Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 17 (Saint-Gaudens – Peyragudes, 129.7k)

[Devil's Elbow]

Yates must be sick or something?

Either that, spent after a hard Tour, or just a good old Yatesy jour sans.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Bjerg deserves combativity today but we all know it will be Pinot.

 

[ontheroad]

He's done some solid climbing performances in the past - third in Roccaraso in the 2020 Giro comes to mind - but this is both on another level and in a Tour where he's struggled.

Even more bizarre given that he was getting dropped on the first climb. Then shelling known climbers out one by one on the second climb.

 

[Filippo_3467]

Oh gutted for Geschke...

Probably not decisive but it could be... especially if Pinot goes all the way. Ciccone is not the biggest threat I guess.

 

[titan31]

At the end of the stage Bjerg will remove his mask and reveal himself to actually have been Majka all along.

Think he'll have revealed himself to be Ricco based on today.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

What's up with Ineos today?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Thibaut on the descent

I feel like I've just looked up and seen a child balancing on a tightrope

 

[Rollthedice]

Can't watch but sounds like fun. Randomly riders morph into Ricco, Pantani, Rasmussen.

 

[titan31]

Watching Pinot descend is not good.

 

[RedheadDane]

Pinot... don't scare me like that.

 

[Eclipse]

Classic Pinot panic

 

[shalgo]

Can't watch but sounds like fun. Randomly riders morph into Ricco, Pantani, Rasmussen.

Don't forget Adam Yates becoming Simon.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Wow, Pinot unclipped! on the downhill.

 

[Rollthedice]

Don't forget Adam Yates becoming Simon.

Lutsenko is Vino, right?

 

[Red Rick]

Peloton in the descent.

30 seconds to Mas

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Pidcock descending 15s
ahead of the Yates group

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Have to remind myself these are pros flying downhill at insane speeds like that, no need to be nervous or afraid.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Have to remind myself these are pros flying downhill at insane speeds like that, no need to be nervous or afraid.

Best descenders in the world:

1. Alaphilippe
2. Pidders?

 

[titan31]

Have to remind myself these are pros flying downhill at insane speeds like that, no need to be nervous or afraid.

At least Zakarin or Reichenbach aren't here.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Best descenders in the world:

1. Alaphilippe
2. Pidders?

no, wrong.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Best descenders in the world:

1. Alaphilippe
2. Pidders?

1. Mohoric surely?

The likes of Hirschi and Nibali also deserve a mention.

 

[titan31]

Best descenders in the world:

1. Alaphilippe
2. Pidders?

It's likely a bunch of the sprinters, lead out men we never see at the front on a stage like this. Heavier men so gravity helps.

 

[spalco]

It's likely a bunch of the sprinters, lead out men we never see at the front on a stage like this. Heavier men so gravity helps.

There's definitely something about strong TTers being fast descenders, but probably (some) sprinters are very good at it too, yeah.

 

[Filippo_3467]

wtf stuyven in the gc group?

 

[Cassirer]

1. Mohoric surely?

The likes of Hirschi and Nibali also deserve a mention.

And Sagan.