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

[KZD]

A 2:30min gap over Carapaz already. Just unreal.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I was always told not to have big ring, big sprocket.

 

[Volderke]

Pog on 53/27 instead of 39/19.

 

[Ricco']

I thought that the L'Etape du Tour was cancelled this year due to the pandemic.

But ASO planned this very poorly, it's amateur at best to let the timetables clash and the first pro need to overtake all the granfondo amateurs.

 

[bigcog]

sure and even contador at the form he said he was could not be able to top nibali, who knows and who cares. the past is written.

exactly ...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

pog not performing suddenly out of the ordinary...

But the level of performance is out of the ordinary regardless of anything else.

 

[Poursuivant]

Clinic is gonna explode lol

 

[SafeBet]

He will catch them.

 

[Eclipse]

Surely Wout didn't attack the other GC group right? They must be between Richie and WVA?

 

[Netserk]

Almost 2 minutes. Carapaz is also very strong

I think that is to Van Aert, not the chase group.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

I remember reading some recent analysis on how in modern cycling there weren't big gaps on the climbs.... new era I guess.

 

[jsem94]

Clinic is gonna explode lol

It has already begun

 

[woodburn]

I was always told not to have big ring, big sprocket.

Same. Crossthreading supposed to be inefficient. Guess not for Pogacar.

 

[topt]

First post. And only moved to do so because of what I’m witnessing. Truly awful implications for cycling. This is a day that will go down in infamy. I had truly hoped that cycling was mainly free of this crap, but it would seem not. What we are witnessing is an absolute insult to our intelligence.

I hope its also the last

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

theuns catching woods

...so sick of bahrain and their ridiculousness.

What does Theuns have to do with Bahrain?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

pog not performing suddenly out of the ordinary...

i expected this.

#fignon1984

Teuns was 2nd on a Paris Nice queen stage some years ago where he battled it out with the other GC guys iirc. Not a bad climber

 

[DanielSong39]

8w/km?

 

[Eclipse]

If Izagirre can hold Pog briefly his descending skills could stand him in good stead here

 

[JosefK]

Carapaz now 3+ minutes behind Pog! LOL! But it's not over. Lots of tough stages to come. It'll still be close.

 

[ice&fire]

12% gradient in the big ring,

Gradient figures are as reliable as GPS ones.

 

[BlueRoads]

Hm, I think he's starting to look a little bit tired after gaining 3 minutes on Carapaz in a few km...

 

[woodburn]

If Izagirre can hold Pog briefly his descending skills could stand him in good stead here

Yeah. Umm. He lasted a few seconds.

 

[luckyboy]

This can a win by 10 minutes+ in Paris if he wants

 

[limak_]

I was always told not to have big ring, big sprocket.

So you were told wrong. Bigger rings -> lower rolling resistance; you always stay in the big ring as long as possible

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I thought that the L'Etape du Tour was cancelled this year due to the pandemic.

But ASO planned this very poorly, it's amateur at best to let the timetables clash and the first pro need to overtake all the granfondo amateurs.

I was surprised Annemiek let the break get so far away before she dropped everybody like that.