Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 13: Agen > Pau, 165.3 km

[Potomac]

If they all contribute, they should be able to make it. Visma can live with a 1-2 minute gap for Yates.

Visma yes, but Ineos and Soudal worried about top 10 gc placings?

 

[proffate]

I just couldn't see UAE allowing a GC Yates. So not sure why Visma panicked

Someone rally the British Twitter mob, quickly!

"GC jates" has a much catchier ring to it than GC kuss imo. I'm here for it

 

[Peyroteo94]

I think they're burning more than one of their riders this way.

If you are talking about Yates. It doesn't matter, he is 5 minutes behind Vingegaard. They still have Pogacar and Almeida in a dream position.

 

[Mayomaniac]

I don't think Yates will be more spent than Vingegaard today. And they'd easily take a trade with a ratio of 4:1 even.

Having Vingegaard pull back in the bunch is a panic mode reaction, tbh...

 

[titan31]

IMO it's smart tactics.

Either they bring Yates back in GC, which means he can be used offensively in the mountains - or they force Visma to deplete their team today, ahead of the two big stages on the weekend.

Looks like Visma don't even have to ride though. Ineos, QS and teams wanting the stage are riding instead. Yates is a bigger danger to Remco and CRod than he is to Vingegaard

 

[Tim Cahill]

Kelly really does not rate Blythe lol

Blythe says something

*long pause*

'Well..... erm....... no'

 

[noob]

If you are talking about Yates. It doesn't matter, he is 5 minutes behind Vingegaard. They still have Pogacar and Almeida in a dream position.

I know but Yates is the only one with capacity to attack! Almeida doesn't have that acceleration!

 

[DenisMenchov]

WTF DECATHLON RIDING?!

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Yates in the break has now made it a harder day for everyone, that's for sure.

 

[Mayomaniac]

WTF DECATHLON RIDING?!

Keep Yates close, so Gall can leapfrog him easier in the mountains when the former has to work for Pogacar.

 

[ppanther92]

WTF DECATHLON RIDING?!

Gall but yes, bit pathetic. On the other hand - its absolutely irrelevant if they spend energy before the mountains. Anyway not like they could do anything there proactively.

 

[noob]

The way Pog answered that interview

 

[Samamba]

Break is doomed as long as Yates is there

UAe is gonna be hated by every single other team there

 

[Mayomaniac]

Also, Decathlon brought better rouleurs than climbing support to this Tour, so at least they are using their team...

 

[Landeirovic]

UAE with the drunken monkey tactic.
Ayuso dropping out and they have Adam Yates waste energy in the breakaway before 2 big MTFs.
Today the breakaway is being kept on a tight leash, so it's a rather pointless move by him...

Yates spend 0 energy. He pull 0 meters. If he would sitting now in the peloton it would just the same

 

[Netserk]

Break is doomed as long as Yates is there

UAe is gonna be hated by every single other team there

Then it's on them to try to make splits in the group and force Yates to close them or drop back. But I know it's hard with such a big group and a small gap to work with.

 

[ingsve]

UAE with the drunken monkey tactic.
Ayuso dropping out and they have Adam Yates waste energy in the breakaway before 2 big MTFs.
Today the breakaway is being kept on a tight leash, so it's a rather pointless move by him...

I bet the other GC teams are wasting more of their riders trying to keep the break at bay than Yates wastes himself. Or at any rate you use one rider to drain the energy from 10+ opposing domestiques.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Lol, sticky bottle situations: Intermarche rider holding a bottle for ten seconds, then receiving another bottle, then giving that bottle back to the driver. Also, we saw Wellens get his radio fixed - why is that even allowed. A radio is not important for completing the stage.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Break is doomed as long as Yates is there

UAe is gonna be hated by every single other team there

Given how they have already chased down breaks I think that horse has already bolted

 

[Bolder]

Break is doomed as long as Yates is there

UAe is gonna be hated by every single other team there

Mvdp should nudge him into a ditch.

 

[Potomac]

Someone rally the British Twitter mob, quickly!

"GC jates" has a much catchier ring to it than GC kuss imo. I'm here for it

GC Kuss
Ending with -us sounds ancient Roman, thus gladiatorial. Way catchier.

 

[Netserk]

Yates spend 0 energy. He pull 0 meters. If he would sitting now in the peloton it would just the same

He pulls nearly as much as anyone else in front.

 

[Filippo_3467]

You would think that the front group will be dysfunctional at one point...already more passengers there. In 10-15 kms if it stays at a minute some riders will be probably a bit bit more chill in the break because they know they can't keep that up against the peleton

 

[RobertCrawley]

Lol, sticky bottle situations: Intermarche rider holding a bottle for ten seconds, then receiving another bottle, then giving that bottle back to the driver. Also, we saw Wellens get his radio fixed - why is that even allowed. A radio is not important for completing the stage.

It's not. I'm sure they wish the camera didn't catch it. Probably a monetary fine from Der Kommissar.

 

[Didinho]

Yates is doing less work than Rui Costa. He’s fine.