Tour de France Tour de France 2024:Stage 21: Monaco - Nice, 21/07, 33.7k (ITT)

[red_flanders]

Yeah, crazy what a big difference aero bikes and skinsuits make.

Faster tires and more carbs too.

 

[awavey]

wow so Movistar didnt win the team competition for a change

 

[Netserk]

Incredible performance by Pogacar which nobody predicted before the Tour.

Do you have @Red Rick on ignore?

 

[RedheadDane]

He did get a jersey after all. Didn't expect that. All kudos to you.

But he didn't get to put it on.

 

[Scarponi]

So, @Froome was champion of all three GT's. Can Pogi achieve it?

If he wanted all three variations of the doubles he could get them no doubt.

 

[bob.a.feet]

UAEs special kit is very early 2000s, I love it. Reminds me of Ricco and Piepoli!

 

[AmRacer]

If he wanted all three variations of the doubles he could get them no doubt.

I mean, Froome won three consecutive GT's. Tour, Vuelta and Giro. Next year is a Tour-Vuelta year.

 

[jaylew]

So, @Froome was champion of all three GT's. Can Pogi achieve it?

He should become #9 on that list at some point. Unless Roglic miraculously beats him to it

 

[carolina]

Vaughters convincing himself that polkadot is better than yellow

 

[Danskebjerge]

The KoM competition didn't really get into gear this year either. The battle was between Catapaz and the top GC. Good that no GC guys won it. But I miss a contest between several riders till the end. (Abrahamsen doesn't really count - it was just for the show.)

 

[RedheadDane]

Great pictures with Bini!

 

[RobertCrawley]

Vaughters convincing himself that polkadot is better than yellow

It will be interesting to see how well Vaughters parlays this success into sponsorships.

 

[jaylew]

Vaughters convincing himself that polkadot is better than yellow

They couldn't ask for much more, really. They almost didn't even bring Carapaz because of his Tour de Suisse crash and then getting sick afterwards. Winning the polka dot jersey, a stage, and wearing yellow was almost a best case scenario for them.

 

[Scarponi]

I mean, Froome won three consecutive GT's. Tour, Vuelta and Giro. Next year is a Tour-Vuelta year.

Giro Veulta double will be the hardest for pog. Just because you’d have to skip the tour. Getting all three double variations would be a record that wouldn’t be broken imo

 

[RobertCrawley]

Big news in the United States.

 

[Saint Unix]

UAEs special kit is very early 2000s, I love it. Reminds me of Ricco and Piepoli!

Luckily the similarities end there 👀

 

[Danskebjerge]

his qualification, other than being multilingual, is to ask soft ball questions of someone full of emotion, adrenaline and a bit knackered...normally.

tbh just getting coherent sentences out of riders at this stage is a skill in itself.

he usually asks stuff that sum up the moment, its never going to anything but superficial

At least he should pose questions.

 

[Unchained]

Getting a weird feeling like we all should learn the words to that!!

 

[RobertCrawley]

Disrespectful to be taking pictures at the fountain during the Slovenian national anthem. UAE will make that guy pay for it.

 

[RedheadDane]

I was so confused by the woman walking up to Pogacar with that pillow. Turns out there was a mic on it... thought they were thinking that now he deserved a nap!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Chips are not included in the Gorka nutrition plan.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Is it odd that Tadej is not giving his speech in French or Slovene?

 

[Bolder]

Nah, Vingegaards loss is more severe as he never cracked and got 6 minutes nonetheless. He even said he was better than ever. So it's a crushing defeat imo, even though his preparation was very problematic, because he still was on great form.

You could argue that cracking your rival so badly that they concede on the team radio in the middle of a stage is more of a beat down.

But I think even a perfectly prepared Jonas loses to this version of Pog by 3-4 minutes.

 

[AmRacer]

Is it odd that Tadej is not giving his speech in French or Slovene?

International public

 

[Tim Cahill]

Interesting in the end it looks like Vingegaard's pacing plan was probably outlined months ago knowing what they needed to do to win, but in the end he just couldn't hold it, too nackered after 3 weeks and no baseline.

(Large spike is going into a tunnel)