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

[Potomac]

It was a double witching situation #13 was 13th overall. He should have stayed in bed.

 

[RedheadDane]

SK out, time for SK to step up.

(Careful) virtual hugs for SK.

 

[RobertCrawley]

The peloton was only a minute back from the protesters. A hard stop by the peloton could have caused the crash.

 

[Pirazziattacks]

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."

Those are big words from someone who's not one of the 2-3 UAE riders who've actually turned up for the race.

 

[Netserk]

The peloton was only a minute back from the protesters. A hard stop by the peloton could have caused the crash.

That's what I think as well.

 

[titan31]

Hopefully those protestors are fcuked if they caused that crash.

 

[postmanhat]

Ewan only got held up by the crash this time. His luck could be turning.

 

[RedheadDane]

Unfortunate for Kruijswijk. At least a broken collarbone is a valid reason to abandon for a teammate of the yellow jersey unlike being selfish and having your own ambitions later in te season

He's had back pains. We've seen how bad it can go if a rider continues despite back pains.

Those are big words from someone who's not one of the 2-3 UAE riders who've actually turned up for the race.

He's been pulling quite a lot on the flat. Despite his name, he's not actually a climber.

 

[tobydawq]

If the peloton suddenly had to slow down, it could be the cause of a crash in the last part of the peloton. Do you have confirmation that it happened before the peloton had to slow down?

I think it was 30 seconds after the front duo rode past the protesters and they had a two minute lead.

Vingegaard and Benoot down now...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Vingegaard has now lost the two teammates who were most likely to take him down in a crash, so he has nothing to worry about anymore.

Joke aside, Kruijswijk isn't the most fortunate rider, but hopefully he'll be back at a high level again soon.


Edit: I wrote that too soon.

 

[Bonimenier]

JV in complete shambles in the most uneventful stage since Denmark.

 

[Salvarani]

Jesus....

 

[Netserk]

A Tycho Brahe-day for Jumbo.

 

[noob]

Jonas crash

 

[RobertCrawley]

Ewan only got held up by the crash this time. His luck could be turning.

I like the Pocket Rocket, but his crash wasn't bad luck. It was inattention.

 

[RedheadDane]

Vingegaard and Benoot down!

 

[Andy262]

Rabonightmare

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Hatch" Of course we won't speculate as to what caused that [Kruijswijk's] accident"
McEwan immediately starts speculating...

 

[GroupDK]

Jumbo carnage..

 

[Savant12]

Vingo throwing bikes to the ground again.

 

[Salvarani]

Climb coming up too!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

This is the complete road stage equivalent for Jumbo of the Rasmussen time trial. It's an absolute disaster for them and they will be absolutely desperate for this to be minor and thanking their lucky stars for the impending rest day.

 

[Salvarani]

Jonas in panic mode

 

[Pirazziattacks]

He's been pulling quite a lot on the flat. Despite his name, he's not actually a climber.

Bjerg was nowhere to be seen when he could've actually been useful, barely better than Hirschi most of the time.

 

[Netserk]

I think it was 30 seconds after the front duo rode past the protesters and they had a two minute lead.

Vingegaard and Benoot down now...

With the previous race sabotage, the peloton was stopped before they reached the saboteurs.