Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 11: Évaux-les-Bains > Le Lioran, 211km

[postmanhat]

He gained most of the time because .the two in front looked at each other before the sprint.

Possibly, but they were working together, whereas Evenpoel had the Roglic anchor weighing him down.

 

[Heston]

But let's not overreact, Pogacar could still be the strongest in the big mountains. But of course great signs for Jonas

 

[AmRacer]

And this was just a medium mountain stage.
The weekend will be brutal.
Since Pogi cannot drop Jonas, maybe he should switch to defensive mode.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Vingegaard in tears thanking his family, someone get that man a mobile phone and a proper 5g signal.

Good thing he's not in the US, that "proper 5g signal" part would be quite difficult.

 

[Jan the Man]

easy to look with hindsight - he would have felt strong when he attacked. Vigno measured his effort perfectly the hypebole after one or the other has a bad stage is ridiculous. Still difficult to call the tour overall.

 

[houtdffan]

Howda like them there balls remco

very smart riding by Vingo today. Kept Remco from catching back on

Had Vingo sat on like Sunday, Remco would have won the stage today

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Vingo interviewing right now... he's a bit awkward, but I like him.

 

[AmRacer]

Possibly, but they were working together, whereas Evenpoel had the Roglic anchor weighing him down.

The 2 beats went slowly.

 

[dgodave]

Pogi outsprinted by Vingo = cooked on the day. Went too early or did something wrong along the way

At some point being on top for your 2nd grand tour in row might start to catch up with you a bit.

This is why Pog really needs to quit being ballsy and ride 100% clever. Its less exciting for us - but winning would be worth it, I think.

 

[Taxus4a]

losing 30 seconds on that stage profile after with the two at front crawling and after yesterdays test day sprint. Not good

You have to consider the Key moment had 1,3 al 13 %...it is not the best for him those kind of slopes, and he is not a good descender for techinical parts. In the rest he has been very good.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Jonas is very emotional in his post-race interview. He's come a long way back. What a warrior.

Chapeau to him.

 

[KOM]

Pogis downfall started, when he had to ask the neutral service for a bottle/gel. Just saying . Would be quite the amateur misstake though by UAE

Looks like a lot of people seeing this now too, better late than never guys

 

[saunaking]

Visma is so much better than UAE, specially on nutrition.

You know why you run out of sugars? You go too hard attacking too much cuz you're too scared of the next 10 stages

 

[Brullnux]

Good news for UAE, Yates has moved up into the top ten so UCI points will be going crazy

 

[Tim Cahill]

UAE will be hoping it was just fuelling because he looked good on Puy Mary. Then again, even if it was then it will have taken a significant effort riding like that on empty which could bleed into the rest of the race.

 

[tobydawq]

Cant believe what I saw. How can you lose that sprint? Probably low on sugars as MR said.

I definitely think so.

Rare to see him overestimate himself that much.

 

[Boehmand]

Vingegaard breaking down in tears in the Danish interview, saying outright he thought he was going to die, when he was in the ditch in the Basque Country

 

[Gigs_98]

Whatever led to Pogacar not having it at the end, what an unbelievable gut punch for him.

 

[Netserk]

Godzilla is alive!

 

[saunaking]

What an epic Tour stage - IMO one of the best in history.

The big 4 fighting it out mano a mano over 3 climbs in a row.

How lucky we are to be alive to experience this generation of bike riders

new generation is great!

 

[Snake]

losing 30 seconds on that stage profile after with the two at front crawling and after yesterdays test day sprint. Not good

Do you realize his goal is top 5 or podium at best?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Wow, what a stage! As expected, Pogacar attacks, gains some time on Peyrol and increases the gap on the descent. Game over for the rest? No, epic fightback by Vingo on Pertus climb: he overcame about 30 s of a gap to Pogacar and also distanced Rogla and Evenepoel by about 40-45 s. But the most shocking part was at the end: he beat Pogacar in a sprint! While almost no changes happened between them in the GC it's obvious that it was Vingo, who dealt a psychological blow today to UAE and Pog. The Tour is very much on and Vingo today showed how strong he really is, unbelievable under the circumstances. Teddy, despite his GC lead, will face a difficult battle to win on the race's biggest climbs.

 

[ppanther92]

But let's not overreact, Pogacar could still be the strongest in the big mountains. But of course great signs for Jonas

Hard to believe after Vingegaard was always better in longer efforts. And today as well came back over a longer effort. Strategy for Pogacar should be the good old Sky one. Domestiques ride a tempo that makes it really hard for anyone to attack and then he does mountain sprints.

But even then. Ofc Vingegaard can drop Almeida, Yates and Ayuso whenever he wants.

And, even if its a stalemate now, I would be very worried for the time trial, if I was Pogacar.

So the ball might even be somehow on his side to win more time. And that seems tough.

 

[dobrien]

He gained most of the time because the two in front looked at each other before the sprint.

That was still a very nice ride from Remco today; best of the rest by far.

 

[Penninepeddler]

Visma is so much better than UAE, specially on nutrition.

Tactically, nutrition...

UAE have a lot of resources, all the riders...

Pogi would probably have an even better palmares if Mauro Gianetti had been banned from the sport... probably lost quite a lot of brain cells with all the drug abuse, time in a coma etc...