TDF 2022:- Stage 11: Albertville to Col du Granon, 157.1Km ***Spoilers***

Jtomesgreen

This is absolutely fascinating

Jtomesgreen

Is Roglic still with Q?

Jtomesgreen

Looking forward to big descent shenanigans from Barguil and Bardet

rick_chasey

van Aert bike change. Scheduled!

bianchi_dave

G gone again!!!

r0bh

G dropping off again :-(

Pross

Hopefully Thomas can diesel his way back again before the top.

bianchi_dave

Bardet dropped but descends like a madman

rick_chasey

So if Vingers has the legs he needs to go now and pick up Wout on the way down.

amrushton

Ads on ITV4

Pross

Pog not wanting Vingegaard to get a gap before the top and jump on the WVA downhill express.

Jtomesgreen

I don't think Pog is thinking about Vindegaard so much with the pace he's putting on. Rather trying to make sure that there's not another GC threat from JV in Roglic

amrushton

going to be a long gap to everyone else if it goes this hard up the Granon

bianchi_dave

Hatch spouting his "stage for the ages" nonsense. Never mind though, Carlton is back 🤭

ddraver

rick_chasey said:

ddraver said:

I don't think I've suffered in any valley quite like I've suffered in this one...

not a metre of shade, is there?

Exactly that, some posts be like "I had to go to 102% FTP here" whereas I'm watching for the stream I sat in and cried...

prawny

bianchi_dave said:

Hatch spouting his "stage for the ages" nonsense. Never mind though, Carlton is back 🤭

Rob sounded genuinely apologetic when saying Carlton was taking over. Oh well.

Do you get ad free live coverage if you pay for the premium ITV player?

above_the_cows

The picture editors have totally missed the top of the descent! Boooooo

ddraver

prawny said:

bianchi_dave said:

Hatch spouting his "stage for the ages" nonsense. Never mind though, Carlton is back 🤭

Rob sounded genuinely apologetic when saying Carlton was taking over. Oh well.

Do you get ad free live coverage if you pay for the premium ITV player?

I doubt it. If you watch again maybe...

above_the_cows

I nearly ran over a marmot here once.

Jtomesgreen

Honestly, I've watched the tour since 2008 and never watched a climbing stage thinking "oh I really want to go and ride these roads" - but these shots of the descent are doing funny things to me. Looks incredible

kingstongraham

Wout surely is waiting to guide Rog down.

blazing_saddles

prawny said:

bianchi_dave said:

Hatch spouting his "stage for the ages" nonsense. Never mind though, Carlton is back 🤭

Rob sounded genuinely apologetic when saying Carlton was taking over. Oh well.

Do you get ad free live coverage if you pay for the premium ITV player?

S4c now subbing for ITV ad breaks for me, as the Welsh makes more sense than our Carlton.

blazing_saddles

kingstongraham said:

Wout surely is waiting to guide Rog down.

Yes, according to David Millar.

Pross

Bizzare choice by JV after all that work.

I know there's the cumulative affect over the next few days but it looks like all the main contenders could be coming back into this.

Jtomesgreen

kingstongraham said:

Wout surely is waiting to guide Rog down.

Certainly looks that way. Can't get my head around that though as Roglic has already been shelled for 2+ minutes, if he could do anything on the next climb surely that wouldn't have happened?

blazing_saddles

Not sure about this being the wisest of moves.
Not only is he towing Gaudu and Vlasov back into contention, but he's bring Majka back to his team leader.

Jtomesgreen

I'd have just said let Wout sit on the yellow group and then ride up the climb at whatever pace you can manage. Still work to do for Vinegar in subsequent days

bianchi_dave

Maybe a ploy by Jumbo. Rog bluffing....

kingstongraham

Jtomesgreen said:

kingstongraham said:

Wout surely is waiting to guide Rog down.

Certainly looks that way. Can't get my head around that though as Roglic has already been shelled for 2+ minutes, if he could do anything on the next climb surely that wouldn't have happened?

Vingegaard doesn't need any pacing anywhere.

I do think they'd be better leaving him with Vingegaard in case of any mechanical though.

DeVlaeminck

I think if

Jtomesgreen said:

Honestly, I've watched the tour since 2008 and never watched a climbing stage thinking "oh I really want to go and ride these roads" - but these shots of the descent are doing funny things to me. Looks incredible

Must admit I'm not a fan of the top bit with a drop off on both sides and then that very fast right hander with a big drop on the left - always glad to get to the main road.