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

[Netserk]

I also explained why this stage makes sense for HIM. Maybe not for the team.

There's a headwind from Revel to the finish. He has a greater chance to win each of the last three stages than he has of this succeeding.

 

[Salvarani]

There's a headwind from Revel to the finish. He has a greater chance to win each of the last three stages than he has of this succeeding.

Tell Wout that then.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Yeah, I'm never getting even close to agreeing with this, so let's just drop it.

sure, im happy to agree to disagree but R numbers are less reasonable about such things

 

[ashhutch1997]

Magnus Cort. He believes he could have continued, but has been withdrawn because of his team's own tests and covid principles.

I think it should be a doctor's decision whether a rider can continue or not - a test result in itself should not be enough.

I do understand the way things are handled this year - but in the future I think we need to go back to the pre-pandemic principles.

100% agree, it's not the same as 2 years ago, we now know the effects of it are much less severe. I would argue stop testing completely, only when a rider is unwell and then the doctor decides like in the past with other illnesses. Like with Dani Martinez for example, we knew he was ill but they decided to keep him in the race.

 

[Faserr]

Morkov doesn't have a chance today I think.

 

[Netserk]

sure, im happy to agree to disagree but R numbers are less reasonable about such things

https://twitter.com/x/status/1547273228388896769

View: https://twitter.com/adamjkucharski/status/1547273228388896769

 

[dutchdescent]

Jumbo were called boring and clueless for 2 years. Now Wout will be the entertainment and Vinnie will be the dynamite. No comedown.

No longer boring but still clueless

 

[Salvarani]

A few riders should try and attack on the categorized climb. Should be some teams that want a stage-win.

 

[Samamba]

Yeah Morkov DNF incoming probably, it's not like his team is going to help him like Lotto did with Ewan yesterday. Morkov hasn't been top this year imo.

 

[tobydawq]

Now he was finally ordered to wait.

 

[Savant12]

Super random Jumbo tactics at play again.

 

[Salvarani]

Haha, that was so pointless.

 

[Danskebjerge]

12-year-old Van Aert must be angry now.

 

[Poursuivant]

I think WVA was hoping for a bigger group.

 

[Orbit501]

Now WVA sits up.

How bizarre!

Admission of silly tactics maybe?

 

[Netserk]

Now he was finally ordered to wait.

Amazing if he thought himself that he was in a good situation.

 

[ashhutch1997]

BREAKING!!!! JUMBO HAVE FINALLY MADE A GOOD TACTICAL DECISION

 

[Velolover2]

He was just stretching his legs.

 

[sir fly]

Nerding the Green out...

 

[dutchdescent]

You aren’t ready for racing if you are contagious. I think a lot of people aren’t grasping that a key difference between Covid and a lot of other viruses is that the R number of the current variants isn’t like flu, it’s like measles. Leave contagious guys in the race, on the busses, in the hotels, at the team briefings, on the basis that they aren’t themselves any sicker than they might be with other things that they would struggle on with and huge swathes of the peloton will get it by Paris. Which, even aside from the health implications for those who get unlucky with their symptoms, will certainly effect the racing a lot more than eight guys getting pulled.

Its not hypercaution about the sick riders themselves. They let Majka continue, at some small risk to his own health, because he wasn’t contagious,

Majka had a supposed lower viral load, not enough to withdraw him. Is still contagious though.

 

[ashhutch1997]

Wout to now strop for the rest of the race, and do a Froome 2012 to Jonas lol

 

[sir fly]

I'd plot a detonation on Cammazes.

 

[Andy262]

Wtf was all that about.

 

[Bonimenier]

In hindsight this was a masterplan from JV. Sabotage the break from inside and drop back so it's easy to catch them later.

 

[Salvarani]

In hindsight this was a masterplan from JV. Sabotage the break from inside and drop back so it's easy to catch them later.

200 IQ move