Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 12 (Briançon – Alpe d’Huez, 165.1k)

[Samamba]

The cho cho Jumbo Tour has begun.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Hug of the day goes to Chris Froome.

 

[Gigs_98]

Sky really took Thomas and made him an all time boring gc rider

 

[KOM]

Tour is over in terms of entertaintment... We had a good first weeks and 1 all time epic stage though so all things considering still the best tour in 10 years easily

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Miha81]

Now I feel heartbroken for Pog :O

The way this sport shifts is insane.

I feel hearthbroken because this will now be a borefest until the ITT. Man in yellow wheelsucking behind 4 or 5 teammates all the time only covering the lonely contender. I hope some other will surprise me but I think TDF is over.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What a boring stage. Not a single attack from the top 2 in GC! (Before the stage)

Well done, Pidcock, Meintjes and Froome.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Tour is over in terms of entertaintment... We had a good first weeks and 1 all time epic stage though so all things considering still the best tour in 10 years easily

Disagree. Pog will recover and give V a serious challenge in the Pyrenees.

 

[ontheroad]

Vingegaard too strong for them and he can defend all the way to Paris now. The finish was very anticlimatic though and it was strange why he wouldn't at least try to attack Pog in the final kilometres to try and put the tour to bed.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Vingegaard has no spacial awareness, he almost crash Thomas in the sprint

 

[KZD]

not putting final nail into Pog, Thomas and others will bite JV in the ass in 3rd week

I don't think so, Vingegård and Jumbo look too strong.

 

[KOM]

Disagree. Pog will recover and give V a serious challenge in the Pyrenees.

I hope your right... cycling has taught me its impossible to be too pessimistic though

 

[DenisMenchov]

Meintjes seems like such a nice guy.

I tell you G has them right where he wants them.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Howling at Kruijswijk stealthing his way to a top 10 GC, if you just keep your head down Steven then maybe nobody will notice/ask you to sit up once your actual job is done.

It's exactly what I'd do in his situation.

 

[Eclipse]

I feel hearthbroken because this will now be a borefest until the ITT. Man in yellow wheelsucking behind 4 or 5 teammates all the time only covering the lonely contender. I hope some other will surprise me but I think TDF is over.

I think we'll still see some haymakers. UAE and Pog aren't here for a podium place and Ineos have cards to play.

 

[Didinho]

Will it be this hot in the pyrenees? Hoping for a better Pogi there

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

It’s a risky game trying to ride defensively to hold a lead on Pogacar.

 

[HelloDolly]

Tour is over in terms of entertaintment... We had a good first weeks and 1 all time epic stage though so all things considering still the best tour in 10 years easily

Jeez ..what a downer ...the tour isnt over with Pogacar ..please

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

The story has been that Pogacar is a level above previous champions like Froome and Contador. Yesterday, Quintana and GT put 2 minutes into Pogacar. Today, Pogacar and the new Pogacar, Vingegaard, finished in the same time as GT who, at his absolute peak, Tour-winning form, narrowly nipped Dumoulin and Froome at the line on the Alpe, despite them having already ridden the Giro. So...they're actually not a level above previous champions like Froome and Contador?

 

[Moondance]

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Would be a non-EPO record time for the leading riders. Faster than Quintana in 2015

 

[GroupDK]

Froome.. well-done lad..
Impressive stagewin to Pidcock.. TdF-d'Huez win on his rep..

 

[Peyroteo94]

How the best rider in the world can have a awful team? There are 4 jumbos and Majka is dropping

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Pidcock seemingly not living up to his potential all spring makes sense because he clearly has refocused himself as a GC rider rather than a Classics rider. Huge potential.

 

[RobertCrawley]

It’s a risky game trying to ride defensively to hold a lead on Pogacar.

Pog is a champion. He'll give it everything he has.

 

[ppanther92]

Tour is over in terms of entertaintment...

Pogacar will keep on trying. Bear in mind he was completely destroyed yesterday. So comparably great recovery already. But obviously JV is by far the strongest team.