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

[Devil's Elbow]

Only good climbers can win a mountain stage lol
Sprinting is part of cycling, it's that simple. 9 sprint stages is dumb tho, but so are 3. Riders also need easier stages. Do you really think everyone in the peloton is happy is every stage is hard?

Pidcock is maybe the 10th or 15th-best climber in the race but still wins on the most iconic MTF. The 10th-best sprinter has no chance of winning the most iconic sprint. Also, it usually isn't a choice between sprints and mountain stages, rather a choice between a guaranteed sprint and a day where you have some climbs to drop the sprinters who can't climb or help out the breakaway. Basically the Carcassonne stage last year versus the stage this year.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

How bad is Sagan btw? Being dropped on this stage. He'll come back probably because the whole Lotto team will try to get Ewan back but still

Caught Covid for the eighth time maybe?

 

[frisenfruitig]

Because of the size and composition of the break, and the parcours still to come for the pure sprinters and their teams.
Having said that, the peloton are doing a better job of pegging things than I thought they would, so you never know.
Now the Ewan crash just tips things even more in favour of the break, but that's balanced out by the Steppers now getting involved I suppose.

They never had a big gap though, I know we've got guys like Ganna and Kung but unless the peloton stop chasing it's going to be very hard to stay ahead. Especially if JV are going to start chasing too.

 

[Samamba]

Doubt Ewan comes back tbh. F*cked over by the cars not being behind the bunch.

 

[StryderHells]

You are disenfranchising one type of bike rider - Not every rider is Wout Van Aert - Then you wont have the story of Mark Cavendish.

Yeah I’m still struggling to see what the issue is here, look at the route and bring the riders to suit it. If your riders are better suited to other GT’s then take them to those races.

 

[noob]

Caught Covid for the eighth time maybe?

Almost right; it would be his fifth

 

[frisenfruitig]

Ewan is done

 

[Tim Cahill]

They should try and get rid of QS here

Edit: dropped

 

[Devil's Elbow]

That's too early for Jakobsen to go out the back. Weird that QS pulled and then didn't even bother to position him for the climb.

 

[noob]

Pog at the front

 

[Danskebjerge]

Trek doing an EF right now.

 

[shalgo]

Van Aert now has more green jersey points than second and third place combined, not sure I've ever seen that before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Tour_de_France#Points_classification

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Tour_de_France#Points_classification

 

[KZD]

The break won't be caught even with Simmons dropping as the GC teams are ones in front now.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Caught Covid for the eighth time maybe?

He looked like the old Peter Sagan in the first few stages, but after the crash on Stage 5, he really seems to have lost his power/confidence/motivation. TotalEnergies can't be happy considering how much they are paying him.

 

[Samamba]

Sprinter teams gambling right now. Taking it slow so that Jakobsen and Groenewegen stay on board. Their teams will be chasing after the climb I think, but it's going to be really hard against such a strong break.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Fred Wright doesn't seem to have been that affected by any unsavoury hotel raids this tour either.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

He looked like the old Peter Sagan in the first few stages, but after the crash on Stage 5, he really seems to have lost his power/confidence/motivation. TotalEnergies can't be happy considering how much they are paying him.

If Total were really expecting him to perform anywhere near proportionately to his salary they were deluding themselves.

 

[DenisMenchov]

I have Ganna @50, Kung@50 and Pedersen@15, I didn't get a single bet this Tour. Surely I can't lose now, right?

 

[Red Rick]

When they decided Jakobsen would go to the Tour I don't think they did a speedbump climbing test.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Van Aert must be disappointed that Lotto and Quickstep gave up.

 

[frisenfruitig]

Van Aert must be disappointed that Lotto and Quickstep gave up.

JV should at least add 1 or 2 riders to chase, this is almost a free win for them

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Simmons getting dropped and the Ewan crash has completely changed the break. Likely to be a lone winner now

 

[Danskebjerge]

Doubt Ewan comes back tbh. F*cked over by the cars not being behind the bunch.

Bike races should be about the strength of the riders and the teams. Not about cars.

 

[frisenfruitig]

Lol suddenly BEX realize they probably should chase... Idiots

 

[Devil's Elbow]

BikeExchange's timing remains unrivalled.