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

[Peyroteo94]

Some people are funny. They say Pog struggles in high mountains above 2000 m with a duration superior to 40 minutes. Tourmalet has all of that but now they say gradients weren't high enough. C'mon!!

 

[Salvarani]

Where is Jakobsen... will he make the time cut?

 

[Bolder]

How about this ...hows about WVA wasnt up front and didnt pull
Mayeb Pog would have to have gone to the front earlier if he wanted the stage , time and bonus seconds

Just saying

If Wout wasn't up front I think Pogacar would have had to attack sooner and Vingegaard would just sit on his wheels. So maybe he gains less time.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Battle for the podium very interesting too, Yates/Rodriguez/Hindley look even, Hindley has some time but will need a buffer as he is the worst tt-er of the 3.

 

[Rollthedice]

Jumbo did everything right just that the captain didn't deliver. It hurts but it happens and it's part of the game. Everybody and their mothers was sure Pog is dead, just needs to be buried. On the last climb turns out he's alive.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Only saw the last 45 minutes. What happened to Ciccone today?

Dropped on Tourmalet.

 

[bob.a.feet]

I'm completely stoked about todays result, but I have to repeat myself. This was utter tactical ineptitude by Jumbo. In a race where they should clearly focus on Pogacar and Pogacar alone, they drag him over the Tourmalet, drag him to the final climb and drag him to the final 3 kms, while completely exposing their leader. Even if Pog couldn't have dropped Vingegaard today, what would have been the point? Their entire focus should be on dropping Pog and today they seemed to focus on literally anything except that.

100%. Obviously they smelt blood after yesterday, but once Pogacar could follow Vingegaard on Tourmalet they should have recalculated. That was the sign that, even if you are stronger than Pogacar, you're not 'drop-him-from-40km' strong. And your certainly not strong enough to give him a free ride up the Tourmalet and not expect consequences.
I think if Jonas sat up and looked at Pog he wouldn't have been dropped like this.

 

[Salvarani]

Pog :"10 stage victories. I am coming for you mark " ha ha

No Giro for a long time then!

 

[Andy schleck]

Jumbo and vingegaard made a mistake, but kudos to pogacar.

 

[YavorD]

Congrats to Jumbo and Vingo. They did the right thing. If they dropped Pog on Tourmalet, with WVA in front the Tour was over. However, Pog survived and we have a race.
Back to square, Vingegaard needs to drop Pogacar to win the Tour.

I wonder if he didn't spent too much energy in the last 2 says already a bit like Pog last year?

 

[movingtarget]

Kuss would have been able to pace after Van Aert and kept a high enough pace, so that Pog wouldnt have been able to attack. Maybe a higher pace would have tired him out more.

Feel like Vingegaard was pretty unsure on what to do when he couldnt get rid of Pog. He just kept riding. Kuss would have been able to come back and started to pace again, normally, if he had been there.

Instead he got exposed, this time.

Maybe a mistake from Jumbo to use up all their domestiques early but the way Pogacar rode it probably wouldn't have mattered.

 

[Salvarani]

100%. Obviously they smelt blood after yesterday, but once Pogacar could follow Vingegaard on Tourmalet they should have recalculated. That was the sign that, even if you are stronger than Pogacar, you're not 'drop-him-from-40km' strong. And your certainly not strong enough to give him a free ride up the Tourmalet and not expect consequences.
I think if Jonas sat up and looked at Pog he wouldn't have been dropped like this.

Going over Tourmalet, they kind of had to commit on what they had set out to do. With 2 minutes down to the others and Van Aert waiting.

 

[Salvarani]

Maybe a mistake from Jumbo to use up all their domestiques early but the way Pogacar rode it probably wouldn't have mattered.

Like I said, Pog probably wins the stage but not with the same time loss for Jonas.

 

[StryderHells]

The Australian coverage is nauseating, It’s all about Hindley without paying enough attention to the stage…

I don’t get how we haven’t moved beyond this

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Powless back in polka dots, I think that's nice.

 

[HelloDolly]

He knows he will lose time in the TT and that third place is more realistic than the top two. But a long way to go yet.

I didnt say he'd win ..I meant he will be better in relation to the other 2 in final week

 

[RobertCrawley]

Gaudu the French hopeful is at 4:03. Romain Bardet at 4:43.

The Brit hopeful Pidders is at 4:43 also.

They've got a lot of work to do to catch peak Jai Hindley.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

It's stage 6. There are mountains stages on stage 9, 13, 14,15, 17 and 20. Time trial at stage 16.

A lot can change on the gc. Some riders will have better form later on the race. Still super early.

 

[RedheadDane]

Supposedly Skjelmose is suffering after his crash yesterday.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Powless back in polka dots, I think that's nice.

A happier man does not exist.

 

[movingtarget]

The Australian coverage is nauseating, It’s all about Hindley without paying enough attention to the stage…

I don’t get how we haven’t moved beyond this

SBS coverage is not what it used to be. I often turn the sound down now as the commentary is often nauseating..............

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I wouldn't call JV tactics a mistake, it's always easy to say afterwards. It was the right tactic to kill Pogacar, who seemed weaker yesterday. They could've stopped at some point when they saw Pog was strong enough to keep Vinge's wheel but the Dane hoped he would break the Slovenian near the top of Tourmalet or later. Still, even if they slowed down at some point before the last climb I think the outcome would be the same...i.e. Pog's victory with some margin.

 

[movingtarget]

I didnt say he'd win ..I meant he will be better in relation to the other 2 in final week

Of course.

 

[HelloDolly]

The Australian coverage is nauseating, It’s all about Hindley without paying enough attention to the stage…

I don’t get how we haven’t moved beyond this

Bit like the Belgians on their star cyclists

 

[MrTea1976]

Who is blowing out before the end? Will one of the big 2 decline? Or both?