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

[Boehmand]

It is what it is

- unless it isn't

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

think if they halve the deficit now, and Pog and Jonas go ape sh!t, then someone from the break might not win.

The peloton just let up a minute recently, and have no intention to get anywhere close to the break and let the bonus seconds go.

 

[Potomac]

Bee sting would make this stage EPICpen.

 

[Red Rick]

At this point I prefer if the peloton slows down even more so we get the full final 4km from the GC guys.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

I went back to sleep...did I miss anything?

I just tuned in, they showed a clip of 1975's The Punch.

 

[Salvarani]

Astana says it will offer Cavendish another shot at the Tour in 2024.

"His career cannot end here": Mark Cavendish's team ready to offer him another shot at Tour de France record win - Cycling News | Bike Reviews | road.cc

Mark Cavendish was forced to abandon his as-of-yet final Tour de France after suffering a broken collarbone following a crash yesterday, but his team Astana Qazaqstan has said that they’re ready to offer him another shot at getting the record-breaking stage win in next year’s Tour, with the Team...

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They aint got much else going for them.

Question is if Cav will go for it though. He has a wife and four (?) kids. Another season is many days and hours away from them.

 

[JosefK]

Powless feeling very nice, today (so far).

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Powless feeling very nice, today (so far).

I think that's lovely, and the countryside and scenery aren't too shabby either.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I went back to sleep...did I miss anything?

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.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Back in the rim brake days, it took 10 seconds for a wheel change.

With more riders going tubeless, flats are going to be rare.

 

[KOM]

At this point I prefer if the peloton slows down even more so we get the full final 4km from the GC guys.

Comeon you know we will get a 1min closeup of the 11th place finisher from the break either way

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Boivin on the attack.

 

[Boehmand]

Boivan ensuring Woods doesn't have to do any work in the break.

Pretty smart play by IPT

 

[Boehmand]

But Astana and Uno-X were not having it

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Boivan ensuring Woods doesn't have to do any work in the break.

Pretty smart play by IPT

When that break splits up into pieces and Woods is inevitably not in front because he doesn't descend well they'll wish they hadn't done that

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Another 40km and I predict this thread will explode!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Nice Powless secures a few more bonus points

 

[ManicJack]

That was the most contested sprint for KOM points yet. If you even call that contested.

 

[Salvarani]

Lutsenko ftw

 

[Peter von]

Nice Powless secures a few more bonus points

He needs to keep some of that powder nice and dry, tho.

 

[RobertCrawley]

So much Sturm und Drang so far out in the break.

 

[Boehmand]

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

 

[Bonimenier]

Always great to see Campenaerts showing he got one of the lowest racing IQ's of the peloton.

 

[Boehmand]

When that break splits up into pieces and Woods is inevitably not in front because he doesn't descend well they'll wish they hadn't done that

The descents today are short and easy.

 

[Valv.Piti]

What a borefest. Even the evenepoel thread is back alive.
Is the peloton bar the escapees / team represented seriously not even trying to win on this mythical climb?

No, teams like FDJ are perfectly content with trying their hardest to get a top 5 for the mythical climber David Gaudu, and UAE doesn't seem to care about the stage today after what happened on Marie Blanque, and Jumbo doesn't care after what happened on Tourmalet.