Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 7 (Tomblaine – La Super Planche des Belles Filles, 176.3k)

[Rollthedice]

That was awesome!

Wow!

Meintjes paying tribute to the late Froome.

He's taking it up a notch, Froomey was running without the bike.

 

[titan31]

What is this supposed to mean?

Should he have let his closest rival take the win?

What a finish! A pity that the CN doctrine doesn't allow for us to be excited about this climb.

I was just disappointed. Also looked he was taking the piss a bit considering how he rode past Vingegaard like he was riding on the flat.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Thomas kinda better than expected in that ramp...

Not really, he was the best GC rider here last time in a Tour where Bernal and Pinot generally outclimbed him.

 

[Brullnux]

Pogacar not on a good day, so good effort from UAE to do a defensive sky train. Vingegaard also good. Maybe we have a race!

 

[JosefK]

Roglič at 100% would so kill Pogačar today it wouldn't be even funny. Or it would, for me...

I think that might actually be right, today. I was surprised Pogi looked almost human. A healthy Roglic on this type of finish would normally be 10 seconds or so ahead of Vingo.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Could this be the reason they repeat this climb so many times? Quite exciting I thought (the last 500 metres)

I don't understand this complaint about repeated climbs. It's the Tour de France. That's what you get. It's like people complaining that that they have to watch guys pedal their bikes.

 

[glassmoon]

Roglic surprisingly strong. What if he hadn't crashed the other day?

the eternal question regarding the TdF vs Roglic

 

[Samu Cuenca]

That was awesome!


He's taking it up a notch, Froomey was running without the bike.

Well he's always been quite the entertainer, hasn't he?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Froome beats Fuglsang!! The true leader!!

Looks like we'll get a new chapter in Jakob's big book of excuses, what will it be? Maybe "being great on the cobbles took too much out of me"?

 

[AlfaLum]

Roglic hasn’t had that level the entire year though.

 

[Rollthedice]

What was not so awesome was El Condor flying backwards.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

I bored of pog already. christ.

 

[Salvarani]

Uran decent here. He will arrive being top 10 on GC in Paris, I reckon.

 

[dutchdescent]

Wow!

Meintjes paying tribute to the late Froome.

Wait what? Froome passed away mid-stage?

 

[titan31]

I think that might actually be right, today. I was surprised Pogi looked almost human. A healthy Roglic on this type of finish would normally be 10 seconds or so ahead of Vingo.

Yup, healthy Roglic attacks when Majka pulled off and Pog didn't go full out imo. I think he'd have won today.

 

[Valv.Piti]

What is this supposed to mean?

Should he have let his closest rival take the win?

What a finish! A pity that the CN doctrine doesn't allow for us to be excited about this climb.

Incredible finish indeed, but this climb is still a lot better without this last km. I think thats what people dislike the most? At least that goes for me. Even though it was spectacular today for sure, but its just a stalling game.

People who said Roglic needed to quit and focus on La Vuelta - nope! Jumbo Visma is up for the task this year. Come the Alps, I wouldnt be surprised to see Vingegaard stronger than Pogi!

 

[tobydawq]

I was just disappointed. Also looked he was taking the piss a bit considering how he rode past Vingegaard like he was riding on the flat.

I really don't think that was the case.

 

[noob]

Ok some idol drama kissing was at least cute.

 

[FrontHeadlock]

Ugh that was literally the worst possible finish. So tired of Pog.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Props to Vingegaard for tryimg something, but as a big Kämna fan I'm a bit salty.
Powless limited his losses rather well impressive.
What was Jumbo doing by not using Kuss to make the stage harder for Jonas? Trying to beat Ineos for the team classification Movistar style?

 

[saganftw]

its too hot for pogacar, which means he is still gonna beat you but he will not crush you

 

[ppanther92]

I would say as dominant Pogacar is so far, its not completely over. He is also burning a lot of energy while Vingegaard rides so more hidden. That might be an advantage.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

I really hope Roglic keeps giving it his all and rides for the podium plus tests himself against Pogacar.

You never know, we've seen this before where someone (Simon Yates in 2018 Giro, Froome in several of his Tour wins, Roglic in 2020) comes out in super form winning everything in sight and then fades by the end, while someone else (Froome in 2018 Giro, Quintana, even Uran, Pogacar) comes into superior form and wins at the end.

I don't think Roglic can win - maybe <5% chance anyways - but I want to see him try rather than just be a domestique. He should be 1b to Vingo. Roglic normally would ride away from Vingo on a stage like today, so let's see what happens in a week.

 

[kingjr]

I think that might actually be right, today. I was surprised Pogi looked almost human. A healthy Roglic on this type of finish would normally be 10 seconds or so ahead of Vingo.

Maybe Vingegaard is just really strong. Quite young still, too, so we don't even really know yet what his "normal" is.

 

[titan31]

I really don't think that was the case.

Kind of looked it. Tbf I also called Roglic an ass for the Mader incident and I'd have probably called Vingegaard one if he won since Kamna was passed so late.

I went from woo go Kamna, to oh my god Vingegaard is going to beat Pogacar to ah ffs he wins again.