Tour de France 2019 stage 8 Mâcon - Saint-Étienne 200 km

[Publicus]

What a win for TdG!!!!

 

[Gigs_98]

Such a trademark De Gendt win. Unreal performance. Absolutely unreal.

 

[Carols]

Awesome Finale!!!! Thomas DeGendt Wins!!! Alaphilippe gets Yellow!! Grande riding by the first 3

 

[woodburn]

Pinot gaining around 20 seconds with the time bonus. Not a great chase by the peleton.

 

[perico]

I love De Gendt.

Outstanding ride by Ala and Pinot.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

No Astana or EF in Top10 Kudos for making a great stage though.

 

[willbick]

Maybe le tour isn't so boring after all...

 

[Wvv]

GVA & Meurisse deliver 3 Belgians in the top ten.
What a day!

 

[Pirazziattacks]

De Gendt's a legend, such a strong rider.

lol Matthews is only sprinting well when the win's out of the equation this Tour.

 

[Gigs_98]

Also kinda funny that of the first three finishers all achieved their goal. De Gendt won the stage, Alaphilippe is back in yellow and Pinot gained almost half a minute on all other gc contenders.

 

[Escarabajo]

De Gendt is legend!!!!!

 

[JosephK]

Best stage of the Tour so far! Panache wins again! Top 3 magnificent!

 

[Poursuivant]

Thomas the Tank Engine

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Great ride De Gendt. Also nice from Alaphilippe and Pinot.

 

[Publicus]

Really impressed with Pinot’s aggressiveness as well. Also French in maillot jaune for Bastille Day!

 

[sir fly]

Have the dots changed a roommate?

 

[woodburn]

Re: Re:

This is ridiculous. Instead of immediately drilling it at the front with 3-4 teams after the crash, FDJ, Jumbo & Movistar play this *** fair play game once again to let Thomas rejoin the peloton after his crash.

Staying on your bike is a part of cycling as Kruijswijk honestly stated after his Agnelo crash. If Thomas is a too limited descender to avoid constantly crashing downhill, he simply isn't the rightful winner of this Tour de France. It's his fault, his lack of quality.

Just laughable. As if it's scripted reality and they're not allowed to beat Ineos.

Just let it go you sad person

Why is he sad?

He is right :idea:

100. Fuglsang should have hit it as soon as the last climb started and made him chase. It's like they all want to win the "right"" way, meanwhile Ineos don't care. They'll take an extra puff and not think twice.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Re:

Have the dots changed a roommate?

Not yet i think.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

One has to wonder if Pinot is doing a 'Yates' and will eventually crack in the third week when he spends so much energy before the mountains

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Also kinda funny that of the first three finishers all achieved their goal. De Gendt won the stage, Alaphilippe is back in yellow and Pinot gained almost half a minute on all other gc contenders.

Yep.

Courage pays

 

[boneshaker]

Bravo to De Gendt.

Also to the rest of top 5.

 

[Simurgh]

Dramatic last kilometers! First time I remember that these bonus sprints has caused good racing. Great level of awareness, and great strength to follow Alaphilippe's attack by Pinot.

 

[Bolder]

Two heroic efforts in 3 stages, first Theuns/Ciccone and now De Gendt/Ala/Pinot. Great tour so far...

Ciccone just congratulated Ala. Nice.

 

[Oliver]

Wow what a final. Big Thomas De Gendt!

 

[Lance Armstrong]

Surprised that no one from Ineos helped with chasing. I mean, Pinot is obviously the main contender.