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

[Zinoviev Letter]

Did he really do that?

Yep, the locals were not very impressed.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/jeremys-castle-is-not-pretty-in-pink-26087731.html

 

[Samamba]

25 seconds for Groenewegen. Philipsen vs. Groenewegen then. Although you never know with Pedersen.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Morkov +40min

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Sucks for Philipsen that his team sucks

 

[Rackham]

To be fair I think most people were questioning it given the fact he's been doing lots of work. And all of a sudden he wants to let the injury heal. It's almost like he's thinking about himself rather than the team.
Don't get me wrong, I could be totally wrong, but there's something odd about it

Any team that allows WvA to attack & then just a few minutes ago stay up front chasing intermediate green points when their crashed yellow jersey wearer was making his way back up the group alone doesn't need Roglic.

It's absurd. In fact the way Jumbo handled Roglic was pretty weird because they could have preserved him a bit for next week instead of making him work on the front yesterday.

Anyway, this isn't Rogla fault & Jumbo have other problems to deal with (some self inflicted, some just the usual bad luck).

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Contador did 6W/kg for 20 minutes on a broken tibia. Just because they can drop the weaker riders doesn't mean they're not injured and getting worse.

A dislocated shoulder also isn't something that can just be shaken off. I get the impression that even minor dislocations are taken a lot more seriously in some contact sports, dislocations that might have been put back in and considered fine in the past are now given over a month to heal even without surgery.

 

[Samamba]

Groenewegen is back, but he has only Mezgec left now.

 

[Velolover2]

The little hill is perfect for Pidcock to make a jump.

 

[Salvarani]

Think many riders are gonna say this was a super hard day.

 

[Didinho]

Sagan in the Groenewegen group
Kristoff also I think

 

[postmanhat]

Kristoff and Hofstetter both in the Groenewegen group with teammates yet no help for BEX...

Same the other day with Wanty. At least now they have the excuse of protecting a GC top ten I suppose?

 

[GroupDK]

Pinot stayed in a race with a bad back for too long, that was a bad call. Maybe this extra week of rest can be what makes the Vuelta possible to win for Roglic.

has no bearing gaining "another week" for a questionable Vuelta..when you're having this kind of shot for a freaking yellow team-jersey with an impressive gain over Pogacar and a resting day landing tomorrow..

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Groenewegen is back, but he has only Mezgec left now.

none of the other sprinters will have meaningful support either, so it could get messy

 

[Salvarani]

Groenewegens knees pointing straight-out lol

 

[Salvarani]

Kristoff lol

 

[ashhutch1997]

A dislocated shoulder also isn't something that can just be shaken off. I get the impression that even minor dislocations are taken a lot more seriously in some contact sports, dislocations that might have been put back in and considered fine in the past are now given over a month to heal even without surgery.

Didn't Contador win the 2015 Giro after dislocating his shoulder early on? Of course Roglic's could be much worse, but I think most people were just surprised at the sudden abandonment

 

[T-Nielsen]

WTF is WVA's mayor problem?

 

[Velolover2]

POG

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

The little hill is perfect for Pidcock to make a jump.

sprinters have basically nobody left to chase, there’s a stage there for any strong man to grab

 

[noob]

Didn't Contador win the 2015 Giro after dislocating his shoulder early on? Of course Roglic's could be much worse, but I think most people were just surprised at the sudden abandonment

It wasn't the shoulder that was the problem according to himself even. It was that he fell on his back! He had lower back pain.

 

[ashhutch1997]

Kristoff literally riding an extra 5km with that swerving lol

 

[Gigs_98]

Loved that sneaky Pog attack.

 

[Salvarani]

Loved that sneaky Pog attack.

Him and Van Aert working good together

 

[Stelvio]

has no bearing gaining "another week" for a questionable Vuelta..when you're having this kind of shot for a freaking yellow team-jersey with an impressive gain over Pogacar and a resting day landing tomorrow..

I trust that the Jumbo doctors have better insight than me into a rider that has landed on his back and dislocated a shoulder. But yes, it's all speculation (but I don't think Roglic has gone Dennis and went home without discussing it with his team).

 

[tobydawq]

Sagan in the Groenewegen group
Kristoff also I think

No, Sagan wasn't dropped.