Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 9: Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat - Puy de Dôme, 182.4k

[RobertCrawley]

Beautiful overhead pictures of the Puy de Dôme.

 

[Izzyeviel]

The IPT jersey is giving me Czech National champ vibes.

 

[Salvarani]

Even if the profile doesnt say much before the last climb it has really been up and down all day on rolling terrain. Twists and turn. Warm and hot weather.

Long day and if someone has messed up their drinking/eating or feeling a bit tired before the rest day, it will be a hard last climb.

Could definitely see someone bonking it today.

 

[postmanhat]

Surely all The DSs are telling their riders to stay behind Campanaerts? He'd chase a butterfly in a break like this.

 

[ciranda]

ITV cut away from the cycling not for a retired rider on a motorbike or for interviews from this morning's Village Depart, but for a German professor of Geology to explain the structure of volcanoes.

Sounds much more interesting than most interviews and for sure more interesting than any moto report.

 

[Peter von]

That's what EF gets, for only wanting 1 guy in the break, by shutting down all the secondary moves the first 50 K, instead of actually participating

Yeah. But seeing if Bettiol could get a free piggyback ride to the break was decent tactics. Helping the recent Tour de Suisse winner into the break is a bad investment.

 

[Boehmand]

Powless is constantly having to shut down gaps himself, if he keeps that up he will not survive the last climb.

 

[Salvarani]

Boivin done

 

[RobertCrawley]

Sounds much more interesting than most interviews and for sure more interesting than any moto report.

I've enjoyed Christian VdV on a moto speaking to the DS of different teams.

 

[Boehmand]

Yeah. But seeing if Bettiol could get a free piggyback ride to the break was decent tactics. Helping the recent Tour de Suisse winner into the break is a bad investment.

That particular move (Skjelmose), sure, but they shut down 3-4 moves in a row the same way.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Powless is constantly having to shut down gaps himself, if he keeps that up he will not survive the last climb.

This is looking more and more like a Mike Woods kind of day.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

I've enjoyed Christian VdV on a moto speaking to the DS of different teams.

Christian VdV has been my favorite ex-rider on the moto, he does a great job, and NBC in general isn’t horrible with on the ground stuff, with Steve Perino also doing multiple interviews of regular citizens everyday. I prefer that part of NBC compared to GCN.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

The rest of the break are giving Jorgenson 30 seconds, interesting to when they start the chase.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Jorgenson is probably pretty nice, too.

 

[Peter von]

That particular move (Skjelmose), sure, but they shut down 3-4 moves in a row the same way.

Yeah maybe. But doing that risks bringing the move back all together as well.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Jorgenson is probably pretty nice, too.

He might have a tough time on the steeper parts of the day.

 

[Boehmand]

This is looking more and more like a Mike Woods kind of day.

On paper yes, but almost everyone in that break can climb, and they have ridden the stage hard, in very hot weather, so it's anybody's guess I think.

 

[Volderke]

By the way things are going in the break, Wva would have won this stage with ease.

 

[RobertCrawley]

By the way things are going in the break, Wva would have won this stage with ease.

With Wout's luck, the volcano would erupt 100 meters before the finish line.

 

[Didinho]

Jorgenson training for his Gent-Wevelgem solo next year.

 

[Lequack]

I liked Blythe better on the motorbike.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Uno-X probably blew it killing Abrahamsen before the downhill.

 

[gunara]

Lutsenko, why is he even here

 

[Volderke]

As could be predicted, Campenaerts succeeded in not making the key move.

 

[Salvarani]

Jorgenson training for his Gent-Wevelgem solo next year.

Question is if Van Aert will gift a team-mate any more wins.