutes.
“Of these only 62 were professional cyclists, climbing at a speed of 16.33km/h and around 40 minutes faster than the average cyclist.”