I feel like there will be a few more jumps like this with the current racing attitude though.O'Connor has a big chance to make the podium now. Minutes ahead of next threat.
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I feel like there will be a few more jumps like this with the current racing attitude though.O'Connor has a big chance to make the podium now. Minutes ahead of next threat.
Oh no, Pog would drop Armstrong.I guess Mr. O'Connor had a Chicken dinner a'la Padun variant 2005 with Pogacar being the equivalent of Armstrong. It would had been 2007 if he got yellow.
Ineos, Movistar, Astana and co seemingly forgot about the podium threat up the road.Did Ineos think they were going to crack Pogacar or just riding in their race for second as if Pogacar is a ghost?
His ride excited Michel Wuyts more than anything else this stage.Stuyven 25th, only 5 minutes behind Pogacar. Finished ahead of Higuita among others.
People have been wondering that for years. I'd say it's more of an incentive for stragglers to get a move on at this point, as it's so seldom enforced.what's the point to have time limit then?
Ineos, Movistar, Astana and co seemingly forgot about the podium threat up the road.
They turn it off after the stage - very annoying but if you believe it then Alaphillipe is missing too. Before it cut most of them looked OK - Demare needs a miracle thoughLivetracker seems to have the grupettos all msising the time cut
Movistar wasn’t there. Mas only had Valverde with him by the 3rd climb. Verona is injured and MAL is way off the pace with his crashed.Ineos, Movistar, Astana and co seemingly forgot about the podium threat up the road.
Livetracker seems to have the grupettos all msising the time cut
it was the map on tour tracker, but apparently it's *** once a few riders have finished.Where do you get this info, tour tracker doesn't show the time gaps for all of the groupettos.
We'll see the climbing times in good weather. If we get good weather.Thing is Pogacar is so far off these other riders without even killing himself that I'm starting to suspect their level is pretty ordinary.
I don't even think they were trying today tbh. When Pog went people said f*ck this I'm out, they didn't try to organize a chase. What would the point be? He's so ridiculously strong and ahead in GC people are racing for second.Thing is Pogacar is so far off these other riders without even killing himself that I'm starting to suspect their level is pretty ordinary.
it was the map on tour tracker, but apparently it's *** once a few riders have finished.
That tracker thing is such a mess and has been that way for years now... I guess they don't care about making it better.it was the map on tour tracker, but apparently it's *** once a few riders have finished.
Yesterday half the peloton came in with a few minutes to spare too, though. Will probably be only the Démare group.I see, there are still 115 riders out there with ~7 minutes to go, quite a few riders will probably miss the cut.