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

[topcat]

Who wouldn't love to see Louis in yellow at the end of the day? If it does happen, you can be sure he'll attack in yellow all the way to Paris. He's not the kind of rider who would ride defensively for an underwhelming top ten. Louis, we're behind you all the way.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Who wouldn't love to see Louis in yellow at the end of the day? If it does happen, you can be sure he'll attack in yellow all the way to Paris. He's not the kind of rider who would ride defensively for an underwhelming top ten. Louis, we're behind you all the way.

That would be fun but I imagine Gumbo will pick it up if Meintjes gets close to the virtual yellow.

 

[topcat]

Yes. We needed Jumbo because of Pogacar. Now we need Pog because of Jumbo. And everyone else is an aside.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

So Lotto finally send guys back to help Ewan, he must have convinced them he can survive today.

 

[Potomac]

Maybe he can get a pull from that van marked Voiture Balais

 

[Samamba]

Time limit would probably be in excess of 40 minutes so Ewan and co should make it

Isn't it going to be more like 30 minutes? No way it's as much as a real mountain stage.
And I don't think they'll make 30 minutes tbh.

 

[ice&fire]

Maybe he can get a pull from that van marked Voiture Balais

A pull? Voiture Balais, as its name says, is supposed to sweep them.

 

[Netserk]

Isn't it going to be more like 30 minutes? No way it's as much as a real mountain stage.
And I don't think they'll make 30 minutes tbh.

Tour de France 2022 time limit calculator

 

[RobertCrawley]

Isn't it going to be more like 30 minutes? No way it's as much as a real mountain stage.
And I don't think they'll make 30 minutes tbh.

Bobke calculated 35-36 minutes. I imagine Ewan wants to be there for Stage 18 and the Champs, but he hurt his knee on that fall and the Pyrenees are coming up.

 

[Amazinmets87]

Meintjes is going to be gifted a 3rd Tour top-10?

 

[shalgo]

Who is this attacking rider and what did he do with the real Louis Meintjes?

 

[Eclipse]

As expected, Michael Matthews goes solo at 50k out...

 

[Tim Cahill]

Rarer than a hen's tooth it's the Michael Matthews attack out in the wild!

 

[Netserk]

Good moment for Bling with the tailwind.

 

[spalco]

How ridiculous would it be for Ewans to survive Granon and Alpe d'Huez and OTL on this stage? If the time gap is 21 minutes now, it could get hard for his group.

 

[DenisMenchov]

Meintjes is going to be gifted a 3rd Tour top-10?

He worked a lot for it to be honest. Poor guy got massive hate on the forum for ninja performances a couple of years ago, but I think he was just doing what he was best at. Now that he can't keep up with the strongest guys he changed his tactics, but every time he gave his absolute best, and like I previously said, he seems like a really nice person. I hope he can even get yellow today, but that looks very unlikely now.

 

[Tim Cahill]

It's actually quite a good attack to be fair

 

[Netserk]

Dangerous split caused by Kron.

 

[Netserk]

Grossschartner attacks!

 

[Netserk]

EF and Israel with the responsibility to chase now.

 

[Netserk]

Bling

Lulu
Kron
Grossschartner

Rest of the break.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Who wouldn't love to see Louis in yellow at the end of the day? If it does happen, you can be sure he'll attack in yellow all the way to Paris. He's not the kind of rider who would ride defensively for an underwhelming top ten. Louis, we're behind you all the way.

King Louis....The Tenth.

 

[Netserk]

Photographer splitting the break.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Big fail by EF and Israel not to have anyone with these front four. Really they should just sacrifice one rider now and then try to bridge on the upcoming climb.

 

[Netserk]

Bonnamour tries to bridge across.