19 Jul | 17th stage | 166 km | Saint Gervais Mont-Blanc - Courchevel | Mountain | Live Tracker | Results

      • mjhagen@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 year ago

        A short time trial (controlled environment) is very different from a big mountain stage though. I’m rooting for both, or any of the other amazing cyclists tbh, so any outcome is great!

      • mark@feddit.ukM
        3·
        1 year ago

        Absolutely, it is both ridiculous to declare the race over after yesterday, but equally Jonas is strong favourite.

        If he can keep that form through today then he will win, probably with a bigger gap. But that is a sizable ‘if’.

          • mark@feddit.ukM
            2·
            1 year ago

            Now it is over, barring force majeur.

            But this stage proved exactly why it was ridiculous to declare it over yesterday. 1:40 was not a remotely unbreachable gap.

  • Krob@feddit.nlOP
    61·
    1 year ago

    Hopefully we will see a all or nothing approach from uae after yesterday’s stage. Don’t know how Pogacar would make up the time he lost, but I would love to see him try.

    PS - if someone else could post tomorrow’s and Friday’s thread that would be greatly appreciated as I won’t have the time.

  • bwoahman@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Anybody got timings for the start and expected finish (I’m on GMT)?

    Work laptop is acting so I need to head into the office after the start and hopefully get back before the finish.

  • mark@feddit.ukM
    2·
    1 year ago

    This has been such a hard tour. Pidcock lost over half an hour today and is still in 16th on GC (2 minutes behind 14th!)

  • drudoo@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’m just hoping Powless will get King of the Mountain.

    UAE seriously need to pull off something crazy to gain back the time.

    • mark@feddit.ukM
      2·
      1 year ago

      Powless stands no chance. He won’t even keep up with the break over the climbs. It is between Ciccone and whoever is first over Col de la Loze.

      • mark@feddit.ukM
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’m going to claim that I fully anticipated that “first over Col de la Loze” would be Felix Gall and was thus bang on.

  • mallocdotc@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    Was not expecting to wake up to that this morning. Pog has really cracked. I wonder if this is what his GTs will look like now or if his prep affected him significantly. His numbers have been huge this year, is Jonas just that one level above?

    Jonas is an absolute weapon. Other social media sites are understandably asking questions regarding legitimacy, but I think he’s fair dinkum. Disappointing end to the GC comp, hopefully we get a fight to the end next year.

    • xohshoo@lemmy.worldM
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’m not disappointed. It wasn’t over even after yesterday, and a tour decided on the Queen stage is fine by me

      • mallocdotc@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah fair enough. Disappointment is subjective, so we’re all going to have different takeaways.

        The disappointment for me was because the race was lost today. Pog cracked so hard his other rivals gained significant time on him while Vinge extended to an insurmountable lead. If Vinge attacked and Pog couldn’t follow, it would have been one thing, but it’s always disappointing seeing someone crack so hard they go backwards.

        I don’t particularly fanboy over anyone, so for me it takes a bit of the excitement away when someone dominates, as it detracts from the racing.