Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 11 (Albertville – Col du Granon Serre Chevalier, 151.7k)

[Scarponi]

All of this stuff about Pogacar not having team mates, Cadel won a tour with barely even flat support lol and Pog is a lot stronger

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Telegraphe is not a launch pad. Just there to put fatigue in the legs

 

[bob.a.feet]

JV get a lot of flak on here but Ineos are doing a very good job of riding conservatively and hiding for the entire tour.

Very true. They're not riding for yellow.

 

[roundabout]

UAE at 3 riders left with 75km of the stage to do with nearly half of that uphill

 

[Valv.Piti]

Galibier isolated is hard enough to do what you want to accomplish for Jumbo. Besides, its not a super slow tempo in the bunch either

 

[Samamba]

UAE at 3 riders left with 75km of the stage to do with nearly half of that uphill

Looks like he hired Mohoric and Tratnik tho

 

[SarahtheDane]

Damn, I have money on Pogacar as today's winner. I really thought his ego would want the victory on Granon. And will be happy if Vingegaard wins instead. What a clown I'll look like when Van Aert wins.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Dani Martinez dropped before Dainese. He's clearly not healthy and it's gonna be a looong day for him.

 

[Bonimenier]

VDP abandon

 

[Didinho]

Mathieu DNF

 

[Volderke]

WvA will soon find out that forcing all other sprinters OTL is the easiest way to secure the green jersey.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Galibier isolated is hard enough to do what you want to accomplish for Jumbo. Besides, its not a super slow tempo in the bunch either

They have lost a bit of time (not much, but still) to the breakaway since the climb started.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

So Van der Poel did a Contador on Bonaigua today?

 

[Valv.Piti]

They have lost a bit of time (not much, but still) to the breakaway since the climb started.

Sure, but I have seen Ineos pace climbs like this considerably slower. I actually still have nightmares about that stuff.

 

[Netserk]

Why would you not set a decent pace up Télégraphe if the plan was to isolate Pogacar and attack on Galibier?

Because the full ascent is 1½ hour. They would only have Benoot to do Télégraphe, better to concentrate their effort on Galibier (which is plenty hard on its own). And the bigger the gap to the break, the easier Van Aert can pace himself when he waits.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Good decision from MVDP. Get a proper rest and a long training camp buildup for worlds.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Sure, but I have seen Ineos pace climbs like this considerably slower. I actually still have nightmares about that stuff.

Yes, and how many times did another team end up blowing up the race early when Ineos was setting that kind of pace into the second half of the stage?

 

[bob.a.feet]

How on earth did that team terrorize us for almost a decade...

Peak Stannard climbing > Kuss.

Different gravy.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Because the full ascent is 1½ hour. They would only have Benoot to do Télégraph, better to concentrate their effort on Galibier (which is plenty hard on its own). And the bigger the gap to the break, the easier Van Aert can pace himself when he waits.

Exactly.

Rolf wanted to go from the bottom. Well, he always wants to go from the bottom of the first climb everyday. I wouldnt want to be his rider if he was DS

 

[Extinction]

Mathieu DNF

As expected. He should only have done the Giro, rest up, and take it from there.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Wout's ego seems to be bigger than his homecountry...

 

[The Clogger]

Van Aert broke MvdP.

 

[Extinction]

All of this stuff about Pogacar not having team mates, Cadel won a tour with barely even flat support lol and Pog is a lot stronger

Or Lemond in 89, but it's a different game now.

 

[Tim Cahill]

ROGLA ATTACK

 

[Bonimenier]

Lift off