Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 15: Céret – Andorre-la-Vieille, 191.3 km

[Finn84]

Time limit 43'41"

 

[woodburn]

sepp just tossed his glasses before the finish, does that count as littering in a no litter zone?

Great to see promise of young American fulfilled. Been long wait of 10 years for stage win.

 

[Salvarani]

Stage wins in both Vuelta and the Tour now.

Giro next time?

 

[burning]

Time limit 43'41"

Cav group will easily make the cut, the only guy that is in trouble is EBH.

 

[jaylew]

When let off the leash, sure. When he's given reason not to lead, he's the dullest man in the péloton.

I'm sorry, but your Kuss takes are ridiculous.

Kuss building a respectable resume despite his image around here.
Finished it off nicely, congrats.

I think that image is largely held by one poster. See above.

 

[titan31]

Lutsenko and Martin lose time then.

 

[Salvarani]

Vingegaard celebrating Kuss victory!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Stage wins in both Vuelta and the Tour now.

Giro next time?

Yes please, keep him away from Roglič, it will be way better for both audience and riders that way. Sepp will have more freedom, and Addy won't handcuff him to Primož and be so defensive. How is Sepp with bad weather though? Serious question - pretty much every performance I've seen from him has been in the height of summer sun, and he's been absent or dropped on stages like Formigal.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Great win by Kuss

 

[Red Rick]

I think I overrated Valverde's descending skills, looks like Kuss has the stage

Freshness often matters, even in a descent.

 

[Breezy1985]

sepp just tossed his glasses before the finish, does that count as littering in a no litter zone?

Haha. That's the first thing I thought

 

[tobydawq]

I'm sorry, but your Kuss takes are ridiculous.

I think that image is largely held by one poster. See above.

100 % agree.

Even though I would have preferred him not to have been up there exactly today.

 

[saganftw]

sooo with 3rd week coming, finally Pogacar will be at his best

 

[tobydawq]

It was Valverde's idiocy to only go up the road on the day which goes to the highest altitude. If he hasn't learnt his own issues with altitude after 19 pro seasons, then there is no helping him.

Like when he was so bad in Val Thorens two years ago?

 

[Valv.Piti]

It was Valverde's idiocy to only go up the road on the day which goes to the highest altitude. If he hasn't learnt his own issues with altitude after 19 pro seasons, then there is no helping him.

Well I have no clue about why he didnt try yesterday, but calling it idiocy is not correct when he was this close afterall.

 

[Salvarani]

Yes please, keep him away from Roglič, it will be way better for both audience and riders that way. Sepp will have more freedom, and Addy won't handcuff him to Primož and be so defensive. How is Sepp with bad weather though? Serious question - pretty much every performance I've seen from him has been in the height of summer sun, and he's been absent or dropped on stages like Formigal.

Dont remember the weather exactly in Dauphine last year but wasnt it rainy? Not sunny at least, and he won a stage there.

 

[burning]

Guillaume Martin lost 4 minutes and he was in the wind all the time, what a disaster.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Freshness often matters, even in a descent.

Have to also think the TT crash was in the back of his mind too. So close, yet so far but he tried. We need more of this Valverde.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So Kuss finally wins something at the Tour. I thought grandpa Valverde would catch him on the descent and easily outplay at the finish line but it wasn't to be.

As expected there was GC action on the last climb. Various riders attacked but main favourites arrived together. Pogacar easily matched all attacks in the heat, I think he'll want a stage next week. Ineos burned themselves to no effect: Carapaz, Vingegaard and Uran were inseparable. Richard probably won't make the podium if he can't gain time on those two before the TT.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Cool for Valverde to congratulate Kuss the way he did. As much as I've chided him in the past, he is the patron of the peloton, and getting that kind of congratulatoins from him I am sure was humbling to Kuss. Cheers to Valverde!

 

[benzwire]

Valverde congratulating Kuss is a class move. Like an old veteran showing his pride in the young solder. Really nice to see.

 

[sir fly]

Guillaume Martin lost 4 minutes and he was in the wind all the time, what a disaster.

He could almost touch the group off Envalira...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Dont remember the weather exactly in Dauphine last year but wasnt it rainy? Not sunny at least, and he won a stage there.

The stage he won I seem to remember was decent weather (not sunny but definitely not rainy/cold), not sure if he was strong while helping Roglič (well, as much as Addy's template ever has him do so) on the earlier stages before Primož had to leave the race, but compared to the previous year I don't really recall bad weather at the Dauphiné to the kind we often find at the Giro. The Pipay stage of 2019 is the kind of thing I was thinking of. But even his early season races where he's been most prominent have been things like the UAE Tour, and obviously one of the big things about the Giro is dealing with bad weather. Then again, Froome always was at his best in the heat and he won one.

 

[Bolder]

Guillaume Martin lost 4 minutes and he was in the wind all the time, what a disaster.

Yeah but even he knew he'd be lucky not to lose his podium spot today as well as the time he took yesterday.

 

[tobydawq]

Sepp Kuss can actually end up making the race this time around if he has these legs in the Pyrenees. Can make it super hard on these MTFs for Jonas

Even if he does, LS will somehow twist reality into it somehow fitting into her narrative. It's incredibly annoying to witness.