Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 18: Moûtiers - Bourg-en-Bresse, 184.9k

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Whole break should gift Campenaerts half their months wages, ridiculous sacrifice pull at the end.
Edit: loved it gotta say

 

[jaylew]

Not sure they make it without that last effort from Campenaerts.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Told you so - Asgreen not in perfect shape

 

[IndianCyclist]

Well done Jasper

 

[RobertCrawley]

Quick-Step's entire Tour is salvaged.

 

[D. Pecher]

So Philipsen in the end risked a possible penalty with that dumb*** Amtrong performance for nothing. Couldn't have happened to a less likeable figure.

 

[Izzyeviel]

thank god Jonas didn't want to do a wiggo

 

[Didinho]

Philipsen easy win from the peloton. Will not be happy today.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Hahaha this was amazing!
Shame for Abrahamsen that Campenaerts didnt manage 100-150 meters more, but I guess Asgreen and Eenkhorn are slightly faster anyway.

 

[bob.a.feet]

Wow wow wee wow! Peak Kasper Asgreen has risen from the ashes.

 

[Rob5091]

Chapeau the break and Asgreen - great work by QS with the spoiler tactic.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Philipsen easy win from the peloton. Will not be happy today.

Shame Eenkhorn didnt win so he could tell Philipsen to f*** off after what happened earlier

 

[ontheroad]

Asgreen owes Campenaerts a bottle of bubbly for that final pull, glad to see him getting the win. Huge fail from sprinters teams.

 

[D. Pecher]

How on earth do you fail to close a 20-second gap in 12 kilometres? Huge, huge fail by the sprint teams. Happy for Asgreen though, after some difficult years.

The four upfront were all good rouleurs and a lot of the last 15k was downhill, which always favours breakaways.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Well done Jasper

Kasper.

 

[Danskebjerge]

I like that Philipsen won the sprint in the peloton. It would have been so lame with another Philipsen stage win.

 

[Volderke]

Asgreen should buy his breakaway companions some drinks!

 

[Didinho]

Lefevere was starving for weeks. He can go to the restaurant again.

Always good to see a strong break take it. Well deserved!

 

[Faserr]

Really happy for the break. After the bully move from Philipsen Lotto pulled like mad.

I never understood the tactics of the other teams on this stages. Waiting for tomorrow for a 20 rider break doesn't offer big chances either.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Whole break should gift Campenaerts half their months wages, ridiculous sacrifice pull at the end.
Edit: loved it gotta say

Now that was pure logic. But heard Danish commentators mentioning that he has gained 20kg in weight since he dropped his mountain adventure tryouts. Is this true or just for mainstream TV entertainment?

 

[Izzyeviel]

The second time this race that a winner of the Ronde has won a stage, Can Sagan make it 3?

 

[RobertCrawley]

Chapeau Kasper!!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The four upfront were all good rouleurs and a lot of the last 15k was downhill, which always favours breakaways.

Plenty of good rouleurs in the peloton, but Politt was the only one to do a big turn. Coincidentally, that was the only big chunk taken out of the gap too.

 

[DNP-Old]

Philipsen won the sprint with ease, who would've thought? DSM and Jayco are clowns, but at least they went into the stage with a clear goal in mind. That said goal was clear to fail, alas. These other teams on the other hand, screw them all. Didn't do jack trying to get into the break, didn't do jack to help the chase. Only started doing something opportunistic when the calf had all but died. I am glad they failed.

 

[RedheadDane]

Just to show how close it was, the peloton was given same time:

1	ASGREEN Kasper	Soudal - Quick Step	210	100		4:06:48
2	EENKHOORN Pascal	Lotto Dstny	150	70		,,
3	ABRAHAMSEN Jonas	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	110	50		,,
4	PHILIPSEN Jasper	Alpecin-Deceuninck	90	40		,,
5	PEDERSEN Mads	Lidl - Trek	70	32		,,