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

[Boehmand]

Ineos and EF have joined Trek and Soudal, all 4 teams want riders up the road.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Q Simmons didn't start today.

My heart is not broken.

 

[HelloDolly]

You just know Lefevere is going mad in the car

Maybe not as its reported he is selling the team

 

[HelloDolly]

They need not panic ...steady chase

 

[pelotonIQ]

Beautiful, no Jumbo in the break

 

[Boehmand]

EF clearly don't want any more climbers to hit the break.

 

[HelloDolly]

Why are more not trying to get in the break ????

Cofidis ???

 

[saunaking]

Sagan doing his own mechanical work

do him well in his new gravel racing career

 

[RobertCrawley]

Why are more not trying to get in the break ????

Cofidis ???

They would if they could.

 

[Reynard]

puh that was a disappointment...

 

[HelloDolly]

They are off again

 

[Boehmand]

EF is riding this perfectly for Powless.

 

[Red Rick]

EF is riding this perfectly for Powless.

Which makes a lot of sense cause Powless has no shot to win this.

 

[Salvarani]

Gonna be uphill now towards the sprint. Maybe easier to get away from peloton in the next 5km.

But looks like they slowed down instead.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Game over for those with ambitions to get in the break from peloton.

 

[F_Cance]

it's over. Apart from the break with hindley they are really subpar this tour.

 

[Boehmand]

UAE and Jumbo are having a standoff right now, both looking to the other team to take the lead in the peloton, and neither wanting to do it themselves.

 

[HelloDolly]

EF is riding this perfectly for Powless.

Not sure why ...Powless has no chance of wining this stage

Much better if instead of blocking the road they send Uran or Chaves in the break ....mystery to me

 

[Reynard]

So many teams just completely...bonked that

What a shame I was hoping for a hard break battle... no the stage will be boring until the last 4 km

 

[DNP-Old]

EF is riding this perfectly for Powless.

I think their chances of winning, or getting points in general, would be bigger with Bettiol and Amador ahead than Powless alone.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

it's over. Apart from the break with hindley they are really subpar this tour.

It was a strong break on the Tourmalet stage.

 

[Boehmand]

Which makes a lot of sense cause Powless has no shot to win this.

Depends.

I can see the break getting a massive lead now, because both UAE and Jumbo refuse to lead in the peloton, so that the stage is won from the break.

In that case Woods is his biggest competition.

 

[Salvarani]

Powless is surely just picking up the points before Puy de Dome?

 

[Trofonios]

Pretty strong break, could be hard for TJV and/or UAE to chase down. Will be interesting to see how much time the break will get before the gap stabilizes.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Not sure why ...Powless has no chance of wining this stage

Much better if instead of blocking the road they send Uran or Chaves in the break ....mystery to me

I assume for mountain points. He can get the two Cat 3s and the Cat 4 points.