Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 14 (Saint-Étienne – Mende, 192.5k)

[Devil's Elbow]

Lotto are having one nightmare of a Tour...

 

[RobertCrawley]

He's hardly going to matter for Pog anyway today imo.

Giving your riders chances to try things probably goes a long way towards making them fall in line when you actually need.

He's not been very helpful to Pog lately on the climbs. I thought they wanted to make him useful by getting him in the break and supporting Pog in the last kilometers. Maybe that will still happen.

 

[yaco]

What gap do the front four need? Maybe 30'' would be enough.

I think 50 to 60 seconds.

 

[Samamba]

Straight up joke this

 

[Eclipse]

What gap do the front four need? Maybe 30'' would be enough.

Imo 45 presuming at least one of the climbers has good legs.

Feels like on paper it should be a fairly easy win for Pinot at this point, he's done nothing at all while everyone else has made bridging efforts or closing efforts.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Unlucky for Kron - he was looking the strongest of those up front

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Tim Cahill]

Giving away yellow would be the big brain play I think, won't happen as it will fall on the last climb

 

[saganftw]

Monkeys is the south african g.martin

 

[RobertCrawley]

Giving away yellow would be the big brain play I think, won't happen as it will fall on the last climb

I think that would be seen as not honoring yellow if V gave it away.

 

[tobydawq]

I want one thing

For the breakaway fight to not eat into GC guy television time

It seems like the cycling gods have granted us this one.

 

[spalco]

Ooh, the peloton has thinned out a lot already.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Ooh, the peloton has thinned out a lot already.

There were already splits going into the climb.

 

[Netserk]

Ooh, the peloton has thinned out a lot already.

Most without motivation to push it.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Ineos might start drilling it here to keep the GC position for G and Pidders the hobbittses.

 

[Eclipse]

Gap creeping out for the leaders again.

It's basically 7 JV and not much else left lol.

 

[Netserk]

Pidcock done.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Pidcock in trouble

 

[postmanhat]

Looks like it might be the day that Pidcock gives up any GC pretensions.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Looks like it might be the day that Pidcock gives up any GC pretensions.

Next year

 

[Andy262]

Enjoying this stage. Meintjes has played a blinder, even if he's the least explosive cyclist ever. Unbelievably I find myself rooting for Bling.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Looks like it might be the day that Pidcock gives up any GC pretensions.

The climb up d'Huez did him in, but it was worth it.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Looks like it might be the day that Pidcock gives up any GC pretensions.

He seems to have on and off days a lot, he is still really young but that is not a good indication for future GC aspirations.

 

[postmanhat]

Kron is back to the chasers at least

 

[Rollthedice]

Meintjes is sinking in the GC.