Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 16 (Carcassonne – Foix, 178.5k)

[Devil's Elbow]

Clearly did not see the french from 2005 to 2015

They did win a stage in all of those years, not this year and the best opportunities to change that are gone.

 

[Salvarani]

Gaudu coming back!

It got really close with that car though...

 

[JosefK]

Gaudu descending with hair on fire.

 

[ontheroad]

Jorgensen down, this looks a fairly technical descent.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Oh man, Jorgenson not quite catching the corner. Looks like he is okay, thankfully, but still a shame, he was still in striking distance.

Oh! It hurts to watch that.

 

[roundabout]

And he is back

 

[Potomac]

Well, that's all tension in the stage gone, bit of a letdown after how good it was shaping up to be on Lers. Poor Jorgenson.

I think you're right, no more drama left on the stage

 

[PhiLiz]

Jumbo rode perfectly and they are going to win this easily. Pogi defeated by his own ego.

Yeah. His ego made him bonk and lose 3m on a climb. It was also so inflated that wouldn't allow for food to go through his mouth.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wow great descent, I think I must've mistook Gaudu for Thibaut

 

[RobertCrawley]

Bur seeing Pogacar they dont have this in the bag,. Tomorrow and Thursday will be extremely hard and different.

No, not at all in the bag. A good day today. There are still two more days to manage.

 

[RedheadDane]

Gaudu descending with hair on fire.

What the heck kind of expression is that?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Killer descent by Gaudu, with the flat at the end he could easily have lost a minute or more.

 

[Lorzenz08]

How was he defeated by his ego?

He had zero need to cover all the JV attacks so far away from the finish line in stage 11.

 

[PhiLiz]

Canadian 1-2 possible now. Impressive Tour for the much laughed at IPT also.

Just in time to avoid relegation too. Clutch!

 

[Derjanse]

They did win a stage in all of those years, not this year and the best opportunities to change that are gone.

Fair point, there is a change a french guy like Pinot Can win one of next two stages. Looks like Jumbo are fine letting the breakaway win some stages

 

[roundabout]

ok, Woods and Jorgenson will join up

I still think it will be a 1-2

 

[ontheroad]

Great descent by Gaudu.

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

Soler 45 min down and having back pain

 

[Tim Cahill]

Surprisingly good tour from Israel, 2 stage wins maybe more to come and Dawg not a complete waste of space!

 

[roundabout]

Bardet at 3 minutes back now

 

[Salvarani]

He had zero need to cover all the JV attacks so far away from the finish line in stage 11.

It is only in hindsight you could say that and knowing what would eventually happen on Granon.

When he was covering those attacks and going over Galibier he looked to be in control. Later Majka was leading the group on the early parts of Granon, it was no panic then. That obviously changed within a few minutes.

It is lazy to say it was because of his ego. Something someone would say that just dislikes him. It was more complicated and a learning experience.

 

[spalco]

Jorgenson is a warrior, I hope he's still there tomorrow.

 

[Kwibus]

Jumbo rode perfectly and they are going to win this easily. Pogi defeated by his own ego.

Actually they could've distances Thomas if van Aert was at the top and pulled hard directly. Also Vingegaard could've tried to drop Poga and let van Aert pull hard for him. It woud've been epic with 3 duo's most likely.
van Aert/Vingegaard vs Poga/McNulty vs Thomas/Martinez

 

[JosefK]

In the bag for Houle.

 

[RobertCrawley]

It is only in hindsight you could say that and knowing what would eventually happen on Granon.

When he was covering those attacks and going over Galibier he looked to be in control. Later Majka was leading the group on the early parts of Granon, it was no panic then. That obviously changed within a few minutes.

It it lazy to say it was because of his ego. Something someone would say that just dislikes him. It was more complicated and a learning experience.

You're right, but it was questionable even in the moment whether he should cover the attacks of Roglič.