Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 4: Pinerolo > Valloire, 139.6 km

[Mayomaniac]

Reports 3 Celsius or 37 Fahrenheit on the top of the Galibier.

Good!

 

[scribers]

He’s in the 2nd group so he won’t win today. Not as good as everyone (and himself) thought.

this is a big blow to Vingo. Wva was a prominent fixture in the watts eating strategy in previous wins for Vingo

 

[Didinho]

Time for Mathieu to win his mountain breakaway stage.

 

[Peter von]

I agree Philipsen is still the favourite but Pedersen is climbing at a really top level, I don't think Philipsen comes close

True, I think Pedersen in previous years have struggled to consistently place top 5 in sprints, he can win one day and get boxed in the next. He keeps saying that the stage win is the priority and the Green is mostly something that comes as a bonus if the stage winning part goes really well.

But yeah, if Phillipsen can 4+ stage wins he can probably defend the jersey in final week. I don't think Mads P will go too much points hunting in the mountains until the second half of the tour if he has a good shot at taking the Green.

 

[scribers]

When does elf get busy with control? Pogi might as well kept yellow

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Insane pace so far despite the headwind.

 

[Boehmand]

Danish TV2 commentary explaining Uno-X develops their own bikes (I did not know that), and had a new mountain bike delivered for today's stage.

 

[Netserk]

Steepest part of the climb now. When they get to the junction to Finestre, it will flatten again.

 

[Samamba]

Danish TV2 commentary explaining Uno-X develops their own bikes (I did not know that), and had a new mountain bike delivered for today's stage.

If that's the case and if that's a good thing why are they switching to Ridley next season?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Reports 3 Celsius or 37 Fahrenheit on the top of the Galibier.

Kinda chilly, but mainly, what a contrast from the past few days!

 

[Boehmand]

If that's the case and if that's a good thing why are they switching to Ridley next season?

I have no idea, it's the first I heard of it.

Apparently they have the former bike developers for the Danish national track team employed as bike developers - and they are currently developing the bikes they use (which Dare then manufactures).

I'm hope someone with more knowledge about Uno-X can elaborate.

 

[Didinho]

Get the camera ready for Mathieu in the descents, please.

 

[Netserk]

o. c. eiking 203 UXM + 02' 31"
w. barguil 182 DFP + 02' 31"
b. armirail 52 DAT + 03' 18"
j. bernard 42 LTK + 03' 50"
v. madouas 95 GFC + 04' 07"
t. johannessen 204 UXM + 08' 47"
c. rodriguez 168 ARK + 17' 09"
r. gregoire 93 GFC + 19' 02"
k. goossens 173 IWA + 21' 12"
a. lutsenko 196 AST + 31' 34"
s. williams 131 IPT + 36' 08"
m. van der poel 101 ADC + 37' 13"
d. gaudu 91 GFC + 44' 59"
o. lazkano 155 MOV + 47' 11"
m. burgaudeau 212 TEN + 47' 11"
r. garcia pierna 165 ARK + 47' 25"
c. juul-jensen 25 JAY + 48' 21"

 

[DarkBlue]

EF want the breakaway gone to "take the bonus seconds"

 

[scribers]

That’s a big group. No incentive for most teams besides uae to control

 

[Didinho]

EF want the breakaway gone to "take the bonus seconds"

I think they still want to keep yellow. Some riders within 3min on GC in the break so can’t let them go way too far.

 

[Netserk]

Insane pace so far despite the headwind.

No headwind on Sestriere.

I think they still want to keep yellow. Some riders within 3min on GC in the break so can’t let them go way too far.

It will be very difficult to keep the jersey, but the most favourable scenario is letting the break go to take the stage and bonus seconds, and then manage the gap behind them.

 

[laarsland]

I have no idea, it's the first I heard of it.

Apparently they have the former bike developers for the Danish national track team employed as bike developers - and they are currently developing the bikes they use (which Dare then manufactures).

I'm hope someone with more knowledge about Uno-X can elaborate.

As far as I l know:
The commercial aspects of DARE for the personal market has not come off as hoped. As a part of a cost-cutting program, they’re instead signing with Ridley to get income rather than expenses related to the bikes.

The bikes themselves are supposedly very good.

 

[Potomac]

I have no clue why we are finishing in a descent. Someone will crash

they crash on wide flat roads

 

[Kazistuta]

When does elf get busy with control? Pogi might as well kept yellow

As someone else explained it wasn't necessarily to leave responsibility to another team, but to allow Pogacar more rest without having the yellow jersey obligations post-race.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

was Wout van Aert dropped

 

[Fantastico]

According to Voigt, who talked to the BORA team car, there was no problem for Roglic, he was just badly positioned in the beginning and then had to bridge after some splits. But, what else should they say.

 

[Netserk]

According to Voigt, who talked to the BORA team car, there was no problem for Roglic, he was just badly positioned in the beginning and then had to bridge after some splits. But, what else should they say.

I think that was also the case for Bernal. If you hang near the back and the peloton splits, you will have to bridge across.

 

[AmRacer]

No headwind on Sestriere.

It will be very difficult to keep the jersey, but the most favourable scenario is letting the break go to take the stage and bonus seconds, and then manage the gap behind them.

Jonas and Tadej will go full gas on Galibier.

 

[scribers]

was Wout van Aert dropped

Yeah. He went from toying with the break to dropping off the back after the intermediate sprint