That crash, not much because it was so far from the finish. The crash that happened right before the last climb has blown the GC race up though. Some contenders lost 1-3 minutes to the favorites
The French Police are trying to find the spectator with the sign. I’m wondering what they can charge her with.
I’ve come full circle with him. Loved him at HTC, was sad he went to Sky and Quick Step, happy for him at Qhubeka and now sad to see him back at QS but love him winning
And another one today. Some controversy out there though about him deviating from his lane in the sprint.
One of the best stages I've ever seen today. So many storylines going on. One of the unfortunate ones though is that Sagan is either worn out from the Giro or just on absolutely shit form. Haven't really seen him competitive except for stage 3 where he got crashed out. And today a massive break goes, in it members of his team and Cav, and he missed it. Down 90 points for the green jersey and I just don't see that coming back the way he's riding. On the flip side, if Cav goes from being a last-second addition to the Tour, to winning the green jersey, it'll be one of the most remarkable things I've seen in my handful of years watching cycling.
I’m starting to wonder if we will never see sagan be elite again. Sure, he can still win the green jersey because he’s so damn consistent, but he just seems to be missing that top gear in sprints and the uncanny positioning that he used to nail more times than not.
What a brutal stage today. They enforced the time cut, so 7 riders are out including Demare and Coquard. Two less sprinters for Cav to have to deal with.
I can’t imagine having cold, numb hands and trying to control a speeding bicycle on a steep descent like some of those riders were doing.
And now we learn Pogicars time up the Col du Bonnet was 45 seconds faster than Andy schleck, frank schleck, Contador and Andreas kloden back when they were all doping
Yeah Wout is incredible. He was probably faster than Cav in the sprint on a Sprint stage yesterday (even though he didn't win), and then turns around and wins a stage with a double ascent of Mont Ventoux the very next day. That's just unreal.
Today’s stage coverage took me down memory lane of the 1995 death of Fabio Casarelli on this route. There’s a couple of YouTube videos on it. Also, it was interesting to see Phil Ligett 26 years ago.
Can anyone explain the strategy from yesterday's stage to a novice? Sepp Kuus' teammate was fighting to win the stage with Pogacar. What was the benefit of Kuus leading the group in the last bit of the climb? Why didn't they just sit back and force Pogacar to lead the pack?
Seb Kuss will act on Vingegaards feeling. if Vingegaard feels like he can hang on at a higher pace he’ll have his guy up the pace and still be able to hang on. By sending kuss to lead they potentially make the pace too high for Pogacar and he’ll have a harder time hanging on than Vingegaard seeing that Vingegaard controls the pace through Kuss. Pogacar was obviously too strong but thats really how they test eachother.
Another thing to add: They weren't just fighting for the stage win. They are fighting for second place overall too. Carapaz was still in the group without any teammates, so setting a high pace and dropping Carapaz was just as important anything having to do with Pogacar.
I am all about doing things for the experience. The weather is exactly why I would want to do it once.