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

[RobertCrawley]

2:30.

 

[Stringer Bell]

The problem will be the final climb - peloton can’t go full whack otherwise the sprinters will pop

 

[Sciatic]

BEX way too twitchy in their cornering today!

 

[Samamba]

I think Philipsen only has 1 guy left in the bunch (and that's his leadout so), maybe DSM could ride for Dainese. Also Wanty could start riding for Kristoff.

 

[KZD]

Groenewegen saying before the start they can't be the only team to control this stage but then they don't help Lotto and Alpecin chasing till 40k before the finish lol.

They are a joke of a team, they deserve to be relegated, I would only feel bad about Simon Yates if that happens. The break will never be catched

 

[Danskebjerge]

This is how I would wish every "sprinter stage" was.

 

[Tim Cahill]

"Houle sounds like he was named by someone who's been punched in the tummy, maybe he's going to do just that"

Laughed at that one I have to admit

 

[Devil's Elbow]

This is how I would wish every "sprinter stage" was.

I mean, the ideal scenario would have been cat-and-mouse all the way to the line, like Cort's final stage win at last year's Vuelta. Might have happened without the Ewan crash too.

 

[Rackham]

BEX way too twitchy in their cornering today!

Disc brakes are a *** on these bikes.

 

[glassmoon]

So... what wad BEX waiting for before they started to work too late?

 

[Stelvio]

So... what wad BEX waiting for before they started to work too late?

Getting over the cat 3.

 

[Potomac]

When this thread started I was going to post something like "Flat stage, how will Uran arrange to lose time" but I didn't because I didn't want to be mean. However, Uran didn't disappoint.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Küng and Pedersen have quite a long history of sitting together in breakaways ...

 

[postmanhat]

I think Philipsen only has 1 guy left in the bunch (and that's his leadout so), maybe DSM could ride for Dainese. Also Wanty could start riding for Kristoff.

Didn't realise Kristoff was still there. Agree it's pretty sad that both teams aren't helping. It's not like either of those riders are going to have a better opportunity than this to shine.

 

[yaco]

I suspect there was on-the-road management issues between BEX and Alpecin - BEX had a rider in the secondary group which Alpecin chased down, so BEX who have a stage win may have decided that Alpecin needs to bring back the break - This often happens in races - Anyway at least BEX have made it exciting for the remainder of the stage.

 

[roundabout]

I think it's over for the stage now, unless Jumbo gets greedy or smth

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I think it's over for the stage now, unless Jumbo gets greedy or smth

It's too late even if Jumbo take over.

 

[Danskebjerge]

I mean, the ideal scenario would have been cat-and-mouse all the way to the line, like Cort's final stage win at last year's Vuelta. Might have happened without the Ewan crash too.

Let's see what today's final will bring. But really, anything else than 100 kilometers of knowing that a breakaway will get caught is good for me.

 

[Ricco']

I think it's over for the stage now, unless Jumbo gets greedy or smth

2'15 for 15km with big engines like Kung and Ganna upfront is impossible to bring back.

Even if those two were alone in the break I don't think the peloton could do it.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Weird riding from BEX and Wanty. the break would have to do something very stupid to get caught from here

 

[Sciatic]

I think the typical break of smaller teams would probably be caught in this scenario, but I don’t see how these 3 BEX guys are going to take 2 minutes back from those big engines/superior rouleurs in this break, even if they have been out front all day.

Ed. Ricco beat me to it

 

[search]

Getting over the cat 3.

I think Groenewegen couldn't go much quicker, so it made sense. No idea why they are not using Mezgec and Schultz as well, though - both are still in the bunch. It could have made the difference. Now it's too late.

Edit: okay, Mezgec is working now

 

[Samamba]

Didn't realise Kristoff was still there. Agree it's pretty sad that both teams aren't helping. It's not like either of those riders are going to have a better opportunity than this to shine.

Kristoff was dropped earlier in the race, not feeling great. DSM probably only cares about DSM. Tbf beating Groenewegen is pretty hard for them anyways.

 

[roundabout]

it's over

 

[Danskebjerge]

BikeExit.