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

[JosefK]

I think jumbo is very afraid of Pogacar. They want at all cost to have a rider in the break because they fear an attack by Pogacar today.

I think Jumbo wants someone other than Pog getting the 8 bonus seconds on the last climb.

 

[Tim Cahill]

If it wasn't Vingegaard he was up against this would be easy Pogacar victory with those intermediate climbs at the end.

 

[Boehmand]

Kuss losing his GC today, he is in the Landa/Meintjes/Gaudu group

 

[Peyroteo94]

Gaudu is cooked for good. If it is not today, it is tomorrow.

 

[Salvarani]

I think Jumbo wants someone other than Pog getting the 8 bonus seconds on the last climb.

Exactly... they just want a break to go. Van Aert is allowed to do his own thing on here.

 

[Gigs_98]

Casual 120 km solo by Wout?

 

[HelloDolly]

Jumbo with the WVA attacks

 

[DenisMenchov]

I love this Tour. Amazing racing.

btw Why didn't most teams attack yesterday? It was much easier to try and win the stage then today....

 

[Valv.Piti]

Lmao 123 km solo lets go

 

[RobertCrawley]

Kuss losing his GC today, he is in the Landa/Meintjes group

It's a long day.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

No team can control the race

uae seem to embrace the chaos, jumbo should be trying to slow it down and block the road, but they don't want to because of van aert? and getting riders ahead of the gc group, which has been their tactic in the past, and to be fair has worked.

So there really is nobody to do the tradition block which is why this is happening so often.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Lmao 123 km solo lets go

Guys will join him.

 

[Salvarani]

I love this Tour. Amazing racing.

btw Why didn't most teams attack yesterday? It was much easier to try and win the stage then today....

You have had account since 2009 and dont know why?

 

[Barnacle Bill]

WVA fired up again, perhaps been reading Dumo comments while warming up

 

[Didinho]

For Wout it’s always good to be in front. If they let you go 15min so he can’t help upcoming Vingo, you win the stage. If they catch you, you can help in the end. Win win for him. But solo it will be a long day.

 

[Peter von]

I love this Tour. Amazing racing.

btw Why didn't most teams attack yesterday? It was much easier to try and win the stage then today....

too many sprinters teams wanted the sprint. And many of the best riders on flat raods with small hills are on those teams.

 

[HelloDolly]

Kirby expecting Bardet to attack even on days he is out the back

Today I think he really wants to make up time and move back into top 10


WTF is wrong with Landa ??

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Wout
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[RobertCrawley]

WVA fired up again, perhaps been reading Dumo comments while warming up

What did Tommy say?

 

[Salvarani]

WVA really wants that stage-win before he goes home.

 

[ontheroad]

Another pointless attack from Van Aert.

 

[RobertCrawley]

WVA really wants that stage-win before he goes home.

Could be any day.

 

[DenisMenchov]

You have had account since 2009 and dont know why?

Well if most teams attacked yesterday MAYBE it doesn't end up in a sprint. If you just ride in the group and even send a rider to control the breakaway then you just gift the stage to Philipsen.

 

[Peter von]

I think jumbo is very afraid of Pogacar. They want at all cost to have a rider in the break because they fear an attack by Pogacar today.

Jumbo would be silly not to be very afraid of Pogi. But mostly I think they want to win the stage with Wout and they are running out of stages where that is possible.
And UAE for historica reasons are a bit nervous when Wout is in front.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Poor Simon. He will say goodbye today