Tour de France Stage 9: Cluses - Tignes (145km)

retalivity

First mountain top finish of this year's tour and before the rest day on Monday.



Pog to obliterate everyone again, or just sit back and follow wheels? Stage 7 of the Dauphine went over Col du Pre and Cornet de Roseland, but didnt finish at Tignes. That was won by Padun who isn't here, Porte was 2nd and Lopez 3rd that day.
May be a day for the breakaway again if he's not interested and Ineos or someone else don't take up the chase, too early for Dan?

I think another 20+up the road again today.

Roglic is out.

Itziger

I think it boils down to one decision. Does Pogacar go defensive already or does he want to obliterate these guys and completely put the Tour to bed.

Can Ineos make a few marginal gains? Doesn't really look like it, but stranger things and all that.

retalivity

Could see Pog just glue himself to Carapaz's back wheel for today and see where it takes him. He has 5 mins on him with another TT to come.

GetWithIt

It’s got to be conservative from Pog today, otherwise he’s going to be 20k into the race with no teammates

Keeks

it will be up to the other GC teams now to do something......they will have to do something early to try to gain time/put pressure on Pog.
they cant let him on there wheel until the last 5/10k because he will just leave them in his dust.....just like yesterday

retalivity

MVDP a DNS today as well

neris

Listening to last night's cycling podcast episode and the way they're going on the race is over

Richard Hillman

Israel very active early. Could be a Dan Martin day

dastardly00

So which member of Bahrain will be Victorious today?

Dan looking to go with Letour, think they spent a fair bit of time riding together between the two main groups on Friday's stage.

neris

Manky looking day for it

Eamonnator

Pogacar is going to go into the rest day with a 5 minute lead.

MPFGLB

I think they are all limbing to the rest day so they can regroup and look at their options

GC has been destroyed

feel for WVA ...He is doing his best to hang there but he is not built nor did he train for this
And wonder if he is destroying his Olympic options. MVdP has gone home already

I actually think that its not over yet . Everything has played in to Pogs hands but maybe some very hot weather, some cross winds
Some early attacks with some teams working together

Everyone has an achilles heel

Eamonnator

Pidcock is racing a MTB World Cup race today in Les Gets today, not too far away from the route of today's state of TdF

ednwireland

ineos have really made a mess of this race. I guess with plan a been bernal i assume.

as the dauphine winner goes out the back.

rather ride in our weather today than theirs !

Colbrelli still hanging on.

MPFGLB

Colbrelli better than Poels :-)

bazermc

Wonder did Alaphilippe also change his shorts!!!

dastardly00

That was some quality jersey changing skills from Quintana

Itziger

Don't UAE need to start upping the pace?

retalivity

Itziger wrote: »

Don't UAE need to start upping the pace?

Calculated gamble to let O'Connor take yellow?

Car99

retalivity wrote: »

Calculated gamble to let O'Connor take yellow?

8' 14" at the start of the day , at the end of the stage today O Connor wont be in yellow.

Edit : O connor pushing on he might just get yellow definitely a big incentive taking home a yellow TDF jersey

c.p.w.g.w

Car99 wrote: »

8' 14" at the start of the day , at the end of the stage today O Connor wont be in yellow.

Is there been any time bonuses today?

retalivity

That was a ridiculous crash by Bjerg McNulty

https://twitter.com/LVCKV/status/1411692483919106050

Car99

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Is there been any time bonuses today?

No the next bonus seconds are available on stage 11 which is wednesday I believe

Morris Garren

dastardly00 wrote: »

So which member of Bahrain will be Victorious today?

Sonny Colbrelli for the mountain top win!
Seriously, how is he better than Dan Martin in these mountains?
It could be down to the conditions- Sonny has always carried a fair bit of heftiness with him-- I have a sneaking regard for pro-cyclists with more than 4 or 5 per cent fat

who_ru

Kelly's voice is totally gone, hard to listen to under normal circumstances, but even worse now.

Would love to see Quintana finish this off.

devonp

is the TG4 feed same as ES ?

just caught the end of a recky from Simon Gerrens on TG4


odd crash/off there from McNulty brain freeze from the cold descent ?

Morris Garren

And Jasper de Buyst has... burst... although Hatch has decided to call him 'Baust' for some reason.

retalivity

Does Colbrelli get green jersey points for the finish today??

Mefistofelino

retalivity wrote: »

Does Colbrelli get green jersey points for the finish today??

Yup

Flat stages (Stages 1,2,3,4,6,10,12,13,19,21) 50-30-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3 and 2 points for the first 15 riders
Hilly finish / Medium mountain stages (Stages 7,14,16): 30-25-22-19-17-15-13-11-9-7-6- 5-4-3-2 points
Mountain Stages + individual TT (Stages 5,8,9,11,15,17,18,20) : 20-17-15-13-11- 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points
Intermediate sprints: 20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points

c.p.w.g.w

Car99 wrote: »

No the next bonus seconds are available on stage 11 which is wednesday I believe

Kelly just said there is 10 bonus seconds at the finish today?

Itziger

This is the problem when there's a strongman leader. As boring a stage as I remember for a while. Ineos haven't tried a thing.

As I type they go to the front!!

dastardly00

Higuita would be faster if he walked

Car99

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Kelly just said there is 10 bonus seconds at the finish today?

Stage winner time bonus I was only thinking climbing bonus . My mistake.

bazermc

The best thing about Ben is that he is not British

De Bhál

Kids at their grannies, tour de France on one channel and hurling on the other. Life is good

Oh and O'Connor in my fantasy cycling team. Well and truly out of that though but this might help

Car99

Pogacar is a machine

Ha ha right if ya want me to keep the jersey Ineos I will says Pog.

retalivity

He's riding in a different sport at this stage

Brian?

Phenomenal ride by both Ben O’Connor and Pogacar.


Pity the tour is over as a contest.

Mefistofelino

Jaysus. Quintana can hardly walk.

retalivity

Whens the last time someone won solo in a GT with over 5 mins gap to 2nd?
Colbrelli 3rd! Bahrain pulling it out of the bag again

dastardly00

15 points for Colbrelli I think

Mefistofelino

Smithy is slowly morphing into Frankie Boyle

griffin100

dastardly00 wrote: »

15 points for Colbrelli I think

Giving the way he’s climbing he should be targeting the polka dot.

ednwireland

1.5 minutes inside the time limit for cav looked spent. hows he going to do twice up the ventoux ?

edit : demare misses the time cut

neris

ednwireland wrote: »

1.5 minutes inside the time limit for cav looked spent. hows he going to do twice up the ventoux ?

2 teammates bringing him in and he looks fooked

Mefistofelino

"Zwift . Where fun is fast."

But Geraint is not fast. Therefore Geraint is not fun?

Eamonnator

ednwireland wrote: »

1.5 minutes inside the time limit for cav looked spent. hows he going to do twice up the ventoux ?

edit : demare misses the time cut

Coquard O.T.L. as well.