With all of the stages left, if Pog wanted to, he could win the Tour by 15 minutes. He won't, because why waste the energy, especially when he will go take the Vuelta, but I absolutely believe he could do that if he wanted.
Kind of a lot. Too much to summarize. Nothing shocking tho.
Visma have looked from the onset that they dont believe they can win
They should not have let their riders in the break for one or Jonas making sprint like attacks
They should not have let their riders in the break for one or Jonas making sprint like attacks
- May 5, 2010
- 51,687
- 30,234
- 28,180
I don't think anyone could decide to just go to some other climb today...
- Apr 13, 2021
- 7,450
- 19,498
- 17,180
- Oct 2, 2020
- 2,486
- 4,513
- 12,180
Lipo was a bright spot for Bora. He can fight for the podium.
Basically "We tried, and we didn't have it."
TT tomorrow and a brutal day Saturday; given the TT is so short I'm honestly wondering if the best strategy might be to leave a little something in the tank tomorrow even if it means sacrificing a bit of time. Sure looks like he really went to the well today.
- Feb 18, 2015
- 13,820
- 9,810
- 28,180
On the positive side, I genuinely think Jonas had a bad day and I don't expect a repeat on Saturday. If the gap stays similar I think he might at least try something in the Alps. Not that I think he can actually drop Pogacar but I would be much more negative about the rest of the race if Vingegaard himself had a 2 minute gap on everyone behind him.
Vingegaard has yet to put in an impressive ride on a long mountain in 2025.
- Jan 10, 2019
- 6,679
- 9,911
- 18,180
This stage was just missing Almeida in 2nd place.
But threw away some valuable seconds, because of team orders... where he maybe even could have gained here.
Hope it dont cost him second place or podium.
He had great legs here, might not have every time of what is left.
It wouldn't have mattered. There is no strategy to beat Pog. He cannot be beaten.
- Aug 31, 2019
- 3,507
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THJ finishing 4th definitively justified Uno-X working the whole day. He’s a legit GC rider.
It was 2014, and I still get angry when I think back at the battle we were denied back then
What fun that would have been. <puts gun to head>
its possibly true but I dont think today Jonas or Visma rode to the best of their abilities because of their tactics
- Oct 21, 2012
- 3,857
- 3,212
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Never thought he'd be a high mountains rider, but this is the first season he's stayed relatively crash-free for a couple of seasons, which may have held back his development?
Probably helps that much better established climbers aren't competitive for various reasons. He's not Ineos/Total's answer to their GC GT problem, but could an excellent one week/day rider for them.
- Mar 11, 2009
- 4,235
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Where’s the guy who was saying that Tadej was weaker because he wouldn’t have the jersey on the rest day?
- Feb 20, 2012
- 53,927
- 44,318
- 28,180
That's a bad day so far on every effort longer than 3 minutes.
That will always be the one that got away; the potential there was so epic.
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