Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 15 (Rodez – Carcassonne, 202.5k)

[SarahtheDane]

Do we think Mørkøv will make it or not?

He probably has covid without testing positive.

 

[Bonimenier]

Do we think Mørkøv will make it or not?

He probably has covid without testing positive.

I think he will because they upped the time limit because of the heat.

Their DS said he isn't sick, but got caught by the heat in the start of the stage.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Do we think Mørkøv will make it or not?

He probably has covid without testing positive.

He can lose another 25 minutes until the finish without being in trouble, so unless he's totally empty when he starts climbing again, I expect him to make it.

 

[sir fly]

Do we think Mørkøv will make it or not?

He probably has covid without testing positive.

Do we don't think, or Mørkøv won't make it?
Be more precise.

 

[tobydawq]

Do we don't think, or Mørkøv won't make it?
Be more precise.

Uh...

 

[noob]

My television is killing this stage. In an absolutely non good way. Image freezes each fifth second. Thank goodness for Live. But too annoyed to care.

 

[houtdffan]

I'm quite fine by that (40 kms being considered long, that is).

a 40k TT is fine...

if the other one is like 75km

 

[AlfaLum]

We just saw the team decide that the yellow has priority over Wout in the breakaway. He's called back to protect and guide young V on this tough day.

It looked like Wout is feeling great and wanted to drive the breakaway to a potential victory and recover with the rest day tomorrow. But he still has a great chance to win the stage.

He'll be criticized from those with the Postal/Sky philosophy that every single decision is made to support a Tour win, but really, would the critics prefer him on their team, or on another team? I think he's been an essential asset to a potential V win.

Liggett said the road is melting. That's really dangerous on a fast downhill. Just ask Joseba Beloki.

On top of that Wout is likely to have more chance to win the stage from a (reduced) bunch sprint than from that three man breakaway that were very likely to be caught.

 

[tobydawq]

a 40k TT is fine...

if the other one is like 75km

 

[Andy262]

Lol at Robbie McEwan moaning at the lack of opportunities for sprinters on Eurosport. More than happy with stages where sprinters have to work for the right to sprint.

 

[SarahtheDane]

Why is Jonas behind?

 

[RobertCrawley]

a 40k TT is fine...

if the other one is like 75km

Drilling it for 25 miles with no draft? That's going to hurt.

 

[tobydawq]

Ha, Mikkel Bjerg is not impressed by Roglic' withdrawal:

"I heard he is out because of a crash 10 days ago. Sounds strange. It seems like they think the yellow jersey has been won already. Good for them. Yesterday, he rode on the front on a category 3 climb and reduced the peloton to 20 guys. Then you're not doing that badly."

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

If I had to choose between calling a 40km TT short, medium or long surely it's a long one?

In the UK ITT scene I always thought
10 miles (16km) = short
25 (40km) = medium
50 (80km) = long

 

[search]

I think he will because they upped the time limit because of the heat.

Their DS said he isn't sick, but got caught by the heat in the start of the stage.

Morkov himself said he is sick yesterday at he start already

 

[sir fly]

Ha, Mikkel Bjerg is not impressed by Roglic' withdrawal:

"I heard he is out because of a crash 10 days ago. Sounds strange. It seems like they think the yellow jersey has been won already. Good for them. Yesterday, he rode on the front on a category 3 climb and reduced the peloton to 20 guys. Then you're not doing that badly."

Bjerg's naive.
Hasn't seen through the spooks yet.
Bennett at UAE, Roglič in JV.

 

[SarahtheDane]

Bjerg's naive.
Hasn't seen through the spooks yet.
Bennett at UAE, Roglič in JV.

Eh?

 

[tobydawq]

Bjerg's naive.
Hasn't seen through the spooks yet.
Bennett at UAE, Roglič in JV.

You're not making any sense today...

 

[RedheadDane]

Mørkøv nominated for the fighter prize (of the day).

 

[SarahtheDane]

You're not making any sense today...

That's what I thought. And I'm the one asked to be more precise. xD

 

[sir fly]

Eh?

It's simple.
Just put two and two together... connect the dots.
Where from did Bennett arrive to the UAE and where does the Roglič come from?

 

[KZD]

Activists again, time to put the whole Tour caravan with electric cars.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Mørkøv nominated for the fighter prize (of the day).

He's 31:00 down now. He will probably make it unless he completely bonks. I hope he makes it to the Champs to help Fabio.

 

[Netserk]

Another sabotage. Was the crash of Kruijswijk and Van Aert caused by the protesters?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Does not look good from Kruijswijk, bad day for Jumbo looking forward for sure.