Now watch ASO have no high mountain stages next year.Mayomaniac said:Ala climbing like the Killer di Spoltore, rather unexpected...
They are about equal in weight and heightBrullnux said:Fuglsang should be quite good on these gradients no? Seeing his performances this spring, compared to Thomas who is quite a lot bigger?Broccolidwarf said:Really happy about Fuglsangs performance today.
The steep gradients is not his turf, at all, so losing only 9 on Thomas is great on this kind of stage.
Ciccone takes yellow because of the bonus seconds on the 2nd last climb![]()
meat puppet said:Thomas was a total porker couple months ago. Gotta love ineos magic.
Brullnux said:Fuglsang should be quite good on these gradients no? Seeing his performances this spring, compared to Thomas who is quite a lot bigger?Broccolidwarf said:Really happy about Fuglsangs performance today.
The steep gradients is not his turf, at all, so losing only 9 on Thomas is great on this kind of stage.
Ciccone takes yellow because of the bonus seconds on the 2nd last climb![]()
Broccolidwarf said:Really happy about Fuglsangs performance today.
The steep gradients is not his turf, at all, so losing only 9 on Thomas is great on this kind of stage.
Ciccone takes yellow because of the bonus seconds on the 2nd last climb![]()
Thomas has basically morphed into Froome 2.0. Used to be a poor climber on high mountains; now the best in the world. Used to struggle on steep climbs; now the best in the world.gregrowlerson said:G's performance was a bit of a surprise, but I'm not sure why some seem to be conceding the race already. The alps are a full two weeks away. Thomas gained very little time on most of his rivals, and the race will be won at the really high altitudes. A good result for Quintana, and Pinot obviously. Nice for Fulgsang, given his stage 1 crash. Good for Porte, given his low key season. And Ineos will hardly be forcing Bernal to race as a domestique yet; he lost what....ten seconds?
Screecher said:Such an effort from Alaphilippe and for nothing. Lost the jersey anyway. That must be very frustrating.
Screecher said:Such an effort from Alaphilippe and for nothing. Lost the jersey anyway. That must be very frustrating.
Simurgh said:Top 15 GC:
1. Giulio CICCONE
2. Julian ALAPHILIPPE + 6
3. Dylan TEUNS + 32
4. George BENNETT + 47
5. Geraint THOMAS + 49
6. Egan BERNAL + 53
7. Thibaut PINOT + 58
8. Steven KRUIJSWIJK + 1'04''
9. Michael WOODS + 1'13''
10. Rigoberto URAN + 1'15''
11. Jakob FUGLSANG + 1'19''
12. Emanuel BUCHMANN + 1'22''
13. Enric MAS + 1'23''
14. Adam YATES + 1'24''
15. Xandro MEURISSE 1'39''
ice&fire said:Why do people keep wondering about the chances of someone who dropped like a stone in Roche aux Faucons?AlexNYC said:What are the chances that someone like Alaphilippe or Valverde will be near the front before that steep finale? From what I’ve read about this stage I gather that’s not very likely, but I wonder.
Pinot looks a good addition to the train though.yaco said:Ineos not strong today - It was noticeable that Valverde was riding faster than Kwiatkowski on the final climb - Will be interesting to see how strong the Ineos train will be in this TDF.
I hope you're right. With Ineos' mountain doms appearing weak, they may feel the need to recruit him at some point.gregrowlerson said:G's performance was a bit of a surprise, but I'm not sure why some seem to be conceding the race already. The alps are a full two weeks away. Thomas gained very little time on most of his rivals, and the race will be won at the really high altitudes. A good result for Quintana, and Pinot obviously. Nice for Fulgsang, given his stage 1 crash. Good for Porte, given his low key season. And Ineos will hardly be forcing Bernal to race as a domestique yet; he lost what....ten seconds?