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

[Devil's Elbow]

Worth noting that Jorgenson is on record as not liking the heat despite being from California.

 

[postmanhat]

So you're telling me Kirby had placed a bet on every race Si Clarke has ridden the past 10 years?

And Meintjes. He must be better paid than we think?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

So you're telling me Kirby had placed a bet on every race Si Clarke has ridden the past 10 years?

And Sébastien Reichenbach.

 

[Elos Anjos]

Worth noting that Jorgenson is on record as not liking the heat despite being from California.

They are not mutually exclusive. I like the heat but it harms my performance.

 

[nightowl]

Kirby talking as if the stage is won ....aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Why yes, Puy de Dôme is a famously easy climb, so of course it’s in the bag for him at this point

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Kirby also definitely had bets on 'Manny Shellmose' every stage in Itzulia.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And Meintjes. He must be better paid than we think?

Or he's lost so much money he can't afford to retire anytime soon.

 

[Salvarani]

Looks good for Jorgenson.

 

[Red Rick]

Guys do you think 16 minutes is enough for Jorgenson?

 

[Pirazziattacks]

They are not mutually exclusive. I like the heat but it harms my performance.

No it was something to do with him being an off the charts salty sweater I think.

 

[Sciatic]

Even if it’s just decided on the climb, a rider will always feel better with less riders in the group. It’s seems that’s goal was achieved.

And so seems it can be worth it if one can get a minute on the others like Jorgensen has here. Will be interesting to see if he holds on

 

[RobertCrawley]

Looks good for Jorgenson.

I hope you are right, but not sure how likely.

Strava has Matteo climbing the Puy de Drôme at 19:39 (fresh, one assumes).

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It would be cool if we had a stage top 3 with Matteo, Matej and Mathieu.

 

[Boehmand]

Anyone in the break, incl the Woods group, can still win the stage.

The last 4.3 K are so brutal, that anyone can take - or lose - 5 minutes on that.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

The peloton doesn't even deserve a camera bike today, f**k those guys.

 

[Red Rick]

Anyone in the break, incl the Woods group, can still win the stage.

The last 4.3 K are so brutal, that anyone can take - or lose - 5 minutes on that.

If you hold a gap stable on the first 8km you're typically not losing 1'40 on the final 4.3km.

 

[Boehmand]

Campenaerts is a gift to any break.

Not a gift to his own team mind you, but to anyone else

 

[Casper96]

The peloton doesn't even deserve a camera bike today, f**k those guys.

We're going to get two mountaintop finish battles for the price of one, though - one race for the break, one race for the GC. Might be fun.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Pogacar will drop Vingegaard again today, albeit it will not give so much time, but he still will because he is a monster.

Vingegaard had one lucky Tour win, that is all he gets.

Bookmarked for future use

 

[HelloDolly]

This is not about how well you can climb only

Its about how much energy you have and how you are feeling in the heat

And of course how bad you want it and how deep you can go

 

[Salvarani]

We dont have any images either...

 

[Elos Anjos]

A moto has crashed in front of the peloton.

 

[carolina]

The peloton doesn't even deserve a camera bike today, f**k those guys.

On portuguese eurosport they just said a motorbike fell in front of the peloton.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

The Powless group seems to not work well together, being nice doesn’t spread to everyone I suppose.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The lack of images from the Woods group is disappointing, definitely more likely the winner is in that group than in the Powless one.