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

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Break should finally go after intermediate. At the mo Matthews blocking everything in his quest to get within 50 points of the lead.

 

[Netserk]

Just like the KOM sprint was the chance to get away yesterday, today the break will form immediately after the sprint, I think.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

MAL surely gets penalised

If he gets back on and gets like a 20" penalty for drafting, he'll probably take that over the level of losses he'd get if he didn't get back on. And if he doesn't get back on, the additional penalty will become an irrelevance.

Latour vs. Zakarin on a wet descent TT. Book it.

 

[Amazinmets87]

Where is Nibali?

 

[Volderke]

the sprint is the perfect moment to go for the breakaway.

 

[SafeBet]

If he gets back on and gets like a 20" penalty for drafting, he'll probably take that over the level of losses he'd get if he didn't get back on. And if he doesn't get back on, the additional penalty will become an irrelevance.

Latour vs. Zakarin on a wet descent TT. Book it.

Latour would lose. Seriously.

 

[Eclipse]

Where is Nibali?

Group 2 according to the tracker

got my doubts as to how accurate that is looking at who else is apparently there though

e: think i saw him over the line there with group 1

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Pretty crap from Bling there, couldn't get round his own leadout man without brakes being applied to help him.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Latour would lose. Seriously.

Add Reichenbach to the mix perhaps?

 

[Netserk]

Pogi in the front group after the split.

 

[perico]

LaTour dropped on Roglic group

 

[SafeBet]

Matthews had trouble overtaking his teammates there. Completely empty.

Also, I think I spotted McNulty in the front group so Pog should have 3 teammates.

 

[Netserk]

Pretty crap from Bling there, couldn't get round his own leadout man without brakes being applied to help him.

Too small a gear, it seemed.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Shame to see Dan Martin in that Roglic group, thought he may have a go today

 

[Red Rick]

Apparently there's currently a bigass truck stuck on the Col de Colombiere

 

[Netserk]

EDIT: nevermind, missed Mohoric

 

[glassmoon]

Bling looked like he had a problen with shifting

 

[Volderke]

Apparently there's currently a bigass truck stuck on the Col de Colombiere

uphill or downhill?

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1411296963354632195

View: https://twitter.com/TeamIsraelSUN/status/1411296963354632195

 

[Eclipse]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1411296963354632195

View: https://twitter.com/TeamIsraelSUN/status/1411296963354632195

MVDP's family in action

 

[Netserk]

It seems unlikely that any of the groups will get back to the peloton before they begin the finale with ~53 km to go.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Terrible news for the rules of the road: Sepp Kuss has made the front group. However, with Rogla dropped, he can be unleashed. This is almost a perfect situation for him - there is freedom to attack with no leader there, he won't be expected to work with the other teams that are there and Jumbo's best placed rider not really to be treated (yet...) as a GC threat, he's 40 minutes back and so no need to watch him too closely, and there's some good steep ramps at the Col de la Colombière which will suit him. I'd even suggest he might be a good shout to win the GPM if he is truly let off the leash.

The only problem is that descent down into Le Grand Bornand, which obviously mean this is not a stage to be, well, raced.

 

[SafeBet]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1411296963354632195

View: https://twitter.com/TeamIsraelSUN/status/1411296963354632195

Pog will be climbing so fast he'll jump over it.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Habemus break.

 

[Billie]

Pogacar is in the break now