Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 18 (Lourdes – Hautacam, 143.2k)

[SafeBet]

Meintjes attack

I'd like to meet whoever is responsible for transforming him into one of the most attacking riders out there.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Come on Tadej, attack and bridge across. Blow the race apart. You know you wanna.

 

[Fantastico]

This is not going to happen for Geschke.

True, the second group even made it to the first one, but he couldn't stay with them.

 

[Didinho]

This has been one of the best tours for early stage action that I can remember. Mayhem nearly every day.

Still missing a normal Mathieu and Julian. Imagine the scenes

 

[KOM]

Who is this guy and what did he do to Loius Meintjes

 

[gregrowlerson]

I'd like to meet whoever is responsible for transforming him into one of the most attacking riders out there.

It was probably due to too much tough love from Libertine Seguros.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

This is not going to happen for Geschke.

He still isn't out of it but it's out of his hands now. Depends on how many points Ciccone takes and, more importantly, if the break survives.

 

[tobydawq]

Imagine if Meintjes wins the Prix de la combativité.

Clad in his polkadot jersey.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Out-of-form Mollema teeing up out-of-form Ciccone for a last-minute polkadot bid.

 

[roundabout]

Thank you Arkea

 

[Eclipse]

Ooooh Arkea!

Nairo with a hail mary?

 

[meat puppet]

Out-of-form Mollema teeing up out-of-form Ciccone for a last-minute polkadot bid.

Poetry in motion

 

[Rollthedice]

A group of specialized people surrounding Jakobsen.

 

[Didinho]

Hirschi out off the back. Time for Bjerg to unleash

 

[Rollthedice]

Tourist Hirschi.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Way too early for Arkea to start the move with more than 9 km to the top and less than 1 1/2 minute up to the break?
None of the riders they have up front will make it to the top with Nairo unless they have bigger gap?

 

[RedheadDane]

What teams do not have riders on the attack? UAE? Quickstep?

Hirschi out off the back. Time for Bjerg to unleash

He's even further back.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Quintana chasing down Mas. What goes around comes around, Movistar.

 

[spalco]

Only Kuss with Vingegaard, did I see that correctly?

 

[Rollthedice]

Quintana started the offensive. Peloton to pieces.

 

[tobydawq]

Hirschi out off the back. Time for Bjerg to unleash

Bjerg is seven minutes behind the peloton.

 

[Eclipse]

Quintana chasing down Mas. What goes around comes around, Movistar.

Could just be some good old fashioned team favours.

 

[madthebad]

"Quintana didn't take over at the end and he decided to attack me. The DS was yelling at me to chew on him," Gaudu said in the flash interview right after the stage. "I saw that he had attacked too far. I said to myself, 'you, my dear, I'm going to pick you up and drop you off', it's a fair return of things"

Strong words there for Gaudu that hopefully will lead to strong attacks today!

 

[tobydawq]

What teams do not have riders on the attack? UAE? Quickstep?

Bardiani.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

This is L'Aquila 2010 levels of breakaway-peloton size ratio.