Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 15 14/7 Loudenvielle-Plateau de Beille 197.7k

[SHAD0W93]

Liggett is hoping for Vingegaard to attack once the descent is finished and try for a 40 km solo….

 

[Heston]

Depends on the valley, it will be 5v1 for 25kms straight. Break should easily take a lot of time.

The 5 have to save energy to go the whole way though. Kelderman can go all in and stop his effort with 10-15 km to the top.

 

[ManicJack]

Finally the time limit is actually gonna do something. I like the thought of riders getting eliminated because they can't keep up

Most of them could keep up if they had to.

 

[ppanther92]

Depends on the valley, it will be 5v1 for 25kms straight. Break should easily take a lot of time.

What do they need? 4 minutes?

 

[dobrien]

Cycling fans are so insanely reactionary about this

Anyone who is fine with a**holes throwing sh*t in riders' faces, no matter what the substance, isn't a cycling fan. Hopefully a night in jail for this *** might act as a deterrent for other fools...

 

[Salvarani]

What do they need? 4 minutes?

Yeah, at least.

The last climb is brutal.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Most of them could keep up if they had to.

But they literally have to today. And no, Cav could not keep up today lol

 

[Stelvio]

This but +2% at the discretion of the organisers (which was granted this morning)

So with 5h30m or so for the winner we are talking 13+2% percent? 50 minutes or so?

 

[Boehmand]

Considering this is Healy's 2nd GT and first Tour de France I cant see how you feel you have evidence to say this ...Today Healy is tired but on the Galibier and yesterday he was better

I like Healy a great deal, but he is more an Ardennes-type than a pure climber, and Carapaz has won a GT, so for a GT queen stage Carapaz will usually be the better bet for the team.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Also commentators spending way too much time on the time limit, I mean, these riders are not gonna add anything at all apart from one stage on the last kilometer to Nimes

 

[Samamba]

What do they need? 4 minutes?

Something like that yeah, depending on how early Vingegaard goes.

 

[Boehmand]

What is the time limit?

We don't know exactly until the first rider crosses the line, but it should end up somewhere in the 55-60 minutes range IMO.

 

[yaco]

Considering this is Healy's 2nd GT and first Tour de France I cant see how you feel you have evidence to say this ...Today Healy is tired but on the Galibier and yesterday he was better

I have been watching Healy since he started his WT career, so I think, I have a fair handle on his characteristics.. And my post stated that Carapaz was EF's better option for today's stage.

 

[Potomac]

Also commentators spending way too much time on the time limit, I mean, these riders are not gonna add anything at all apart from one stage on the last kilometer to Nimes

Posters here also spending too much time caring about it.

 

[Tim Cahill]

So with 5h30m or so for the winner we are talking 13+2% percent? 50 minutes or so?

Something like that yeah, it might end up coming down to whether the speed is under/over the nearest integer. They will want luck on their side.

 

[Poursuivant]

Cavendish is about 60km from the finish

 

[solo80k]

What do they need? 4 minutes?

I wish it's true, they need at least 6 minutes. I consider Jonas/Pog will climb in Contador/Rasmussen pace at least, with is 44 minutes. So break needs to have at least 5-6 minutes advantage.

 

[scribers]

They not throwing Cav out. He’s just messing with them now

 

[AnotherArmChair]

I like Healy a great deal, but he is more an Ardennes-type than a pure climber, and Carapaz has won a GT, so for a GT queen stage Carapaz will usually be the better bet for the team

Well my view si Healy can be a very good GC rider as well as an Ardennes rider ...just like alot of riders these days (btw Sean Kelly agrees)


why would you or anyone else think he cant be when you see how he is climbing in this Tour ...yesterday or galibier for for instance

and his TT last week

this is his second GT and I cannot see why not ...if Remco can be a GC rider then so can Healy

 

[Samamba]

Demare panicking and riding away from Cavendish group, but that's just not gonna work cause it means he will have to do the valley on his own.

 

[Boehmand]

LOL - Pogacar is (understandably) so focused on Vingegaard, that he stayed behind him when he was peeing - until there was a gust of wind

 

[noob]

I feel eerily nervous today. Don't want either Remco or Almeida dropping back today.

 

[ManicJack]

But they literally have to today. And no, Cav could not keep up today lol

I obviously don't mean keep up with the leaders. Simply that if the time cut was 15 minutes less, they would find a way to make it in almost all cases.

 

[Poursuivant]

Kelderman worried about the covid so is social distancing. Smart.

 

[noob]

Kelderman so cute! Doesn't even notice Jonas is peeing and not there