{"id":184596,"date":"2021-07-20T08:51:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T08:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=184596"},"modified":"2021-07-20T08:51:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T08:51:12","slug":"the-main-takeaways-of-this-years-exciting-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/07\/20\/the-main-takeaways-of-this-years-exciting-tour-de-france\/","title":{"rendered":"The Main Takeaways of This Year\u2019s Exciting Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Wow, what a breathtaking, dramatic Tour de France we have just witnessed. Everything about the three-week race was good for the soul: the racing was fast and hard, there were terrific performances by new stars and, best of all, the loud, aggressive crowds were back, cheering from the side of the road and waving placards. One of those placards, extra big and carried by a woman who wandered onto the road, knocked down about 50 riders on the very first stage \u2013 the first of a number of mass crashes that would affect the outcome of the race.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The winner of the general classification was known fairly early in the race \u2013 after stage 9 where Tadej Poga\u010dar\u00a0left his main yellow jersey rivals far behind and opened up a lead of more than 5 min 30 sec over the riders who would finish second and third in the GC. But there were other contests to create suspense and the individual stages were, far more often than not, arenas of exciting contests and breakthrough performances.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a weekend! \ud83d\ude4c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TDF2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TDF2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MondayMotivation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MondayMotivation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UAETeamEmirates?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UAETeamEmirates<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RideTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RideTogether<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VUwyMGSlt2\">pic.twitter.com\/VUwyMGSlt2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; @UAE-TeamEmirates (@TeamEmiratesUAE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamEmiratesUAE\/status\/1417028320890339335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Oddly, the name one heard during the Tour almost as often as that of Poga\u010dar\u00a0was that of the rider considered the greatest ever to ride the Tour de France, five-time yellow jersey winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/06\/30\/the-fall-of-eddy-merckx-the-greatest-tour-de-france-champion\/\">Eddy Merckx<\/a> \u2013 aka \u2018The Cannibal\u2019 because he used to gobble up jerseys and victories as if they were bonbons. With Poga\u010dar\u00a0winning three jerseys \u2013 yellow, white (for the best young rider) and polka dot (for King of the Mountains) \u2013 as he did last year, it was only natural that the comparison should be made.<\/p>\n<p>And it was natural to mention Merckx whenever the British rider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/07\/16\/skoda-green-jersey-overview-green-cavendish-on-the-verge-of-becoming-a-legend\/\">Mark Cavendish<\/a> was mentioned, for not only was the 36-year-old Deceuninck\u2013Quick-Step sprinter making a sensational comeback \u2013 having last won a Tour stage five years ago \u2013 but he was also attempting to break Merckx\u2019s record of 34 stage wins. That he did not break that record and had to contend himself with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/07\/05\/the-story-of-the-tour-de-france-jerseys-how-the-skoda-green-jersey-came-to-be\/\">\u0160koda Green Jersey<\/a> was due to the third rider compared to the great Merckx, his countryman Wout van Aert. Here the comparison is perhaps most fitting because, like Merckx, van Aert can do it all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TDF2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TDF2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeTour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeTour<\/a> is over.\u00a0\ud83d\ude14<br \/>Re-enjoy with the most beautiful pictures! \ud83c\udf7f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vismaleaseabike\/status\/1417125388254318596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>In this Tour, he won what was considered the most difficult mountain stage, the double ascent of the formidable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/ride-tested\/mont-ventoux-all-3-sides\/\">Mont Ventoux<\/a> on stage 11, was victorious in the stage\u2019s 20 individual time trial and won the bunch sprint to the finish line on the Champs-Elysses in Paris the next day, depriving Cavendish of the record. This was the first time this feat \u2013 winning a mountain stage, a time trial and a sprint finish \u2013 had been accomplished at the Tour since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2020\/09\/15\/moments-of-the-tour-de-france-history-that-take-us-aback\/\">Bernard Hinault<\/a> did it in 1979. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurosport.com\/cycling\/tokyo-2020\/2021\/tokyo-2020-wout-van-aert-is-the-best-rider-in-the-world-at-the-moment-bradley-wiggins-backs-belgian-_sto8425372\/story.shtml\">According to Eurosport expert<\/a> and former Tour winner Bradley Wiggins, van Aert \u201cis the best rider in the world right now. And the most versatile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What this signifies is that a new breed of rider is coming into Grand Tour racing. Riders who are multifaceted (van Aert is a three-time cyclocross world champion) and not shy of going against the inherited wisdom of the past. Poga\u010dar\u00a0belongs to this group as does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/06\/28\/van-der-poel-puts-on-the-yellow-jersey-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/\">Mathieu van der Poel<\/a> who wore the yellow jersey for seven stages before dropping out to concentrate on the Olympics where he will try to win gold in the mountain bike competition.<\/p>\n<p>What can you say about Poga\u010dar? The ease with which he won this Tour de France was disconcerting. Credit also must go to his UAE Team Emirates teammates, who supported him splendidly when it was required. This was not the case last year when Poga\u010dar\u00a0was often seen riding alone up the mountains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This isn&#39;t just a team, it&#39;s a family.\ud83d\udc9b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TDF2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TDF2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UAETeamEmirates?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UAETeamEmirates<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RideTogether?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RideTogether<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yErEuPTKXk\">pic.twitter.com\/yErEuPTKXk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; @UAE-TeamEmirates (@TeamEmiratesUAE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamEmiratesUAE\/status\/1417223228095926272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Poga\u010dar\u00a0will turn 23 in September. This means he has not yet reached his full potential. It must be frightening to his rivals to know that he will only get better. And so, of course, will his team. It is possible if he stays healthy and interested that he could win another seven Tours. Who can stop him?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll never know if fellow Slovenian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/06\/29\/ride2unite-podcast-with-primoz-roglic-i-had-to-learn-how-to-suffer\/\">Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d<\/a> would have been a match for him this year. The Jumbo-Visma team leader crashed early and often and was forced to drop out before the halfway point after losing lots of time due to his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Jumbo-Visma suffered a lot during this race; so much that by the time van Aert crossed the finish line in Paris, he had only three teammates still in the race. Fortunately, they were Mike Teunissen, who led out van Aert perfectly in that final sprint, American Sepp Kuss, who racked up an important stage win, and 24-year-old Jonas Vingegaard who \u2013 though racing in his first-ever Tour de France \u2013 finished second in the general classification, 5 min 20 sec behind Poga\u010dar\u00a0but 1 min 43 sec ahead of third-place finisher Richard Carapaz of Ineos Grenadiers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184602\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184602\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/07\/Pogacar-Vingegaard-Carapaz-profimedia-0622128747.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-184602\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/07\/Pogacar-Vingegaard-Carapaz-profimedia-0622128747.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"663\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tadej Poga\u010dar in yellow, Jonas Vingegaard (L) and Richard Carapaz (R). \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Considering everything they suffered, Jumbo-Visma managed to turn adversity into triumph with four stage wins and young Vingegaard on the podium. The same, unfortunately, cannot be said for Ineos Grenadiers. Its main yellow jersey hope, Geraint Thomas, also crashed and was never in contention. And Carapaz tried mightily but he was no match for Poga\u010dar\u00a0and Vingegaard.<\/p>\n<p>Ineos did not win a single stage and looked to be lacking a plan or good ideas throughout the race. Its riders were often visible and working hard but there was no clear purpose behind the effort and no positive results.<\/p>\n<p>A team revamp is in order and will almost certainly take place. Thomas and Carapaz will likely no longer be riding in the Tour to win it. We can probably expect former Tour winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/05\/26\/egan-bernal-when-im-at-the-front-i-like-to-attack\/\">Egan Bernal<\/a> (who won this year\u2019s Giro d\u2019Italia) to return. Or will they find some other talented young rider? The emphasis will surely be on <em>young<\/em> because the Tour de France has become a young man\u2019s race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, what a breathtaking, dramatic Tour de France we have just witnessed. 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