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

[movingtarget]

Top 10 reshuffle. Nice win by Kuss.

 

[Asero831]

This stage is a preview of the Olympics. Only the descent is 10 km longer

 

[titan31]

10 points between top 4 in the KOM. Could be a fun Wednesday and Thursday

 

[sir fly]

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

I think she's secretly in love with him.

 

[benzwire]

Sep Kuss: Looks like Joaquin Phoenix, but he's no Joker...

 

[jmdirt]

Congrats Sepp!

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

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

As a fan of Kuss, I don't see LS being twisted at all...her takes are reasonable

 

[Rollthedice]

This stage is a preview of the Olympics. Only the descent is 10 km longer

Nothing in common with the Olympics.

 

[jaylew]

They just said that's Valverde's 96th 2nd place. Damn, that's a whole lot of runner up finishes.

 

[benzwire]

I think she's secretly in love with him.

If only he didn't have that restraining order against her, they could be together

 

[will-10]

Kuss: drops best climbers in the break in a straight fight and absolutely rips the descent to stay away.
CN forum: how boring is this dude

 

[Escarabajo]

GC guys attacking at the end!! LOL. Sometimes they ride like this is their first race. The advantage in numbers for INEOS was worthless as I said before. Especially if you don't have the stronger rider. My questions are:

1- Why teams don't surprise Pogacar's team, if not him, at the beginning of the stage. He usually is at the back with his team letting the other riders fight for the breakaway. It would at least be worth to see what happens.
2- Why Carapaz waited for the attack in the lower altitude climb???? LOL. What is the advantage of doing that?

Anyway, the only thing enjoyable is the stage fight and the mountains fight.

 

[JosefK]

Kuss FTW and Vingegaard back on the podium...seems my tactical protestations show that I'm a rookie.

Me too.

 

[Escarabajo]

BTW, congrats to Sepp Kuss. Libertine to have a breakdown in 5, 4, 3, 2, .... LOL

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

TJV should be all-in for Vingegaard from here.

 

[Bolder]

Kuss: drops best climbers in the break in a straight fight and absolutely rips the descent to stay away.
CN forum: how boring is this dude

A lot of the Kuss bashing is tongue in cheek. But rides like this will set off another round of mild speculation about what he can do as a protected rider...

 

[BlueRoads]

I think she's secretly in love with him.

I am. Nobody looks as good with a helmet as Sepp Kuss! And nobody can make it look like he doesn't even try when the gradient is 20+%.

(But isn't Libertine's take that he's used wrong, not that she doesn't like him?)

 

[Red Rick]

Kuss climbed Beixalis faster than the GC guys

 

[Bolder]

TJV should be all-in for Vingegaard from here.

Yes, he's earned that.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Me too.

One mechanical or crash for Jonas when he was isolated and it would have backfired. Having all 3 of the guys who can climb in the breakaway was a big risk, but in the end it worked out.
Still, it wasn't a tactical masterclass.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kuss climbed Beixalis faster than the GC guys

He was constantly riding, the GC group wasn't.

 

[BlueRoads]

TJV should be all-in for Vingegaard from here.

No problem for Wout to take the KOM points when he's around anyway, though.

 

[movingtarget]

GC guys attacking at the end!! LOL. Sometimes they ride like this is their first race. The advantage in numbers for INEOS was worthless as I said before. Especially if you don't have the stronger rider. My questions are:

1- Why teams don't surprise Pogacar's team, if not him, at the beginning of the stage. He usually is at the back with his team letting the other riders fight for the breakaway. It would at least be worth to see what happens.
2- Why Carapaz waited for the attack in the lower altitude climb???? LOL. What is the advantage of doing that?

Anyway, the only thing enjoyable is the stage fight and the mountains fight.

They got rid of Martin and isolated Pogacar but Pogacar looked comfortable and Martin is inconsistent generally. The trouble for Carapaz is that he has two superior TT riders in front of him on GC so the podium looks unlikely unless he can make some gains on the climbs but once again Ineos probably selected the wrong stage to try it and Porte might have done more damage at the end instead of using him early.

 

[sir fly]

I am. Nobody looks as good with a helmet as Sepp Kuss! And nobody can make it look like he doesn't even try when the gradient is 20+%.

(But isn't Libertine's take that he's used wrong, not that she doesn't like him?)

You want to say that everything that's covering his head makes him look good?

Yeah... that's probably what she means, but the way she's expressing it...

 

[RedheadDane]

I am. Nobody looks as good with a helmet as Sepp Kuss! And nobody can make it look like he doesn't even try when the gradient is 20+%.

(But isn't Libertine's take that he's used wrong, not that she doesn't like him?)

He better watch out then. Kidnapping coming right up!