Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 10: Orléans > Saint-Amand-Montrond, 187.3km

[Netserk]

First 137 riders in same time.

 

[kingjr]

Easy peasy for Philipsen in the end - surprised to see WvA giving it a go. Must feel better. Girmay 2nd and some more Green Jersey points. At the moment he would be a deserved winner.

WvA gave it a go on stage 6 already.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Big John Degenkolb 7th place

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Was there a crash in the last 2-3km? Suddenly some gaps.

I am told that Cav crop dusted, causing the gaps.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Jasper does it.

 

[Netserk]

BTW, a good example of how corners make the sprint safer.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Fabio with a nice 130th place.

A 5th and a 7th place from having a dedicated leadout in the Giro and Tour. One time Degenkolb sprints he finishes 7th and Lund got one 5th place in the Giro.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Fabio with a nice 130th place.

Not bad for an aging supermodel.

 

[skippo12]

Big John Degenkolb 7th place

Without any team support. DSM can be happy with the Tour no matter what happens on the remaining stages but they brought a sprint for Jakobsen to end up with the same kind of result as Degenkolb today.

 

[RobertCrawley]

A 5th and a 7th place from having a dedicated leadout in the Giro and Tour. One time Degenkolb sprints he finishes 7th and Lund got one 5th place in the Giro.

Arnaud de Lie got lost in the bunch. He needs to find and fight for Jasper's wheel, which is Bini's strategy at the moment.

 

[AICA ribonucleotide]

Surely he gets disqualified because of the intermediate sprint?

 

[kingjr]

I don't think that'll happen. It was a minuscule veer right, like 5-10m before the finish.

Philipsen's deviation on stage 6 was also minuscule

 

[SHAD0W93]

Philipsen's deviation on stage 6 was also minuscule

Philipsen had a warning that morning though.

 

[jaylew]

Impressed with Girmay on a flat sprint again.

Yes, he's obviously gotten faster and seems like he's as fast as just about any other sprinter these days, though I'd say the two current fastest sprinters aren't here. It would have been interesting to see if he could have come past Philipsen if he'd have been better placed at the very end. In any case, good leadout from MVDP and a great win for JP. Good for him. Now we just need De Lie to get a win.

 

[red_flanders]

Philipsen's deviation on stage 6 was also minuscule

Clearly, it being on the barriers was a factor.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Yawn...definitely need more of those stages, instead of doing a gravel stage...

 

[jaylew]

Philipsen's deviation on stage 6 was also minuscule

True enough, though it was a bit more than Bini's move. I wouldn't have relegated Philipsen myself but I guess it was influenced some by his history.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulations to Jasper Philipsen for winning the stage and to Mathieu van der Poel for providing a perfect lead out.

Peloton self neutralized and all agreed they need an additional rest day, that shows on just how hard first week was. On top of that a rather perfect answer to being treated like a circus animal, as fans for sure would rather have them ride cobbles today. A rather demanding stage coming up tomorrow so all focus already on that.

 

[Valv.Piti]

"Sprinters have to have their stages"

Why again?

 

[Berniece]

"Sprinters have to have their stages"

Why again?

Because you want a bit for everyone in the biggest race in the world, and to give the GC guys a bit of a rest day

 

[KOM]

Because you want a bit for everyone in the biggest race in the world, and to give the GC guys a bit of a rest day

They had a restday YESTERDAY! [[content deleted]]What happened today is bad for the sport and this is by far the biggest stage for it.

 

[Bolder]

Nice clean sprint but wow that was a dull stage.

 

[kingjr]

I guess Van der Poel was told on the rest day to do a proper lead out.

He said in the post-race interview (I'm paraphrasing) that the leadout was just as good on stage 6, but Philipsen waited too long.

 

[scribers]

They had a restday YESTERDAY! [[ deleted contant]] What happened today is bad for the sport and this is by far the biggest stage for it.

I can’t disagree, but good stages are coming

 

[CyclistAbi]

"Sprinters have to have their stages"

Why again?

People can always gather and organise a GT race without including sprinters, and lets see on how that goes.

They had a restday YESTERDAY! Some of you people are such simps its really annoying

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyitLrD83y0


As far as i am concerned they can rest tomorrow too, slowly increasing the tension towards the week two finale. Some of us just like slow food and not sure if all the people that love slow food are simps. If yes then so be it.