Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 5: Pau - Laruns, 162.7k

[dgodave]

If you've ever ridden around Durango, CO you'd understand 😉

The MTB ing here is much better than the road riding.

 

[StryderHells]

Hevans in Galibier didn't win the stage and don't eran him the yellow jerset that day, but was a ride with bigger impact in the overall.

That’s why I said one of the best rides, Evans on Galibier was huge! This one was fun

 

[meat puppet]

It's looking like the LBL injury and lost training has been an issue for Pog.

Not the biggest surprise either.

Anyway, there is something very very pleasing when the golden boy gets his hat handed to him.

 

[DNP-Old]

That was one of if not the best rides I’ve seen from an Australian GC rider

Cadel saying *bleep* this *bleep* on Galibier and taking things into his own hands still reigns supreme.

 

[Valv.Piti]

What dominant performance by Vingegaard. I think he could possibly even have put 1.30 into Pogacar if they drilled the whole climb full gas with Kelderman and an insanely strong Kuss. Wp Jonas.

This is good for the race. Hindley in yellow, some nice time gaps, and some big leaders losing a lot of time.

 

[Divergence]

That's wisful thinking and I'm a Roglic fan.
Kuss riding with Pog means he's not in his form (yet?).
Agree that UAE (not Pogi) made a tactical mistake over another mistake that Jumbo also backed up by first allowing Hindley to go.

He was (almost) as good as Vingo. Take what you want from that.

 

[Salvarani]

Landa lost a lot of time

 

[ppanther92]

Pogacar needs to stop riding as if there is no tomorrow (of course injury in LBL didnt help). Go to careful preparation route and plan long term, not short term glory.

Not too sure about this actually. Even if he tries an Armstrong approach to the Tour, chances are still high that Vingegaard will be the better climber. And then his season really sucks. Win a lot of classics, the two other GTs - he is obviously very capable of both - and he will still be an all-time great.

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

Pogacar not at his best, but also blow up trying to follow Kuss and Vinge pace, he was cooked on the descent and flat.
Now he can only win by doing some crazy stunt

 

[Trofonios]

Vingo better gain everything everywhere now. Cause by 3rd week Pogi could be storming and maybe Vingo could be on a descending note.

If Vingegaard does this on Marie Blanque, wonder what kind of demolition job he will do on la Loze.

 

[GroupDK]

Positive for Jumbo to not land yellow already, quite taxing.

 

[Poursuivant]

Pogacar won’t overturn 1:40 on Hindley, never mind catch Vingegaard.

 

[Boehmand]

What does that mean?!?

Here's what you do:

Step 1: Get yourself a fully grown centipede
Step 2: Knit 177 pairs of tiny socks
Step 3: Let us know how you felt putting all the socks on the centipede

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Froome would have caught Hindley.

Losing a minute isn't a disaster for Pogačar. I don't think he went as deep as Vingegaard, and if he's feeling better later in the race, then it isn't over yet. UAE might be plotting something big for tomorrow already.

 

[Põhja Konn]

Great stage in itself, but Pogacar being out of form is a real bummer, even if not really surprising. Superb win for Hindley and a nice lead in GC with it, but unfortunately Vingegaard looks to be on a different level to everyone else, not really surprising either. A great day of racing, but not so great prospects for interesting fight for the overall.

 

[solo80k]

Well, that was PSM style domination from one team. Pogi has nothing to look for this year.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

What a stage and drama. Congrats to Hindley on a great victory, his advantage was healthy at some point but it changed on MB. UAE were chasing all this stage but they really weren't going too hard. On MB JV attacked and when Kuss was leading Pogacar looked to be struggling already. The Skeletor turned on the accelerator and left Teddy in the dust. Great performance by the Dane, who also chased strongly after the climb and reduced the gap to Hindley to a mere half a minute. As for Pogacar, clearly not his best performance, he was leaking time quickly both uphill and afterwards. This is very bad for the race suspence - obviously it's not over yet but only sth special (or dramatic) can change the outcome, it seems. If I were JV DS I would try to kill Tourmalet tomorrow and see if Pogacar is in trouble again, which could decide the race. The Slovenian's form could still improve later on.

 

[ManicJack]

The MTB ing here is much better than the road riding.

I'm actually at Purgatory right now.

 

[hfer07]

What a great stage Vingegaard going thermonuclear & all out to drop & gain time on Pogacar was really quite a display of willpower

Poga being a minute behind Vinge is going to make things more interesting

BTW congrats to Hindley for that superb performance

 

[Elos Anjos]

He was (almost) as good as Vingo. Take what you want from that.

I was just arguing that it would be pointless for Roglic to go to the Tour after Giro.
He would most likely be sub-optimal or ride for Vingo.

 

[Potomac]

I wonder what Ciccone will say after this. He seemed angry about his 2nd place. Kim Andersen favouring Skjelmose?

Yeah...why did he look so angry at the finish?

 

[Salvarani]

Great stage in itself, but Pogacar being out of form is a real bummer, even if not really surprising. Superb win for Hindley and a nice lead in GC with it, but unfortunately Vingegaard looks to be on a different level to everyone else, not really surprising either. A great day of racing, but not so great prospects for interesting fight for the overall.

Yup, agree with this!

Hope that Hindley can keep it up until the weekend at least and that today wont have cost too much.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Well, that was PSM style domination from one team. Pogi has nothing to look for this year.

Yeah, great ride by Bora, they‘ll be unbeatable.

 

[Poursuivant]

It means he's not fooling around.

Vingegaard is the best GT rider in the world.

 

[BigCoward]

With the lack of racing I'm not prepared to write him off just yet, he may come good as the race progresses. But that skinny little viking is a *** killer when he puts his mind to it.

I wonder what Hindley plan is now, follow at all costs and hope for the TT of his life.

I know that ineos need to drop 5 million quid in Ayuso's lap.