Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 16: Passy - Combloux, 22.4k (ITT)

[RobertCrawley]

Did Ineos already practice their helmet change today?

Weird TT helmet of the day goes to Soudal.

 

[Red Rick]

Cava like 1800 VAM between T2 and T3 and 1300 VAM between T3 and finish.

 

[Trofonios]

Expected a little bit more from Asgreen.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Commentators getting excited about Cavangas time, don't think that was anything special.

He neither, as his guess is he'll be top 15.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

If Cavagna was as good today as he was back then, I think the gap to Pedersen would’ve been greater.

Considering Pedersen's track record in the Bessèges HTTs, I'm not so sure. Also, Pogacar was truly insane that day, not a given that either him or Vingegaard will be quite that good themselves today.

 

[Aimar16]

Moscon is still by far the fastest in the final section (T3-Finish)

 

[Vesica]

I don't know if I'm more surprised by the fact that Moscon is the fastest in the final section or that he is in this race at all. Dude's absolutely invisible so far...

 

[Trofonios]

Asgreen finished ok, 7s faster than Cavagna from 3rd timecheck to finish.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I don't know if I'm more surprised by the fact that Moscon is the fastest in the final section or that he is in this race at all. Dude's absolutely invisible so far...

Fun fact: Moscon's most recent top-10 on European soil is the 2021 edition of Paris-Roubaix he arguably should have won.

 

[tobydawq]

Organizers deserve some criticism here?

No.

 

[Rackham]

I don't know if I'm more surprised by the fact that Moscon is the fastest in the final section or that he is in this race at all. Dude's absolutely invisible so far...

He swapped & did the climb on a road bike.

So anecdotally the road bike looks faster on the final part, but whether the top guys swap... is another matter.

 

[Trofonios]

Do we think MVDP will go for it? Rode a decent tt in Baloise Belgium tour

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Expected a little bit more from Asgreen.

ever since the lost season he's been struggling to get to his 2021 level

 

[glassmoon]

Do we think MVDP will go for it? Rode a decent tt in Baloise Belgium tour

no point. 0 chance on this profile and with those two atomic kids fighting for the yellow.

but he is also known for often going way too hard for no apparent reason and with no chance for success so who knows

 

[RobertCrawley]

Any reports of flats today? The increased use of tubeless tires appears to make a big difference.

 

[Danskebjerge]

I don't know if I'm more surprised by the fact that Moscon is the fastest in the final section or that he is in this race at all. Dude's absolutely invisible so far...

And Costa.

 

[Boehmand]

I dont know what brought you to their private life. I was obviously refering to their cycling.

No, you were reffering to one of them having fun in a swimming pool

 

[Peyroteo94]

UAE is changing bikes. They will lose 6-10 seconds.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Lafay's TT bike just slipped out from under him on a dry surface. Wow.

 

[RedheadDane]

Lafay crashing at the finish.

 

[Boehmand]

they don't have the small enough gear selected on the spare bike because they know the push is allowed anyway - there is absolutely no reason for push to be necessary because of big gears on TT bike as you stated. plenty of range on the TT bike too.

If you want to be able to ride smaller gears, you need a second chainring on the bike, so yes, there is a reason.

Og course they can all just ride slower, to satisfy your weird obsession with people getting a push for 3 seconds.

 

[Finn84]

Powless went for a road bike for entire stage.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Powless went for a road bike for entire stage.

That's really nice.

 

[Trofonios]

Powless on road bike from start. All out on Cote de Domancy I guess.

 

[FrontHeadlock]

Powless went for a road bike for entire stage.

He must just be focusing on the KOM points here.