Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 18: Pau – Luz Ardiden, 129.7 km

[movingtarget]

KOM Points:

Rnk	Prev	▼▲	Rider	Team	Points
1	2	▲1	POGAČAR Tadej	UAE-Team Emirates	107
2	1	▼1	POELS Wout	Bahrain - Victorious	88
3	6	▲3	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Team Jumbo-Visma	82
4	4	-	WOODS Michael	Israel Start-Up Nation	72
5	5	-	VAN AERT Wout	Team Jumbo-Visma	68
6	3	▼3	QUINTANA Nairo	Team Arkéa Samsic	66

Those pesky double point MTFs...........

 

[Red Rick]

Armstrong

I dunno man, Froome could at least drop Contadors domestiques.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

He is the best since Indurain

Roglic would not have beaten him
Nor Bernal nor any of the rest in top form

He is is a field of his own
talent and killer instinct

But that he is so cool and so enjoys racing is the main reason he is the man to beat for the next x years or so

Yawn

 

[saganftw]

so pogacar got 80 points in two mountain top finishes, Poels got 88 total

smells like a bad points distribution more than anything

 

[Volderke]

Pogacar has six jerseys now, 2 yellow, 2 white and 2 polka dots and he still is only 22.

Maybe he will overheat in the TT with all those jerseys and loose 6 minutes.

 

[Rollthedice]

This interview with Pogacar has to be the worst one ever, LOL.

Here is a great example for an interview:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efStUG6Qnso

Muy muy muy gret interview!

 

[fbjim]

so pogacar got 80 points in two mountain top finishes, Poels got 88 total

smells like a bad points distribution more than anything

On the other hand people got mad when a rando breakway guy would win the KOM and not a top star.

I do think the massive discrepancy in a HC MTF is silly, though.

 

[luckyboy]

so pogacar got 80 points in two mountain top finishes, Poels got 88 total

smells like a bad points distribution more than anything

The best climbers are there to fight for summit finishes eh

 

[movingtarget]

I dunno man, Froome could at least drop Contadors domestiques.

Wasn't Porte dropping Contador on some climbs ? Porte got dropped on the Cat 4 today........he's looked miserable since the first week.

 

[Escarabajo]

Those pesky double point MTFs...........

In their defense, Pogacar is the best climber of the race. Same happened last year and in 2013 when Quintana won.
If someone like Rasmussen wants to win it they have to score points at the end of stages as well. So at the end of the day it is OK. We just don't like one guy taking everything.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Don't worry everyone, next year we could be saved by a certain Belgium rider. If there are no descents or bridges to cross.

 

[Red Rick]

Roglic doing the Vuelta ?

Sí señor.

Was confirmed yesterday or the day before.

 

[saunaking]

This interview with Pogacar has to be the worst one ever, LOL.

Here is a great example for an interview:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efStUG6Qnso

WHAT A FU*$&NG LEGEND!!!
Horner just popped up another 30 levels in my book
Classic!!

 

[saganftw]

On the other hand people got mad when a rando breakway guy would win the KOM and not a top star.

I do think the massive discrepancy in a HC MTF is silly, though.

tbh i agree with that, some rando winning kom is kinda meh

but double points in stage finish is unnecessary, should still be 20

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Forget about Pogacar, Louis Meintjes made it into the top 14!

 

[movingtarget]

so pogacar got 80 points in two mountain top finishes, Poels got 88 total

smells like a bad points distribution more than anything

They knew which climbs had double points.

 

[Escarabajo]

When does the Vuelta starts?

 

[TourOfSardinia]

In their defense, Pogacar is the best climber of the race. Same happened last year and in 2013 when Quintana won.
If someone like Rasmussen wants to win it they have to score points at the end of stages as well. So at the end of the day it is OK. We just don't like one guy taking everything.

Doesn't have the Green!

 

[Red Rick]

They knew which climbs had double points.

All it takes is DQS to sabotage the breakaway for the green jersey and time limit for Pogacar to win KoM jersey.

It's not like there was anything any rider could to today to let the breakaway win, there was 0 shot at that.

Maybe you can argue the KoM hunters weren't good enough, or that O'Connor should've gone for the KoM, but whatever.

 

[Pulpstar]

Pogacar is the best climber. Deserves the KOM jersey.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Hoping for a Pogacar win so that he takes the Polkadot again and they start reconsidering the logic of this competition (same for the white jersey).

Thanks Pog! Also enjoyed the camera over and over showing Poels after he was dropped on LA just to rub it in how fruitless all that fighting was for 3 weeks hehe.

 

[saunaking]

Wasn't Porte dropping Contador on some climbs ? Porte got dropped on the Cat 4 today........he's looked miserable since the first week.

comparing 2021 Porte and 2016 Porte?????

 

[Tim Cahill]

"He represents a new era Pogacar!"

Thanks for that David Millar, one might say this is the tour of renewal!

 

[BlueRoads]

Pogacarmstrong

Teddy Armstrong

 

[JosefK]

When does the Vuelta starts?

I've been asking that since stage 3.