Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 12: Roanne - Belleville-en-Beaujolais, 168.8k

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Fred Wright seems posed to join the break today.

 

[saunaking]

This is great, so is this what the entire race is like when they say "it was like juniors racing"?

 

[Peter von]

MvdP just shut down a move with Kragh in it

Kragh hasn't publicly declared that he is unwilling to chase MVP at the worlds

he probably just got greedy.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Wout blasts off again

 

[Salvarani]

Van Aert!

 

[Rollthedice]

Sagan should get his scooter and the proper intoxication to fly away into the sun...

 

[glassmoon]

dlc looks like dnf

 

[Didinho]

Good to see Van Gils trying. After his crash early in this Tour. Should be a good breakaway rider for a stage win with his qualities.

 

[Salvarani]

Crash!

De la Cruz and Pacher

 

[Boehmand]

That's a collarbone for De La Cruz

 

[RobertCrawley]

This is great, so is this what the entire race is like when they say "it was like juniors racing"?

The stages are running out for teams who have nothing to show their sponsors. The big mountains offer little hope. DSes are screaming at their guys to get in the break.

 

[pelotonIQ]

UAE better bring Wout back or put their own rider in the break.

 

[Rollthedice]

De la Cruz is out.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Every time people make comments on there not having been many crashes yet...

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

And as I say the Tour has had less crashes, De La Cruz likely crashed out. I’m cursed.

 

[Salvarani]

UAE better bring Wout back or put their own rider in the break.

Um... it is not a problem.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Van Aert going to end up in a Bardiani style giro flat stage break with a couple of randomers.

 

[Boehmand]

Random house with a Danish flag on it, but not a single spectator inside or outside it

 

[RobertCrawley]

De la Cruz is out.

That's really tough. Sad to see.

 

[Boehmand]

Everyone is on their limit now, the break will form shortly

 

[Salvarani]

Vinge often on his own here, while Pog has two guys around him at all times.

 

[frisenfruitig]

I don't understand why VDP wastes energy on this, he has no chance of winning a stage like this.

 

[Boehmand]

I don't get Bora

With both Jumbo and UAE fighting to put a guy in the break, they will be left pulling the peloton all day.

Seems odd they don't try to get a guy away too.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I don't understand why VDP wastes energy on this, he has no chance of winning a stage like this.

Which of the remaining 9 stages is he supposed to be saving energy for?

 

[ManicJack]

Vinge often on his own here, while Pog has two guys around him at all times.

And the JV bashing begins