Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 6: Tarbes - Cauterets-Cambasque, 144.9k

[Boehmand]

Rider does a thing very well. "Yeah, but he doesn't do this or that other thing very well". That's hate.

Or, just wishful thinking

 

[RobertCrawley]

Weak break no strong riders

Van Aert and Van der Poel can turn a pedal.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Bora seem content to keep the gap at 3 minutes, this break will have a hard time surviving.

 

[glassmoon]

Weak break no strong riders

It was always about JV attacking today anyways - they have to. Pog will only get better during the race and they also need to put Jay under the pressure after his breakaway day yesterday... Vinegaaar might also take a stage in the process. Also wonder what Pidders might try during the Tourmalet descend.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Bora seem content to keep the gap at 3 minutes, this break will have a hard time surviving.

That should work. A little sanity after the crazy day yesterday.

 

[Trofonios]

Bora just giving 3 minutes. Can't be Alaphillipe they are afraid of. Don't want to give van Aert too much time so that TJV can set up an attack on Tourmalet and van Aert helps Vingegaard after Tourmalet?

 

[Netserk]

The peloton will lose time to the break on Aspin, only to take ~3 min on Tourmalet (from Gripp: 12.35 km at 8.85 %).

 

[Boehmand]

Bora seem content to keep the gap at 3 minutes, this break will have a hard time surviving.

It's no big deal keeping the gap at 3 minutes on the flat.

But what happens when they hit d'Aspin, and later Tourmalet is a different matter.

Bora does have quite good mountain Doms though, but they will also be scared of going too deep too early, so we may see the gap go out when we hit the serious climbs, and the best in the break separate.

 

[Potomac]

Another huge break? I don't trust them.

 

[HelloDolly]

Rider does a thing very well. "Yeah, but he doesn't do this or that other thing very well". That's hate.

FFS its called criticism ..Every sport person gets it , every team from all fans

You must be one of those millenniums where any criticism has to be called hate as people cant take it

 

[Potomac]

What is the source of the Powless "nice guy" running joke?

 

[Potomac]

FFS its called criticism ..Every sport person gets it , every team from all fans

You must be one of those millenniums where any criticism has to be called hate as people cant take it

When fan bois starting calling others haters, they pretty much lose any credibility in their opinions.

 

[Divergence]

It is a shame there is no GC threat in the breakaway. There is a high probability now of nothing happening in the peloton until the last climb.

 

[RobertCrawley]

I like peak Jai Hindley a lot more after hearing Mitch Docker talk on a podcast about how Hindley is devoted student of cycling history. A day after Hindley won the Giro he visited a local museum and donated his winning jersey to others hanging there.

 

[Earns1985]

Bora just giving 3 minutes. Can't be Alaphillipe they are afraid of. Don't want to give van Aert too much time so that TJV can set up an attack on Tourmalet and van Aert helps Vingegaard after Tourmalet?

Could be an explanation.., other could be that they have a few flat riders, that they can only use right now, while they (Haller, Meuss, van Poppel, Politt) are useless when the climbsbegin..

 

[Trofonios]

Here is a thought: Bora want to make the stage hard because they think Hindley is in great shape and there might be a possibility that Pogacar will struggle and lose time. Maybe now is the time to distance Pog before he eventually gets in better shape.

 

[Red Rick]

Lol, NOS had a timer for Hindley wearing yellow for longer than pink. It went off already

 

[Potomac]

It is a shame there is no GC threat in the breakaway. There is a high probability now of nothing happening in the peloton until the last climb.

Why the hate for every rider in the breakaway?

 

[RobertCrawley]

It is a shame there is no GC threat in the breakaway. There is a high probability now of nothing happening in the peloton until the last climb.

But that's how breaks work. They don't let GC threats go, unless it's an unusually weird day like yesterday.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Powless 2 points!!

 

[Boehmand]

Rolf Soerensen is rather shocked the AG2R riders did not contest the polkadots sprint.

He is not alone

 

[Divergence]

But that's how breaks work. They don't let GC threats go, unless it's an unusually weird day like yesterday.

Sure, but yesterday was fought harder and after 10-15k or so of constant attacking a GC guy can infiltrate the breakaway and it is hard to control. Today was kinda meek in terms of the formation of the breakaway.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Rolf Soerensen is rather shocked the AG2R riders did not contest the polkadots sprint.

He is not alone

I don’t know what Cosnefroy was doing. Yes it’s a cat 3 but every point matters in the KOM competition.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Sure, but yesterday was fought harder and after 10-15k or so of constant attacking a GC guy can infiltrate the breakaway and it is hard to control. Today was kinda meek in terms of the formation of the breakaway.

Everybody was tired after yesterday’s tough day, so the break was always going to form quicker than yesterday.

 

[RobertCrawley]

I don’t know what Cosnefroy was doing. Yes it’s a cat 3 but every point matters in the KOM competition.

Powless wants those Tourmalet points. Should be interesting.