Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 6 (Binche – Longwy, 219.9k)

[spalco]

Pog peaking too early?

Pogacar never peaks, he only plateaus.

 

[Scarponi]

The way he is riding, you gotta love it.

Far from the Froome or Armstrong eras.

On a side note, does anyone remember the stage Lance sprinted just for the sake of it and pipped someone on the line? Worth a rewatch lol

 

[Elos Anjos]

Meanwhile Jumbo continuous to invent new levels of retardness.

 

[BigCoward]

Tom Pidcock on eurosport talking about WvA 'he's taking the piss int he'?

 

[titan31]

What they did today was not smart. Only real haters can find fault with how they have ridden the first five stages, though.

Shame all the crashes yesterday gave them brain damage. Only real explanation for today.

 

[Big Doopie]

Bahrain basically non existent since start of Tdf.

huh.

I wonder y… ;-)

 

[solo80k]

Great win! Let's see what happens tomorrow... Pogi is just head and shoulders above any GC competition. Hard to look past him now.

 

[johnymax]

That finish wasn't hard enough for Roglics sprint strength. If the finish was on the hill, full strength Roglic beats Pog imo.

Roglic needs at least around 4-5% gradient to beat Pogačar. When he is in top form of course.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

How much did Froome lose today?
Edit:

89

Froome Chris

Israel-Premier Tech

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+ 05:37​

 

[perico]

Thomas lost 5 seconds to the GT contenders.

1
POGAČAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates 120 100
10″
4:27:13
2
MATTHEWS MichaelTeam BikeExchange - Jayco 50 70
6″
,,
3
GAUDU David Groupama - FDJ 25 50 5″
,,
4
PIDCOCK Thomas INEOS Grenadiers 15 40 ,,
5
QUINTANA Nairo Team Arkéa Samsic 5 32 ,,
6
TEUNS DylanBahrain - Victorious 26 ,,
7
VINGEGAARD Jonas Jumbo-Visma 22 ,,
8
MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe INEOS Grenadiers 18 ,,
9
ROGLIČ Primoj Jumbo-Visma 14 ,,
10
BARDET Romain Team DSM 10 ,,
11
MAS Enric Movistar Team 8 ,,
12
YATES AdamINEOS Grenadiers 6 ,,
13
LATOUR Pierre TotalEnergies 4 ,,
14
POWLESS Neilson
EF Education-EasyPost 2 ,,
15
THOMAS Geraint INEOS Grenadiers 1 0:05

EDIT: Vlasov lost 5 sec as well

 

[Ripper]

Monstrous, prodigious, Extraterrestrial!

Perfect choice of words!

 

[AlfaLum]

you could say that Bora, EF education and Alpecin were braindead, working for Pogacar and not getting anything in the end.

Bora was unlucky with Vlasovs fall. EF had a chance for yellow.

Alpecin doesn’t want the myth of van Aert to become to large because it is bad for Mathieus self confidence.

 

[BigCoward]

Great win! Let's see what happens tomorrow... Pogi is just head and shoulders above any GC competition. Hard to look past him now.

And he is getting better and better. It could be a tedious next 8-10 years.

 

[titan31]

Tom Pidcock on eurosport talking about WvA 'he's taking the piss int he'?

Also said he's playing with their balls

 

[Filippo_3467]

Greta ride by Vlasov to get back on

I still have hope if he isnt injured

He seems alright I think. The fall also wasn't too hard. But in the end this is all about the team in those moments. Great save by the whole squad that was still up there. If they take Bennett and Mullen to the Tour he looses 30 sec to a minute in this situation. They had to burn through their whole squad to bring him back, but in the end it's all about GC and they don't need to care about time gaps for others.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

How much did Froome lose today?

5:37, finished 89th. I don't know if he avoided crashing.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

you could say that Bora, EF education and Alpecin were braindead, working for Pogacar and not getting anything in the end.

Bora I disagree because they just got unlucky with Vlasov crash, its actually a good job to get him back on. Don't blame them to think he'd do well on this finish. EF and Alpecin (Philipsen????) on the other hand... no idea.

Edit: EF for yellow I guess, also not outlandish.

 

[Lequack]

Pogacar said he will take it easy tomorrow on Planche des Belles Filles. /s

 

[tobydawq]

Philipsen lasted longer than I thought but it was too hard in the end.

 

[skippo12]

Bahrain basically non existent since start of Tdf.

huh.

I wonder y… ;-)

Caruso is looking like a prime contender for the Zubeldia award. Wouldn´ be suprised if he sneaks into the top 10.

 

[titan31]

And he is getting better and better. It could be a tedious next 8-10 years.

We actually need a long TTT to balance it out. Have him lose a bunch of time to Ineos and Jumbo then and maybe we've a race.

 

[Skalman]

Thanks all teams that helped Pogacar to this victory, Politt, Rutsh et al. Well done!

 

[Pirazziattacks]

The way he is riding, you gotta love it.

Far from the Froome or Armstrong eras.

Ok but the way he's riding is essentially a more expansive form of dominance than either of those riders managed, and without a super team. If he wasn't young and from a small country Pog would be in everyone's sights.

 

[bob.a.feet]

Sad to see Pinot finishing so far back.

I reckon he's taking it easy and losing time so he can get in the break tomorrow.

 

[frisenfruitig]

Van Aert said goodbye to the yellow jersey in style, he would have lost it tomorrow anyway so who cares.