Paris-Nice 2022 (03/06 - 03/13)

[yaco]

GC riders were let down by their teams - It's fine to loiter near the back if it's a completely flat stage but when there is a climb in the last 7kms the GC riders have to be at the front.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Just nobody could follow the strongest team in the race. Simple as that.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Ilmaestro must be very happy right now!

 

[Salvarani]

Ilmaestro must be very happy right now!

And only Masnada could have closed down that gap for Quickstep.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

A modern version of P-R "Domo-nation".
Beautiful!

 

[Eclipse]

A master class of Jumbo racing today.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1487047195790655490

View: https://twitter.com/Debby_Drckx/status/1487047195790655490

Rogla looks like he's about to fall ffs

 

[Lequack]

 

[Netserk]

Schachmann lost 14'' to the peloton as the only possible GC rider.

 

[OlavEH]

Is it just me that is supporting everyone else than UAE, Ineos, Jumbo and QS this season?

 

[Salvarani]

Arkea been getting a lot of comments for their tactics but now the big teams have started to copy them.

 

[AlfaLum]

This was just a test for San Remo by Jumbo.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Wasnt it Senechal?

No, 100% Stybar

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Re: Yates and Quintana not being able to follow.

a 1km climb at 6% is incomparable of an effort with a real climb, so yes it's possible Laporte drops those guys. You would see the same thing in Flanders and shorter Ardennes climbs.

Roglic is, like Pogacar, one of the better punchers among GC men so that makes it an advantage vs Yates and Quintana. I'm not shocked at all about that. I'm more shocked that nobody else could follow.

 

[johnymax]

This was just a test for San Remo by Jumbo.

Was just thinking about that. These three against Alaphilippe, Pogačar, Pidcock, Colbrelli, Ewan and others... Should be fun. Is MvdP going?

 

[AlfaLum]

Re: Yates and Quintana not being able to follow.

a 1km climb at 6% is incomparable of an effort with a real climb, so yes it's possible Laporte drops those guys. You would see the same thing in Flanders and shorter Ardennes climbs.

Roglic is, like Pogacar, one of the better punchers among GC men so that makes it an advantage vs Yates and Quintana. I'm not shocked at all about that. I'm more shocked that nobody else could follow.

To be fair you hardly ever see the peloton this stretched out before such a short punch. If you were in 10th position you already needed to make up 7 bike lengths on the Jumbo guys.

Why was Bissegger doing such a crazy pull by the way?

 

[Salvarani]

To be fair you hardly ever see the peloton this stretched out before such a short punch. If you were in 10th position you already needed to make up 7 bike lengths on the Jumbo guys.

Why was Bissegger doing such a crazy pull by the way?

Perhaps for Powless who finished 32th.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

btw, what happened with Colbrelli??
he was unable to follow even before de little hil..

 

[tobydawq]

btw, what happened with Colbrelli??
he was unable to follow even before de little hil..

He must have been sick. Also, Trentin lost 3 minutes, you would expect that final to have been something for him too.

 

[hayneplane]

I think the fight for position and all the sprinters taking up space for and leaving gaps *** it up a bit for the climbers as wel

It was certainly a factor as 2 or 3 DSM riders were on the coattails of the Jumbo-Visma rocket ship but died on the wheel and caused that vital first bike length gap to open.

That said with his UAE tour form you would have expected Adam Yates to be able to go round the fading riders and close the gap.

Spectacular performance.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

And only Masnada could have closed down that gap for Quickstep.

For sure! But Ilmaestro and that "Laporte is the greatest"-dude is the same person, right?

 

[MartinGT]

I think the problem with the 'peloton stuffed it up' argument was that the DQS rider (Stybar?) was visibly hurting and unable to cling on, whilst Laporte was, after just doing an almighty pull when WVA took over.

An in-form Adam Yates was also completely unable to sprint across the 1 second gap uphill (see 700m to go in the climb) whilst Laporte was just drilling it in the saddle the entire time.

I've watched 25 years, which, although it is a lot less than many here, and I don't remember this sort of 1-2-3 style display ever ending well. I do hope I'm wrong though because I quite like Roglic's interviews.

Latour managed to spring from the bunch near the top of the climb. He passed Stybar with ease, but by then it was too late. He couldn't bridge against the JV lads as it was into a headwind. He was 19" down.

 

[tobydawq]

Latour managed to spring from the bunch near the top of the climb. He passed Stybar with ease, but by then it was too late. He couldn't bridge against the JV lads as it was into a headwind. He was 19" down.

I think that was Turgis. Then Latour attacked close to the end. There was definitely not a rider between the Jumbo trio and the peloton all the way in.

 

[Sciatic]

Re: Yates and Quintana not being able to follow.

a 1km climb at 6% is incomparable of an effort with a real climb, so yes it's possible Laporte drops those guys. You would see the same thing in Flanders and shorter Ardennes climbs.

Roglic is, like Pogacar, one of the better punchers among GC men so that makes it an advantage vs Yates and Quintana. I'm not shocked at all about that. I'm more shocked that nobody else could follow.

Yup that was a real show of puncheur power. And once there was a gap Quintana wasn’t going to be the one to try to close it as he waited for a wheel to follow.

 

[Salvarani]

For sure! But Ilmaestro and that "Laporte is the greatest"-dude is the same person, right?

I think so and by coincidence, if Im not mistaken, Ilmaestro also believes Masnada will win the Giro this year. But I mean, who doesnt?

 

[MartinGT]

I think that was Turgis. Then Latour attacked close to the end. There was definitely not a rider between the Jumbo trio and the peloton all the way in.

Ah right thanks. Wasnt much coverage really but that would make more sense.