Tour de France Tour de France 2024: Stage 20: Nice - Col de la Couillole, 20/07, 132.8k

[gregrowlerson]

Sean Kelly: "Vingegaard, he has killed a man in front".

Me: "He what? Ah, Kelderman"

Next level.

 

[ice&fire]

G1 suffering from G2 syndrome

 

[Colombiano Cadence]

Marc Soler, Carapaz and Mas, in the break, what possibly could go wrong

 

[Faserr]

Carapaz won't pull now with Visma

 

[Heston]

So the break is weak because the guys who weren't strong enough to go up the climb with the best aren't there.

You think Tratnik and Geniets are better climbers than Buitrago and Gee?

 

[slim charles]

There are definitely some mad people in this thread.

well, why not, people having meltdown on twitter and elsewhere because Pogacar didn't let Jorgensen win, then that Jorgensen didn't let Carapaz take points... People choose weird things to be mad about

 

[RobertCrawley]

Pogi is just getting his revenge from last year when Visma were mocking him all along, we remember very well don't worry !!!!

Constantly saying that they know Pogi's numbers and they're inferiors to Vingo so they knew they will win no matter what. Constantly saying Vingegaard has superior recovery. Constantly mocking his last km attacks saying that's all he do.

End of story. They deserve everything happening to them now. Too much arrogance.

One reaps what one sows. That is true.

 

[Didinho]

It was Urska who Pogi sprayed with his bottle. She was doing the same to him.

 

[Taxus4a]

I dont see that ambition from Soudal, It is a short stage, no time to think too much

 

[Rackham]

Wait are people actually mad at Jorgenson for trying to get some points? Are you also mad when Coquard takes indermediary points in front of Girmay or Philipsen?

Its a race. If Carapaz wants the points he has to ride faster than the other riders trying to take the points.

The only thing more questionable than what Jorgenson did are the people pretending... he did nothing. I mean own it. He mugged Carapaz to send a message to someone. Who? No idea. Was it personal against Carapaz? Was it to get back at Pog for what happened yesterday? Take your pick!

But in a situation like that when the bunch is happy to see one guy take the point & a rider who's got no stakes in the KOM classification mugs him... it's for a reason.

It's all good though. This sport needs more reality-checks to cure the phony social media image conveyed by the team pr agents which paints a picture of everyone being super chummy with each other in peloton. In reality it's dog eat dog out there.

 

[Red Rick]

Are they gonna fall the the Carapaz act again?

 

[jono]

Any GC action for the minor top 10 places will happen on the final climb. Ditto for any Remco-Jonas battle, if it happens at all.

 

[iBanesto]

It was Urska who Pogi sprayed with his bottle. She was doing the same to him.

Yeah another annoying spectator getting too close to Pogacar.

She deserved it.

 

[Potomac]

well, why not, people having meltdown on twitter and elsewhere because Pogacar didn't let Jorgensen win, then that Jorgensen didn't let Carapaz take points... People choose weird things to be mad about

I do enjoy the show

 

[Tim Cahill]

The only thing more questionable than what Jorgenson did are the people pretending... he did nothing. I mean own it. He mugged Carapaz to send a message to someone. Who? No idea. Was it personal against Carapaz? Was it to get back at Pog for what happened yesterday? Take your pick!

But in a situation like that when the bunch is happy to see one guy take the point & a rider who's got no stakes in the KOM classification mugs him... it's for a reason.

It's all good though. This sport needs more reality-checks to cure the phony social media image conveyed by the team pr agents which paints a picture of everyone being super chummy with each other in peloton. In reality it's dog eat dog out there.

Losing with grace is just as important as winning the same. Vingegaard, awkward as he is, has shown a bit of class, his team however have thrown the toys out of the pram the past couple of days, made complete fools of themselves, and this is just the bullet point.

 

[iBanesto]

Number of racedays before the start of the race for the last winners of Tour de France .

Year	Rider	#Racedays
2023	VINGEGAARD Jonas	25
2022	VINGEGAARD Jonas	26
2021	POGAČAR Tadej	30
2020	POGAČAR Tadej	19
2019	BERNAL Egan	32
2018	THOMAS Geraint	30
2017	FROOME Chris	27
2016	FROOME Chris	27
2015	FROOME Chris	27
2014	NIBALI Vincenzo	46
2013	FROOME Chris	30
2012	WIGGINS Bradley	30
2011	EVANS Cadel	29
2010	SCHLECK Andy	42
2009	CONTADOR Alberto	33
2008	SASTRE Carlos	37
2007	CONTADOR Alberto	37
2006	PEREIRO Óscar	45
2005	ARMSTRONG Lance	22
2004	ARMSTRONG Lance	32

 

[RobertCrawley]

Maybe because it's been a long three weeks, but I'm just about tired of listening to Tejay on Peacock.

 

[scribers]

Tejay callimg who should win what based on…. ?

 

[Colombiano Cadence]

If this break survives, the shithousing between Carapaz, Soler and Mas is going to be next level

 

[perico]

You think Tratnik and Geniets are better climbers than Buitrago and Gee?

Mas and Carapaz are.

 

[Danskebjerge]

So it wasn't just bad luck that Johannessen crashed yesterday.

 

[Brullnux]

Wait are people actually mad at Jorgenson for trying to get some points? Are you also mad when Coquard takes indermediary points in front of Girmay or Philipsen?

Its a race. If Carapaz wants the points he has to ride faster than the other riders trying to take the points.

Come on, let's not be disingenuous. Jorgenson didn't do that to get a KOM point, he did it specifically so that Carapaz didn't get one. Maybe as payback for yesterday, maybe to get back at UAE who chased him down but had let Carapaz towards the front, who knows. It was a bit of a petty move, to justify it by saying "it's a race" is deliberately missing the point.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Never thought I'd hear someone comparing Richard Carapaz with.... Chris Boardman

 

[Slavique Nuke]

Number of racedays before the start of the race for the last winners of Tour de France .

Year	Rider	#Racedays
2023	VINGEGAARD Jonas	25
2022	VINGEGAARD Jonas	26
2021	POGAČAR Tadej	30
2020	POGAČAR Tadej	19
2019	BERNAL Egan	32
2018	THOMAS Geraint	30
2017	FROOME Chris	27
2016	FROOME Chris	27
2015	FROOME Chris	27
2014	NIBALI Vincenzo	46
2013	FROOME Chris	30
2012	WIGGINS Bradley	30
2011	EVANS Cadel	29
2010	SCHLECK Andy	42
2009	CONTADOR Alberto	33
2008	SASTRE Carlos	37
2007	CONTADOR Alberto	37
2006	PEREIRO Óscar	45
2005	ARMSTRONG Lance	22
2004	ARMSTRONG Lance	32

Covid year would require an asterisk

 

[RobertCrawley]

Covid year would require an asterisk

Why is that.