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

[cen]

Gaudu nooooooo!!! You were the chosen one!

 

[perico]

Pogacar doesn't seem to be wearing the heart rate chest strap. He does seem to be wearing that heavy wristwatch though.

Old school

 

[Red Rick]

Looks like a big tailwind on the upper slopes?

 

[El_ojo_del_Tigre]

The fastest time schedule (which they are matching at Chalet Reynard) has the winner taking 5h18* to complete the stage and sets the time limit at 06:05:42 (+00:47:42) according to the calculator.

That means the grupetto needs to reach the summit of Ventoux by 15.49 cest to be safe. Gives them 1h22 (1150 vam) for the 2nd ascent.

I think it's 5h03: the real start was at 12:15, the fastest time schedule has the first riders crossing the finish line at 17:18. This gives me a time limit of 51'30''.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Mollema and D Martin dont look too good today ...Giro legs

or maybe Mollema does feel good

 

[More Strides than Rides]

Eurosport commentators are saying something about Rolland commenting about this stage- anyone have his quote?

 

[dgodave]

Thats a bleak looking mountain.

 

[ngent41]

Eurosport commentators are saying something about Rolland commenting about this stage- anyone have his quote?

dont have the quote, but in the interview they played he said something about he didnt look at the stage map and didnt know the finish was in malaucene

 

[titan31]

I'd say this is a slow pace by Ineos but that would be doing a disservice to the world slow. Gaudu going to catch back on at this rate.

 

[Netserk]

Looks like a big tailwind on the upper slopes?

Cross/tail.

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

I'm expecting Ineos to chase down any of Carapaz's podium rivals if they attack

 

[Leinster]

Eurosport commentators are saying something about Rolland commenting about this stage- anyone have his quote?

Is that the one about him not fancying the descent? I've seen/heard it attributed to both Rolland and Guillaume Martin now, so not sure who it was.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

I'd say this is a slow pace by Ineos but that would be doing a disservice to the world slow. Gaudu going to catch back on at this rate.

Yeah all this talk about them pacing for UAE, I'm not too sure. They haven't made up time on the breakaway at all and the Green jersey grupetto was only slowly losing time.
Maybe Carapaz actually doesn't feel well and they're setting a false pace?

 

[Carols]

Ala riding like a World Champion! I hope he wins this stage....on the lead from the gun!

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Is Bernard gonna honor his fathers Ventoux victory of 1987??

 

[titan31]

Yeah all this talk about them pacing for UAE, I'm not too sure. They haven't made up time on the breakaway at all and the Green jersey grupetto was only slowly losing time.
Maybe Carapaz actually doesn't feel well and they're setting a false pace?

I'm kind of thinking that myself but will see on the second ascent surely.

 

[carolina]

Is that the one about him not fancying the descent? I've seen/heard it attributed to both Rolland and Guillaume Martin now, so not sure who it was.

Rolland didn't know the finish was after the descent. He thought the stage ended on the top of Ventoux.

 

[Netserk]

NB: The second ascent of Ventoux will carry double points, so 40 points for the first rider over the top.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Van Aert putting his extra pounds to good use on the descent?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

NB: The second ascent of Ventoux will carry double points, so 40 points for the first rider over the top.

Exactly enough for Pogacar to take that jersey too and replicate last year's collection.

 

[Fantastico]

Rolland didn't know the finish was after the descent. He thought the stage ended on the top of Ventoux.

I thought that was Latour?

 

[dgodave]

Rolland didn't know the finish was after the descent. He thought the stage ended on the top of Ventoux.

Thats impossible. He could not not know that.

 

[ontheroad]

Bizarre stuff from Ineos unless they have something planned for the early slopes of the second ascent.

 

[Red Rick]

This descent basically begs for lead bottle stop on top of the final ascent.

 

[titan31]

Was hoping Astana or someone equally crazy would attack this descent. Shame we dont have a Bahrain threat here as Mohoric would have had some serious fun here if so.