If I were Oumi or Urška, I‘d start getting concerned.
With 2.5kg less, he'd climb significantly faster than Pogacar today, from a w/kg perspective assuming he retains his power. If he'd lose another 2.5kg, he would likely cross the fine border of where he would start to lose too much power for it to be an advantage anymore. And there's the risk of getting sick and more easily breaking bones in silly crashes.
He did too much in trying to bridge to Vingo and so he paid for it in the end. Its not about the lower gradients but the legs. He overdid himself a bit. Said he was boxed in when Vingo countered Pogi.
If he can make it to the finish without the one big 'crack', this will be a huge step for him for sure. Certainly the hardest week is yet to come but this Tour has been raced really hard and to this point he has looked very solid. Great riding so far and I'm really hoping he can keep this going.
Aubisque wasn’t raced hard in the Vuelta last year either and he got dropped like a stone there. Improvement.
I'd say he didn't. It was good attack and reaction to the situation, it was good because he got rid from others first and then settled to his own effort, even if he had not balls today to stay with Jonas, mind you.
And he had to close a significant gap, not 2 meters. It was only 2k to the line, not 20. That extra effort when the others are already going all out might well have been the difference between being able to hang on or losing that much time. I assume you saw what happened to Roglic on stage 11. When he could no longer follow Vingegaard he lost time fast. That's generally what happens.
Yeah, that TT thing... it's not a thing. He would gain less time in the TT, who knows, might even lose some by losing extra weight. But 1kg is about a 30-60s difference every mountain stage. There is simply no scenario where the extra weight gains him more time in the TT than the losing that weight would in the mountains.
If he survives the steep part (about 500 metres more or so), he's good. Exploding like that towards Vingegaards wheel instead of being right on it might very well have costed him those 31 seconds today.
What pace do you think they did there relative to the record on the climb or how it was ridden in the 2022 Tour?
Probably a bit closer to the record as you ask, but I don’t see what you’re trying to imply or what you want to get out of it.
So far it is his best to date. Don't get ahead of yourself. Lots of racing left.
) and just focussing on himself without misses, he could even perhaps grab for further step up the ladder if the Vinge guy stretches the bow a tad too much striving for overall victory and, hence, crack the Pogi Loze way.
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