Tour de France Tour de France 2024 stage 17: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - Superdévoluy, 177.8 km

[Escarabajo]

Remco's is saying that He couldn't go any faster because his balls were too heavy!
oh well!

 

[KOM]

Never thought Id say this, but if he keeps this up I might just become an Evenepoel fan. Hes really impressive this tour, didnt think hed have it in him to this extend. Chapeau!

 

[perico]

Hampsten finished 18‘44“ down that year in fourth. If they beat that, it‘s gonna be the biggest gap since Hinault put almost 27 minutes into 3rd and over 28 into 4th in ’79.

Yeah I was using times after the stage to AdH and before the final TT.

 

[Sciatic]

pogacar had Covid before the start of the TdF. He’s not likely at all to get it again this soon after having it.

I thought it was flu not COVID? But maybe that was Ineos.

 

[Miha81]

Yup, all terrific riders just past their peak years. Of course their peak triumphs still wouldn’t have them winning overall here.

They are not that old. Just that this extraordinary new generation came and dominated in 2020's.

 

[Devrann]

One way or another, all questions or doubts will be answered on la Bonette I guess(no surprise).I believe what Visma says about they do not care 2nd or 3rd , and expect they will try all in strategy that day .

 

[perico]

I thought it was flu not COVID? But maybe that was Ineos.

Yes Pogacar definitely had Covid after the Giro

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

But Visma‘s best chance at winning is Pogačar blowing up and if that actually happens it would be nice if they weren‘t five minutes behind Remco.

And Pogacar is going to explode out of the blue? Letting Evenepoel come as close as possible to Pogacar would effectively make Evenoel an ally of Vingegaard because then Evenepoel's goal would also be to beat Pogacar instead of attacking Vingegaard for 2nd. It was tactically a dumb move by Visma if they really do not care about 2nd place. But i think they simply do care about 2nd place.

Now they are having to defend on two fronts. Against Pogacar who further wants to distance him, and against Evenepoel who wants his place.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I thought it was flu not COVID? But maybe that was Ineos.

According to his own words he had COVID around 2 weeks before the Tour. It didn't hamper his VO2 too much though!

 

[Tanakka]

I would assume that they care about their own result. Derek Gee can wait for the TT. Ciccone, Gall and Buitrago need to act if they want to finish in the top 10.

Yeah, but Pogi attacked at only -1,4km from the peak of Col du Noyer.
Perhaps, at that point, the other riders didn't think they could make much of a difference compared to their 4° to 11° counterparts.

If one of the 4-11° guys thinks he could gain something uphill against his competitors, he'll have tons of opportunities to do so on stage 19 and stage 20.

Stage 19 - Gap > Alpe d'Huez - Tour de France 2026

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Stage 20 - Le Bourg d'Oisans > Alpe d'Huez - Tour de France 2026

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[Unchained]

Vaughters** likely**in tears as he is hugging and thanking Carapaz. Today's win and the great riding of Ben Healy have people forgetting about who Vaughters is a person and person in cycling. Carapaz securing victory has what Vaughters did w Piccolo, the Giro almost all but forgotten!! Bravo Richard!!

 

[scribers]

If I were vingo I would self-crack over the end stages. Then triumphantly win the time trial. Greatest comeback story from the hospital room since Armstrong.

 

[Unchained]

Oh c'mon... I'm not talking about gaps. Without helpers, Vingegaard would lose a minute and you know that. I never saw Vingegaard so bad in the Tour

Three months ago Jonas was in the hospital w possible career ending injuries.. He is currently flying considering his circumstances

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Whoa! Seems I missed something today!

 

[RobertCrawley]

If he feels good, he goes!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1813605820208410869

View: https://x.com/LeTour/status/1813605820208410869

 

[Unchained]

Whoa! Seems I missed something today!

You missed a day w multiple viable breaks ways and Richard Carapaz making the most of his spotty form, he is not good everyday, but when he is on like today he has great abilities.. GC teams had drone like vision on anything important and decided that today they would not chase..

 

[pihi42]

Three months ago Jonas was in the hospital w possible career ending injuries.. He is currently flying considering his circumstances

.. putting out 7.3 W/kg uphill performances. I don't doubt his injuries, I doubt his preparation was as far off as it is being portrayed. Sandbagging. And possibly lack of base endurance.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

You missed a day w multiple viable breaks ways and Richard Carapaz making the most of his spotty form, he is not good everyday, but when he is on like today he has great abilities.. GC teams had drone like vision on anything important and decided that today they would not chase..

Must watch this night.
Oh boy, now 5 months since I've had a night of +4hours sleep - feels like I was a fresh newborn dad ...but thanks for spoiler anyway..

 

[RobertCrawley]

.. putting out 7.3 W/kg uphill performances. I don't doubt his injuries, I doubt his preparation was as far off as it is being portrayed. Sandbagging. And possibly lack of base endurance.

Also, he will never use those injuries as an excuse. He always says that Tadej is better. Jonas is a solid guy.

 

[RedheadDane]

Must watch this night.
Oh boy, now 5 months since I've had a night of +4hours sleep - feels like I was a fresh newborn dad ...but thanks for spoiler anyway..

You must have a really annoying job if you're unable to actually watch the races.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If he feels good, he goes!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1813605820208410869

View: https://x.com/LeTour/status/1813605820208410869

Worst kept secret in cycling.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

You must have a really annoying job if you're unable to actually watch the races.

Life is more occupying than the job sometimes...

 

[RedheadDane]

Life is more occupying than the job sometimes...

Look, what you need to do is sit the kids - or is it grandkids by now? - down and teach them about the joys of cycling! Then you'll have a win-win situation:

1. You get to watch cycling.
2. You get some quality time with the family.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Ok, just read various mainstream news that CN Forum star 'mou' went pure hollywood celebrity level this hour.

So, who's next here?

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Look, what you need to do is sit the kids - or is it grandkids by now? - down and teach them about the joys of cycling! Then you'll have a win-win situation:

1. You get to watch cycling.
2. You get some quality time with the family.

It's maybe the other way around that bike race watching might the cure of distraction for quite more severe things affecting the beloved ones than the purely platonic things like being busy at work round the clock and children's things. If only it had been, but sometimes life struck. But I'm okay with that and cannot wait for tonite