2019 Tour de France, stage 10: Saint-Flour > Albi 217,5 km

[Broccolidwarf]

Look at the Sunweb army

 

[Cance > TheRest]

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No podium for Pinot nor Fuglsang, that is for sure. The worst is that it is entirely their own fault

Maybe, but apart from the INEOS duo, it's mostly 2nd grade favourites who gain time on Fuglsang/Pinot. But for sure, the battle for the overall win has now taken a step in an unfortunate direction.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Astana's problem: Not intelligent enough, always making wrong decisions. And many lieutenants out of shape: Cort, Sanchez etc.

 

[Lequack]

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Really brutal though. When Lutsenko gave everything he closed in to 13 seconds and now no helper is left and Pinot/Fuglsang/Porte are losing again big time.

That was their best bet to come back, they should have gone full sprint without regard.

 

[Salvarani]

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Really brutal though. When Lutsenko gave everything he closed in to 13 seconds and now no helper is left and Pinot/Fuglsang/Porte are losing again big time.

Yeah, not smart to go that hard and drop everyone from that group. He should have gone a little bit easier and they might have limited their losses better than what they are doing now.

If they would have made it back, great. But closing a 30 second in the hill himself and drop everyone, while the group in front going full gas was not smart.

 

[JosephK]

Re: 2019 Tour de France, stage 10: Saint-Flour > Albi 217,5

Will be well over a minute lost for Pinot, Fuglsang, Porte, etc.

 

[HelloDolly]

This is why it is so importan tto have a strong team like DQ , Jumbo , Movistar & Ineos

Otherwise you are doomed on GC

 

[sir fly]

A minute...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

A split with Dan Martin on the right side of it: has that ever happened before?

 

[ppanther92]

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Really brutal though. When Lutsenko gave everything he closed in to 13 seconds and now no helper is left and Pinot/Fuglsang/Porte are losing again big time.

That was their best bet to come back, they should have gone full sprint without regard.

Yes, absolutely. But just a bit to less to come back.

 

[Rollthedice]

It's amazing how Landa manages to get himself into the same situation over and over.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

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This is why it is so importan tto have a strong team like DQ , Jumbo , Movistar & Ineos

Otherwise you are doomed on GC

They thing is, Astana HAS a strong team, they are just tactically inept.

 

[spalco]

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Really brutal though. When Lutsenko gave everything he closed in to 13 seconds and now no helper is left and Pinot/Fuglsang/Porte are losing again big time.

That was their best bet to come back, they should have gone full sprint without regard.

Yeah, guess Pinot and Porte should have jumped out of the group the moment Lutsenko blew up.

 

[Lequack]

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This is why it is so importan tto have a strong team like DQ , Jumbo , Movistar & Ineos

Otherwise you are doomed on GC

Only thing that sucks about this is that we'll be robbed of any chance of a GC battle in the mountains.
And why is the always the "good guys" that are caught behind in the crosswinds.

 

[HelloDolly]

Group 2 paniced...would have been better to muster helpers and keep them

Now they have no one to help

 

[Flamin]

Anything under 1'30" time loss for Pinot is actually not bad considering the circumstances. Could have been worse.

 

[Bolder]

One lesson from USPS and Sky is "always ride at the front."

 

[Alexandre B.]

The Tour is over by week one and a Frenchman is bleeding a bunch of time because he doesn't know how to behave in a peloton.

Great.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

When Daniels Oss gets dropped from the wheel, it has been a hard day

 

[JosephK]

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The Tour is over by week one and a Frenchman is bleeding a bunch of time because he doesn't know how to behave in a peloton.

Great.

Sad, but today it is true.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

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One lesson from USPS and Sky is "always ride at the front."

ThEy'Re SuCh a BoriNg tEAm aND DulL tHe rAciNg!

 

[Broccolidwarf]

After *** slapping the mooning spectator, I want Colbrelli to win today!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

VAN AERT!

 

[Lequack]

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One lesson from USPS and Sky is "always ride at the front."

ThEy'Re SuCh a BoriNg tEAm aND DulL tHe rAciNg!

They race when it's profitable for them to do so. It's all sterile and calculated.

 

[glassmoon]

WvA?