Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 11: Clermont-Ferrand - Moulins, 179.8k

[QueenStagiaire]

Maybe Vingegaard is trying to lower his testosterone production on purpose…

 

[ManicJack]

Yes! And psychology.

What do you call the study of human behavior?

 

[tobydawq]

Maybe Vingegaard is trying to lower his testosterone production on purpose…

Hardly.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Caleb Ewan had the right idea on Stage 4 to find and follow JtD's wheel. He had to fight for it. He lost by only 1/2 a wheel. If he can repeat that tactic, he'll have a good shot today.

 

[Boehmand]

I don't think this has much effect on Vingegaard, otherwise he wouldn't be performing so well. There are always personal differences when it comes to physiology.

It's impossible to know, when the alternative has not been attempted.

 

[Izzyeviel]

All that hype for crosswinds & we've gone past the crosswind section without anyone noticing.

 

[Boehmand]

Maybe the bigger issue as Danskebjerge says is team morale with one rider having his family while the others don't. But Jumbo appears to make allowances for individuals (Wout's helmet). In the Netflix series, there was certainly tension, but Jumbo appears to manage their guys pretty well.

I don't think this would create tension, when Van Aert himself has leeway to leave the Tour for the birth of his child

 

[Boehmand]

All that hype for crosswinds & we've gone past the crosswind section without anyone noticing.

We can all see in the pictures there is no wind, there is barely any movement to the roadside growth.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

This stage is as quiet as the peloton is - it's just something we have to get through.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Doh! A Deer! A Female Deer!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Pinot could have won the Tour 8 times, if he hadn't spend so much time with his kids.

 

[Vesica]

JtD wins the intermediate sprint and looks like he's in good form today for finish.

Who? Jasper ten Dilipsen?

 

[RobertCrawley]

Pinot could have won the Tour 8 times, if he hadn't spend so much time with his kids.

Or maybe his goats.

 

[Casper96]

Who? Jasper ten Dilipsen?

Jasper the Disaster - JtD. A nickname from past failings.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

I don't think this would create tension, when Van Aert himself has leeway to leave the Tour for the birth of his child

Maybe the team is sending him home because they know he would be useless since his testosterone levels will plummet once his daughter is born.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Pinot could have won the Tour 8 times, if he hadn't spend so much time with his kids.

I could win the Tour 8 times, if I actually rode my bike for a living.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Maybe the team is sending him home because they know he would be useless since his testosterone levels will plummet once his daughter is born.

Good one!

 

[laarsland]

Or maybe his goats.

Where is the goat and testosterone research???????

 

[Peter von]

Jasper the Disaster - JtD. A nickname from past failings.

I thought it was Jasper Disaster without the "the"?

anyway, nice on him for flipping the nicknames meaning around.

 

[Danskebjerge]

This finish could get a bit dangerous - many sprinter teams with big ambitions.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

...have I missed anything?

 

[RobertCrawley]

...have I missed anything?

There was a deer.

 

[Casper96]

...have I missed anything?

Wimbledon?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Or maybe his goats.

I used the term kids instead of baby goats.

 

[RobertCrawley]

I thought it was Jasper Disaster without the "the"?

anyway, nice on him for flipping the nicknames meaning around.

Maybe JDP is better, but absolutely he has made the nickname ironic at this point. I'm really happy for him. He seems like kind of a goof in the Netflix series but he's also a champion.