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

[Samamba]

Latour is notorious for being a bad descender.

Got 10 times worse since is hard crash earlier this year tho.

 

[tobydawq]

What is Pid? I know what *** is (a male chicken, or is it called rooster) but not sure what a pid is.

Why is CN censoring male roosters?

 

[glassmoon]

Latour is notorious for being a bad descender.

yeah but that looked bad even by his standard

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

What is Pid? I know what *** is (a male chicken, or is it called rooster) but not sure what a pid is.

Wiki says - "The ancient Anglo-Saxon surname Pidcock came from Paeda the first Christian King of Mercia. The surname Pidcock referred to the son of Paeda which belongs to the category of patronymic surnames."

 

[RobertCrawley]

Wiki says - "The ancient Anglo-Saxon surname Pidcock came from Paeda the first Christian King of Mercia. The surname Pidcock referred to the son of Paeda which belongs to the category of patronymic surnames."

That explains it.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Twitter is back.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Who is in the WaWa group and haven’t they left this a bit late?

 

[Tim Cahill]

You shouldn't be allowed to draft the cars to compensate for poor bike handling skills

 

[tobydawq]

You shouldn't be allowed to draft the cars to compensate for poor bike handling skills

Perhaps not but it would also be a bit problematic if the rest of the peloton are denied access to the service cars because one guy is a worse descender than the love-child of Ilnur Zakarin's grandmother and Sébastien Reichenbach's grandfather.

 

[SarahtheDane]

Bit of a mediocre break, no?

I mean, we have a 4 time tour winner in there!

 

[TMP402]

What is Pid? I know what *** is (a male chicken, or is it called rooster) but not sure what a pid is.

"Hancock is an English surname. It is derived from a given name, a short form of the name Johan combined with the hypocoristic suffix -cok which came into fashion in the 13th century, from cok "c0ck", applied to "a young lad who strutted proudly like a c0ck"."

So I'd guess "Pid" is a corruption or "Peter" or something like that.

 

[noob]

Was it Matxin out with covid now?

 

[SafeBet]

Got 10 times worse since is hard crash earlier this year tho.

It got really worse after a few crashes earlier in his career (especially the one in 2019 I think). Ever since then he's been hands down the worst descender in the peloton.

 

[spalco]

Who is in the WaWa group and haven’t they left this a bit late?

Pidders and Froomey Dawg are less embarrassing nicknames than Wawa.

 

[ruamruam]

So it was Froome why Pogacar lost the jersey yesterday. He knew something.

"Chris Froome confidently revealed that he'd told his Israel-Premier Tech teammates on Wednesday morning that the Slovenian, winner of the past two Tours, would not be in yellow by the end of the day. "

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chris-froome-i-was-quite-sure-pogacar-would-lose-tour-de-france-lead/

He also predicted that no one would take the jersey from Pogačar three days ago!

Chris Froome: I don't see anyone taking Tour yellow jersey away from Pogačar

The last man to dominate at the Tour de France, Chris Froome is glad to be in the mountains.

cyclingtips.com

 

[Samu Cuenca]

You shouldn't be allowed to draft the cars to compensate for poor bike handling skills

Does this also apply to riders drafting behind Van Aert?

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

I don't know how anyone with a pulse could watch Froome, after 3 years of suffering and mockery, hang onto a total madman on that descent and bridge to the attack without feeling a bit of respect. It's not his fault the team is overpaying for him. They presumably did medical and physical evaluations. It's hard to argue he hasn't give it 100% to get back. Great to see, even though I expect him to finish 30 minutes off the lead at the end of the day.

 

[glassmoon]

Froome dropped just as the climb starts... or was he just getting back from the car?

 

[Rackham]

This breakaway is depressing for French viewers.

It's July 14th & Anthony Perez is their only hope. It's not what they expected this morning. Oh & people will probably soon start to hate Jumbo again when they crush Alpe with a sky train.

 

[Didinho]

Froome dropped just as the climb starts... or was he just getting back from the car?

Yoyoing started

 

[shalgo]

Why is CN censoring male roosters?

The same reason they censor the given name of the former head of WADA.

 

[Rollthedice]

He also predicted that no one would take the jersey from Pogačar three days ago!

Chris Froome: I don't see anyone taking Tour yellow jersey away from Pogačar

The last man to dominate at the Tour de France, Chris Froome is glad to be in the mountains.

cyclingtips.com

When he retires, if that's possible in the next decade, Froome will turn into the best pundit cycling has ever seen of heard. He'll burst onto the scene so fast and unpredictable similar with his outstanding and bizzare pro career.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Yoyoing started

Carlton beside himself he isn't there to commentate on Dawg's amazing recovery skills.

 

[Fantastico]

This breakaway is depressing for French viewers.

It's July 14th & Anthony Perez is their only hope. It's not what they expected this morning. Oh & people will probably soon start to hate Jumbo again when they crush Alpe with a sky train.

A lot of teams will not be satisfied with this break. Great chance to win a stage if Jumbo does not increase the pace before AdH, but many teams didn't make the cut.

 

[MartinGT]

Blythe FFS