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

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Barkintheeye

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Le Grand Doop said:
hardly.

he refuses to work. and then Doctor Gianetti actually lauds him for it.

I always wondered why he joined UAE with Pog already established. Money I guess. but I hope Pog sets him straight if il dottore won't.
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Looked like there was a moment midway into Galibier where Almeida was asking where the h@ll he was and that he should take his turn. I think he did but just that and not much more. Anyhow the UAE team clearly dominates Visma in the high mountains.

Then Pog and Vingo are both a number too large for the rest of the contenders. Will be interesting to see how 3rd to 5th plays out.
 
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Red Lobster

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Cookster15 said:
Vingegaard lost the wheel when Pog surged out of a bend - Vinge didn't have the power. Also not sure if its significant that Vingegaard lost the wheel in the chasing group at the end and slipped 2 seconds?
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I couldn't tell whether Vingegaard was on the cusp of cracking big time. Did he just get gapped or was he well over the limit? If there had been another 2k of stout climbing left what would have happened? Would have he needed to back off to the pace of the other GC guys? In that case, he needs to get A LOT better if he's going to drop Pogacar in week three.
 
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Red Lobster said:
I couldn't tell whether Vingegaard was on the cusp of cracking big time. Did he just get gapped or was he well over the limit? If there had been another 2k of stout climbing left what would have happened? Would have he needed to back off to the pace of the other GC guys? In that case, he needs to get A LOT better if he's going to drop Pogacar in week three.
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He was only 9 seconds off at the KOM, and lost by far most descending - predmoninatly on the easier high speed parts.

He definitely looked beat at the KOM though, but that might be from just giving everything to the KOM line, knowing a long freewheeling descent followed.
 
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Went about as expected. Meaning a great stage that gave us a taste of everything we wanted. Never thought I’d be pulling for Remco so hard but happy to see him doing well and hoping he’s not blowing his load. Vingegaard still in good enough shape to be a threat. UAE very strong and Ayuso scamming Almeida for 15 seconds by sitting in the back despite looking weaker. Roglic… hoping he’s going for the 3rd week peak.
 
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ppanther92 said:
Ullrich on German Eurosport saying that Ayuso's behavior might lead to problems down the line, less so for challenging Pogacar but rather that Almeida and Yates will at some point ask - "why do we go full in, and this guy gets rewarded for setting a fake pace at front".

Valid point.
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was thinking exactly this, only reason Almeida lost time today vs Ayuso was his fake pace; he must be damn pissed
 
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