Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 2: Cesenatico > Bologne (Bologna), 199.2 km

[tobydawq]

If only we had more ITTs, there you at least won't have to watch a breakaway

 

[Warhawk]

If only we had more ITTs, there you at least won't have to watch a breakaway

What is an ITT but a hundred solo breaks?

 

[James M]

Curse of Pogacar beeing to strong I guess noone wanne cooperate even in the Tour for a stage.

 

[fbjim]

Advantage swinging back to breakaway

Yeah, though the gap seems to go down real quick on the climbs. Definitely think it's down to whether a stage-hunter team like Ineos decide to push it once the climbing starts again.

 

[Salvarani]

Curse of Pogacar beeing to strong I guess noone wanne cooperate even in the Tour for a stage.

They dont want him to get the bonus seconds and it is pretty obvious.

 

[James M]

They dont want him to get the bonus seconds and it is pretty obvious.

Yes curse of him beeing just to strong I guess.

 

[CyclistAbi]

at this point the dumbest thing to see would be the GC battle on the last climb.

Actually, it's rather ideal now, for most GC riders involved. That is if anybody wants to test Jonas, and others. Not much to lose but possibility to gain time, on some.

 

[topcat]

They will ride conservatively not to tire Ayuso.

They should blow him apart. It would help team morale.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

They dont want him to get the bonus seconds and it is pretty obvious.

His own team doesn‘t want him to get bonus seconds?

 

[Potomac]

So it was up to the non GC stage hunting teams that don't have a rider in the break to catch it.

 

[Salvarani]

Yes curse of him beeing just to strong I guess.

They dont call him the GOAT for nothing.

 

[Samamba]

This gonna be like Giro 2023 with everyone being scared for like 20 stages.

 

[Colombiano Cadence]

Yeah, though the gap seems to go down real quick on the climbs. Definitely think it's down to whether a stage-hunter team like Ineos decide to push it once the climbing starts again.

Ineos 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 they chase when they shouldn’t (normally sets up a Pogi stage win) and don’t chase when they absolutely should (see yesterday)

 

[Salvarani]

His own team doesn‘t want him to get bonus seconds?

They are not gonna burn their team for it. It would have been a nice bonus, hah.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Visma has rotten luck

Last year they bored me because they had won every gt, this year I feel kinda bad for them.

 

[Samamba]

So it was up to the non GC stage hunting teams that don't have a rider in the break to catch it.

No they had to be in the break. Not a single team with a brain is gonna chase such a break to just get beaten by Pogacar, or if he fails someone else.

Teams like EF, Lotto or even Bahrain just failed massively not being in that break.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Yes curse of him beeing just to strong I guess.

Pogi is just too strong and the thing is UAE superstars still want to have a fighting chance.

 

[Salvarani]

There has also been a head-wind for most of the stage I think.

 

[topcat]

They dont call him the GOAT for nothing.

Getting the g word in early now that an attack looks unlikely.

 

[solo80k]

Why isn't DSM pacing in the peleton?

 

[AmRacer]

So that crash disrupted the peloton in their chase of the breakaway.

 

[Jack_89]

Actually, it's rather ideal now, for most GC riders involved. That is if anybody wants to test Jonas, and others. Not much to lose but possibility to gain time, on some.

Jonas couldn't have hoped for anything better, not even in his best dreams.None put him under pressure, a walk in the park in view of the Galibier where he will arrive fresh and rested with good kilometers of training in his legs

 

[CyclistAbi]

Peloton must start thinking about time cuts.

 

[Colombiano Cadence]

I think UAE are also riding with the podium in mind as well. I definitely think they want to finish 1-2-3 in this tour. So flogging the team in early stages kinda makes no sense. Moreover, they just don’t really have the horses for long flat sections.

 

[fbjim]

Jonas couldn't have hoped for anything better, not even in his best dreams.None put him under pressure, a walk in the park in view of the Galibier where he will arrive fresh and rested with good kilometers of training in his legs

Yup. The Tour de France is over