Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 13 (Le Bourg d’Oisans – Saint-Étienne, 193.6k)

[Samamba]

They need like 4 teams working. Lotto and Alpecin isn't enough cause the break will have 4 minutes after the next climb if they don't want to drop Ewan, Groenewegen etc. After that climb they need to hope that BEX, QS help (maybe talk with them and promise you won't try to drop those sprinters or something).

 

[roundabout]

Maybe BEX will help too at some point

But it will still be difficult

 

[SarahtheDane]

Who from the break do we think will take it, if they make it?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

The breakaways are so weak at the moment. Nobody wants to win

 

[SarahtheDane]

The breakaways are so weak at the moment. Nobody wants to win

How is this weak?

 

[Orbit501]

Well that was a pretty pointless exercise by Alpecin. They would have been better off just trying to get riders in the original break.

Now we have a very strong workable size break well and truly up the road. Can't see this coming back now.

 

[Orbit501]

How is this weak?

Quite. About as strong as it comes is this 7 rider group.

I hope there is a chance it all comes back, but it'll take some doing with this lot up the road.

 

[JRanton]

The breakaways are so weak at the moment. Nobody wants to win

What?

 

[Samamba]

The breakaways are so weak at the moment. Nobody wants to win

You definitely didn't watch the beginning of this stage

 

[Samamba]

So BEX helped Alpecin bringing that big break back while they had a rider in it and now that they don't have a rider in front they don't help chasing. Ok then.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Still think this can be a sprint. 2 minutes now, let's say 3 minutes after the next climb, but then Lotto and Alpecin can push the pace for 58 out of the 60 following kilometres to bring down the gap a bit ahead of the final categorised climb (not down to about a minute though because that means people will try to bridge). And then hope there are enough teams with a sprinter to ride for after that. Easier said than done with these engines up front but certainly given the wind, it seems possible.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

How is this weak?

What?

Well, today is not the weakest break, but when I saw it form, I though there was nobody interesting or exciting in it. And made me think how I've rarely been excites for breakaways in this race.

Where are all the riders? Mollema, Wellens, Fuglsang, Woods, Bonnamour, Rolland, Mezegc, Dombrowski, Velasco, Pinot, Storer, Dylan Teuns, Matej Mohoric, Damiano Caruso. Izagirr brothers have no form. Geschke can't be bothered to defend his kom. Don't know what Quickstep are doing. Bora has like 5 guys to send up the road on a stage like this. Cosnefroy? Paret Pantr e? Might as well be at the beach

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Hugo Houle might be the weakest rider in the break, and he rode like a one-man team in Paris-Nice. This is not a bad group at all.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Well, today is not the weakest break, but when I saw it form, I though there was nobody interesting or exciting in it. And made me think how I've rarely been excites for breakaways in this race.

Translation: I only care for breakaways that feature Masnada.

I mean, seriously, we have a former world champion, the reigning world and European TT champions, three seriously talented young riders and a former one-man team up the road, how are none of those interesting or exciting?

 

[sir fly]

They're keeping it in check, but have they scouted the final drag?
It might make them look dull.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Fewer sprinter stages -> less crashes. That's what we have seen this year, isn't it?

 

[Potomac]

oh god......McRossan and Roche ... they've been OK so far but now that a Brit won a stage they keep gushing about Pidcock.......

 

[frisenfruitig]

This is just perfect for JV, Alpécin and Lotto are chasing the breakaway only to get slaughtered by WVA at the finish.

 

[F_Cance]

lotto is in for a surprise. Really don't see Ewan winning this

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Translation: I only care for breakaways that feature Masnada.

I mean, seriously, we have a former world champion, the reigning world and European TT champions, three seriously talented young riders and a former one-man team up the road, how are none of those interesting or exciting?

From the 2018 and 2019 Giro we know that breakaways containing Masnada are the best kind.

Pedersen I'm no that excited about
Ganna is a time trialist, for me he's boring
Kung slightly less boring but I don't see much personality
Simmons dodgy politics
Houle. Nice guy. Don't know about him and no results.
Jorgenson. Boring rider.
Wright. Seems like a nice guy. Maybe I support him if it stays away. But I don't get excited about random young riders with no wins.

It's just a dull breakaway

 

[Samamba]

Alpecin and Lotto won't have riders left to chase Van Aert when he attacks at 10k from the finish lol

 

[Samamba]

From the 2018 and 2019 Giro we know that breakaways containing Masnada are the best kind.

Pedersen I'm no that excited about
Ganna is a time trialist, for me he's boring
Kung slightly less boring but I don't see much personality
Simmons dodgy politics
Houle. Nice guy. Don't know about him and no results.
Jorgenson. Boring rider.
Wright. Seems like a nice guy. Maybe I support him if it stays away. But I don't get excited about random young riders with no wins.

It's just a dull breakaway

llmaestro99 trolls to much, it's getting boring

 

[gregrowlerson]

lotto is in for a surprise. Really don't see Ewan winning this

They won't need to work on many other days, so may as well go all in here for a slight chance of a stage win.

 

[yaco]

So BEX helped Alpecin bringing that big break back while they had a rider in it and now that they don't have a rider in front they don't help chasing. Ok then.

BEX did not help Alpecin bring the break back ! The biggest problem was not Alpecin chasing the three rider break BUT the initial three riders in the break not allowing the 1115+ riders to join - Once they join there are 20 riders in the break and it's a done deal.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

llmaestro99 trolls to much, it's getting boring

Dude it's just my thoughts, I'm no trolling. Maybe I should just filter them a bit better. Not every rider is a super exciting interesting guy with charisma and panache and intelligence.