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

[Medvind]

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'

I agree and hope they live up to their words.

 

[tobydawq]

The wind is howling.

 

[fbjim]

break is climbing Galestrina like I would

 

[RobertCrawley]

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.

I expect it will be pretty exciting at the finish.

 

[Boehmand]

When they finished on top.

Are you saying the ski jumper is bad downhill?

 

[tobydawq]

Not ideal for UAE that Politt had that mechanical at that moment.

 

[fbjim]

these teams would have far better tactics if control center vans were allowed in the race

 

[Monte Serra]

They're on Galerstina

Sporza: "I guess we haven't talked about how Roglic should've ridden for Van Aert in 2020 in a while"

José De Cauwer reminiscing "this is where Roglič should have worked for Van Aert". Soon they can get back to "this is where Vingegaard should work for Van Aert".

 

[fbjim]

are the "roglic should have worked for WVA" guys like the french guys who still think Alaphillippe wins 2019 if they had neutralized GC gaps on the Tignes stage

 

[RobertCrawley]

That poor agony of defeat guy.

Vinko Bogataj - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

"In the 1990s, while on his way to an interview with Wide World of Sports about the incident, he got into a small automobile collision. His first line to the reporter was 'every time I'm on ABC, I crash.'"

 

[tobydawq]

They're on Gallisterna

Sporza: "I guess we haven't talked about how Roglic should've ridden for Van Aert in 2020 in a while"

Now that you mention it, Pogi will probably soon do a braindead way too early solo attack.

 

[Salvarani]

Emilia Pogacar is not Tour de France Pogacar. Also they don't finish on top. Even in the hypothetical scenario Roglic crests with 3-5 seconds advantage he ain't holding that until the line. He's also not beating Pogacar in a sprint in Bologna. And finally, Roglic is not favored by making the race harder on the flat and piling in the kJ

He likes the climb and should fancy his chances here. He is not just riding against Pog also. It is a good opportunity to gain time on others, instead of just sitting back and do nothing.

Roglic should take it is a good opportunity to do something with the advantage he has here, but that just isnt who is or seems to be as others said.

 

[Samamba]

Jakobsen dropped again. How is he gonna survive stage 4?

 

[fbjim]

He likes the climb and should fancy his chances here. He is not just riding against Pog also. It is a good opportunity to gain time on others, instead of just sitting back and do nothing.

Roglic should take it is a good opportunity to do something with the advantage he has here, but that just isnt who is or seems to be as others said.

my brother in christ, it is stage 2, and an intermediate stage with a downhill finish

 

[Salvarani]

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.

Bingo.

 

[Peyroteo94]

He likes the climb and should fancy his chances here. He is not just riding against Pog also. It is a good opportunity to gain time on others, instead of just sitting back and do nothing.

Roglic should take it is a good opportunity to do something with the advantage he has here, but that just isnt who is or seems to be as others said.

This!

 

[Samamba]

No climbs for the next 40 km so no speeding up to them and taking back time. We'll see now if someone actually wants to catch the break now.

 

[Salvarani]

my brother in christ, it is stage 2, and an intermediate stage with a downhill finish

How was this not the logic yesterday?

Attack or it is a big miss from Roglic and Bora. It is San Luca! It is his climb.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Vinko Bogataj - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

"In the 1990s, while on his way to an interview with Wide World of Sports about the incident, he got into a small automobile collision. His first line to the reporter was 'every time I'm on ABC, I crash.'"

He's Slovenian like Rogla - interestingly he turned from ski jumping to painting while Rogla turned from ski jumping to cycling. The more you know, as NBC used to say.

 

[tobydawq]

A lunar landscape at the top....

(if people didn't see it, there was a spectator with his pants down, clapping his buttcheeks very much in the direct angle of the camera - treat yourselves to the vision at your own peril).

 

[titan31]

Think this section now until next climb will be interesting. If no one works here, the time is just going to jump back out and probably go away from the peloton contesting the win

 

[James M]

A lunar landscape at the top....

Pogacar to unleash a watt bomb out of space?

 

[Valv.Piti]

WC 2020, the race Roglic robbed WVA

 

[fbjim]

WC 2020, the race Roglic robbed WVA

i dont think you're supposed to post on cyclingnews while in the Sporza booth

 

[Peyroteo94]

Break seems doomed. They will lose another minute in the intermediate sprint. So a 4 minute gap with 80 km to go seems very short, specially with a fresh UAE