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

[Scarponi]

Plus 18 seconds time bonus

Makes a big difference!

 

[Salvarani]

Absolute shambles for UAE to lose over a minute here.

I would say they limited their losses to a minute. Could have probably been more if Jumbo took command earlier.

Everyone knows Vingegaard is the man to beat for sure, now.

 

[Divergence]

UAE's and in particular Pog's smugness strikes again. Why are you riding and chasing after the breakaway. Let Jumbo lose the Tour right then and there if they do not ride.
An additional point is that Kuss was better than Pog and (almost) on par with Vingo. Rog would have smoked them all had JV not been idiots.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

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

Ciccone has only himself to blame. He lost a minute on the climb. Even if he had worked with Vingegaard it would’ve been zero chance to catch Hindley.

 

[StryderHells]

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

 

[bob.a.feet]

I just don't get how people see Pogi stacking up against Vingegaard exactly like he did last year and start crying "Noooo if only he was in last years shape"

To be fair, the only stage he really got torched was Granon and that was after chasing attacks for 60km and even doing an unnecessary pull on Galibier.
Today he's lost a similar amount of time on a much easier stage without putting his nose in the wind prior to Vingegaard's attack. It's not unreasonable to think last year's Pogacar could have followed him here.

 

[Panda Claws]

Crazy how Pogacar is still at level 9 around level 6-7 GC riders but Vingegaard is still so far beyond that.

 

[Rackham]

No way it goes 1v1 and Vingegaard refuses to pull. Van Aert isn't gonna be around.

Vingegaard to drop everyone on Marie Blanque and win solo. I don't think it makes sense to wait.

Well done with the (almost) accurate prediction.

Vinge is clearly a level above on the hardest climbs.

 

[Remy55]

Buchmann saying he was not on his limit and his job was following Ciccone after Hindely attacked. 🤨

 

[JosefK]

What a stage! Hindley a real podium threat.

 

[Mayomaniac]

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

I don't know, maybe? Still 3rd on the gc, but I guess he really wanted that stage win.

 

[Scarponi]

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

If it was later in the race it would have been classed with Fuente De

 

[Gigs_98]

To be fair, the only stage he really got torched was Granon and that was after chasing attacks for 60km and even doing an unnecessary pull on Galibier.
Today he's lost a similar amount of time on a much easier stage without putting his nose in the wind prior to Vingegaard's attack. It's not unreasonable to think last year's Pogacar could have followed him here.

Based on what? How many attacks by Vingegaard could Pogacar follow last year? Did he attack him at any point outside the Galibier and the Hautacam stages?

 

[KOM]

To be fair, the only stage he really got torched was Granon and that was after chasing attacks for 60km and even doing an unnecessary pull on Galibier.
Today he's lost a similar amount of time on a much easier stage without putting his nose in the wind prior to Vingegaard's attack. It's not unreasonable to think last year's Pogacar could have followed him here.

0 Chance last years Pogacar gets dropped on a 4km/11% lol. Hes clearly not at his best

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Buchmann saying he was not on his limit and his job was following Ciccone after Hindely attacked. 🤨

He didn‘t look on the limit but he could also just attack then.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Pog only lost a minute here. He put a minute on Vingegaard on the last stage last year. I'm not worried.

 

[RobertCrawley]

The broom wagon is 27 minutes. I wonder if those guys are in any danger.

 

[Boehmand]

What a great stage, from start to finish.

It's great with this crop of GC stars, that are not afraid to put all the chips in, even far from the finish.

 

[memyselfandI]

"Everyone Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth"​

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC

 

[GroupDK]

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.

No doubt that Vingegaard is getting better on both downhills and flat.. impressive pace he can muster on flat & TT for a rider that is like under 60kg.

 

[ontheroad]

Can't say the Tour is over but we now know that Vingegaard is the strongest rider by some distance. That was a huge show of strength, the time gap is huge on a stage that should have been in Pogacars favour if anything. Barring a tactical mishap, a crash or some black swan event, it's Jumbos Tour to lose now.

 

[JosefK]

0 Chance last years Pogacar gets dropped on a 4km/11% lol. Hes clearly not at his best

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

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

UAE's and in particular Pog's smugness strikes again. Why are you riding and chasing after the breakaway. Let Jumbo lose the Tour right then and there if they do not ride.
An additional point is that Kuss was better than Pog and (almost) on par with Vingo. Rog would have smoked them all had JV not been idiots.

Post of the day!

 

[DrSahl]

Motor pacing for Vinge.

Vroom Vroom.. ohh wait