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

[Eclipse]

People always talking about needing TT miles so the climbers attack.

Nah what you need is crossers who attack wherever they damn well went.

 

[Netserk]

Small uncategorised climb out of Valserhône coming up.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Rob Hatch just described Smith as "as cruel as Vegni and Zomegnan put together". Vegni would go about removing all the obstacles Zomegnan put in, the two of them put together would be less cruel than Angelo on his own.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Poor old Rog, sad

 

[Red Rick]

"we need to replace the white jersey"

Just have a jersey for the best former CX world champion

 

[Netserk]

Pogi also near the front, on the wheel of Porte.

 

[JosefK]

Primoz dropped again, not surprisingly.

 

[KZD]

Wiggins must be crying now with Thomas out of the GC.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

"we need to replace the white jersey"

Just have a jersey for the best former CX world champion

Intergiro, or Activity Classification

 

[JosefK]

Wiggins must be crying now with Thomas out of the GC.

Hope Kirby is coping, all right.

 

[RedheadDane]

"we need to replace the white jersey"

Just have a jersey for the best former CX world champion

Right now the best former current CX World Champion already has a jersey!

(Of course he'll be the best current CX no matter what his position in the GC is.)

 

[Rollthedice]

Group Thomas is done.

 

[Bolder]

Time for Roglic to step off, I think.

 

[SafeBet]

Sonny pulling a Landis today.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogacar's greatest quality as a rider is having a **** team.

Apparently Majka is already dropped. **** team indeed, they peaked too soon (for the ToS).

 

[Red Rick]

Group Thomas is done.

Will be a looong wait for Roglic.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Time for Roglic to step off, I think.

Most likely. Unless given how much time he's lost so quickly he's just going to sit in the Thomas group and try to win a stage or two à la Majka, or Simon Yates in 2019.

 

[Red Rick]

Uphill starts are the best starts.

 

[luckyboy]

Apparently Majka is already dropped. **** team indeed, they peaked too soon (for the ToS).

Thomas and Carapaz working against him was the only threat and now that is finished.

Pogacar can just sit with Carapaz all race now. Doesn't need Majka.

 

[Red Rick]

Most likely. Unless given how much time he's lost so quickly he's just going to sit in the Thomas group and try to win a stage or two à la Majka, or Simon Yates in 2019.

The real problem is he seems to be getting worse.

 

[IndianCyclist]

The Grupetto is going to be choc full of former GT winners- Froome, G, Roglic

 

[glassmoon]

Rogla, Thomas about to abandon

 

[limak_]

Apparently Majka is already dropped. **** team indeed, they peaked too soon (for the ToS).

Majka and a rainy GT stage was never a great combination..

 

[Netserk]

Pogi only has Formolo and Costa in the group, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Billie]

Pogacar and UAE controlling Van Aert, Porte (and Carapaz but he's not attacking).

Anyone else will be allowed to go I think.