Tour de France Stage 6: Bayeux – Vire-Normandie (201.5k)

[houtdffan]

Is Remco planning an attack or something?

QS is unusually active for once

 

[Peyroteo94]

At least this stage looks wonderful so far. Great Tour until this moment!

 

[Tim Cahill]

UAE recognising the threat of Kevin now, they must've seen his legions of fans, the young children, the doting housewives lining the streets pre stage!!!

 

[dazaau]

At least this stage looks wonderful so far. Great Tour until this moment!

Stopping me from going to bed, let the break go and let me go with it 😂

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Visma is putting now Campenaerts. Don't tell me this is just to win a stage.

I read it as Visma showing that they only have stage hunting as a realistic goal. Get Campenarts there, and maybe you can work against MVDP, because right now, everyone else in that break has to know he is the hammer and they are the nails.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I read it as Visma showing that they only have stage hunting as a realistic goal. Get Campenarts there, and maybe you can work against MVDP, because right now, everyone else in that break has to know he is the hammer and they are the nails.

Visma put Yates in a hilly stage, he has no chance of winning this IMO.

 

[Berniece]

Is Remco planning an attack or something?

QS is unusually active for once

Might want to test Vingegaard after a lacklustre TT from him

 

[dazaau]

EF asking visma to pretty please cease and desist

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Visma put Yates in a hilly stage, he has no chance of winning this IMO.

I agree, and I think they know that...with 2 Visma's in the break, you still give yourself a better chance.

 

[Didinho]

No one messes with Politt!

But now he starts pacing.

 

[Rou]

UAE should now relax and let Mathieu win the stage and take yellow. Simon Yates is a joke.

 

[Red Rick]

100% they're gonna chase this breakaway

 

[Ilmaestro99]

UAE recognising the threat of Kevin now, they must've seen his legions of fans, the young children, the doting housewives lining the streets pre stage!!!

My Slovenian son can't take his eyes of the TV. he was looking for a rider to support this tour and now he keep asking me if we can sponsor arkea and save the team

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Stopping me from going to bed, let the break go and let me go with it 😂

Waking me up too early. Let the break go, so I can catch an hour before getting ready for work.

 

[Samamba]

I'm not sure if this is controlling to keep them close or controlling to make sure the attacks stop and to let the gap go out slowly.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Politt just found out he‘s in this race.

 

[Rou]

Vingegaard has nice memories from last year when he was in Polka dots. Hopefully today he gets some better ones.

 

[slim charles]

Well at least no one will be exhausted by the end of the stage

 

[Peyroteo94]

I'm not sure if this is controlling to keep them close or controlling to make sure the attacks stop and to let the gap go out slowly.

They are maintaining a steady tempo.

 

[Poursuivant]

They can’t be chasing cos of SP Yates? Why are they bothered? Pog must want stage.

 

[Red Rick]

And thus Van der Poel hands Pogacar another freebie.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Keen UAE tempo observers will be able to see if this is the kind of 'pace a bit so nobody else goes then let the gap grow a lot' pull, or if it's a 'keep the gap quite close so someone else gets interested and we can blame them for chasing the break' sort of day.

 

[Rou]

They can’t be chasing cos of SP Yates? Why are they bothered? Pog must want stage.

They will slowly let the gap grow. You can't stop completely or attacks will start.

 

[Poursuivant]

Foss loves a chasse patate

 

[jono]

And thus Van der Poel hands Pogacar another freebie.

Care to explain? My view of this stage so far is that UAE and Pog are trying to accomplish the exact reverse of what you say.