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

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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    ddraver said:

    Getting to the point where Carapaz may as well chill out too and just control his likely looking second place 😕

    Not it he keeps attacking and getting caught
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    kingstongraham said:

    How many are outside the limit?

    Not 100% sure yet but possibly, nearly everyone.
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    Blimey.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    One small bottle of water nearly destroying Teuns' day.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Great Ride Dylan.
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,146
    38.4kmh - what was the percentage for that?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    lettingthedaysgoby said:

    Smart riding, no need to take risks, he's made his point and crushed everyone.

    Looks pretty empty at the finish
    _
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,558
    Great win for Dylan Teuns.
    Smart of Pog to let the other two take 2nd and 3rd.

    Wout Poels and Simon Yates had decent rides, but everyone has been blown away by Pog.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    You begin to suspect that when Pogacar pulls this yellow jersey on, he may not pull it off in spirit for many years to come...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,146
    16% according to previous post - which is 37 and a half minutes
  • notquite6foot
    notquite6foot Posts: 248
    kingstongraham said:

    38.4kmh - what was the percentage for that?

    Time limit is 37:33 (16% for 38-39 km/h)
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    The sheep get home.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited July 2021
    kingstongraham said:

    How many are outside the limit?

    Don't know yet . 3 54 for 150.8 km ... 37kmh FFS! That can't be right
    "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
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Carapaz caught in the last kms AGAIN!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Ride by WvA
    "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
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    The greatest rider in the world is about to finish.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    edited July 2021
    What's the percentage cut off for 37kmh sorry 38!
    "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
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited July 2021
    Velofacts on Twitter thinks the autobus will be Ok. They’re usually the best source on this
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    blazing_saddles said:

    The greatest rider in the world is about to finish.

    I’m glad you’ve come around to the idea
    _
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,312
    I remember when a certain Jan Ullrich was going to win for 10yrs. Roglic may never win the TdF. Like Nairo, win the Vuelta/Giro but not the big prize
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Inrng reckons current gap to the grupetto is around 31 mins
    Twitter: @canocola @thedreadships
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Bahrain's golden streak continues. 30 odd wins since the Giro.
    Time gaps today were like the Giro on a stage over the Gavia/Mortirolo.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,815
    Hard to see how Pog can be beaten for the foreseeable future.

    Bernal at his best might hold him on the climbs but will ship minutes to him in the TTs.
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,312
    edited July 2021
    And Froome believes he can win the TdF again? Wonder if Ineos will come waving £££ at Pogacar
  • zest28
    zest28 Posts: 403
    mrb123 said:

    Hard to see how Pog can be beaten for the foreseeable future.

    Bernal at his best might hold him on the climbs but will ship minutes to him in the TTs.

    Bernal has no chance against Pogacar. Last year, Bernal did his best power numbers ever (he was stronger than when he won the TdF) and he still got destroyed.
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    amrushton said:

    And Froome believes he can win the TdF again?

    :D:D:D
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    amrushton said:

    And Froome believes he can win the TdF again?

    Yikes kick a man while he’s down
    _
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,146
    mrb123 said:

    Hard to see how Pog can be beaten for the foreseeable future.

    Bernal at his best might hold him on the climbs but will ship minutes to him in the TTs.

    He could fall off.
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    mrb123 said:

    Hard to see how Pog can be beaten for the foreseeable future.

    Bernal at his best might hold him on the climbs but will ship minutes to him in the TTs.

    He's just put 3 minutes into Grand Tour winners over about 15km of climbing.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    phreak said:

    mrb123 said:

    Hard to see how Pog can be beaten for the foreseeable future.

    Bernal at his best might hold him on the climbs but will ship minutes to him in the TTs.

    He's just put 3 minutes into Grand Tour winners over about 15km of climbing.
    Well one. The rest are crash compromised.
    _

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