Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 8: Oyonnax – Le Grand-Bornand, 150.8 km

[woodburn]

Carapaz 1 minute. Other leaders 2 minutes behind Pogacar.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Pogacar 1”05 ahead of Carapaz at the top of the climb.

Rest of the GC group a further minute back.

 

[woodburn]

lol. this is so, so far above contador in 2014. what a ridiculous statement.

More like Contador 2009.

 

[Big Doopie]

wrong. Contador simply crashed out. He was so far above everyone that year.

But then again, the ability to not crash is important

froome also crashed out. after beating contador in both the opening TT and first MTF of the dauphine.

and then there is the unfortunate fact that nibali already had close on 3 minutes on contador when contador crashed out...

contador had dropped nobody. you are making silly fan-crazy statements.

 

[Bolder]

If Ineos had protected Porte instead of GT...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The prospect of watching this dominance for an unknown amount of years to come is pretty awful tbh.

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Get W52 a wildcard for the Tour next year.

 

[titan31]

Be honest, folks. You knew this was coming for months.

He wouldn't have done this to a fit Roglic tbh. Two of them are head and shoulders above the rest, not just Pogacar.

Also this just proves what Movistar did yesterday was correct. They're racing Carapaz, Pogacar isnt in view for them.

 

[bambino]

If Ineos had protected Porte instead of GT...

And then what? You think LRP would be there wheelsucking Pogacar with smile? No other tactic from any other team matters for win.

 

[Big Doopie]

The prospect of watching this dominance for an unknown amount of years to come is pretty awful tbh.

i think it is great. he is the strongest in the mountains, one if not the strongest at TT -- a true GT all around winner.

I enjoy seeing the actual best all around rider win.

 

[Eclipse]

Ineos even did this pretty well having a rider there for Richie lol

Looking forward to seeing what happens next

 

[BlueRoads]

He wouldn't have done this to a fit Roglic tbh. Two of them are head and shoulders above the rest, not just Pogacar.

What?
No.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

He wouldn't have done this to a fit Roglic tbh. Two of them are head and shoulders above the rest, not just Pogacar.

Roglic would have been closer than Carapaz but would have had to pull his best performances day in day out to stay with this version of Pogacar.

 

[burning]

Well, the only interesting question here is, how many years can he sustain this?

 

[Tim Cahill]

It's like watching Contador dance past all the old climbers on the Mortirolo

Only far less aesthetically beautiful, and he's doing it every day, and seemingly not breathing, and it's Carapaz and Porte he's going past not Peter Weening.

 

[Netserk]

i think it is great. he is the strongest in the mountains, one if not the strongest at TT -- a true GT all around winner.

I enjoy seeing the actual best all around rider win.

You must have loved Armstrong then.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

i think it is great. he is the strongest in the mountains, one if not the strongest at TT -- a true GT all around winner.

I enjoy seeing the actual best all around rider win.

Sport relies on, even revolves around competition. That is nonexistent right now and potentially for years to come too.

 

[T-Nielsen]

I don't understand why Movistar arent riding to catch Carapaz.

But it should be really clear why they did it yesterday.

That should be easy to understand by now.

 

[Big Doopie]

He wouldn't have done this to a fit Roglic tbh. Two of them are head and shoulders above the rest, not just Pogacar.

lol at this.

this is fignon 1984.

 

[Netserk]

What?
No.

Yes. Certainly far closer to Pogi than Carapaz.

 

[titan31]

Roglic would have been closer than Carapaz but would have had to pull his best performances day in day out to stay with this version of Pogacar.

True, but Roglic can match him way better than Carapaz can in the flat time trials, can outsprint him for bonus seconds and can closer match in the mountains. There's an actual battle between both of them when they're both strong and on form.

 

[Izzyeviel]

The prospect of watching this dominance for an unknown amount of years to come is pretty awful tbh.

Not really, a rider with flair 'dominating' is so much more interesting to watch than the Sky/Postal train method. You can sit back and admire a world class performance.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

I think Pogacar just wants the Bonus seconds at the top of Colombiere. Then he'll ease up and wait for the peloton.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Teuns looking like he's 80 years old.

 

[postmanhat]

This is a disaster for the sport tbh...

In the short -term, we can only hope Evenepoel gets better at descending, and Pidcock makes good on his promise as a climber?