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

[Lui98]

Vingegaard is pedalling with ease. He is going to win the stage

 

[Devil's Elbow]

And now he can wait... once caught to help Bardet.

A stage-win would have meant a lot and Leknessund seems to have of his best days in his career. Why not give him a chance to go for the stage? He was doing really well.

Instead of defending a 9th place on GC... Bardet wasnt alone.

There was no chance for the stage to give.

 

[GroupDK]

Bjerg killed tons of GC contenders and McNulty took the rest..
wicked form UAE suddenly shows with their 2 helpers and Jumbo Vista sadly looks far from ideal.

 

[spalco]

Vingo looks better than Pogacar imo, but facial/body expressions don't tell much obviously.

 

[Luthor]

Yeah but Wout being almost a GC ridee at points is realistic of course..’

Mcnulty has always been a talent but still very young

Yeah sure Pogacar fan. Go away with your bias.

 

[ppanther92]

What on earth did UAE feed their riders today

Since its only 4, they had at least more to feed. Maybe they even sacrificed Hirschi's portion since he is a lost cause at this Tour.

But lets see - if Bjerg and McNulty are an indication for Pogacar as well, we are in for a race. Vingegaard obviously also abnormally strong so far.

 

[Red Rick]

McNulty looks better than Pog

 

[Andy262]

I mean McNulty has shown nowhere this ability ever, never mind this Tour.

McNulty has often shown he's a decent climber. This is little different to watching, say, Rohan Dennis at the Giro.

 

[dazaau]

What on earth did UAE feed their riders today

Has anyone seen Majka since the abandon?

 

[frisenfruitig]

This is the first time I might have to go over to the dark side of the forum

Really? You must be new to cycling then

 

[dazaau]

They ate Soler and Majka

You beat me dang it

 

[Gigs_98]

It really looks like Pog will wait for the descent or at least close before that

 

[Warhawk]

Is a blood bag illegal if you eat it?

Who do you think they are, Cofidis?

 

[Samamba]

Vingegaard doesn't even look like he's trying. Only shot Pog haf is attacking on the descent.

 

[Salvarani]

There was no chance for the stage to give.

How about just giving him the opportunity.

Sometimes yall scream at teams for defending places further down on GC. Make your mind up.

 

[titan31]

McNulty has often shown he's a decent climber. This is little different to watching, say, Rohan Dennis at the Giro.

There's being a decent climber and there's blowing Thomas, Quintana, Kuss etc out the back like he has to swat some flies away.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

McNulty has often shown he's a decent climber. This is little different to watching, say, Rohan Dennis at the Giro.

Uh…. That was one of the most remarked upon freak performances of recent years….

 

[Fantastico]

Yates at 4 minutes, but Pidcock more than 8 minutes back already. He really cracked.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Vingegaard is pedalling with ease. He is going to win the stage

He's isolated. Any trouble will be disaster.

 

[roundabout]

Gaudu caught Quintana no problem. I think he will finish the stage decently well, question is about the gap

 

[Sciatic]

Nairo lost Several
Minutes since dropping

 

[spalco]

Yates at 4 minutes, but Pidcock more than 8 minutes back already. He really cracked.

PCS puts Pidcock at 3 minutes.

 

[Salvarani]

Gaudu caught Quintana no problem. I think he will finish the stage decently well, question is about the gap

He has been good not going into red. He let go pretty early on Granon but came back strong.

 

[Arked]

McNulty looks better than Pog

He may look like it but this is suicide effort by him.

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

Attack time. Not sure why he would do that close to the top?