twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
it was the Jumbo guy Vingegaard who attacked so Pog had to follow and beat him otherwise Kamna might have held on. Kamna lost some time today so he's out of the GC reckoning and will no doubt try another breakaway.
Tour de France 2022
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planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Looks pretty today, will give it a watch. I know I'm a dumb newb but this year's Tour has not grabbed me yet. As good as Pog is, a procession doesn't help.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Will be interesting to see what happens! Will Ineos sacrifice 1 or more of their 4 riders in top 10 to try and force some action from UAE or is it a foregone conclusion that Pog will win?
David Clapson
Well-Known Member
I'm also struggling to maintain interest. I need to concentrate on all the team tactics throughout the stage to get involved on days like today, but I can't be bothered.
I enjoyed the Giro Donne, which had the perfect final stage today, a win for Chiara Consonni. Awesome sprint. I thought she'd gone too early and would be caught by one of the big names, but she just ripped up the field. She's 23, in a low budget development team, and I think this is probably her most significant result. If you watch the interview she gave after her first professional win, you'll be a fan forever
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Jungels is massive 
I only watched the ITV4 highlights, so was it established what happened in the GC group on the final climb? Boulting spoke about how much they cut Jungels' lead, but I'm also curious on when Pog jumped the rest.
I bet whoever thought to put General Levy over the end titles felt very pleased with themselves.
I bet whoever thought to put General Levy over the end titles felt very pleased with themselves.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Wasn't just Pog, was Vingegaard too. Just did a sprint finish, took 3 seconds off Thomas.
David Clapson
Well-Known Member
Probably get a few riders qutting today because of Covid test results. Maybe Pog. Tension high in Pogacar's team as Covid hits Tour de France
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
That would be sad.
David Clapson
Well-Known Member
Unless he's on a very off day I'm not sure any of the GC contenders have a kick to match Pog, do they? More successful might be a long attack, possibly from an Ineos rider, given there's three of them within two minutes.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
I did pose that question yesterday, but no one took me up on it!
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
I'm not a big fan of the three week tours and there are too many mountain stages which are usually controlled by teams in trains and therefore
I wasn't going to watch it on Sunday bit did on catch up once I saw Jungels had won.
I thought Pinot was going to catch him but Jungels is the way smarter rider, not killing himself on the climb knowing he could slaughter him on the flat. It really felt like a one day race and I much prefer those over yellow or pink jersey battles.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Dickheads in the road…
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
The irony of a huge scale cycling event is that it uses a lot of vehicles plus the odd helicopter or two, but I guess they were mostly doing it for publicity.
The guy who ran in fifth at RVV and second at LBL probably got them more publicity though.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
I stand corrected. Kamna was very lucky to get himself back in Gc contention with the break. Todays stage may be decisive on the final high climb.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Yeah I don’t think he could have imagined the peleton giving a break nine minutes but fair play.
I expected a lot from his team mate Vlasov but maybe he had more problems with a recent Covid infection than he admitted.
