Tour de France 2022 with SPOILERS

[Adam4868]

I don't think today can be another yesterday for Pogi.Jumbo have the stronger team and can control this stage again....he's better to wait a while limit his losses if he can.The Pyranees suit him more with shorter 20/25 min climbs ?
There again he's not going to settle for jist a podium place....if he's feeling good why not 😁

 

[Chislenko]

I'm going for a Superpog comeback.

Not because I have any reason to think it will (or won't) happen, but because it would be fun to watch.

PS I see Rog and Cries Wike are both now 13' down. Does this lessen their usefulness in roughing up Pog, as he won't have any need to chase down their attacks?

(but ineos still have 2 in the top 10)

Just think where G. Martin would be now...😟

 

[gavroche]

Being a finish on Alpes D'Huez and 14 July, I can see Thibault Pinot going for the win today. It would great if he could do it and it would be remembered for many years.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Just think where G. Martin would be now...😟

9th? 126th?
It would definitely be a number.

 

[Adam4868]

Being a finish on Alpes D'Huez and 14 July, I can see Thibault Pinot going for the win today

Yea I reckon that 32nd place yesterday was him keeping something back.....🙄

It would great if he could do it and it would be remembered for many years.

Not sure about years,maybe till weekend ?

 

[Chislenko]

9th? 126th?
It would definitely be a number.

I think you were correct with 9th 🙂.

Does seem an odd situation where Rafa Maika is allowed to carry despite testing positive and other riders aren't.

I know they have quoted the severity of the positive but you either have COVID or you don't really. I feel sure if Rafa Maika worked for the Local Council it would have been positive enough for a few days off with full pay 🙂

 

[T4tomo]

Being a finish on Alpes D'Huez and 14 July, I can see Thibault Pinot going for the win today. It would great if he could do it and it would be remembered for many years.

Very very very unlikely. bardet, barguil, gaudu all more likely French winners, but only barguil would be allowed to get into a breakaway, the other 2 would have to win it from a GC bunch, which is potentiality harder.

Great stage yesterday full of surprises, one of the best stages in recent time I think.. Quintana actually having some legs was maybe more surprising than Pog showing some weakness.

Was great to see Yates and Thomas both recovering well at the end of the stage, when it looked like they had cooked mid stage.

I think MVP pulled out yesterday didn't he. I thought he was having a quiet tour by his own high standards.

 

[Sittingduck]

More chance of me producing my own bottle of Pinot and drinking it for lunch today, than Thibault winning the stage, imho. 🍷 Allez, allez, allez, or something...!

 

[Adam4868]

I think MVP pulled out yesterday didn't he. I thought he was having a quiet tour by his own high standards.

Abandoned half way through the stage...for the best really.He knew he was cooked.

Very very very unlikely. bardet, barguil, gaudu all more likely French winners, but only barguil would be allowed to get into a breakaway, the other 2 would have to win it from a GC bunch, which is potentiality harder.

Agree....unfortunately all three of them probally did a bit too much yesterday.Bardets ride yesterday was class...very nearly set the record up the Galibier yesterday and was faster than both Pog and Jonas. Allways been one of my favourite riders....just wish he could TT 😁
Loved the picture of him after the stage whilst the rest warmed down on turbo trainers....

 

[nickyboy]

Hopefully Pogacar will not ship more time today. If he does, with the strength of the JV team that would be Tour over and thus a somewhat boring procession thereafter (like last year)

All sorts of rumours re Pogacar's performance yesterday; not eating enough (really? Sounds like an incredibly amateurish mistake if true so I suspect not), too hot, pulling up the Galibier when he didn't need to etc. I'd be happy for the race if he just sits in the wheels and rolls in with no time lost today. Lots of opportunities to come although hot weather continues throughout and apparently he is not at his best in the heat

 

[Adam4868]

All sorts of rumours re Pogacar's performance yesterday; not eating enough (really? Sounds like an incredibly amateurish mistake if true so I suspect not), too hot, pulling up the Galibier when he didn't need to etc.

Can't believe anyone that actually watched it can think it was anything else other than a hard stage...that and Vingegaard did one of the best climbs anyone has seen 😁
From Pogacars manager...
A hunger knock? Covid? sick? Overconfidence? "None of that," says UAE team manager Mauro Gianetti about the unexpected and sudden breakdown of his leader Tadej Pogacar. “Some stress has crept into the team this week. But above all, this is the result of the demolition work of Jumbo-Visma. They have done something extraordinary.”

 

[Sittingduck]

Yes, I didn't see it as Pog losing the stage but having it wrestled off him by a bunch of TJV muggers.

edit to add: the chink in the armour is visible now though. Pride is his weakness.

 

[FishFright]

Unintentional offence, it's getting to the point where one will need to get everything proof read by a lawyer soon.

Or think before posting ? I'm working on that .

 

[Dogtrousers]

A little quatorze juillet snippet from the le Tour website:

Since the end of WW2, there have been 17 different French winners on Bastille Day. Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Thevenet and Laurent Jalabert all won twice on France's national holiday.
Émile Idée (1949), Jean Robic (1953), Jacques Vivier (1954), Jean Bourles (1957), Jacques Anquetil (1961 and 1964), Roger Pingeon (1968), Raymond Delisle (1969), Bernard Thevenet (1970 and 1975), Bernard Labourdette (1971), Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (1977), Mariano Martinez (1980), Vincent Barteau (1989), Laurent Jalabert (1995 and 2001), Laurent Brochard (1997), Richard Virenque (2004), David Moncoutié (2005), Warren Barguil (2017)

 

[Peter Salt]

It will be mighty interesting to see how Pog manages the situation. I feel this is similar to boxing where people go to 35-0 records, then loose and realise they're not indestructible. As someone once said, 'It doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up'. Let's hope he at least makes it as hard as possible for anyone else to win

[EDIT]: If the rain keeps going, it'll be even better