Critérium du Dauphiné 2023, June 4 - 11

[RedheadDane]

Alaphilippe did some weight-based training recently.

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[QueenStagiaire]

Pierre Latour is such a clown.

 

[Salvarani]

Bagioli has a pretty good finish

 

[Samamba]

Bagioli has a pretty good finish

Yeah but good enough to beat a Laporte, or Zingle, or Trentin even? Doubt it honestly. Van Poppel might also survive.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Alaphilippe did some weight-based training recently.

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Ala sure has a beautiful wife/girlfriend, must keep an eye on his descending.

 

[HelloDolly]

So Kirby is back and still obsessed with Manny Buckman winning all and everything...aaaaaaahhhhhhhh

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CSzDfsIowk

 

[Tim Cahill]

QS just seem to have drilled it and dropped Vernon for no reason if they're not going to attack on the climb.

 

[Red Rick]

Odds of Vingegaard doing sprint leadout for Laporte?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Honestly, what I love most about these races is the TV coverage. Heli shots where you can see the numbers and all the riders who are dropped being shown etc.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Please attack julian

 

[Pirazziattacks]

I think Kuss' great performances have to be read in the context of the race, I.E. like non-GC Porte/Poels he is able to ride gruppetto saving energy until the high mountains where they end up still being there in a very small group of riders who don't have the luxury.

I haven't seen Yates' in a purely domestique role yet but his performances on Hafeet and Thyon 2000 this year are at least close to the best his brother and Kuss have done and I think he can be of similar value having to appear at the right moments, without the cumulative fatigue of having to ride GC the entire race.

Unless the UAE owners have him try and top 10 for the UCI points like they've been having all their riders do this year.

It's possible that Yates could regain that punch he lacks when riding for himself in GTs if he doesn't have to focus on hanging on every day. It's hard to know because the most he never really sacrificed himself in a GT at Ineos even though he was never the number one guy. I'd still be surprised if he's capable of that Poels/Kuss on their best days level of super domestique performance.

Of course if UAE want Yates to hang around in case Pogacar has a bad day and finish 10th, he can definitely do that.

 

[KOM]

Pretty tame racing considering the profile what do the riders think this is? The giro?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Good moto draft for herredgots here

 

[Wvv]

If they had 20 seconds more, Herregodts could've won the stage. Strong performance nonetheless.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

The moto just keeps pulling him?

 

[Samamba]

If they had 20 seconds more, Herregodts could've won the stage. Strong performance nonetheless.

They don't have him yet! Moto helps

 

[Samamba]

Godon gets the combativité lmao

 

[Wvv]

Combativité for Godon. French juries are a joke.

 

[Red Rick]

This might just be the most obvious moto drafting advantage I've seen this year

 

[Rob5091]

Rune was robbed!

Combativité for Godon. French juries are a joke.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Who cares the combativeity? This guy is getting gifted the stage by the moto. What a joke

 

[Samamba]

He might actually win cause of the moto lmao

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Lol motopacing

 

[DNP-Old]

Herregodts isn't normal. Belgian De Gendt.

 

[Salvarani]

He has this