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

[Didinho]

First time I’m not only disappointed but also mad. What was this. Insane.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

The Tour was acceptable until this ITT. The gaps are just too unbelievable. People were saying that Pog would dominate for years to come and were happy with Vingo coming to add some rivalry, but now there is literally a monster in town.

Forum Jacky Durand is angry

 

[proffate]

At least the fans didn’t cause a crash, they got close a couple times and someone had to pull their friend out of Vinge’s way.

I don't understand why these numbnuts need to walk out into the road on the inside of the curves. At least do it on the outside...

 

[Poursuivant]

Lol, Vingegaard 1.9 km/h faster than the second best rider.

Deux vitesses

 

[Big Doopie]

...where's our resident trolling moderator...?

There are at least a dozen comments in this thread alone that he would have banned me for immediately.

 

[kingjr]

So Pogacar is Ullrich?

Well, Ullrich has said that Pogacar reminds him of himself

 

[StryderHells]

Pog is still the more interesting rider as he stretches his win over cobbles, one day, 1 weeks and GT’s but Vinge owns him right now in a 3 week race

 

[Scarponi]

Next year the ASO will make a route to give Remco a chance and hence doesn't include any TTs

Can’t even make a prologue , Vinge might take 25 seconds

 

[Boehmand]

So you don't think it was a clinical performance?

Your kind always comes out of the woodworks whenever a rider does well, you probably said the same of Pogacar in 2020.

 

[F_Cance]

The last thing I’ll say for the people that don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics, I’m sorry for you. This is a great sporting event and you should stand around and believe it. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets — this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it. So Vive le Tour forever!

 

[DrSahl]

I bet Lance Armstrong is jealous, mad but also proud of what he saw today. Well done boys 2023 is the new 2003.

I think the disliked Rasmussen is more jealous about the popular one. Lance is chilling

 

[HelloDolly]

Also the distance between Pog and the others is not as big as it has been over the last weeks or as expected

Vinge would still have won but if Pog didnt look so tired it would have been closer

Hope UAE throw the kitchen sink at it but there is WVA

 

[movingtarget]

Third place battle still on. Expected a bit more from Rodriguez but Adam Yates has obviously hit form at the right time. Hindley about as expected and can hope to hang on for a top five. Incredible ride by Vingo. Excellent by WVA, Yates and Bilbao. Pog was good but the winner was another level.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Remember when people thought the 8 seconds on Joux Plane would matter?

 

[Monsi]

Just finished watching a while ago. I'm in total disbelief and shock at how Jonas dominated. And Pogacar didn't even have a bad performance. He was still freaking more than a minute ahead of 3rd place! Jonas is just on another level. Chapeau I must say.

 

[Peyroteo94]

We know this was really out of this world when mods let people saying clinic stuff here

 

[Boehmand]

Send this man to Glasgow

He doesn't want to go...

 

[Riek s]

Next year the ASO will make a route to give Remco a chance and hence doesn't include any TTs

And no climbs as well?

 

[Poursuivant]

I don't think a lot of nonforum fans would understand how ridiculous is this.

Pogacar is FLYING and lost 1.40 MINUTES to Viengaard in 22km

22km!!!

absurd

Imagine ASO had made it an old fashioned 50km TT

 

[Andy schleck]

Vingegaard!!!!!!!! What a beast!

 

[theyoungest]

From the first corner I already knew Vingegaard was going to win. He just had one of those days today. Tom Dumoulin says on Dutch tv that this is the best time trial he's ever seen by someone, doesn't matter who, and I think it's probably close.

Pogacar wasn't even that bad, but Vingegaard just did everything completely perfectly. Cornering, staying in TT position, and of course delivering the power.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Froome and Lance looking so basic now.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Recovery + heat - two of the three handicaps Pogacar has to Vingegaard

Well that doesn't explain how fast Vingegaard was just, why he might be faster than Pogacar. But by this margin? It's quite insane.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Guys, I couldn’t watch this. What the hell?

 

[Reynard]

Either Vingegaard bluffed in the whole race after marie blanque or this makes no sense. Pogacar was as good as he was in the whole tour. If that's the real level of Jonas he should lead the tour by 6-7 minutes to Pogi.

Those big jumps and differences in the level of top riders are a throweback to old days and a disaster for the sport imo. This is not Pdbf where Roglic had a medium performance and Pogi a fantastic day. This is Pogi on a insane best rider in the world level and Vingegaard no human ever did this level