Tour de France Tour de France 2024: Stage 19: Embrun - Isola 2000, 19/07 144.6k

[Zoetemelk-fan]

With stages like today you cannot bet on action but if there is then the stage design have a potential to make it epic. For me what happend on Bonette was the most likely outcome but if Vingegaard had felt good and sensed an opportunity they atleast would have tried. For instance there was action on CdFere before Alpe 2015 even if it went back altogether as expected in the valley.

Stage designs with combinations of a series of most demanding mountains very rarely create explosions.
Conta's big coup in the Vuelta was medium mountains stage.
More like the great processions of outsiders of the past who have completed the work from the distance.
Latest comparable stage I can think of was the short <110k stage from Mondane - Télegraphe - Galibier - l'Alpe - and it's true that Conta hit the gas 2 km into the first climb, but it ended up being the outsiders who got the main roles (Rolland's biggest victory ).

It's a quite different story speaking the gravel stage design or first stages in Italy.

 

[AmRacer]

?? what am I missing?

Riding for VLAB next year and not pulling today.

 

[Slavique Nuke]

?? what am I missing?

Barely working in the group and going to Visma next year

 

[Potomac]

I don't even like Simon Yates but that would be a lame reason for him to work for Visma today.

 

[Poursuivant]

Remco to drop Jonas

 

[AmRacer]

UAE helping Jonas back to his teammates.

 

[ontheroad]

Gap 3:52 at the bottom of the climb, it will be a close one.

 

[Didinho]

UAE strong pace immediately. Yates and Almeida left. Pogi gonna go sooner than we think.

 

[SHAD0W93]

All aboard the UAE bullet train.

 

[DrSahl]

Gap 3:52 at the bottom of the climb, it will be a close one.

Pog will win this by ease.

 

[Heston]

Anyone seen Buitrago? Is he dropped?

 

[Samamba]

Pogi still wants to win it seems

 

[Slavique Nuke]

I don't even like Simon Yates but that would be a lame reason for him to work for Visma today.

Nothing wrong with doing his own race, I just said he would not be popular in the first few days at least.

 

[Taxus4a]

As well as I dont understand Visma tactics, I dont understand that the only stage he could have problems henplays to win the stage. Of course very good if he win, butbit something IS bad...

 

[Barnacle Bill]

I miss seeing Ayuso at the back of the reduced peloton, get well soon.

 

[AmRacer]

Pogi still wants to win it seems

Gotta catch Cav.

 

[Samamba]

Anyone seen Buitrago? Is he dropped?

Still there. this should be his stage honestly

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Pogacar wants to make another Foscagno.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Adam Yates might have the most efficient climbing style I've seen, barely any lateral movement

 

[slim charles]

Almeida's nuclear attack incoming, he is riding into 2nd place

 

[RobertCrawley]

As well as I dont understand Visma tactics, I dont understand that the only stage he could have problems henplays to win the stage. Of course very good if he win, butbit something IS bad...

I think they had a plan, but Jonas just doesn't have it today and UAE set a pace too hard to attack.

 

[ontheroad]

Carapaz could be playing games again, we've seen that before though, he is a wily fox.

 

[noob]

Again they use Yates before Almeida.

 

[Miha81]

Does Almeida have anything left? He does not seem very comfortable.

 

[meat puppet]

Jorgenson goes