Didn't Txurruka also wore the white jersey in the Paris podium?Why can you remember such things... it always amazes me.
Yup, he did.
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Didn't Txurruka also wore the white jersey in the Paris podium?Why can you remember such things... it always amazes me.
None of the winners from the last decade!
For future usage, I'd like it to be the first mountain stage of a trifecta. It's the kind of climb where the difficulty of the final climb will scare people anyway, but the final part is steep enough that it will create gaps regardless. You can then go over Madeleine or something working your way southwards for a multi-col stage the following day - Madeleine-Glandon/CdF-Alpe d'Huez or Madeleine-Galibier-L2A would be great examples, or maybe over toward Le Grand Bornand or Morzine. My only concern with L2A would be that we have more than enough Pantani beatification in the Giro most years.I think as MTFs go it’s a good one. Shouldn’t be a queen stage (unless they decide the descent is rideable and link it to another climb in the valley) but it’s certainly the best we’ve had this Tour. And also with some unique characteristics which make it more than your usual 6km at 11% wall
Didn't Txurruka also wore the white jersey in the Paris podium?
Yup, he did.
Nobody from the people left won a Tour. A bunch of jobbers.None of the winners from the last decade!
Eddy Merckx isn't on the podium. This Tour must be garbage!Not a single winner from the last century!
That's cos she's in another race at the moment, she was indeed on the podium today.Eddy Merckx isn't on the podium. This Tour must be garbage!
Too weak to competeWeak field in this Tour. Where are the last three winners of the race?
Porte, Yates, Uran and Landa all have to launch long range attacks tomorrow, if they want a hope of making the podium.
I hope at least one of them has the heart to go for it, because then the stage becomes a blinder
Is Uran the closest we have to a former winner? That's weak!Not a single winner from the last century!
Debusschere OTL.
Not really. His problems have been related to either of the next two options or both:Isn't he just doing what he always does? Looks absolutely amazing in one or two mountain stages every GT, but is never quite able to turn this dominance into seriously challenging for the overall win.
I think as MTFs go it’s a good one. Shouldn’t be a queen stage (unless they decide the descent is rideable and link it to another climb in the valley) but it’s certainly the best we’ve had this Tour. And also with some unique characteristics which make it more than your usual 6km at 11% wall
I also seem to remember Talansky wearing the white jersey in 2013 Tour at Paris since Quintana won polka dots, but I can't find an image of him at podium.Didn't Txurruka also wore the white jersey in the Paris podium?
Yup, he did.
I double agree!Totally agree.
Feel sorry for Debusschere
I also seem to remember Talansky wearing the white jersey in 2013 Tour at Paris since Quintana won polka dots, but I can't find an image of him at podium.
All of us would appreciate Lopez getting aggressive tomorrow. That said, Tadej will still need to follow JV's lead since his team can't mount much of a pursuit effort if Lopez went early. There are enough steep sections to provide Lopez with escape points but it's going to be a more individual effort type of day tomorrow. I can see Primoz doing well with Kuss because they both manage transitions well; better likely than the rest of JV but it may get down to smaller team help for all involved early on.Not really. His problems have been related to either of the next two options or both:
1- Manages to lose time by bad luck, bad positioning, coming a bit under-cooked to races.
2- Strategically made bad choices of unnecessary attacks.
The first one was taken care off by his team during this Tour. On the second one he managing to measure his strengths and attacks. And that's why he is on third at this moment.
One last comment about Lopez. He is riding with a bit of chip under the shoulder. From the Colombian media he is the least interviewed and the least paid attention to. He has had his issues in the past because of his fighting (true fighting) spirit. And that might not help him with the Colombian public. That's why they are all the time talking about Bernal, Quintana and Uran. Very limited time is dedicated to him. That coupled with bad luck and things not going his way in past events make him ride with a bit of anger. We could see that with his celebration and ride.
In fact he must be still hurt from the Vuelta last year when he was so much stronger than Pogacar in the first 2 weeks and later when Pogacar recovered he took him off the podium. I am not saying that he will take him off the second place but he might continue to build on today's win and gain strength. He might surprise us in the final TT.
Yeah, the images I found had Froome, Quintana and Sagan on the podium as the jersey winners, such as this:Coquard should get him a really big beer tonight, he's earned it! That, and desert.
However, last year at the final podium this... happened.
Exposing my own ignorance here. I've seen a lot of comments about the design of this stage and others. Why should this not be a queen stage? And why do people now not like MTFs? It seems like when there are few, people clamor for more. When we get them, people say they create boring racing. Recognizing that these might be different folks. But honest questions, who has a moment to succinctly articulate basic stage design principles?
When we think queen stage, we dont think about a stage where everybody and their mother knows that the important riders will only move with 3-4 kms left. Loze is obviously a great climb and should hopefully be visited a lot in the coming years, but the nature of the climb is such that we wont ever get a big spectacle from such a stage apart from the last 15 minutes or so. And thats basically true for a Loze MTF no matter the racing scenario, simply because the last part is so steep it discourages people to move from further out.Exposing my own ignorance here. I've seen a lot of comments about the design of this stage and others. Why should this not be a queen stage? And why do people now not like MTFs? It seems like when there are few, people clamor for more. When we get them, people say they create boring racing. Recognizing that these might be different folks. But honest questions, who has a moment to succinctly articulate basic stage design principles?
Not really. His problems have been related to either of the next two options or both:
1- Manages to lose time by bad luck, bad positioning, coming a bit under-cooked to races.
2- Strategically made bad choices of unnecessary attacks.
The first one was taken care off by his team during this Tour. On the second one he managing to measure his strengths and attacks. And that's why he is on third at this moment.
One last comment about Lopez. He is riding with a bit of chip under the shoulder. From the Colombian media he is the least interviewed and the least paid attention to. He has had his issues in the past because of his fighting (true fighting) spirit. And that might not help him with the Colombian public. That's why they are all the time talking about Bernal, Quintana and Uran. Very limited time is dedicated to him. That coupled with bad luck and things not going his way in past events make him ride with a bit of anger. We could see that with his celebration and ride.
In fact he must be still hurt from the Vuelta last year when he was so much stronger than Pogacar in the first 2 weeks and later when Pogacar recovered he took him off the podium. I am not saying that he will take him off the second place but he might continue to build on today's win and gain strength. He might surprise us in the final TT.