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Losing so much time in the TT was a near fatal blow for Jonas. I don't see any scenario in which Pog can't, at worst, limit losses to a few seconds in the mountains, no matter what Visma throws at him. Unless he has an unexpected physical collapse, illness, or crash.

The lanterne rouge guy?

It's pretty amazing that Jonas can hang with him if you think about it.

For trying to help Jonas win the Tour, apparently.

Was less absurd than 2023 Combloux TT.

Vingegaard looks like he has severe indigestion on that cooldown trainer...

It was a shocker. I'm sure Pog felt the same way in 2023. But I suspect Jonas feels worse about his own form than about Pog's. We all know that Pog can do anything on a bike and killing it in a flat ITT is hardly unexpected for a guy who regularly wins with raids of 75 km plus.

I think at this point we can say that Pog has literally zero weaknesses. Give him a sprint train and I'd bet he'd come 2nd or 3rd in half of the flat stages, maybe even steal one by surfing wheels.

I'm generally a fan of Jonas but that was, well, maybe not pathetic, but they certainly messed up something big. I thought Pog and Jonas would be roughly equal, about 30-45 seconds back, maybe favoring Pog a bit because of the parcours. but to lose that much time seems like a huge mistake from...

Say what you want about Pog, the man knows how to win. Jonas surprisingly punchy for a 58 kg dude. MvdP's legs were softened by that wall for sure.

They were both at their limit.

just you wait until Urska retires and wants children. "Tadej, another altitude camp? Enough already."

Simmons leading out another team. I guess he made Trek It does have that reputation. Some strongish riders in this break but would need a bit more time before the final 3 lumps.

He looks about the same relative to the tour last year, and unless something changes he'll come second again by about the same margin. The climb to Combloux was a shocker, no two ways about it, especially after the tt.

Yeah, it feels like nearly the end of an era. When Alaf hangs it it really will be. But we'll still have MvdP at least.