Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 9: Cluses – Tignes, 144.9 km

[MartinGT]

Dan Lloyd is wrong about the time cut

 

[Eclipse]

Pogacar put ~35 seconds on the reset in 2 km of climbing and 2 km of false flat, LMAO.

The others were clearly stop start a bit today. Different race

 

[JosefK]

Pog making time

He had mercy, today. Just a little beatdown. No nukes.

 

[MartinGT]

Nairoman looks like an old man being helped to the toilet there

 

[hq87]

Pogacar probably going to beat Morton to the Paris at this rate.

 

[Red Rick]

Pogacar put ~35 seconds on the reset in 2 km of climbing and 2 km of false flat, LMAO.

He was chilling too

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Pog did his cool down when he dropped everyone else...

 

[sir fly]

Shame the weather wasn't better.
It would've made the viewing pleasure complete.
Didn't affect the racing, though. On contrary.

Wonder how far O'Connor can get from here.

 

[Amazinmets87]

So, it's looking like Cav will finish outside the time limit?

 

[IndianCyclist]

Pogacar the tourist of france

 

[JosefK]

Tremendous ride by O'Connor.

 

[Eclipse]

So, it's looking like Cav will finish outside the time limit?

I'll eat my proverbial hat if they DQ him

 

[Tim Cahill]

Another 30 seconds for the Disputedly Balkan rider

 

[BullsFan22]

I remember going to Slovenia with my parents shortly after their independence, maybe it was '92 or '93, I especially remember the "Ljubljana Schnitzel" we ate in Ljubalana - it was a cordon bleu, but like half a finger thick slab of ham and an equally big chunk of emmentaler or some cheese - and we stayed in a hotel somewhere for a night: anyone who'd doubt Slovenia was Ostblock back then, doesn't know what they are talking about imo.

It was a little bit less strange than Poland and Slovakia (which we also travelled through), but it really wasn't like going on vacation to Germany or even Italy.

But Slovenija (then part of Jugoslavija) wasn’t ‘eastern block.’ It was never part of the Warsaw Pact.

 

[burning]

I'll eat my proverbial hat if they DQ him

He (and Matthews?) might lose his points though.

 

[Poursuivant]

Did Ineos think they were going to crack Pogacar or just riding in their race for second as if Pogacar is a ghost?

I thought it was pretty obvious they started riding to set up an attack for Carapaz on his podium rivals, but he didn’t look great Richie, maybe those wasted attacks last few days caught ip on him.

Interesting who gets podium now. I fancy Uran to make it.

 

[N4no_O]

Great ride by Colbrelli

Green jersey ride

 

[movingtarget]

What a ride by O'Connor. The Ineos tactic must be to give O'Connor a false sense of security. ............Seems more than a few teams don't figure he's a podium threat even though he was rated a solid top 10 chance before the start. He also rode well at the Dauphine. He has a nice gap over third place at the moment.

 

[bigcog]

Ouch that's gonna be tight! Hope froome makes it.

Froome probably doesn't hope he does..

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

I've a feeling they will extend the time cut because of the weather rather than lose the green jersey

 

[railxmig]

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.

 

[N4no_O]

I've a feeling they will extend the time cut because of the weather rather than lose the green jersey

what's the point to have time limit then?

 

[Amazinmets87]

I'll eat my proverbial hat if they DQ him

How many riders are in his group? The smaller the group, the higher the odds they're disqualified. That said, I still think it's more likely he's not DQd even if he rode in solo.

 

[JosefK]

What a ride by O'Connor. The Ineos tactic must be to give O'Connor a false sense of security. ............Seems more than a few teams don't figure he's a podium threat even though he was rated a solid top 10 chance before the start. He also rode well at the Dauphine. He has a nice gap over third place at the moment.

O'Connor has a big chance to make the podium now. Minutes ahead of next threat.

 

[Poursuivant]

Please, please stop with the geo-politics of Slovenia. The Clinic is full of it already