Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 9 (Aigle – Châtel Les Portes du Soleil, 192.9k)

[Tim Cahill]

Theres talk of 40 degrees even in gloomy England next week so the extreme weather protocol might have to come out in the French Alps, fire department hosing riders down like they do in Portugal.

It's a shame Miguel Angel isn't here, he would clean these guys up on those high week 2 stages.

 

[Netserk]

Pogacar and Vingegaard are extremely scared of Thomas. It's the only reason they found it necessary to take 3 seconds on him today. It will not nearly be enough however.

Hmm, maybe they'll also need to take a minute on him on Granon.

 

[Big Doopie]

Ineos 3 riders in top 7, but all of them are known for being inconsistent and not necessarily great high mountain climbers. Martinez dropping was horrible news

I predict a meltdown in the Alps from at least 2 out of the 3.

i think the main thing is that there is very little difference between them and none has the ability to explode away.

i think G is their best bet and is consistent (if he doesn't crash). he also can kill it on the last TT, so...

 

[HelloDolly]

This race i is between UAE and Jumbo

INEOS can fight for the leftovers

 

[movingtarget]

Nice action by the break. Great win for Jungels .Looks like O'Connor's race is probably done. He was hoping to recover enough to go for a stage. Poor Ewan must hate these stages. Fans got some stunning views of the scenery today.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So that is the longest solo ride to win a Tour stage since... ?

 

[roundabout]

not a big deal. once he was dropped, they pulled the plug on his GC aspirations. now he saved energy to support the 2 (or 3?) they have left. it was going to happen eventually...

Should have parked it like Woods then who was in the GC group starting Morgins and finished at 27:35

 

[roundabout]

So that is the longest solo ride to win a Tour stage since... ?

Hamilton had a long one in 2003, but maybe there was someone else after

 

[wirral]

Floyd!

 

[Zoophonic]

So - there is to be mass covid testing this evening for all.

 

[Elos Anjos]

Tony Martin in 2014.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulations to Bob Jungels for winning the stage.

Good performance today by Pinot and Uran. Although not rewarded i feel that earned respect. Martínez a bit unexpected outcome today. Hopefully he just got a day off. And will make up for that in the days to come.

 

[Bonimenier]

So that is the longest solo ride to win a Tour stage since... ?

Tony Martin had a very long one in 2013 or 2014, but no idea if it was longer or not.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Hamilton had a long one in 2003, but maybe there was someone else after

Thanks: I see PCS have that as 96 km.

 

[roundabout]

Floyd!

While I don't think he had any help apart from the team car in his attack, he did start the last climb with Sinkewitz

 

[roundabout]

Thanks: I see PCS have that as 96 km.

Now that I think about it, maybe Rasmussen had some long ones in 2006 and 2007

 

[RobertCrawley]

Tony Martin had a very long one in 2013 or 2014, but no idea if it was longer or not.

Der Panzerwagen!

 

[RedheadDane]

Vuillermoz collapsed after the finish line. But doesn't seem like a Colbrelli-like situation.

Well, an ambulance just arrived...

 

[Netserk]

So that is the longest solo ride to win a Tour stage since... ?

I don't have the exact number at hand, but Tony Martin's solo in 2014 is the only one of similar length since then.

 

[Eclipse]

Why crap on them? He was a hell of a lot more interesting there than he is getting dropped on a category 2 climb

Was he? He's basically the exact same rider as before, it's just that at Movistar he had to ride for 2nd rate GC riders and at UAE his team leader is legitimate. You're crapping on UAE as much as I am on MS lol.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Theres talk of 40 degrees even in gloomy England next week so the extreme weather protocol might have to come out in the French Alps, fire department hosing riders down like they do in Portugal.

It's a shame Miguel Angel isn't here, he would clean these guys up on those high week 2 stages.

It'll be warm but the heatwave is more in South and Western France, in the Alpes it'll still be reasonable, especially since they'll be in the high mountains. Galibier will be 16°C, Alpe d'Huez 25°C.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Martin's was 58km, so Bob's was slightly longer

Hamilton's was done with a broken collarbone, think that was the tour he ground all his teeth down to the roots, insane.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Pogacar and Vingegaard are extremely scared of Thomas. It's the only reason they found it necessary to take 3 seconds on him today. It will not nearly be enough however.

I know this was a joke, but G is looking a lot better than I would have expected a couple of months ago. No one is scared of him I imagine, but if he can hang in there, he will be well positioned in the event that someone falters or crashes or gets Covid.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Nice win for Mr. Bojangles.

 

[Netserk]

According to pcs, Rasmussen's solo in 2006 was 70 km long.

EDIT: First images of Rasmussen solo, just over 70 km to go:

View: https://youtu.be/nGnFzwWbk94?t=10381