Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 7: Nuits-Saint-Georges > Gevrey-Chambertin, 25.3 km (ITT)

[Netserk]

Vingegaard losing to Evenepoel on the descent. I fear I have to make some Bambi allegations.

A reminder that the moniker was first awarded to Evenepoel after the Strade Bianche stage to Montalcino in 2021. Sunday will be the opportunity to overcome it.

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Ramco? This was Bambi on gravel, and I can’t believe I was the only one finding it absolutely hilarious to see.

 

[rehy90]

I actually think that the mechanical helped Remco. He lost like 3 sexonds max there but the scare might helped in the last kilometres, riding on the adrenalin you know…

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So congrats to Remco on winning the showdown of cycling stars! Well done. As I expected, Teddy rode a very good TT and lost little time to the winner, good job. Rogla and Vingo also with good performances (the former had the better second part while the latter the opposite). Teddy gained 25 seconds on Vingo - I hoped for at least 30 but every gain counts. Almeida with a moderate performance while Ayuso rather disappointing. The GC is clarifying more and more and the differences among top8 are generally growing (except for Pog vs Remco).

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Haha, he's wearing his rainbow jersey on stage.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I think we learned a fair number of things in the bigger picture

- Evenepoel is on career high form, but I think his career best climbing didn't explode into extreme gaps behind
- Pogacar in a somewhat similar fashion did not make a big jump compared to the Giro
- Vingegaard has the fresh power but not the race toughness to go out hard and then sustain it to the line. He could hang on on San Luca but then imploded on the descent of the Galibier and again imploded today.
- Roglic I think is just rock solid and I think the fear of him just being at a terrible level and getting like bottom top end of top 10 or worse can be thrown away.
- Ayuso is the single most overrated ITTer by a long shot.

Always downplaying Pogacar. He still beat Roglic fair and square. What were you expecting realistically? A first place with a gap of 30 seconds to Remco?

 

[Red Lobster]

Everything falling into place for Rodriguez to have a team aligned behind him - Bernal with a lackluster ride today.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Sure it wasn't a brainpuncture?

The puncture came after, the fart had to escape somehow.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Lovely little stage tomorrow, it's time for some Derek Gee/Mohoric/VDP nonsense.

 

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[Netserk]

Shocking to see that Vingegaard only lost 3" to Pogi in the last section.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Vingegaard is descending like a grandma?

 

[RobertCrawley]

Shocking to see that Vingegaard only lost 3" to Pogi in the last section.

Hmmm.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

If Evenepoel does not win this TDF, i will blame the imaginary puncture. He's mentioned it again and it has clearly made a deep impression on him. I could see him lose 30 minutes in the mountains now. Damn it. Could have been so good. Now i wish it were an actual puncture. Pogacar fcking lucky bastard.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Vingegaard is descending like a grandma?

That appears to be his weakness so far this year. It's understandable, but there are many scary descents in the future.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

A reminder that the moniker was first awarded to Evenepoel after the Strade Bianche stage to Montalcino in 2021. Sunday will be the opportunity to overcome it.

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To me it was no differ from Valloire stage. The more straight downhill stretches doing Jonas no good, and today even not that steep, so adding more power to the pedals only did more good to Remco.

Still a different story for the more technical downhill sections still ahead in this Tour (I would expect).

 

[Bolder]

Bizarrely I think all of the leading GC contenders will be happy with that result for varying reasons. Pogacar extends his advantage on his main rival Vingegaard. Evenopoel wins the stage and cements his podium position. Vingegaard was a lot better than expected given his crash and poor preparation. Roglic stayed in touch for a podium position and looks to be riding solidly if not in spectacular form. Rodriquez lost some time but that was probably to be expected beforehand.

Adam Yates looks to be the biggest loser in the fight for supremacy within UAE. If he wasn't already firmly in the role of domestique he most definitely is now. The internal dynamic between Almedia and Ayuso only got more interesting as very little separates them.

Agree. This is what I expected from each of them, although Rogla did a little better than I thought he was capable of. If the gaps stay like this we could have some epic stages ahead. Just hoping for no crashes.

 

[Sciatic]

Jonas is in the great position for the GC win. Only 1:15 behind Pog after 1st week is above expectation. Real mountains will decide, Evenpoel will probably lose minutes and I am afraid Pog will have a day off as well.

Hard to see that happening—if anything today’s TT confirmed how much below last year’s level that Vingegaard is right now. That won’t magically change. Yeah, in the 3rd week he will be another week farther on from his crash, but it’s also when we might see his lack of training base become a problem.
No doubt he has some amazing recovery capacity so the scenario you picture is possible. But the latest performance doesn’t support that.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Everything falling into place for Rodriguez to have a team aligned behind him - Bernal with a lackluster ride today.

Ineos were uncharacteristically poor today

 

[Netserk]

Vingegaard is descending like a grandma?

Yes. Less confident, but also a matter of not preparing optimally for this ITT and going so hard in the first section so that he was more in the red come the descent. Same with Galibier where Pogi was much fresher at the top.

 

[Sciatic]

Currently the first 12 riders in gc are from just 5 teams. That's not a good thing.

The era of super-doms is apparent.

 

[Sciatic]

Sure it wasn't a brainpuncture?

Remco’s certainly was! ;(

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Yes. Less confident, but also a matter of not preparing optimally for this ITT and going so hard in the first section so that he was more in the red come the descent. Same with Galibier where Pogi was much fresher at the top.

Technical top section from Galibier summit on not exactly grandma style from Jonas, in fact second strongest descender here - more a grandma title to put on Remco's shoulders.
Whereas it was the direct opposite from the far more straight high speed section from Plan Lechat/Pantani Memorial to Valloire, displaying Jonas not at 100%. I dunno about the pure weight factor Remco vs. Jonas.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Yes. Less confident, but also a matter of not preparing optimally for this ITT and going so hard in the first section so that he was more in the red come the descent. Same with Galibier where Pogi was much fresher at the top.

There is almost no chance Jonas and team were unprepared for this ITT. They would have known how they wanted to take each corner, the exact times they want to hit and their time checks, the exact wattage they wanted Jonas to produce in each section. The other three riders were better today.

I agree Jonas appears less confident in the downhills. He can hardly be faulted for that, but it may cost him a third bowl.

 

[johnymax]

I actually think that the mechanical helped Remco. He lost like 3 sexonds max there but the scare might helped in the last kilometres, riding on the adrenalin you know…

He didn't even have a mechanical. He said it himself after the race. Ha thought it was a flat tyre but it wasn't.

 

[Unchained]

How can the big story not be the helmets!! UCI should just lift all restrictions and just let the technology flow!!