The Lanterne Rouge Thread 2021 **SPOILERS**
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If only the race had a Giro style "maglia nero", young Schelling would now own a Tour wardrobe."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.1
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You would think GVA would have followed Kluge's very clever tactical improvisation given that the LR would be about the only thing GVA could win at the moment.
It could resurrect his ailing career.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
'chasse patate'. I thought that died along with the Nissan tour.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Today was the final stage before the competition for the Lanterne shuts down and concentrates on survival, so naturally there was a massive incentive to take time whilst it was still possible. UAE played an absolute blinder in this regard, letting a monstrous break escape up the road and then reacting with all the calm and poise of a Weeble on a wobbleboard.
Suspicions that their long chase was going south were first raised by the failure to make any impression even when the break was being driven by hitherto unheralded breakaway hard man Mark Cavendish, whose later mugging of Ruben Guerreiro for unspecified offences was almost as amusing as the fact Cavendish had infiltrated the break in the first place. That it then took them the best part of fifteen kilometres to catch the soft-pedalling sprinter once he dropped off suggested that they had other prizes on their mind than yellow, and so it proved.
With Movistar taking over pacemaking at the front of the peloton, apparently as part of a protection racket ("nice gap you've got there, Carapaz - shame if something should - heh - happen to it. The boss says he wants to talk contracts."), UAE were then able to leave Pogacar to his own devices and go hunting for time on HD.
Unfortunately this is where things went from bad to worse, for they proved no more capable of controlling things at the other end of the race. Failing to form even a temporary alliance with other teams working for their leaders, the five riders of UAE were so shell-shocked by their afternoon's struggle that they failed to notice Kluge sneaking off the back. The resultant time gain, coupled with Ide Schelling suffering a mysterious collapse of form, punted Kluge into pole position on countback. Could we be witnessing the first Lanterne to defend their title since the legendary Wim Vansevenant? Only time - and lots of it - will tell.
Join us tomorrow for boring, boring mountains.
Everybody:
154 DANIEL MCLAY 135 TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
155 JORIS NIEUWENHUIS 146 TEAM DSM 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
156 MIKKEL BJERG 2 UAE TEAM EMIRATES 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
157 MADS PEDERSEN 45 TREK - SEGAFREDO 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
158 JONAS RUTSCH 118 EF EDUCATION - NIPPO 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
159 BRANDON MCNULTY 8 UAE TEAM EMIRATES 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
160 JACOPO GUARNIERI 84 GROUPAMA - FDJ 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
161 DAVIDE FORMOLO 4 UAE TEAM EMIRATES 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
162 NACER BOUHANNI 132 TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
163 JULIEN SIMON 207 TOTALENERGIES 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
164 CLÉMENT RUSSO 137 TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
165 ARNAUD DEMARE 83 GROUPAMA - FDJ 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
166 TIESJ BENOOT 142 TEAM DSM 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
167 CASPER PEDERSEN 147 TEAM DSM 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
168 FABIEN DOUBEY 205 TOTALENERGIES 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
169 VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN 6 UAE TEAM EMIRATES 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
170 LUKE ROWE 27 INEOS GRENADIERS 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
171 FRED WRIGHT 168 BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
172 MICHAEL MØRKØV 58 DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
173 MARC HIRSCHI 5 UAE TEAM EMIRATES 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
174 STEFAN BISSEGGER 112 EF EDUCATION - NIPPO 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
175 CEES BOL 143 TEAM DSM 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
176 JÉRÉMY CABOT 203 TOTALENERGIES 05h 52' 07'' + 00h 23' 47'' - -
177 ROGER KLUGE 155 LOTTO SOUDAL 05h 53' 23'' + 00h 25' 03'' - -
Backstreet's Back:
168 TONY MARTIN 16 JUMBO - VISMA 26h 31' 16'' + 00h 51' 59'' - -
169 MARCO HALLER 164 BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 26h 31' 24'' + 00h 52' 07'' - -
170 RETO HOLLENSTEIN 35 ISRAEL START-UP NATION 26h 34' 03'' + 00h 54' 46'' - -
171 AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN 175 TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 26h 36' 40'' + 00h 57' 23'' - -
172 MADS PEDERSEN 45 TREK - SEGAFREDO 26h 36' 43'' + 00h 57' 26'' - -
173 IDE SCHELLING 78 BORA - HANSGROHE 26h 37' 31'' + 00h 58' 14'' - P : 20''
174 MARC HIRSCHI 5 UAE TEAM EMIRATES 26h 38' 44'' + 00h 59' 27'' - -
175 CLÉMENT RUSSO 137 TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC 26h 40' 30'' + 01h 01' 13'' - -
176 DANIEL MCLAY 135 TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC 26h 41' 22'' + 01h 02' 05'' - -
177 ROGER KLUGE 155 LOTTO SOUDAL 26h 42' 16'' + 01h 02' 59'' - -1 -
Dan Mclay must have missed the move there and got caught in the bunch.0
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You'd think this competition would have Cofidis written all over it but they can't even mount a challenge here. No-one near the top 10 on GC or last 20 odd on the stage. They're a joke.0
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Roger Kluge has attacked out of the rear, straight from the gun.
Big gamble with the time cut."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Yeah, think the jig might be up - it's just too ambitious to be a serious attack.blazing_saddles said:Roger Kluge has attacked out of the rear, straight from the gun.
Big gamble with the time cut.
Sprinters falling off the back too though, so maybe it's an early autobus day.0 -
Yes, a solo attack straight from km0 doesn't seem destined to end well. Perhaps we shouldn't doubt the great man though.0
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Well, what a stage, eh? After everyone ripping each other to pieces yesterday the expectation was that they'd simply ride conservatively and protect their gaps for now. Nobody was expecting the reigning champion to attack from a stupidly long distance out in an effort to rip the race to shreds.
Tadej who?
Yes, today's stage saw Roger Kluge make a huge attack within the first few kilometres in an attempt to totally knock his competitors out of the competition. With the GC ride expected to be reasonably slow but steady this could have been spectacular, but unfortunately the show-offs at the front of the race were about to spoil everyone's fun.
As attacks piled off the front of the race, and later on as word filtered back that Pogacar had yet again transformed in the manner of that Swiss fan from the football the other day, it must have dawned on a shocked Kluge that his bold attack was at serious risk of placing him hors delai and he skedaddled up to the grupetto to ride in with the rest.
And what a grupetto it was - featuring no fewer than four Grand Tour winners, three KoM winners, two Lanternes Rouge, multiple world champions, stage winners, some of the best cyclists in the world, and Nacer Bouhanni. The only person missing was seemingly Ide Schelling, who now appears to have cracked utterly. With that much experience in the group it's impossible to imagine anyone managing to hold them off, yet Arnaud Demare gave a much needed fillip to French sprint fans by finally producing the victory they crave.
As predicted though , with the exception of the unfortunate Schelling, this stage had absolutely no effect on the underall, and it's almost certain that everyone will have forgotten about it even before the newspaper print is dry. The Tour really needs to look at extending the cut off because it's producing formulaic racing. Any more neutralised stages like today and it's hard to imagine anyone wanting to tune in to watch...
Fists of pure emotion:
89 - 176 LITERALLY EVERYONE. AND THEIR DOG. AND THEIR DOG'S MATES. AND THEIR EXTENDED FAMILY. AND THE KITCHEN SINK + 00h 35' 01'' - -
177 ARNAUD DEMARE 83 GROUPAMA - FDJ 04h 30' 15'' + 00h 35' 34'' - -
Heads of shattered dreams:
168 CASPER PEDERSEN 147 TEAM DSM 31h 00' 46'' + 01h 22' 21'' - -
169 TONY MARTIN 16 JUMBO - VISMA 31h 00' 58'' + 01h 22' 33'' - -
170 MARCO HALLER 164 BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 31h 01' 06'' + 01h 22' 41'' - -
171 RETO HOLLENSTEIN 35 ISRAEL START-UP NATION 31h 03' 45'' + 01h 25' 20'' - -
172 AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN 175 TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 31h 06' 22'' + 01h 27' 57'' - -
173 MADS PEDERSEN 45 TREK - SEGAFREDO 31h 06' 25'' + 01h 28' 00'' - -
174 MARC HIRSCHI 5 UAE TEAM EMIRATES 31h 08' 26'' + 01h 30' 01'' - -
175 CLÉMENT RUSSO 137 TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC 31h 10' 12'' + 01h 31' 47'' - -
176 DANIEL MCLAY 135 TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC 31h 11' 04'' + 01h 32' 39'' - -
177 ROGER KLUGE 155 LOTTO SOUDAL 31h 11' 58'' + 01h 33' 33'' - -4 -
Oh jeez. Just looked at tomorrow and it's not exactly promising either, is it? Only the Tour could programme a climb called the "Côte de Dormancy" and expect something to actually happen.1
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That was a great move. Send TdG off the front and use the surge in pace to get dropped unnoticed.blazing_saddles said:Roger Kluge has attacked out of the rear, straight from the gun.
Big gamble with the time cut.
I did similar on my running race today. Was in last place after the first mile going uphill, the woman in front tried the old going the wrong way trick and I then messed up and overtook two people going down but got it back by playing the wrong turning trick with greater panache and jogged across the line a couple of minutes behind my nearest rival.0 -
It was good to see so many trying today. Pity that Izaguirre’s attempt to hide up another road and wait up for a bit was spoilt by the camera spotting him.0
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Today shows why you need to put in the work in the early stages. Oh, lots of riders want a piece of the action now. Where were you when Roger was putting in the hard yards?0
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Not convinced by this analysis. Think of it as the equivalent of a sprint stage for the GC lads - you can't win it, but you can certainly toss everything away if you do something stupid. I'm pretty sure someone will still be chewing Ide Schelling out for getting delusions of adequacy even now.kingstongraham said:Today shows why you need to put in the work in the early stages. Oh, lots of riders want a piece of the action now. Where were you when Roger was putting in the hard yards?
This happens in the mountains every year though - everyone agrees to work as little as possible and roll in together, and it neutralises the HD for the day. If anyone really wants to take on Kluge - and Roglic and Thomas look to be reassessing their ambitions - then they'll start working in earnest on Tuesday.0 -
Thomas could be rekindling that youthful ambition and promise he showed in his Barloworld days1
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So any thought that Primoz Roglic would reassess his position and go for the big one was nixed this morning, when it turned out that he had more or less the same happy feelings about the bloody mountains as your long-suffering scribe. A shame, as he was showing some serious promise.
Naturally the race was more or less neutralised today, although with this potentially being the toughest mountain stage there was always the risk of riders being caught hors delai. In the event none of the major contenders fell foul of the clock, although seven riders from higher up the classifications ended up being kicked off the race for delaying the commissaires' tea. Perhaps the greatest ride from any of these came from Dlamini, who insisted on finishing the stage some eighty minutes slower than O'Connor and nearly fifty minutes slower than the autobus - a time that would have comfortably punted him into the underall lead if it wasn't for that pesky time cut.
Thanks to shenanigans up front we again failed to see much of the action further back, so the only real action to note was UAE's McNulty demonstrating that Marc Hirschi's technique of hiding in a bush now appears to be an official team strategy. With two weeks still to go, perhaps complaints that UAE have brought a weakened team were a little premature?
Climb Every Mountain:
153 ROGER KLUGE 155 LOTTO SOUDAL 05h 02' 16'' + 00h 35' 33'' - -
154 NACER BOUHANNI 132 TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC 05h 02' 16'' + 00h 35' 33'' - -
155 JULIEN SIMON 207 TOTALENERGIES 05h 02' 16'' + 00h 35' 33'' - -
156 JÉRÉMY CABOT 203 TOTALENERGIES 05h 02' 16'' + 00h 35' 33'' - -
157 DRIES DEVENYNS 57 DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP 05h 02' 26'' + 00h 35' 43'' - -
158 TIM DECLERCQ 56 DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP 05h 02' 32'' + 00h 35' 49'' - -
159 MICHAEL MØRKØV 58 DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP 05h 02' 32'' + 00h 35' 49'' - -
160 MARK CAVENDISH 55 DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP 05h 02' 32'' + 00h 35' 49'' - -
161 ANDRÉ GREIPEL 34 ISRAEL START-UP NATION 05h 03' 11'' + 00h 36' 28'' - -
162 VICTOR CAMPENAERTS 194 TEAM QHUBEKA NEXTHASH 05h 03' 58'' + 00h 37' 15'' - -
163 JELLE WALLAYS 98 COFIDIS 05h 03' 58'' + 00h 37' 15'' - -
164 AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN 175 TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 05h 03' 58'' + 00h 37' 15'' - -
165 GREG VAN AVERMAET 128 AG2R CITROEN TEAM 05h 03' 58'' + 00h 37' 15'' - -
Searchhigh andlow:
56 MADS PEDERSEN 45 TREK - SEGAFREDO 36h 00' 20'' + 01h 49' 10'' - -
157 MARCO HALLER 164 BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 36h 01' 10'' + 01h 50' 00'' - -
158 CASPER PEDERSEN 147 TEAM DSM 36h 01' 42'' + 01h 50' 32'' - -
159 RETO HOLLENSTEIN 35 ISRAEL START-UP NATION 36h 02' 49'' + 01h 51' 39'' - -
160 JÉRÉMY CABOT 203 TOTALENERGIES 36h 02' 52'' + 01h 51' 42'' - -
161 MARC HIRSCHI 5 UAE TEAM EMIRATES 36h 06' 46'' + 01h 55' 36'' - -
162 CLÉMENT RUSSO 137 TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC 36h 08' 32'' + 01h 57' 22'' - -
163 AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN 175 TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 36h 10' 20'' + 01h 59' 10'' - -
164 DANIEL MCLAY 135 TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC 36h 11' 58'' + 02h 00' 48'' - -
165 ROGER KLUGE 155 LOTTO SOUDAL 36h 14' 14'' + 02h 03' 04'' - -0 -
Can we see anyone troubling Kluge? It would be a real shame if both ends of the race were sewn up before the first rest day?Correlation is not causation.0
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It's a long way to Paris, and it's a secondary competition where there aren't points at stake (so extending the cut-off on Ventoux, for example, might allow someone to sneak a load of time - though you'd be playing with fire to throw yourself on the jury's mercy for that one). Plus Kluge has to hold on to the finish line...
All to play for right now, I reckon. We were asking the same question last year when Jerome's Cousin had a fifteen minute advantage and looked set fair - only to make a miscalculation about the time cut and get unceremoniously booted off.1 -
Very disappointed yesterday to see Jansen got a puncture in the neutralised section and didn't capitalise on his fortune.1
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Prudhomme tends to wait until everyone's nicely bunched together after any kind of issue in the neutralised section. Prevents the sort of shenanigans we saw Thomas pull in the Giro with a slippy bidon.kingstongraham said:Very disappointed yesterday to see Jansen got a puncture in the neutralised section and didn't capitalise on his fortune.
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I was mistaken - here's the pcs timeline.
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There are some chunky lads in that bottom top 10.
They could have a big problem if the forecast crosswinds turn up on Friday and they find themselves at the opposite end of the race to the team cars.
Hard earned minutes lost in the bus, regained by being forced onto the train."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.2 -
"To the man who loves sprinting," declared Sherlock Holmes, tossing aside his copy of that day's L'Equipe., "it is in its lowest and basest manifestations that the greatest pleasure is to be derived."
"I perceive then that you had a cheeky fiver on Mark Cavendish?"
"It pleasant to observe, my dear Watson, that your powers of deduction have improved markedly since our first acquaintance. However you still fail to appreciate the psychology of the individual."
"I find your character hard to divine, Holmes."
"Oh not mine. No, Mr Cavendish was fairly bouncing off the walls during the team presentation. It was but the work of the simplest intelligence to lump on 2000 francs there and then."
"But you didn't change any money before we departed?"
"No, but you did, and I will return your money with interest. And having thus solved the theft of your 2000 francs to your satisfaction, I trust you will oblige me by not writing up this particular case in your journal."
"Holmes," said I, "for the greatest crime solver the world has ever seen, you aren't half an arsehole."
"Crime is distressingly common, my dear Watson, and both you and I shall profit by it. Now, what does the weather forecast say?"
"Yet more rain," I replied. "And I doubt we shall see Master Roglic again this summer."
Sherlock Holmes' eyes brightened. "In that case, the game is afoot. Set up the pieces, Dr Watson, please, and we shall begin."
I began to set the board for our latest battle, for although a tussle with a mind such as Holmes' could only lead to one outcome, it was a pleasure to see his mind at work at such close quarters.
"Tell me Holmes," I asked. How did you come by this accommodation for this year's Tour?"
"Elementary, my dear Watson. I did a small favour for M. Lefevre regarding his latest little problem. In his gratitude he offered this accommodation for our annual trip."
"I take it then that you refer to the Bennett affair," I said. Something of this had naturally reached the newspapers, though the reports were naturally subject to the usual wild speculations, and I was eager to hear the truth of it from Holmes himself.
"Indeed I do," said Holmes. "And naturally it was very easy to solve, though not without its compensations. The success of Mr Cavendish, for one. In the event however it was mostly a case of identifying the curious sprint."
"And what was so curious, may I ask?"
"Master Bennett didn't. Most curious for a sprinter."
I gestured to the board. "Your turn first, Mr Holmes."
"I accuse Herr Kluge, in the peloton, with the little battleship."
"You're supposed to ask questions and narrow down the options, my dear Holmes."
"I've already asked myself the questions, my dear Watson. And once you've ruled out the impossible, there is only the improbable left."
"And the actual bloody Cluedo characters!"
"And those. Nonetheless, Kluge, Peloton, little battleship."
"You do know we're only using those as counters because we've lost the official pieces? It's always the problem with these rental places. I was thinking that our tattered Panini sticker of Herr Kluge could stand for Miss Scarlet, being an appropriate colour for a lanterne rouge."
"Nonetheless, I insist you check the little envelope, my dear Watson. We shall see if I can claim justice for my art."
I opened the envelope that hid the solution. Out fell a picture of Herr Kluge, a photograph of the peloton, and a small pewter battleship that was utterly unseaworthy. It was the perfect model of a French pre-dreadnought. I ejaculated immediately.
"Holmes!"
"As I anticipated, my dear Watson. I make the score 35-0 in my favour."
"Do you know what you share with our accommodation, Holmes?"
"I fancy I could divine it, given more information."
"You're an utter gîte."
from The Adventure of the Green Jersey, by Sir Arthur Vichot Doyle
Today was obviously a rest day and therefore even less interesting than a stage raced in the boring boring mountains. Hopefully our main contenders were sent out on a 300km punishment ride to get some decent miles in their legs and further aid their performance in the Lanterne Rouge. The good news for Kluge is that he no longer has a sprinter to work for, the bad news is that having lazed around at the back for the last two stages he might be sent out on a pointless attempt to win a stage. It was ever thus...1 -
The role of luck in cycling is underestimated. Look at Sonny Colbrelli today - he gets a puncture at the perfect moment, just as the race is threatening to blow up and DQS are drilling the front.
Then for once the mechanic swaps bikes instead of fiddling with those annoying disc brakes for a couple of minutes, and his DS has done the calculation that suggests he can get back on as long as he's speedy. And so a furious Colbrelli punches the pedals hard, frustrated in his attempts to grab a stage win on LR, jiggers his chances at the other end of the race by working too hard to get back on, and achieves nothing.
Meanwhile, Julien Simon and Mads Pedersen lucked out massively with their chute. With Mollema riding away on a brand new tandem, Simon was forced to give Pedersen a backie so they could catch up with the peloton on his lackadaisical*
This excess of effort gave them the perfect excuse later on to slide off the back during the putative echelon drama and roll in nearly eight minutes behind the rest.
It's arguable, with a generous cut off and a perfect excuse that they could have taken more time, but it still allowed Pedersen to climb four places on HD. Meanwhile the biggest loser of the day was Dan McLay, who failed to follow the wrong wheels and ended up on the wrong side of a split - a move that cost him his second place.
Finally, the reverse sprint amongst the breakaway was won by Danny van Poppel. One day you'll be a Boy, my son.
* Lackadaisical (n): A bicycle made for one © I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Daisy, Daisy:
160 TOSH VAN DER SANDE 157 LOTTO SOUDAL 04h 22' 06'' + 00h 07' 59'' - -
161 MADS PEDERSEN 45 TREK - SEGAFREDO 04h 22' 06'' + 00h 07' 59'' - -
162 JULIEN SIMON 207 TOTALENERGIES 04h 22' 06'' + 00h 07' 59'' - -
163 VICTOR CAMPENAERTS 194 TEAM QHUBEKA NEXTHASH 04h 22' 06'' + 00h 07' 59'' - -
164 DANNY VAN POPPEL 216 INTERMARCHE - WANTY - GOBERT MATERIAUX 04h 22' 06'' + 00h 07' 59'' - -
Assorted other weeds:
155 CHRIS FROOME 31 ISRAEL START-UP NATION 40h 17' 26'' + 01h 52' 09'' - -
156 TONY MARTIN 16 JUMBO - VISMA 40h 18' 03'' + 01h 52' 46'' - -
157 MARCO HALLER 164 BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 40h 19' 03'' + 01h 53' 46'' - -
158 JÉRÉMY CABOT 203 TOTALENERGIES 40h 21' 37'' + 01h 56' 20'' - -
159 MADS PEDERSEN 45 TREK - SEGAFREDO 40h 22' 26'' + 01h 57' 09'' - -
160 CLÉMENT RUSSO 137 TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC 40h 23' 08'' + 01h 57' 51'' - -
161 MARC HIRSCHI 5 UAE TEAM EMIRATES 40h 24' 39'' + 01h 59' 22'' - -
162 DANIEL MCLAY 135 TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC 40h 26' 05'' + 02h 00' 48'' - -
163 AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN 175 TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 40h 29' 05'' + 02h 03' 48'' - -
164 ROGER KLUGE 155 LOTTO SOUDAL 40h 32' 59'' + 02h 07' 42'' - -0 -
You are truly the Tadej Pogacar of the Post of the Tour thread.Lanterne_Rogue said:
Finally, the reverse sprint amongst the breakaway was won by Danny van Poppel. One day you'll be a Boy, my son.
* Lackadaisical (n): A bicycle made for one © I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Daisy, Daisy:
Just no point in the rest of us even trying...
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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So Froome needs to find 15 minutes to achieve the ultimate zero to hero feat after finding himself in last place on the Lanterne Rouge on 4 occasions.
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Kluge was showing a lack of ambition in the rest day q&a video from lotto. Or maybe just trying to bluff his competitors.0
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Very hard to hide your true form. If he's up with the autobus early on today then that'll be suggestive.0
