Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 19 (Castelnau-Magnoac – Cahors, 188.3k)

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

How often do we see a 'deuxième peloton' in the graphic?

 

[FrontHeadlock]

Or a bit more points on cat 2/3/4. I think last year they had double points on MTFs, but that that was removed this year to re-balance the KOMpetition a bit.

I agreed with the removal of the double points on MTFs.

I suppose one way to recalibrate the KOM jersey would be to make it a timed competition on the categorized climbs, rather than an ordinal competition.

 

[RedheadDane]

He wasn't strictly going for the KOM jersey, but he was going for results on the hardest climbs, which give the most KOM points. It would be like a rider going for a bunch of sprint and hilly stage wins, but not caring about the intermediate sprints, and then winning the points jersey. Yes he wasn't trolling for points all the time, but going for stage wins nets a lot of points.

But I still feel for Geschke being so close, only to miss out.

Meanwhile, all of Pogacar's helpers were caught behind. But they caught up again.

 

[sir fly]

But I still feel for Geschke being so close, only to miss out.

Meanwhile, all of Pogacar's helpers were caught behind. But they caught up again.

And would you rather go for polka-dots or the Green?

 

[RobertCrawley]

I hope Fabio wins today. He really suffered to make the time cut 2 days ago. Maybe the Wolf Pack will gear up and take him home.

 

[Bonimenier]

Time for Ineos to drill it with Pogacar having a mechanical.

 

[Gigs_98]

That might actually be a little problematic for Pogi

 

[FrontHeadlock]

But I still feel for Geschke being so close, only to miss out.

Oh, no doubt.

But I think anyone going for the KOM jersey needs to know they run that risk.

 

[Gigs_98]

Lmao Pog helping his teammates to get back to the peloton

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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[FrontHeadlock]

No doubt there are better climbers than Geschke. But we’ve all watched racing long enough to know how these things work. Do we really think Peter Sagan was the best sprinter all those years he won he green jersey? He always consistently finished near the top and that’s one way to win it.

Peter Sagan and Simpson's Paradox: How the 'worst' sprinter keeps winning the green jersey

Despite not winning a stage, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) was undoubtedly one of the most impressive performers at this year’s Tour de France. His remarkable consistency (12 top-10 finishes) earned him the green ‘sprinters jersey’, despite changes to the points classification designed to favour...

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Armstrong has a point, of course. But he is also seems most himself when he’s trashing something or someone. We all know the type.

That was a strange article. The tie to Simpson's paradox was forced and not useful.

I think the entire article could have been summed up by saying that being a good sprinter and scoring points are correlated, but that Sagan races to maximize points even if he's not technically the fastest sprinter. It's a bit like saying how winning Majors in tennis and winning a lot of ranking points are correlated, but that it's not weird for someone to finish ATP #1 at the end of the year if they don't win the most Majors but instead maximized points across the season.

 

[triley36]

Simmons not on the start list for San Sebastián. He obviously is on excellent form right now. Are the climbs too much for him?

 

[Oliver]

Jakobsen dropped

Edit: in troubles..

 

[Bonimenier]

Lmao Pogacar

 

[Didinho]

Pogi attack??

 

[Oliver]

Attack Pogi

 

[Stelvio]

Always good to have a tug budy

 

[RedheadDane]

Pogacar on the attack.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Lol

 

[RedheadDane]

His reaction when getting caught: "DAMMIT! Worth a try..."

 

[RobertCrawley]

That was a strange article. The tie to Simpson's paradox was forced and not useful.

I think the entire article could have been summed up by saying that being a good sprinter and scoring points are correlated, but that Sagan races to maximize points even if he's not technically the fastest sprinter. It's a bit like saying how winning Majors in tennis and winning a lot of ranking points are correlated, but that it's not weird for someone to finish ATP #1 at the end of the year if they don't win the most Majors but instead maximized points across the season.

I'm with you. I mean, it's interesting that in some tennis matches the loser of the match actually wins more points, but the point system in tennis doesn't map comfortably with Sagan always finishing near the top in intermediate and finale sprints when he won the green shirt.

 

[Danskebjerge]

There used to be six or seven boring stages like this one.

 

[SarahtheDane]

There used to be six or seven boring stages like this one.

Sir, we just had an attack on the yellow jersey!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Excellent job mowing that break down so early!

 

[Potomac]

There used to be six or seven boring stages like this one.

Sad but true