Breakaways

Commentators always seem to make a big fuss about riders breaking away from
the peloton at an early stage. Apart from the 'contre la montre' stages,
does anyone remember a TdF stage where there *wasn't* an early breakaway by
one or more guys? Isn't it something that happens every time?
--
John Dean
Oxford

On Jul 17, 7:24*pm, "John Dean" wrote:
Commentators always seem to make a big fuss about riders breaking away from
the peloton at an early stage. Apart from the 'contre la montre' stages,
does anyone remember a TdF stage where there *wasn't* an early breakaway by
one or more guys? Isn't it something that happens every time?

Dumbass,

Yes, it happens every time. Sometimes the breakaway is
caught, sometimes it stays away and the race is won from
the break. It depends on how much the peloton cares to
chase and whether the terrain and race circumstances
favors an organized chase.

Commentators make a big deal about the early break for
one reason. You can't win a bike race except by being in
the front group. So even if the breakaway seems like a
bunch of no-hopers, you never know. The commentators'
job is to talk about the racers in a position to win the race
on that day, and races are won from the front.

And that (plus "Pull or get dropped, then") is pretty much
what you need to know to follow bike racing. The rest you
can figure out from these basic principles and a bit of thought.

Fredcyclingcoach Ben

The commentators'
job is to talk about the racers in a position to win the race
on that day, and races are won from the front.

Nah.. the commentators are there to pull you through to the next
sponsored break.

A long time ago Joe Bob Briggs wrote a commentary on how they suck you
in with some past wrong or current injustice that happened in the
sport or between the two rivals. And our own sense of fair play likes
to see initially the wrong righted, the intentional foul payed back
with a loss, the cancer boy win, and then after doing the impossible,
improbable and knowing about the doping confession by a teammate, the
cheating on his wife with the stewardess in San Francisco, the sluts
in Austin, etc our sense of justice enjoys seeing the little **** back
in his slummy little fathers trailer drinking sterno and sleeping in
his own urine.

It's all about getting you to buy a Road ID and some Michelob Lite

On Jul 18, 5:24*am, "John Dean" wrote:
Commentators always seem to make a big fuss about riders breaking away from
the peloton at an early stage. Apart from the 'contre la montre' stages,
does anyone remember a TdF stage where there *wasn't* an early breakaway by
one or more guys? Isn't it something that happens every time?

It's part of the script.

On Jul 17, 10:10*pm, Anton Berlin wrote:
The commentators'
job is to talk about the racers in a position to win the race
on that day, and races are won from the front.

Nah.. the commentators are there to pull you through to the next
sponsored break.

Good.

A long time ago Joe Bob Briggs wrote a commentary on how they suck you
in with some past wrong or current injustice that happened in the
sport or between the two rivals. *And our own sense of fair play likes
to see initially the wrong righted, the intentional foul payed back
with a loss, *the cancer boy win, and then after doing the impossible,
improbable and knowing about the doping confession by a teammate, the
cheating on his wife with the stewardess in San Francisco, the sluts
in Austin, etc our sense of justice enjoys seeing the little **** back
in his slummy little fathers trailer drinking sterno and sleeping in
his own urine.

Bad.

Look man, could you keep the doping-troll persona
in the doping-troll threads? In the Bike Racing 101
threads, just flame me for not knowing Bike Racing 101,
and leave LANCE out of it.

It's all about getting you to buy a Road ID and some Michelob Lite

Yeah sorta. It is not exactly the same on Euro TV,
yet they still have commentators and they still
talk about the break. The break is there to get their
sponsors' names on TV, so your point stands,
but it does not answer the original dumbass's question.

Fredmaster Ben