Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 9: Troyes > Troyes, 199.0 km

[Devil's Elbow]

Mathieu mid-der Poel not done too much for 100k and looking like he's about to collect the free-est win of his life hiding in the bunch

If Van der Poel was actually good here, he would have been joining the Evenepoel/Pogacar move earlier.

 

[noob]

This is much more exciting than haybale stage

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Why on earth should Vinge pull? Not his terrain, can't be sure of his form given lack of training, 3rd week is where he can make the difference. If Pog and Remco want to burn energy, fine do that, just good for Vinge.

As I say, though... contribute but sandbag, or do short turns making sure they do the lions' share, and see if they'll commit and tire themselves out getting them to work for much longer. Doing what he did and being so transparent about it just meant the move got nuked and now all of them are back in the group not expending energy. It was bad for racing and while it wasn't bad for Jonas, it wasn't as optimal as it could have been. Expend a little to make others expend a lot, so to speak. Not to mention that that would keep Rogla working hard behind as well.

 

[Brullnux]

Jonas knows where he will be at his best. When he dropped Tadej last year on the Col de la Loze, that was very exciting stuff.

I prefer Pog to Vingegaard but it's unfair to just call him boring, he's just a more specialised rider than him. He's no Wiggins

 

[ppanther92]

Jan Tratnik is 65kg 173cm. (number7)
Jonas is 58kg 175cm
and you can bet the contenders will speculate in these things. as not having your own optimised bike, is an issue.

In German Eurosport they are speculating if Tratnik rode on a Vingegaard-optimised bike to begin with.

 

[Scarponi]

A 50-60kg pure climber coming back from injury doesn’t want to ride with superior classic style one day riders on gravel. Who would have thought?

 

[Barnacle Bill]

This is much more exciting than haybale stage

I've seen some nice shots of haybales today, to be fair...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Gravel Gall = mountain Almeida.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Maybe. Reactive, most of all. Risking nothing unless they need to. It's called 'smart' as long as it's working, but it's also not winning over any neutral spectators.

Winning over neutral spectators is not his objective.

 

[iBanesto]

Gall bladder struggling.

 

[perico]

Must be the first time Remco didn't get away when he attacks.

I was thinking the same thing

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Stuyven on his way to save the Tour for Trek

 

[Brullnux]

How did Goattiol get gapped there, he'd been comfortably next to VdP for the past 50km

 

[noob]

Bambi on ice: ❌
Bambi on gravel: ✅

Wasn’t it the gravel stage back then who gave him this nickname?

yup!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Pidcock probably stronger than Van der Poel today, not something you hear often outside of mtb and mountain stages...

 

[Penninepeddler]

Only about 30 guys left in the peleton now it seems.

 

[jono]

It's wild to me that 15 km/h makes such a big difference in a bike race. That's a pleasantly calm day where I live.

 

[Valv.Piti]

As I say, though... contribute but sandbag, or do short turns making sure they do the lions' share, and see if they'll commit and tire themselves out getting them to work for much longer. Doing what he did and being so transparent about it just meant the move got nuked and now all of them are back in the group not expending energy. It was bad for racing and while it wasn't bad for Jonas, it wasn't as optimal as it could have been. Expend a little to make others expend a lot, so to speak. Not to mention that that would keep Rogla working hard behind as well.

He heard Grischa on the radio yelling suck wheel, so he sucks wheel.

 

[Le Grand Doop]

move up, remco

 

[ppanther92]

German Eurosport on break - whats with Gall?

 

[solo80k]

So the attack at 80kms to go wasn't successful. Happens...

 

[LookProGoSlow]

Jonas knows where he will be at his best. When he dropped Tadej last year on the Col de la Loze, that was very exciting stuff.

and it won't happen this year.

 

[kingjr]

trying to distance roglic is wierd make it make sense its pure defansive ridding andnothing else and nothing new its a reason i guess he has two fans outside danmark Oh well shame. Coulda been a epic stage

Who cares about Roglic these days.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Vingegaard marking Pogacar, but not helping him out, so that Laporte can potentially win the stage isn't that stupid.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

German Eurosport on break - whats with Gall?

Lost the last wheel on a little rise but is back on.