Tour de France Tour de France 2024: Stage 14: Pau - Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet 151.9km

[RobertCrawley]

As ppanther said, he was quite direct and called people names. But he definitely had inside information. He often would say which UAE riders would go to which races even if the preliminary startlists disagreed, and voilà, when the official startlist came out, it turned out he was right.

He was definitely not just a guy with an internet connection and it's way too easy just to dismiss him as such.

He prepared us for what we're seeing now.

Those are all excellent credentials. I believe everything he says now.

 

[tobydawq]

Those are all excellent credentials. I believe everything he says now.

Okay...

 

[scribers]

Well, if he said it, it must be true.

There you are. The poor guy getting kicked while in the grave. He can't get an deader

 

[scribers]

Lets say, the user had a specific way of communicating

He use only cicaban luck merchant farmer language

 

[topcat]

Matxin, it's him, it's Pogi he's come home. Let him into your window.

Matxin, it's me, I'm Pogi, I've come home, I'm so cold, Let me in your window.
(The song is from 1978. Were you alive then?)

 

[scribers]

Horner with his knuckles on the Chesterfield

Like a cat, he will land on his feet for his podcast today

 

[Nomadist]

He got like 2 minutes saving 10 watts that's not a very big difference. More useful using Yates to blow up the group before he even attacked.

The only reason it "worked" is cause Vingegaard couldn't respond to the first acceleration

You crazy? Yates was going way slower than Pog was after

 

[Savant12]

This was not just about the acceleration. Vinge cannot do long efforts like the last 2 years. Thats what a lung injury does to you.

He is riding for 2nd place now.

The lung injury must have taken a break on Stage 11.

 

[Heston]

The lung injury must have taken a break on Stage 11.

There were no long efforts. It was 4 km climbs with descents in between.

 

[dazaau]

Pogi : I see your ass…Remco : I would like to see yours more… and not from 500 m distance like today

https://twitter.com/x/status/1812150715176898741

View: https://x.com/LeTour/status/1812150715176898741

 

[fbjim]

in fairness to the chips guy, in all the safety videos and tweets the tour has put out, none of them say "don't throw Lay's potato chips at the riders"

 

[Rob5091]

in fairness to the chips guy, in all the safety videos and tweets the tour has put out, none of them say "don't throw Lay's potato chips at the riders"

Well if Pogi had eaten any, he would have been done for an illegal feed!

As for racing 2 minutes faster then Armstrong up the climb, you have to remember back then they were still using wooden wheels and wearing top hats and waistcoats -

 

[Pantani_lives]

That was a little masterclass by UAE. This time they got it tactically completely right. When Yates attacked there were two possibilities: he could win the stage himself, or Pogacar could bridge the gap on the final steep part. Teams often make plans like that, but they're rarely executed so well. This was Pogacar's most impressive Tour stage in three years. Especially the fact that he kept gaining time on the gentler part must have boosted his confidence.

At the same time I feel sorry for Ben Healy. He would deserve to win a stage, but the breakaway didn't get any leeway.

The guy with the chip bag should be punished. He should have taken paprika instead of salt.

 

[Oldermanish]

That moronic ‘spectator’ that threw chips or whatever they were at both Tadej and Jonas is an absolute moron. I hope he’s punished in some form or another. Why go up a mountain just to do that? Ridiculous.

They were Frito Lay chips and he threw them in disgust at the greasiness without flavor. French may do that. Had nothing to do with Tadej.

 

[Oldermanish]

I'll wonder aloud what would be the situation if Mateo Jorgenson had been allowed to ride protected for himself the last 3 stages?
Would he now be sitting 3rd or 2nd?

 

[proffate]

Agreed. It’s hard to gauge given the injuries to riders. There’s no doubt Tadej is in terrific form, maybe the best form of any rider in this generation. It’s entirely possible, maybe likely, that part of the reason is that the new training methods suit him better.

I don’t conclude from that that San Millán is a “fraud.” Not sure why anyone would.

Zone 2 is not some magical cure all, nor did San Milan invent it; he launched his public persona based on claiming it and over selling the research to out of shape age groupers who don't enjoy vo2 intervals. So that makes him a bit of a fraud, but no more than the rest of the blogosphere of men's health/fitness influencers.

 

[gregrowlerson]

One of the interesting advances in training comes from Tadej's trainer, Iñigo San Millán. His zone 2 training technique has had obvious consequences for Tadej's career. David Millar has discussed San Milln's training techniques. He said he was in the best shape of his life after using them.

Competitive and recreational athletes have had great success with it.

Zone 2 Training and Lactate: Dissecting Inigo San Millan's Advice — High North Performance

Recently, there has been a surge in interest in the benefits of ‘Zone 2’ training, spurred in part by the success of Tadej Pogačar and recent interviews with his coach Dr Iñigo San Millán, who has espoused the benefits of Zone 2 training. As head of performance at UAE Team Emirates, and p

www.highnorth.co.uk

@mou

 

[Miha81]

in fairness to the chips guy, in all the safety videos and tweets the tour has put out, none of them say "don't throw Lay's potato chips at the riders"

Salt is good for the cramps

 

[yaco]

You make good points.

Yet…the fact that Nils Pollit was leading the group over the climb…feels like rinse and repeat. Seen this movie before.

You forget it was Politt against Quinn and Politt took 15 seconds on the Tourmalet. the break was lazy and should have rotated turns at the front.

 

[staubsauger]

Politt has been there on Grand Colombier the year Pinot won on top.

He's always been a decent climber. Not excellent, but certainly one that can push himself.

 

[repre]

Surprised to see a couple folks tipping Gaudu, he just hasn't done anything to make me think he could separate from even a strong break. Or even get into a strong break. To me he seems totally out of the race.

Not a believer.

Gaudu last 1.5 years been riding like Total Energies rider...

 

[staubsauger]

Gaudu isn't the same since being 3rd @ the 2023 Paris-Nice!

 

[CleanCiclismo]

Gaudu isn't the same since being 3rd @ the 2023 Paris-Nice!

Clearly that Netflix fame got to him.

 

[RedheadDane]

The good news is, the chips-thrower was arrested imediately.

« Il a passé un après-midi bien arrosé » : le spectateur qui a lancé des chips sur Pogacar placé en garde à vue

INFO LE PARISIEN. Le jeune homme qui a lancé des chips sur Pogacar et Vingegaard a été arrêté par les gendarmes puis a été placé en garde à

www.leparisien.fr

 

[Salvarani]

The good news is, the chips-thrower was arrested imediately.

« Il a passé un après-midi bien arrosé » : le spectateur qui a lancé des chips sur Pogacar placé en garde à vue

INFO LE PARISIEN. Le jeune homme qui a lancé des chips sur Pogacar et Vingegaard a été arrêté par les gendarmes puis a été placé en garde à

www.leparisien.fr

He got crunched asap.