Meanwhile, other things do not change: the terrible post-training-camp performance of FDJ, for example. Their first rider is Geniets🇱🇺 at the 79^th^ place, and Martin🇫🇷 who was supposed to come and modestly aim for something like a top-10 in the final GC is 127^th^ at already 28 seconds (over a distance only 3.5 km (!), that means a 5 km/h difference...). The team is last in Teams classification, which means they are behind the Continental riders of the Australian🇦🇺 selection (it probably won't stay so, but still...).

The contrast with the other French team, Decathlon, is major. Gautherat🇫🇷 is 5^th^ and 3 other riders are within 10 seconds of the winner.

It was a bit peculiar to see a prologue without Time-Trial bikes.

Luckily, FDJ had their brand new super-fast super-aero bike, I reckon 😆 Now they just have to demand that the Prologues are run inside wind tunnels, where their bike performs best 😆

[–] EvilCartyen@feddit.dk 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Hah :)

Speaking of odd results, Danish rider Anton Charmig came 21st - and he's a tiny climber who's never shown any sprint or TT ability. So either he's in killer shape or Uno-X has some really fast gear this year, or a bit of both I suppose.

[–] Deschanel2017@lemmings.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Danish rider Anton Charmig

Could there be a sensible reason why I thought he was Austrian? Maybe it is just the name / firstname (which sports a 'h' apparently).

Uno-X has some really fast gear this year

Oh no, they will terrorise little French races even more! 😀

[–] Deschanel2017@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

Danish rider Anton Charmig
Could there be a sensible reason why I thought he was Austrian? Maybe it is just the name / firstname (which sports a ‘h’ apparently).

Yeah, I think it is just the name: Sankt Anton am Arlberg + the -ig ending which looks like a German adjective.