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

[Danskebjerge]

What do you mean by this?

He crashed on Saturday, and on Sunday he semi-crashed after riding into Stuyven's back wheel on a climb.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

He crashed on Saturday, and on Sunday he semi-crashed after riding into Stuyven's back wheel on a climb.

Ah okay.

However, I think you should check your calendar. Today is Saturday and he crashed on Thursday.

 

[Cookster15]

Another win to Pog. What else could he do after how all the others rode? He did his best not to win but was given no choice so he put Jonas back in his place in the final. To gap by 7 seconds like that on stage 20 is quite astonishing really. Incredible recovery. Still looks as fresh as a daisy. He is doing it very easy for a rider about to win the Giro Tour double.

For the rest, Vingegaard is still riding astonishingly well, he will ride a good TT, but won't match Pogacar.
A bit sad to see Remco get a reality check. But he tried. This is a big step up in level from his Vuelta win. Hopefully Remco does a good TT - maybe the win tomorrow is between him and Pog?
Almeida is the strongest super domestique (sorry Matteo).
Good to see Carapaz in the Polka. He might have won today but for Remco and Vingo's accelerations.

 

[Salvarani]

It is actually not too difficult to see the best and strongest rider winning these stages in a row with the route... and by the way they are racing, serving it up a platter like today.

Witnessing greatness and history. So thankful.

 

[Cookster15]

I really don't see why Pogi couldn't "gift" this to Vingegaard as well as he wanted to gift it to the breakaway?

That would be disrespectful to both the race and Vingegaard. It was actually Vingegaard and Remco who initiated the attacks which brought the break undone. Pogi did all he could not to win but in he end was fresh so he stomped it.

 

[will-10]

If both are healthy, the 2025 TdF will be thermonuclear. The motos will need upgrades to keep up.

We should hope for a closer-to-100% Vingegaard, with Kuss and S.Yates superdoms, a top form Van Aert and hopefully less bad luck so the rest of the team is less piecemeal. UAE will have something else up their sleeve for 2025 too. Should be fun

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So Teddy Merckx strikes again! He really didn't want this victory but first Soudal and then Vingo forced him to take it. At some point I thought he might not contest the final sprint giving Vingo a win but come on...you don't give a win to your slayer, right? (neither to your fan BTW - see the Giro).

 

[Danskebjerge]

Ah okay.

However, I think you should check your calendar. Today is Saturday and he crashed on Thursday.

Lol, many things went wrong there.

 

[Lequack]

Merijn Zeeman (DS at Visma) to HLN: "Pogacar is the best, bravo to him. We are among the lucky ones who were able to take a step, because otherwise he doesn't leave much for others. It's his choice, of course. But I don't know if that contributes to its popularity."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1814596330515210384

View: https://x.com/LeGruppetto/status/1814596330515210384

 

[Valv.Piti]

Merijn Zeeman (DS at Visma) to HLN: "Pogacar is the best, bravo to him. We are among the lucky ones who were able to take a step, because otherwise he doesn't leave much for others. It's his choice, of course. But I don't know if that contributes to its popularity."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1814596330515210384

View: https://x.com/LeGruppetto/status/1814596330515210384

This guy is just the definition of a douche. God I dislike this clown, what a loser honestly. A sore loser!

 

[jono]

A bit off-topic, but it was a hot stage today. How do TDF riders avoid a steady stream of stinging sweat in their eyes during their rides?

 

[Cookster15]

he doesn't leave much for others. It's his choice, of course. But I don't know if that contributes to its popularity

What a horrible thing for Merijn Zeeman to say. Sour grapes. I feel for Jonas to be associated with such people.

 

[Valv.Piti]

What a horrible thing for Merijn Zeeman to say. Sour grapes. I feel for Jonas to be associated with such people.

He forgot Visma winning 6 stages, yellow and green in 2022 apparantly. He also forgot they won 3 GTs in 2023 and finished 1-2-3 in the Vuelta. Madiot saying this stuff is one thing, this dude is another

Laughable. Straight up laughable!

 

[James M]

He forgot Visma winning 6 stages, yellow and green in 2022 apparantly. He also forgot they won 3 GTs in 2023 and finished 1-2-3 in the Vuelta. Madiot saying this stuff is one thing, this dude is another

Laughable. Straight up laughable!

makes it impossiblet to like doesnt it.

 

[Netserk]

He forgot Visma winning 6 stages, yellow and green in 2022 apparantly. He also forgot they won 3 GTs in 2023 and finished 1-2-3 in the Vuelta. Madiot saying this stuff is one thing, this dude is another

Laughable. Straight up laughable!

They took polka-dots in 2022 too!

 

[Escarabajo]

Merijn Zeeman (DS at Visma) to HLN: "Pogacar is the best, bravo to him. We are among the lucky ones who were able to take a step, because otherwise he doesn't leave much for others. It's his choice, of course. But I don't know if that contributes to its popularity."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1814596330515210384

View: https://x.com/LeGruppetto/status/1814596330515210384

Cry me a river!!!
He was humiliated last year. He was destroyed last year, now is his turn.

 

[glassmoon]

lmaoooooooo bro wasn't even tired at all

yep... not normal at all.

 

[Gratemans]

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You can't deny Zeeman's reaction is the very definition of a sore loser. It's only in defeat you really learn if people have class or not. Vingegaard does. Zeeman clearly doesn't.
Anyway, he's off running a football club next year so we won't be bothered by him anymore.

 

[Oldermanish]

This guy is just the definition of a douche. God I dislike this clown, what a loser honestly. A sore loser!

This same guy screwed Primoz over on Tour and Vuelta strategy and now expects gifts from Tadej? If Vindegaard doesn't completely recover and win again what will be his excuse?

 

[Oldermanish]

100% agree and couldnt agree more that guy is the biggest joke. Been so tough and smug all season even start of the Tour and once he gets a smackdown so hard everyime and clearly Pogacar is the best uphill by far weve ever seen he turn into a cry baby like no other like you cant switch up like that..

He stopped short of calling him a mutant or winking/nodding about being otherworldly. Of course that could turn scrutiny onto his program, too. He'll use die hard Visma fans to do that dirty work.

 

[11-34]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1814719929603510503

View: https://x.com/AstanaQazTeam/status/1814719929603510503

Can we get back to sports, where the protagonists don't cry, if they don't miss a penalty shot or just barely make the time cut ? Probably not, as it doesn't sell as well.

 

[Scarponi]

Beaten by a distance in the final furlong?

Decently beaten but well clear of “third” 😉

 

[Scarponi]

Can we get back to sports, where the protagonists don't cry, if they don't miss a penalty short or just barely make the time cut ? Probably not, as it doesn't sell as well.

They didn’t cry when they dropped 5.8w/kg after soft pedaling. Now they doing 7 plus hard pace all 170km it’s deserved to cry

 

[Scarponi]

3 grand tours; unthinkable in ancient and modern times. Let’s do something no one’s done in 150 years of this sport and obtain 1,2,3. Next year let’s complain when our rival wins a handful of stages.

 

[Escarabajo]

Let's win the Giro, Tour and Vuelta with the same rider instead of 3 different riders!!