Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 1 (Copenhagen – Copenhagen, 13.2k/ITT)

[Red Rick]

Yeah, but even accounting for that the difference is a bit too large imo

I think he has a strong endurance engine and good fatigue resistnace, so his 20 minute power doesn't really decline that much over a hard race but his "TT fresh" power isn't all that amazing.

 

[danielovichdk2]

20km/h cross/head is never enough

It will be a perfect south west wind tomorrow and they get jammed in it both before and at the bridge.

Perfect stage tomorrow for chaos

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Perhaps he had dry roads

He didn't. Water doesn't dry up moments after it stops raining.

 

[Sciatic]

Also Vingeegard is 1 second in front of Roglic, which means Roglic is now a domestique.

Yeah, but you know the bookies always say home-field advantage is worth at least 3 seconds (okay, maybe it’s points not seconds, but still).

 

[Sciatic]

Pogacar
Vingegaard +8”
Roglic +9”
Yates +16”
Thomas +18”
Vlasov +24”
Martínez +37”
Bardet +38”
Quintana +42”
Caruso +48”
Enric Mas +49”

We could end up with that exact order ( with slightly bigger time gaps ) for final GC standings in 3 weeks (assuming they all stays healthy and upright).

 

[KenFiamingo]

The balaclava riders must feel pretty rediculous with none of them not even close to the top10.

 

[Hugh Januss]

Also Vingeegard is 1 second in front of Roglic, which means Roglic is now a domestique.

To be fair it's actually :00.25 seconds. They are both in a good position to be better than anyone not named Pogacar.

 

[Andre]

Bow-Wow. What a great day for Belgium!

 

[Andre]

What if he was French?

You cannot be Belgium...you can however, be Belgian

 

[Andre]

You cannot be Belgium...you can however, be Belgian

sorry...that was meant for the guy you were responding to.

 

[GroupDK]

The spectators were fantastic, so packed along the way & cheerful on every single rider..even in these wet conditions.
It was a lot of talk about TDF or Formula1.. though would have loved to see Formula1 on this inner Copenhagen city track.
and would have been nice with a Formula1 race in Scandinavia.

 

[Phillip O'Garner]

So how much time did Thomas give away by riding the TT in his overcoat? I'm sure there are some aero experts out there.

 

[JosefK]

Zubeldia strategy early for Mollema.

 

[Zoef-Lightning]

He didn't. Water doesn't dry up moments after it stops raining.

The track was still wet, but not flooded like between 4.30 and 5.30 pm. That makes a huge difference, especially in the turns. But to a lesser extent also on a straight road. Pure physics and hydraulics. Strange that you don't know. The various news sites are already queuing up to take over your comment
In addition, you will be able to read in various news sites that the wind had turned at the end, so the last kilometers were tailwind. That explains the fantastic second half of Lampaert even more.

 

[danielovichdk2]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1542907398960078850

View: https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1542907398960078850?s=20&t=LQ8SBhT7Gu4uZcocfgruzw

 

[Extinction]

I was rooting for Ganna, but somehow knew he would not pull through (he won't admit it, but the pressure and expectation, with the inclement conditions, got to him), that said Pogacar crushed it...not good for the competition.

 

[masking_agent]

Interesting new format to ITT prologue ? I always thought the defending tour champion started last ? Special treatment for Poga already ?

 

[JosefK]

So just how thermonuclear was Pogi, today? Arguments for and against ... For: (1) Beats Roglic by 9 seconds. Against: (1) Only beats Yates by 16 seconds. For: (2) Faster than Ganna. Against: (2) Slower than Lampaert. For/Against recalibration: Just 10 seconds faster than Mollema ... or, 10 seconds faster than the Dutch TT champion.

 

[Bonimenier]

Interesting new format to ITT prologue ? I always thought the defending tour champion started last ? Special treatment for Poga already ?

I'm not sure about the history of the rules, but it looks like it's just the team of the defending champion that has to start last. We should be glad Pogacar wasn't forced to start last or he would have taken 30s already.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Interesting new format to ITT prologue ? I always thought the defending tour champion started last ? Special treatment for Poga already ?

The defending champion's team will by convention start last, but they can put their riders in any order they want. If starting last would be disadvantageous (for example if rain is forecast) it would be unfair to allow all other teams to put their GC favourites at the optimal time and make the defending champion ride in worse conditions. By convention in 'normal' conditions going at the end, when they have the full frame of reference of what the target time is and can avoid the worst of the sun, is advantageous and so is defending champions' privilege, but it is not always the case so it is at the teams' discretion.

Like a lot of teams, UAE felt that conditions would worsen so had Pogi go earlier on, however the weather in fact eased off and meant riders starting late on had better conditions.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulations to Yves Lampaert for winning the opening stage and taking yellow.

Was a nice stage to watch and as suspected much more technical (with or without the weather involved). Too bad for Bissi and Laporte. For such a short TT i must say that the differences in GC are already huge. Pogi did a bit better then i expected in regards to Rogla. Rogla likely rode rather reserved in the second half. But in the end i am OK with his performance. Tratnik said he is happy with the result. Moho said he lost 3s in the first corner and it only got worse after. Mezgec said he only cared about finishing today and they plan to push hard tomorrow for Dylan.

JV would likely be perfectly OK if van Aert took yellow today. As likely they plan to race aggressive in the following days.

 

[jmdirt]

YL!

I told you guys he could win here!

Interesting new format to ITT prologue ? I always thought the defending tour champion started last ? Special treatment for Poga already ?

...just sayin'.

 

[MartinGT]

MvdP won't top 10

Excusez-Moi

 

[kingjr]

Van der Poel literally looks like he's trying to get his face more aero

He always does that with his face. Michel Wuyts used to think it was an indication that he was feeling particularly strong in a CX race.

 

[Ricco']

The balaclava riders must feel pretty rediculous with none of them not even close to the top10.

They make the EF Magic Mushrooms look like better options in comparison.