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

[GroupDK]

Pogačar will fight back every chance he gets.

No doubt about that, Pogacar got a big heart.

 

[Gigs_98]

Yeah my guess is, Vingegaard will gain well over a minute.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Gall is going to get caught by Vingegaard, dear lord this is a nuclear attack.

 

[houtdffan]

Pog needs to wait for the Yates group

 

[Salvarani]

Pogacar is not at his best. Why ride the Tour?

It is the biggest race and he is one of the best riders in the world.

The preparation was what it was. Better to start and do his best, than to stay away or drop out early for minor reasons like some other riders.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Pog going to lose over a minute, madre mia

Is she reading the forum too?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Madouas also not dropping back

 

[Boehmand]

I'd like to remind the whole "Tour is over" crowd, that last year they also said the Tour was "over" during week 1 - expecting Pogacar to be the clear winner

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Do we think UAE tries anything tomorrow? Surely they can’t wait around to gain back time.

 

[Gigs_98]

Gall even worse a descender than he is a TT'er.

You are clearly underestimating just how bad of a TTer he is.

 

[Miha81]

Pogačar will fight back every chance he gets.

He clearly is not in good climbing shape. He is even losing additional time on the descent.

He would need top shape and bonus seconds buffer to beat Vinge TBH.

Boring GC battle incoming.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Time gaps wrong or are Hindley and Vingegaard both taking time on Pogacar in the descent?

 

[Peyroteo94]

Vingegaard will be in yellow after tomorrow. Tour is over unless he crashes

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Do we think UAE tries anything tomorrow? Surely they can’t wait around to gain back time.

They should put Yates in the break. Problem is that Bora will help Jumbo control things.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

It is the biggest race and he is one of the best riders in the world.

The preparation was what it was. Better to start and do his best, than to stay away or drop out early for minor reasons like some other riders.

Would have been a good excuse to do the Vuelta, though. He will definitely try to complete the GT triple later in his career, why not start now?

 

[RobertCrawley]

Sepptimus hopping road hazards on his bike at 40 miles an hour.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

MTB Kuss?

 

[Zoophonic]

Pogacar is not at his best. Why ride the Tour?

Sponsors insistence a possibility

 

[glassmoon]

Gall moto paced the whole time... still got caught

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Time gaps wrong or are Hindley and Vingegaard both taking time on Pogacar in the descent?

Pogacar ha never proven to be a fantastic downhiller really, has he?

 

[Poursuivant]

Pogacar will attack from anywhere trying to win this Tour tbf, so definitely not over

Yes probably but it got him nowhere last year and this year he is weaker and Vingegaard is as strong if not stronger than last year.

 

[Elos Anjos]

Yes, Pogi's overconfidence threw him to the Tour despite his bad form.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Pogacar ha never proven to be a fantastic downhiller really, has he?

Not really but Hindley should be cooked and it's a lot of peddeling.

 

[Boehmand]

I doubt Vingegaard can use it a lot, not that strong when it comes to downhill pace.

That is simply not true.

He is a really good descender, same level as Pogacar.

Though Pogacar has a slight advantage on downhills that are not technical, because of greater weight.

 

[Scarponi]

When’s the Veulta start?