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

[Boehmand]

Jumbo wants to get rid of a bunch of Bora and maybe UAE riders on d'Aspin - to set up a Tourmalet attack

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

3 minutes isn’t enough for Wout at Tourmalet if Jonas goes nuclear, is it?

 

[saunaking]

They are making this race hard. They are going to put their rivals to the test.

Maybe they sense that Pog is not at his best, and the time is now to take it to him, not later, when he rides into form. They also want to put peak Jai Hindley to the test.

This could be good!

How is Wout contributing to making it hard??? Hard for who? THe guys in the break?

 

[Savant12]

Wout going for the points and KOM jerseys.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Niceson Powless with the points, Wout missed out there

 

[Valv.Piti]

wtf is going on. I was defending Wout yesterday, but what, is he going to drill it to the lower slopes of the tourmalet now and then stop.
He has zero chance of helping on Tourmalet at this rate

He's obviously being told what to do. He has no illusions about winning the stage, lol.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Powless back into virtual KOM.

 

[stetre76]

They are making this race hard. They are going to put their rivals to the test.

Yeah, I get that, but still it looks a bit "out of place"

In German GCN Bernie Eisel is wondering as well and, rather jokingly, said he thinks WvA is going to ride for a different team next year...

 

[Netserk]

Laporte with a controlled pace, allowing Wout a greater head start before Gripp.

 

[Boehmand]

3 minutes isn’t enough for Wout at Tourmalet if Jonas goes nuclear, is it?

Depends when on the climb

 

[RobertCrawley]

How is Wout contributing to making it hard??? Hard for who? THe guys in the break?

Jumbo is making the race hard and shedding UAE riders.

For Wout, I'm guessing Jonas will catch him on the climb the Tourmalet. Wout and Sepptimus will be a 1-2 punch to launch Jonas. That's just a guess.

 

[saunaking]

He's obviously being told what to do. He has no illusions about winning the stage, lol.

yeah but why?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Laporte with a controlled pace, allowing Wout a greater head start before Gripp.

Good. He would need 4 min. Peloton needs to go slowly on the descent for this to work out just right

 

[RobertCrawley]

Powless back into virtual KOM.

Nicely done!

 

[Lequack]

Vingegaard looks whiter than usual. I am expecting a 7 W/kg performance incoming.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

JV: to drill or not to drill? Going hard for longer will tire Pogacar more but increases the risk of catching Wout too soon.

 

[Valv.Piti]

yeah but why?

The reason why Bora has paced all day - Van Aert is a big threat, because if Vingegaard drops everyone, Wout can help on the top of Tourmalet, the valley and the false flat.

 

[Trofonios]

TJV go slow on the descent to let van Aert gain more time before Tourmalet.

 

[Salvarani]

MVDP!

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Van Der Poel taking the front on the descent.

 

[Rollthedice]

Van Der Descendpool.

 

[Boehmand]

MvdP to WvA:

"You make my life hard going up, I make your life hard going down"

 

[Netserk]

Good. He would need 4 min. Peloton needs to go slowly on the descent for this to work out just right

The steep part takes 38’-39’. 4 minutes should be enough.

 

[Blobs]

Vingegaard looks whiter than usual. I am expecting a 7 W/kg performance incoming.

Isn't that usually a bad sign? Or do you mean "only" 7 W/kg

 

[Casper96]

Why would Jumbo be satisfied only driving the pace in the breakaway and the peloton simultaneously? Why not have someone drop back and pace the sprinters grupetto too?