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

[Earns1985]

Pogacar only two teammates left?

 

[MartinGT]

Did the eurosport commentator just pronounce it 'loos arzizen'?

I think Smith and Kelly have been on the booze

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Wow, early attack by Ullrich and Vino has been dropped!

 

[burning]

Pogacar only two teammates left?

Which really does not matter tbh

 

[MartinGT]

Porte dropped!

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Froome is on acid? I guess that would explain a few things.

 

[BlueRoads]

What a weird tour for Ala.

The organisers teed him up for success which he got, but he immediately became inconsequential and has only been randomly active in hopeless endeavours ever since

Yeah... PL himself said Ala races too crazy (but that he's not mad at him). So the team doesn't have him under control apparently. Looks like they just told him "go do your thing", apart from the first stage there doesn't seem to be a plan from either him or the team for him.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Cav 6 minutes behind peloton after 7km of real climbing, with 19km of climbing left, so looking pretty controlled. I certainly hope so as there is a 5 man QS group a minute behind anyone else.

 

[sir fly]

Mohorič dropping, maybe Poels should bridge.

 

[jarvo]

The tourmalet is 7.3% average yet has been 12 & 13% on the screen the whole time!

 

[brrrrrr]

froome on acid lol

 

[burning]

Mohoric riding side by side with Pogacar, maybe to congratulate him on his KOM jersey?

 

[jarvo]

Cav at 8 mins, what do we think the time cut is today?

 

[Bolder]

Yeah... PL himself said Ala races too crazy (but that he's not mad at him). So the team doesn't have him under control apparently. Looks like they just told him "go do your thing", apart from the first stage there doesn't seem to be a plan from either him or the team for him.

This has been an annoyance for us Alaf-fans. He had great shape after Suisse, which he left early. Then immediately took yellow and proceeded to waste energy in doomed breaks. He did some good work for Cav but other than that, zilch. It's a shame because there were a couple of stages that were perfect for him if he had been fully recovered.

 

[dgodave]

Passing the worlds ugliest building just now.

 

[Eclipse]

Camera motos giving us a nice view of all the french cycling debris on the way up the climb

 

[glassmoon]

Uran obviously dropped again

 

[Fantastico]

Uran dropped

 

[Eclipse]

Uran cooked

 

[burning]

Well, Ineos' plan is working. Uran will lose 10 minutes today.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

U r a n n n n

 

[ice&fire]

Pogacar only two teammates left?

What a shame. He's got less teammates left than Uran.

 

[jarvo]

Good to see G marking the move of Uran

 

[Eclipse]

Uran not even an AlsoRan

 

[Escarabajo]

Oh dear! poor Uran.