TDF 2021: Stage 8, Oyonnax > Le Grand-Bornand 150.8 km **Spoilers**

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Are your commentators bumming out?

    Belgians are super impressed here
    _
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    Yikes!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Time bonus at the top of the climb
    _
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    Dare I ask how far back the Thomas group is now?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Would be terrible if we had some massive crosswinds on Stage 13...


    Correlation is not causation.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    rick_chasey said:

    Are your commentators bumming out?

    Belgians are super impressed here

    Ned & Dave just in awe
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    Well I did enjoy the Pog v Carapaz duel for the 200 metres or so that it lasted.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    lettingthedaysgoby said:

    Dare I ask how far back the Thomas group is now?

    25 minutes behind the GC group, 3 days behind Pogacar
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,269
    lettingthedaysgoby said:

    Dare I ask how far back the Thomas group is now?

    Not showing on PCS. MvdP at +14 mins so add on how much?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Dude stands by the side of the road all day in the pouring rain and turns his back when the future King of the Tour comes past...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    5 minutes now between Pogacar and the nearest GC contender.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    rick_chasey said:

    Time bonus at the top of the climb

    Very useful. Pogacar might need those.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Yeah Pog did say on Dutch tv he doesn’t like it hot
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Did I half hear Ned say that reinstated riders loose all their points these days?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • zest28
    zest28 Posts: 403
    Dorset_Boy said:

    lettingthedaysgoby said:

    The finish is uphill a bit isn't it?

    Last 800m is slightly uphill, from the final tight left hander.

    This is bonkers from Pogacar.
    When did we last see something like this?

    Pogacar did the same thing last year after his crash, when he unleashed 7W/kg.

    But now we do not have the Jumbo-Visma train so now it looks more spectacular.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    I mean Pog is very light and he smashed a flat big ring TT so we can’t be that surprised
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    WvA is great at winning hearts over...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    ddraver said:

    WvA is great at winning hearts over...

    He’s a hero. Total hero
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited July 2021
    Pog slowing - content to let Teuns take the win
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Talk about rubbing salt into the wound.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    Smart riding, no need to take risks, he's made his point and crushed everyone.
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    I guess this will at least make the fights for breakaways more interesting, as pretty much anyone can be allowed up the road and not be a threat :D
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Would like to say I did predict this after the TT…
    _
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    rick_chasey said:

    ddraver said:

    WvA is great at winning hearts over...

    He’s a hero. Total hero
    I've heard it argued that he is the greatest rider of the 21st century.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,325
    mrb123 said:

    He seems to have an extra 200 watts over everyone else.

    It's probably 0.3-0.4 W/kg over the rest
    left the forum March 2023
  • notquite6foot
    notquite6foot Posts: 248
    edited July 2021
    ddraver said:

    Did I half hear Ned say that reinstated riders loose all their points these days?

    From the doc in my previous post (my bolding):
    In cases where riders who have finished
    outside the time limit are reinstated by the president
    of the commissaires’ jury, they will forfeit all of the
    points they have gained in the various secondary
    classifications    .

    Time limit is 37:33
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Totally different level .
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    And to think Tignes suits Pog even better
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Getting to the point where Carapaz may as well chill out too and just control his likely looking second place 😕
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    How many are outside the limit?

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