Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 2: Vitoria-Gasteiz - Donostia/San Sebastián, 208.9k

[Trofonios]

So I guess Adam Yates killed all hope for the breakaway making it today.
Seems like Pog wants bonus seconds both on Jaizkbel and at the finish.

 

[Boehmand]

Cort on the front line - his kind of stage

 

[RobertCrawley]

Should be a pretty good-sized breakaway today.

 

[Netserk]

Trek, Bora and Alpecin have controlled the start.

Mads Pedersen attacking.

 

[Netserk]

Jumbo closing the move down?!

They should hope a break takes the stage.

 

[KOM]

Jumbo closing the move down?!

They should hope a break takes the stage.

Trentin is/was in there. Expect them to chase each others breakaway attempts the entire tour

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Awful breakaway, it looks like

 

[RobertCrawley]

Eddie the Boss.

 

[Boehmand]

Interesting that Jumbo closed down the break when Trentin was in there.

Rolf Soerensen saying it's because UAE could use that as an alibi to not work all day, and Jumbo wants UAE to work.

 

[Aimar16]

Interesting that Jumbo closed down the break when Trentin was in there.

Rolf Soerensen saying it's because UAE could use that as an alibi to not work all day, and Jumbo wants UAE to work.

Wouldn't Jumbo have been better off with a break win?

 

[DNP-Old]

Wouldn't Jumbo have been better off with a break win?

Not if they're all in for Wout.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Wouldn't Jumbo have been better off with a break win?

I think they were just told to close down all UAE guys, even though Trentin would be basically useless there and might have even dropped back.

 

[Aimar16]

Not if they're all in for Wout.

Low chance of stage win vs high chance of Pogacar getting more bonus seconds

 

[DNP-Old]

Low chance of stage win vs high chance of Pogacar getting more bonus seconds

I'm not making the tactics.

 

[RedheadDane]

Cort "predicting" the way the finale will be ridden: "It'll either be a break, or from the peloton."

Can't argue with that...

 

[Boehmand]

Wouldn't Jumbo have been better off with a break win?

Low chance of stage win vs high chance of Pogacar getting more bonus seconds

I don't think Jumbo is that bothered with bonus seconds.

If the Tour is won on bonus seconds, they know Pogacar will win anyway.

I think they want him - and his team - to repeat their mistakes from last year, where they worked hard the first 10 days, and then all faded in the last part of the race.

 

[Lequack]

 

[RobertCrawley]

I don't think Jumbo is that bothered with bonus seconds.

If the Tour is won on bonus seconds, they know Pogacar will win anyway.

I think they want him - and his team - to repeat their mistakes from last year, where they worked hard the first 10 days, and then all faded in the last part of the race.

I agree. I don't think Jumbo-Vingo are too concerned about bonus seconds, or even about Adam Yates. Jonas will stick close to Pog. That's the game.

We drove through the Basque country a month ago. Such a beautiful place.

 

[awavey]

EF Education have some Daleks in the team car on the radio ?

 

[Aimar16]

I think they want him - and his team - to repeat their mistakes from last year, where they worked hard the first 10 days, and then all faded in the last part of the race.

Laengen and Berg are here for such stages, they will not use all the manpower

 

[tobydawq]

Jumbo closing the move down?!

They should hope a break takes the stage.

Wout is the main favourite for the stage.

 

[Netserk]

Wout is the main favourite for the stage.

And he will have numerous options in this Tour, but the most important objective is winning the overall.

The team rode for him yesterday. I don't think they should do that every time he thinks that he can win.

 

[KZD]

Welsford
Philipsen
Girmay

Sagan was nowhere this time in the intermediate sprint.

 

[Netserk]

Start the sprint at the front with more than 300 m to go. Lol.

 

[tobydawq]

That was a bunch sprint worthy.