Tour of Poland (Tour de Pologne) August 12 to 18, 2024

[scribers]

Still summer

 

[RJH]

Still summer

For me everything after the Tour is autumn…

 

[scribers]

Mads crash got me thinking we need an all-crash first team. Him and roglic for sure

 

[Rob5091]

Stage 7 final stage - Wieliczka to Krakow 142.1 km, start 13.40 CET, TV from 13.30 CET. A few lumpy bits for the break to form, a couple of sprints, then some laps around Krakow. Just think, if Nys could TT a bit, this race would be long over with. As it is Vingegaard should complete the GC win, barring accidents, and the 2019 disaster will be just a bad memory.

 

[shadowrider]

No surprise that Melier as he has been the best performed sprinter this year. His issue is will he ever ride the TDF ? Surely a team must have considered buying him out of his contract.

He already participated at the Tour in 2021 and won the third stage.

 

[RedheadDane]

Cavagna out front.
Chased by Archie, another EF, and a Pole.
Not chased by the peloton.

 

[tobydawq]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1824868453548999047

View: https://x.com/LidlTrek/status/1824868453548999047?t=maDZ88zPu8nB7a9E6enWgQ&s=19


It turns out that ilmaestro is in fact Benji Naesen while I apparently am a Lidl-Trek communications worker.

(Although, in fact, Benji totally has a point).

 

[Rob5091]

Nyss is only 21 and did cyclocross during the Winter so it's not smart to think he's going to do a full road program.

 

[tobydawq]

Nyss is only 21 and did cyclocross during the Winter so it's not smart to think he's going to do a full road program.

I think the problem is the races he has done who have been a little low-quality. But granted, if a rider only starts the season in late April, there is a limit to what his season can look like, especially if you for some reason don't want to put him in a Grand Tour.

 

[RedheadDane]

Nicki Sørensen: I'm trying to insert some excitement here! (about whether the break will be caught.)

 

[yaco]

He already participated at the Tour in 2021 and won the third stage.

Yet. he contested one sprint and won, then he was forced to lead out Philipsen. The fact is that he has contested one TDF sprint in his career.

 

[Rob5091]

Well, Vingegaard hanged on for the GC and Kooij sneaked past Merlier at the death for the stage, so chapeau Visma, mission accomplished. Ineos must be glad that young Sheffield held on for 5th on GC - some good news for them.

 

[search]

Well, Vingegaard hanged on for the GC and Kooij sneaked past Merlier at the death for the stage, so chapeau Visma, mission accomplished. Ineos must be glad that young Sheffield held on for 5th on GC - some good news for them.

well, Sheffield didn't come down again at least, but 5th must be pretty disappointing, given that the race was decided in a time trial, and Vingegaard didn't show much shape at all.

Both Kelderman as well as Onley would probably have beaten him without their crashes, but well... it's no coincidence that exactly those two were affected, of course.

 

[RJH]

well, Sheffield didn't come down again at least, but 5th must be pretty disappointing, given that the race was decided in a time trial, and Vingegaard didn't show much shape at all.

Both Kelderman as well as Onley would probably have beaten him without their crashes, but well... it's no coincidence that exactly those two were affected, of course.

But still a success for Magnus. Nobody could know how he‘d return from his ravine fall he survived and Mäder next to him didn’t.

Magnus is good and seems to have gotten good treatment and support. Important and basic for all future success.