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

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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    Pross said:

    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.

    Unless they want the main contenders there - more for Pogacar / UAE to worry about tomoz?
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,025
    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

    Italy always looks nice during the Giro. Based purely on GTs, I'd go to Italy, then France and then Spain.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,227
    Quote of every day: Wout is some rider, isn't he?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    GC group now mucking around.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    This is just weird. Vingegaard almost got caught out by the train WVA brought back going flying past on the catch.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Passing the hotel I did my first gaahp yaah season in...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    OK so who is going to blow up most spectacularly on the Granon in this GC group?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Jtomesgreen
    Jtomesgreen Posts: 190
    bianchi_dave said:

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

    Getting dropped isn't bluffing - now Pog doesn't have to work as hard as he perhaps would have to if Yates and Thomas wanted to try and do something, Wout pulling this group doesn't do anything for JV chances
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The sun's gone in. That'll be something of a help.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    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

    They're not so bad when you're there IMO...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    This is exhausting
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  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    above_the_cows said:

    OK so who is going to blow up most spectacularly on the Granon in this GC group?

    Rog. Wouldnt be surprised if Pog goes all in to get rid of everyone or as many as he can
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    above_the_cows said:

    OK so who is going to blow up most spectacularly on the Granon in this GC group?

    Thomas I reckon but hard to tell if he is just doing a classic Ineos ride or was genuinely struggling at the top of the Galibier.

    Going to be a GC group fight for the stage as well I reckon.
  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    Lol at Pog playing up for the cameras 😅
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  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,313
    is Pog bluffing?
  • Jtomesgreen
    Jtomesgreen Posts: 190
    Pog can't believe his luck. Got a nice comfy seat in the passenger car there! Great to see
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Quite like seeing the footage of Hinault struggling, never been a fan and get fed up with seeing the photo of him 'dealing with the protestors' every year - had the cameras not been around he would probably have got a kicking.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    amrushton said:

    above_the_cows said:

    OK so who is going to blow up most spectacularly on the Granon in this GC group?

    Rog. Wouldnt be surprised if Pog goes all in to get rid of everyone or as many as he can
    Looking more likey
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Into the hurt locker they go.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    God I wish Pog could have raced Armstrong.

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  • Jtomesgreen
    Jtomesgreen Posts: 190
    amrushton said:

    is Pog bluffing?

    Before he noticed the camera he had his mouth shut .. not seen anyone look so relaxed at this sort of point in a race
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Pross said:

    above_the_cows said:

    OK so who is going to blow up most spectacularly on the Granon in this GC group?

    Thomas I reckon but hard to tell if he is just doing a classic Ineos ride or was genuinely struggling at the top of the Galibier.

    Going to be a GC group fight for the stage as well I reckon.
    Thomas is riding where he is at ... Top 5 ish ... He has a TT so podium well possible
    "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
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Entering the pain cave.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Pog midway a racey HC stage


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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    Can see Barguil getting caught
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Ineos have a bit of an odd set up, they don't really have any mountain domestiques.
  • Jtomesgreen
    Jtomesgreen Posts: 190
    Van Aert is going to pass Roglic on the climb
  • bianchi_dave
    bianchi_dave Posts: 933
    Just 3 mins to Barguil
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Called it.
    Majka putting the hurt on Jumbo.
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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    WvA slipping into something more comfortable.
    Correlation is not causation.

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