Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 10: Vulcania - Issoire, 167.2k

[ppanther92]

Leaving out Demare and giving Gaudu 7 domestiques like he is Pogacar or Vingegaard really doesn't look too great in hindsight...

 

[Gratemans]

I'm not to fond of Vingegaard, but didn't you see the attacks already this tour, and the long distance attacks earlier this season? That's just not very insectoid shape shifter like. The Skeletor is a more agressive rider than given credit for it seems to me.

You're right, but a rider with more experience in the Classics is much more comfortable in this kind of chaos I would think.

 

[ppanther92]

But yeah, second peloton coming back.

 

[Salvarani]

Please let someone light it up again

Unfortunately, dont think so.

I think fun is over now.

 

[Reynard]

Ineos and Bora to start pacing when there domestiques are back at the front

 

[KOM]

No matter how exciting the beginning 99.5/100 it will lead to complete nothingness

 

[Boehmand]

Leaving out Demare and giving Gaudu 7 domestiques like he is Pogacar or Vingegaard really doesn't look too great in hindsight...

The Gaudu group may very well get back, FDJ is constantly taking back time on the favorites group.

The climb starting now will be key though.

 

[Aimar16]

So all the fireworks were for nothing

 

[Tim Cahill]

French grand tour hopes having to be dug out of a hole by a 49 year old John Degenkolb and some random DSM guys?

 

[Boehmand]

You're right, but a rider with more experience in the Classics is much more comfortable in this kind of chaos I would think.

But what it is you want him to do differently?

IMO he has ridden the stage perfectly so far.

 

[Didinho]

Philipsen for 1 point?

 

[RobertCrawley]

I have a feeling Pogi is going to give it a dig today near the top of the Saint Robert or Chapelle Marcousse.

 

[staubsauger]

1. I dont think they have the team to do that.

2. Pride/morals.

It doesn't make much sense for Francaise des Jeux does it? DSM can't chase alone. So if Gaudu and FDJ sit up. The Breton can go for polka dots and still be best Frenchman on the general classification as Bardet is horse de combat as well.

 

[Boehmand]

As if we didn't have enough drama already, the TV2 weatherman saying there is a 60 % chance of rain - maybe even hail - and 50 kph gusts of wind, on the last 40 K of the stage.

 

[Salvarani]

It doesn't make much sense for Francaise des Jeux does it? DSM can't chase alone. So if Gaudu and FDJ sit up. The Breton can go for polka dots and still be best Frenchman on the general classification as Bardet is horse de combat as well.

Voila... they are back.

 

[RobertCrawley]

TV2 weatherman saying there is a 60 % chance of rain - maybe even hail - and 50 kph gusts of wind, on the last 40 K of the stage.

Very dangerous down the final descent.

 

[Didinho]

GUILLAUME!!! The stage has just started.

 

[Rollthedice]

Here we go, Martin, we missed you.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

HAHAHAHA the last thing that was missing was the Guillaume Martin TV attack.

 

[Salvarani]

G. Martin couldnt have Barguil and Ala getting all the air time today

 

[Boehmand]

Loooooong fight for the Alaphilippe group to catch the front, but seems like they finally may make it in the next couple of Ks.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Don't mind, you're welcome to continue your activities in my kitchen
Myself just left less than an hour on my local club's TT route going full pull, and back again it seems I missed just about everything....yet another night ahead spending on watching things I've missed..but ofcourse stupid of me not to be ready fpr such a stage, fully expecting fireworks.
Luckily it still seems interesting, could still take anoter form. This is what Massif Centrâle can do.

I only missed like 10 minutes in total and not in a row, but every time I had to totally reorientate myself what is going on.

Now, after the climb, I will miss like 30/40 minutes, so probably all hell will break loose and you have some action you can follow live.

 

[Salvarani]

Bilbao making Jumbo having to do work all day

 

[Boehmand]

Loooooong fight for the Alaphilippe group to catch the front, but seems like they finally may make it in the next couple of Ks.

And as I say that the gap goes out again, and O'Conner attacks to bridge the gap, may have felt they were running out of steam.

 

[Poursuivant]

Simon Yates caused all that carnage, he went on the attack and JV followed him and then the rest followed.