Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 11: Sorgues – Malaucène, 198.9 km

[Netserk]

Ineos is the new TotalEnergies.

 

[yaco]

Is DQS all-in in the grupetto? If they OTL, they are (theoretically) gone from the Tour as a team? Has that ever happened?

edit: ah Ala of course.
But that would be even funnier if Ala wins the stage while everyone else has to go.

When Demare was OTL a few years ago he took along 5 riders.

 

[Eclipse]

Ineos is just riding as if they're gonna go straightforward attack on Ventoux for 2nd place

I think this should be evident. Carapaz needs what. 6-7 mins on Pog at this point?

That's a hail mary ambush if you want to go for it, but you need to beat the also rans enough that they won't do the chasing for UAE anyway.

 

[70kmph]

Go Ineos train has left the station

 

[Leinster]

When Demare was OTL a few years ago he took along 5 riders.

Gaudu is getting deja vu all over again...

 

[JosefK]

Ineos keeping the break in check so Pogi can do the nuke attack for the win.

 

[ggusta]

Sorry if this is the wrong thread, I didn't see any US commentary thread, but for the love of god, they're just unbearable. I like Phil Liggett, but seriously, I just can't take his unending errors time and time and time again. I could go on, but it's just too much. Retire. Please. You are about to turn 78. Enjoy your life.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

To expand on the possible time limit. If the average speed of the winner is 33-34kph, then the time limit is around 40 minutes. If the average speed is 40 kph the time limit is around 50 minutes. And fairly linear in between.

(If my calculations are correct.)

Uh? Must be the other way round, no? The faster they go, the smaller the time limit.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Uh? Must be the other way round, no? The faster they go, the smaller the time limit.

No, for fairly obvious reasons there is more allowance given if the leaders go ballistic than if it's a dawdle for everyone.

Tour de France 2021 time limit calculator

 

[Rollthedice]

Ineos are killing the break, then later set up Pogacar for another ridiculous performance which will expose him later to tough questions from the press. This will break him mentally so that Carapatz can attack him during the weekend.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

No, for fairly obvious reasons there is more allowance given if the leaders go ballistic than if it's a dawdle for everyone.

Tour de France 2021 time limit calculator

I never knew! I always assumed the percentage from winning time was set at fixed number. Thanks!

 

[perico]

Sorry if this is the wrong thread, I didn't see any US commentary thread, but for the love of god, they're just unbearable. I like Phil Liggett, but seriously, I just can't take his unending errors time and time and time again. I could go on, but it's just too much. Retire. Please. You are about to turn 78. Enjoy your life.

He’s calling the race off a monitor the size an iPad. I’m not excusing his slowing down, but it isn’t easy to tell what’s happening especially when you aren’t on the race to get reports.

 

[broppo]

Hirschi is sniffing too much coke!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Little "History of Ventoux" package

Just don't mention Lance

 

[Kangaridoo]

Hirschi is sniffing too much coke!

How sweet. First Van Der Poel honouring Poulidor and now Hirschi with a Simpson gimmick.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Grupetto at 9 minutes - probably aiming to be somewhere around 20 mins back at the top this time round.

 

[T-Nielsen]

He’s calling the race off a monitor the size an iPad. I’m not excusing his slowing down, but it isn’t easy to tell what’s happening especially when you aren’t on the race to get reports.

Do we know why he is short on proper equipment?

 

[phanatic]

Sorry if this is the wrong thread, I didn't see any US commentary thread, but for the love of god, they're just unbearable. I like Phil Liggett, but seriously, I just can't take his unending errors time and time and time again. I could go on, but it's just too much. Retire. Please. You are about to turn 78. Enjoy your life.

There have been many threads about Phil Liggett, but he's got a great voice.

 

[spalco]

I never knew! I always assumed the percentage from winning time was set at fixed number. Thanks!

Even if it was a set percentage, you still wouldn't know exactly how much time you have until the winner has finished, at which point it'll usually be too late if you're far off already.

 

[ggusta]

He’s calling the race off a monitor the size an iPad. I’m not excusing his slowing down, but it isn’t easy to tell what’s happening especially when you aren’t on the race to get reports.

I understand that and empathize with him, but he keeps getting corrected by a guy who is also watching the race on an ipad.

 

[Eclipse]

Gaudone :O

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Gaudu already in trouble.

 

[Leinster]

Sorry if this is the wrong thread, I didn't see any US commentary thread, but for the love of god, they're just unbearable. I like Phil Liggett, but seriously, I just can't take his unending errors time and time and time again. I could go on, but it's just too much. Retire. Please. You are about to turn 78. Enjoy your life.

He is enjoying life; once a year, he spends a month in France and talks about bike racing.

I have the ad-free Peacock version on; I dont' mind Gerrans, but Ant McCrossan always makes me think of Father Fitzpatrick.

View: https://youtu.be/_EfuWGSqjdc

 

[roundabout]

Gaudu catching Pinotitis

 

[Laplaz]

Poor Groupama-FDF. Disaster Tour for them.