Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 14: Annemasse - Morzine, 151.8k

[DrSahl]

I think Pog will go into yellow today.

I think as well. We will know on the next steep part, because that is when Vingegaard will go full attack..
Like you I think Pogacar will follow and counter.. its all down to who has the better legs today.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Kuss is just fakepacing to troll Libertine

It depends on the outcome. If Vingegaard isn't going well, fakepacing is the right play, using reputation to protect, like Szmyd for Basso in 2012, and dissuading Pog from attacking sooner to minimise potential losses. If Vingegaard is going well and gains time when they eventually set out for home, then Kuss either should have gone harder, or is in fact only the 7th best climber in the race cos he's not dropping anybody now.

 

[Gigs_98]

To be fair, if you want to set up a big attack this is not the perfect way to do it. Usually the pull from the last domestique is really short but at an extremely high pace. Kuss really isn't doing that.

 

[Sciatic]

Kuss looks like he's pacing to get Wilco back on

Hardest part of the climb hasn’t started yet, he needs to pace this a bit slower than his usual, since he needs to last much longer today.

 

[ppanther92]

Lol did Gall just read a note what's in his bottle?

The gel on his bidon. Didn’t like what was written there apparently as he threw it away

 

[Martinstranger]

Gall unbothered enough to check what gel he got with his bidon.

He really hate the ones with bananataste

 

[ontheroad]

Kuss will be riding the Vuelta for podium at this rate given how he seems to have got stronger since the Giro.

 

[DrSahl]

The real action starts now.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Kuss doing his job, making sure Pogi can’t attack right now.

 

[Boehmand]

They are hitting the steep section now

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Kuss will be riding the Vuelta for podium at this rate given how he seems to have got stronger since the Giro.

It amazes me that he has yet to do that given Javier Guillén's obsession with stages that finish on the steepest climb.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Sepptimus is now showing some strain.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Here we go.

 

[Elos Anjos]

Pogi lost a bidon.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Attack between 5.5k to 2,5 k to be effective

 

[Ulle97]

Hope there is an attack before the last 1.5km of the climb.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Pog messed up his bottle grab.

 

[DrSahl]

Vingegaard to attack within a minute

 

[Gigs_98]

There goes Gall. Just has to pace himself for the rest of the climb and he did a great job.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Finally the tempo is real.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Pogi looks really not happy to not get the water.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Rodriguez is Geriant Thomassing his way into 3rd

 

[Eclipse]

This is actually an insane ride from Kuss at this point. He's had to do 3-4k pacing on his own and he's now just turning the screw more and more.

Pogi facial expressions do not look good

 

[Didinho]

Wout will come back to the front to wave the motorbike away.

 

[Elos Anjos]

Yates is doing great.