Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 16: Pas de la Case – Saint-Gaudens, 169.0 km

[Escarabajo]

The usual suspects again and bis, bis..

Martin to reclaim his second spot. Lol.

 

[houtdffan]

In the Pescheux era, this would have been considered a monumental mountain stage

At least Gouveneou adds a cat 4 near the end, with the final few hundred meters uphill to spice things up, and it is only considered a medium mountain stage

 

[Sciatic]

I climbed the col de portet-d’aspet today. The weather is awful at the col (in the valley it’s drier and a bit warmer). All I can say is some gc candidates can try something if they have someone on the road. The descent is treacherous with the rain and oil (coming from the mobilhomes I think).

Awesome—great to have intel from our on-site reporter!

 

[hfer07]

Quintana will not win it for sure

 

[gregrowlerson]

I am more optimistic than usual for GC action that I would normally be.

They might let a top 10 rider in teh breakaway and just gift 2nd place on GC again.

Lutsenko.

 

[Amazinmets87]

In the Pescheux era, this would have been considered a monumental mountain stage

At least Gouveneou adds a cat 4 near the end, with the final few hundred meters uphill to spice things up, and it is only considered a medium mountain stage

Looks like the finish is 3 or 400 metres at 7.8 as well. Will make a difference for riders with dead legs sprinting for the stage win.

 

[movingtarget]

This stage has Riche Porte all over it.
Col de Port
Col de Portet- d'Aspet

Only trouble is Porte isn't riding like a premium classic vintage Porte ...............

 

[movingtarget]

Frenetic break action and the break will eventually shatter into smaller groups, KOM action, more Cavendish TTT, GC will be Carapaz trying followed by Pogacar and probably another stalemate. Riders 5-10 on GC will continue to yo yo.

 

[Leinster]

Apparently the descent at the start has been neutralized due to visibility concerns.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Frenetic break action and the break will eventually shatter into smaller groups, KOM action, more Cavendish TTT, GC will be Carapaz trying followed by Pogacar and probably another stalemate. Riders 5-10 on GC will continue to yo yo.

There was a cool group of pictures he uploaded with his TTT. 3 days to get through.

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[SHAD0W93]

Apparently the descent at the start has been neutralized due to visibility concerns.

Attacks might come out and fast then onto the climb.

 

[Amazinmets87]

Apparently the descent at the start has been neutralized due to visibility concerns.

So, when is the race on? Base of the first climb?

 

[ice&fire]

What was ASO thinking with this downhill start? Don't they see every year how they race from the start to make the breakaways?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

This stage has Riche Porte all over it.
Col de Port
Col de Portet- d'Aspet

There's also Port in Portugal, so Guerreiro (or Gu-erio as Chris Anker Sørensen calls him) will obviously win the stage.

 

[Oliver]

I'll go with Fraile/Alaphilippe/Konrad

 

[Earns1985]

I think it will take up to the Col du Port, that the breakaway forms..

 

[Eclipse]

Martin ready to recover another 5 minutes

 

[movingtarget]

Martin ready to recover another 5 minutes

Then lose it again on the next mountain stage.............

 

[Eclipse]

Then lose it again on the next mountain stage.............

Then gain it back on the next! Then it's just flat and hope to lose less than 3 on the TT and see where you finish

 

[railxmig]

Today there seems to be some chance for echelons in the last 20k. This tour is horrendously designed with more than a handful of completely useless stages and this belongs to that category. Thanks to them it's also completely unlucky. If you dropped that completely useless Nimes stage (it wasn't even transitional) you would have a serious chance of echelons to the Carcassonne (that day it was a strong NW if my memory's correct). If today they switched around Saint-Gaudens with Muret (start in Saint-Gaudens tomorrow) you would have a +20km/h westerly winds while the pack would be moving mainly northwards...

Everybody from 11 or 12 in GC up to 34 but Castro in the break with the main pack rolling in 10-15min behind with maybe some tension in the last 20k but nothing will happen. Paret-Peintre to jump into top 10 (2nd?) but then drop out of it next day. There may be more tactical plays in the break as it seems the climbs will mostly have a rather strong headwind.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

This stage has Riche Porte all over it.
Col de Port
Col de Portet- d'Aspet

Or Sonny Colbrelli

 

[MartinGT]

Time for an Astana win.

 

[Lequack]

Race is over, Lachlan Morton already finished. Better luck next time for the others.

 

[sir fly]

Race is over, Lachlan Morton already finished. Better luck next time for the others.

And collected the prize amount.

 

[FjPavels]

Amund Grøndahl Jansen DNS today (got the information from norwegian tv)