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

[titan31]

I'd say teams will need to start closing soon if they want the stage.

Or maybe time gaps have been wrong as it went up close to 9 minutes and 90 seconds have been knocked off in a minute

 

[Netserk]

Like yesterday's Visma legendary pacing, right?

All part of the long-range defence.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wouldn't be difficult to bring this back at all, the doomerism at this point is premature.

 

[fbjim]

LONG RANGE GC BOMB????????

 

[Boehmand]

Nobody pushing the first climb

Why is the onus on Roglic to force his team to work? He's not the favorite for the stage, nor for the overall race

Last time he went up San Luca he won - against Pogacar.

 

[Slavique Nuke]

French GPS is at Italian level this year

 

[AnotherArmChair]

But I think Ineos will definitely chase

 

[fbjim]

French GPS is at Italian level this year

not quite at Amstel Gold levels, though

 

[Medvind]

Ineos said they would be aggressive in this tour. We have heard Pidcock saying he would go for it today.
But I guess helping UAE to chase and catch the break could lead to CRod and Bernal losing bonus seconds to Pog and Rogla. And maybe more important not to let that happen then going for the win with Pidcock.

 

[Salvarani]

Why is the onus on Roglic to force his team to work? He's not the favorite for the stage, nor for the overall race

Huh?

A lot of people have Roglic as a favorite for this stage and the race.

He has the record on this climb? He has won the race that actually features this climb multiple times. He should fancy his chances very much here or what is he scared of?

 

[Medvind]

Nobody pushing the first climb


Last time he went up San Luca he won - against Pogacar.

Yep, but he wont win a sprint against Pog. With bonus seconds out of the way, Rogla won't lose any seconds to Pog today.

 

[Netserk]

I am surprised DSM are keeping it stable at 8 minutes and change for now instead of letting it go to 12-15 minutes

Yeah, and it seems like a clear mistake now.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Cote de Gallisterna very difficult, can't see the break making it over the top in-tact and with this gap.

Once the gap tumbles a bit then the other teams will get interested.

 

[Slavique Nuke]

not quite at Amstel Gold levels, though

Maybe the photo finish will be at Amstel level

 

[fbjim]

i think these are the kinds of comments ASO reads whenever they think of making a stage longer than 175k

 

[RobertCrawley]

But I think Ineos will definitely chase

To what end?

 

[topcat]

Wouldn't be difficult to bring this back at all, the doomerism at this point is premature.

It started with an "it's over" goof, which was taken seriously and the forum descended into depression. Now it looks like the break could easily be caught if Bora weren't cowards.

 

[fbjim]

To what end?

they are probably the strongest team who a) probably want the stage win over being conservative for GC, and b) aren't in the break

 

[Peyroteo94]

C'mon UAE, do something.

 

[RobertCrawley]

they are probably the strongest team who a) probably want the stage win over being conservative for GC, and b) aren't in the break

Not sure. It's a long, long race.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Back in my day in the US, we got 15 minutes of coverage on the ABC Wide World of Sports.

I didn't follow cycling yet back then, but I remember this classic intro all too well. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... it was the freaking Wide World of Sports!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k1gajZeegg

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Ineos said they would be aggressive in this tour. We have heard Pidcock saying he would go for it today.
But I guess helping UAE to chase and catch the break could lead to CRod and Bernal losing bonus seconds to Pog and Rogla. And maybe more important not to let that happen then going for the win with Pidcock.

if you are riding aggressively you ride aggressively
Otherwise stop talking about it...every scenario has the risk of losing bonus seconds to the big 4

There is no optimal scenario....Bardet showed yesterday what aggressive riding is ...its not sitting back and 'doing the calculation'

 

[Peyroteo94]

Why is the onus on Roglic to force his team to work? He's not the favorite for the stage, nor for the overall race

If he is not a favourite for this stage, when will he do something? This is the type of stage, he can gain time on his rivals.

 

[fbjim]

If he is not a favourite for this stage, what will he do something? This is the type of stage, he can gain time on his rivals.

if he is a favorite for the race, he can also potentially gain time on his rivals, on the actual GC stages, and ITTs

 

[RobertCrawley]

I didn't follow cycling yet back then, but I remember this classic intro all too well. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... it was the freaking Wide World of Sports!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k1gajZeegg

That poor agony of defeat guy.