David Gaudu discussion thread

[Samu Cuenca]

Who's your back up Frenchman? Gaudu is clearly legs up Frenchman.
Also... he looks so silly sitting between Küng and Geniets.

I'll just call him my Mosquito instead and hope that he bites.

 

[Big Doopie]

was anyone else shocked when gaudu appeared behind pog on granon?

what an experienced, steady ride by him, using all his teammates and making one final push. i had thought he was going to ship 8-12 minutes.

and can someone please tell rob hatch that it is not GODOT (as in Waiting for...)?

 

[AlfaLum]

was anyone else shocked when gaudu appeared behind pog on granon?

what an experienced, steady ride by him, using all his teammates and making one final push. i had thought he was going to ship 8-12 minutes.

and can someone please tell rob hatch that it is not GODOT (as in Waiting for...)?

Yeah allthough I had some hopes that he was using Madouas and Storer only to make a final push when I saw him riding on the early part of the Granon.

But perfectly raced, and therefore still in contention for a very good placing in the GC.

 

[Pinot's goat]

was anyone else shocked when gaudu appeared behind pog on granon?

what an experienced, steady ride by him, using all his teammates and making one final push. i had thought he was going to ship 8-12 minutes.

and can someone please tell rob hatch that it is not GODOT (as in Waiting for...)?

I was actually expecting him to sweep up some of the other GC men before the top of the climb, he always looked in control, very clever riding.

 

[roundabout]

was anyone else shocked when gaudu appeared behind pog on granon?

Not me. The gap to him was not going out when the distance gaps were shown on the coverage when Majka was leading the group

Edit: although sadly, he will very likely also not be the one to break the drought

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He's keeping his GC alive. He didn't fly as much as yesterday, but he did beat Quintana and didn't lose a lot to Yates. If Mas is making a comeback, he could still be a threat though.

I would still very much like for him to win a stage, and since his dream of making the podium won't come true, I wouldn't mind him going for stages soon, if 7th is the best he can get in GC.

 

[cen]

I think he could do something in week 3, LFG!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He's really put all my doubts to bed. Great work from him and the team. He might still lose a lot of time in the ITT, but he's proved that he can be a reliable leader.

 

[Sciatic]

I think he could do something in week 3, LFG!

You were right!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Didn't really believe in his chances for a good GC prior to the Tour and I thought I was right after Galibier. But Van Aert saved him in the valley, he rallied on Granon and hasn't put a foot wrong since.

 

[roundabout]

He's really put all my doubts to bed. Great work from him and the team. He might still lose a lot of time in the ITT, but he's proved that he can be a reliable leader.

I think things have to go very wrong to lose 4th from here

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I think things have to go very wrong to lose 4th from here

It'll probably require a crazy Vlasov performance and/or crashes to take it away from him now.

 

[dercuforever]

In case people are interested, David is starting a TDF debrief on twitch (5 min ago). (in french)

 

[cen]

In case people are interested, David is starting a TDF debrief on twitch (5 min ago). (in french)

if there ends up an eng subtitled version let us know

 

[dercuforever]

if there ends up an eng subtitled version let us know

There isn't sadly, but you can find the video on YTB : COFFEE RIDE #2 : Je reviens sur mon Tour de France !

I took some notes when I watched on the computer.
Stage : 1 almost fell near the bridge, which bring down his confidence and then he lost much more time in 2nd part.
Stage 3 : "what did WVA do there ?? On the TV it must have been nice to watch though" "Geniets saved my a** there, I broke my 2min watts record in that climb (525), imagine what Geniets did, WVA ? 800 ?"

longwy stage:

• no one wanted to let wva go, he still did.
• he went because Jumbo didnt want to control all day.

Sagan to Pog on stage 10 : "bet you have not the balls to go up there in the 40 men group"

Stage 11 :
At the start, he was right behind the car. He saw WVA and VDP chat. The car started but it took 200m for it to get clear from WVA.
Laporte said to them (FDJ) that Jumbo's plan is to attack on the galibier
many attacks not seen on TV in the Telegraphe : 4km from top 1st rog attack, then 2km new attack from rog, 3rd from rog before the top and a 4th at the top...
Later in the stage, WVA saved them to bring roglic back with a balistic speed, at that moment pog reacted so fast and so strong that no gap was allowed.

Many more details, but I stopped to take notes after this

We have the clear impression that Gaudu knew from La planche that he was not riding against Vingegaard and Pogacar, as they were untouchable.
Also he said the most incredible rider was WVA.

 

[Sciatic]

There isn't sadly, but you can find the video on YTB : COFFEE RIDE #2 : Je reviens sur mon Tour de France !

I took some notes when I watched on the computer.
Stage : 1 almost fell near the bridge, which bring down his confidence and then he lost much more time in 2nd part.
Stage 3 : "what did WVA do there ?? On the TV it must have been nice to watch though" "Geniets saved my a** there, I broke my 2min watts record in that climb (525), imagine what Geniets did, WVA ? 800 ?"

longwy stage:

• no one wanted to let wva go, he still did.
• he went because Jumbo didnt want to control all day.

Sagan to Pog on stage 10 : "bet you have not the balls to go up there in the 40 men group"

Stage 11 :
At the start, he was right behind the car. He saw WVA and VDP chat. The car started but it took 200m for it to get clear from WVA.
Laporte said to them (FDJ) that Jumbo's plan is to attack on the galibier
many attacks not seen on TV in the Telegraphe : 4km from top 1st rog attack, then 2km new attack from rog, 3rd from rog before the top and a 4th at the top...
Later in the stage, WVA saved them to bring roglic back with a balistic speed, at that moment pog reacted so fast and so strong that no gap was allowed.

Many more details, but I stopped to take notes after this

We have the clear impression that Gaudu knew from La planche that he was not riding against Vingegaard and Pogacar, as they were untouchable.
Also he said the most incredible rider was WVA.

Thank you for sharing your notes! I’m going to have to watch that.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

There isn't sadly, but you can find the video on YTB : COFFEE RIDE #2 : Je reviens sur mon Tour de France !

I took some notes when I watched on the computer.
Stage : 1 almost fell near the bridge, which bring down his confidence and then he lost much more time in 2nd part.
Stage 3 : "what did WVA do there ?? On the TV it must have been nice to watch though" "Geniets saved my a** there, I broke my 2min watts record in that climb (525), imagine what Geniets did, WVA ? 800 ?"

longwy stage:

• no one wanted to let wva go, he still did.
• he went because Jumbo didnt want to control all day.

Sagan to Pog on stage 10 : "bet you have not the balls to go up there in the 40 men group"

Stage 11 :
At the start, he was right behind the car. He saw WVA and VDP chat. The car started but it took 200m for it to get clear from WVA.
Laporte said to them (FDJ) that Jumbo's plan is to attack on the galibier
many attacks not seen on TV in the Telegraphe : 4km from top 1st rog attack, then 2km new attack from rog, 3rd from rog before the top and a 4th at the top...
Later in the stage, WVA saved them to bring roglic back with a balistic speed, at that moment pog reacted so fast and so strong that no gap was allowed.

Many more details, but I stopped to take notes after this

We have the clear impression that Gaudu knew from La planche that he was not riding against Vingegaard and Pogacar, as they were untouchable.
Also he said the most incredible rider was WVA.

Thanks, interesting. Funnily enough it reminded me a bit of the classic post from eyeballs out ( https://forum.cyclingnews.com/threads/wout-van-aert.36262/post-2737647 )

 

[RedheadDane]

Just a few clarifications:

I took some notes when I watched on the computer.
Stage : 1 almost fell near the bridge, which bring down his confidence and then he lost much more time in 2nd part.
Stage 3 : "what did WVA do there ?? On the TV it must have been nice to watch though" "Geniets saved my a** there, I broke my 2min watts record in that climb (525), imagine what Geniets did, WVA ? 800 ?"

Did you (he) get things mixed up, maybe from thinking stage 1 was a prologue?
I don't think there was a major bridge on stage 1, and I don't think Van Aert did anything major on stage 3.

 

[tobydawq]

Just a few clarifications:



Did you (he) get things mixed up, maybe from thinking stage 1 was a prologue?
I don't think there was a major bridge on stage 1, and I don't think Van Aert did anything major on stage 3.

Why would he have lost time in the 2nd part of the great belt bridge stage? Wasn't there a few bridges on the TT route?

The other correction was probably correct.

 

[RedheadDane]

Why would he have lost time in the 2nd part of the great belt bridge stage? Wasn't there a few bridges on the TT route?

Maybe... guess the the bridge bit confused me.

 

[dercuforever]

Just a few clarifications:
Did you (he) get things mixed up, maybe from thinking stage 1 was a prologue?
I don't think there was a major bridge on stage 1, and I don't think Van Aert did anything major on stage 3.

I was talking about the prologue, there was a tricky part with and S and a small bridge IIRC.
For stage 3 I meant the stage with "Cap blanc nez" so stage 4 indeed !

 

[dercuforever]

Maybe... guess the the bridge bit confused me.

Yes the famous bridge, I understand how it could have easily confuse you.
About that bridge from stage 2, what I remember is VDP' Strava : "nice bridge"

 

[RedheadDane]

For stage 3 I meant the stage with "Cap blanc nez" so stage 4 indeed !

Not much need for ass saving on stage 3!

 

[DNP-Old]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1618387173908295682

View: https://twitter.com/Legendedurire/status/1618387173908295682


Lol. For non-French speakers, Gaudu is on the record here saying he thinks Demare is a clown, makes some jokes about his speed (or lack thereof) and he is ready for war to get Demare out of the TDF team.

 

[SafeBet]

I can see why Pinot wants to quit cycling.