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

[glassmoon]

Yellow group finally happy with the break composition

 

[Pricey_sky]

Yeah one he Caused Himself!

Completely missed the point. If he’s injured, he’s injured, regardless of who was responsible for the crash.

 

[Fantastico]

Which group is the peloton?

Third group with Pogacar etc. behind Poels and some chasers.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Nairo takes the KoM

There are no points you fool!!!

 

[Netserk]

Castro the Ineos rider in the break?

 

[glassmoon]

LoL sprinting for 0 points

 

[SafeBet]

We have our break.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Think WVA is a bit doomed with these breakaway escape moves because other guys in the breakaway ease off as they a) want him to do the work and b) they look behind and see UAE and others chasing hard once WVA made it so feel they have even less incentive to kill themselves for nothing.

And I don't see Pogacar wasting enough energy for Vingegaard to drop him later.

 

[Gigs_98]

Quintana showing his experience by baiting his rivals into a sprint for nonexistent mountain points. Brilliant.

 

[titan31]

Strong break. Good few guys there for the stage win

 

[Carols]

Completely missed the point. If he’s injured, he’s injured, regardless of who was responsible for the crash.

Nope! Roglic is in sad shape because of a fan and Colbrelli. Thomas is in sad shape because he wasn't paying attention. Big Difference!

 

[Volderke]

Pretty ridiculous for the Danish commentators to link Roglič's misfortune to his Tour prep. By all accounts he was in perfect physical condition, and it's not like he hasn't raced a lot in the spring, nor will race a lot after the Tour.

Belgian commentators said the same: preparing for months on a mountain isn't learning you anything about riding in a peloton at 50-60K/hr. So they feel Roglic could also be lacking bike handling skills in the peloton (next to being unfortunate).

 

[Eclipse]

Poels building a nice little lead to lose on the descents

 

[Red Rick]

Pogacar really thinks Van Aert is a threat?

Poor Pogi can't find any credible threats.

 

[perico]

Was that Verona fetching bottles for his GC guys??? I expected him to be in bad shape after his crash yesterday. He’s a great domestique.

 

[Red Rick]

It's so weird that this stage seems to be so wide open with the Pogacar almost completely isolated with 90 km to go yet it still feels like this Tour is a foregone conclusion. I hope I'm wrong but I barely remember a case where I was this certain a particular rider was gonna win a gt this early in the race.

This is just the learned helplessness from the Sky years kicking in.

 

[RedheadDane]

Nope! Roglic is in sad shape because of a fan and Colbrelli. Thomas is in sad shape because he wasn't paying attention. Big Difference!

But neither are bad excuses one might use to explain pulling out of a race.

 

[Bonimenier]

PeePee-Alert

 

[bob.a.feet]

The way this Tour is going, the final Combativité prize will be more prestigious than the final GC.

 

[titan31]

Belgian commentators said the same: preparing for months on a mountain isn't learning you anything about riding in a peloton at 50-60K/hr. So they feel Roglic could also be lacking bike handling skills in the peloton (next to being unfortunate).

They sound like idiots. I doubt being out of the peleton for 3 months means you lose all your ability to ride in a peleton.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Watching Quintana sprint against Elissonde makes me think the White Jersey should in fact be a points comp - open only to riders who weigh less than 55 kg

 

[Carols]

But neither are bad excuses one might use to explain pulling out of a race.

True.

 

[Amazinmets87]

"Benoot, Quintana, Cattaneo, Valverde, Kragh Andersen in this group between Poels and the peloton."

Wait, so this group is ahead of Pog?

 

[Netserk]

Belgian commentators said the same: preparing for months on a mountain isn't learning you anything about riding in a peloton at 50-60K/hr. So they feel Roglic could also be lacking bike handling skills in the peloton (next to being unfortunate).

Which is true, but I don't think prepping in Dauphiné would have made a difference in that regard.

 

[Eclipse]

"Benoot, Quintana, Cattaneo, Valverde, Kragh Andersen in this group between Poels and the peloton."

Wait, so this group is ahead of Pog?

Yeah. There's a small group of not quite contenders been allowed some freedom