I think the way to interpret yesterday is that Pog is unrivaled in 1-3 minute w/kg but Jonas is slightly stronger in 15+ minute w/kg. Pog knows this very well, so his strategy all tour has been to attack near the top of climbs to try to carry a gap into pedally descents where he can add to that gap.
It’ll be super interesting how Jonas plays it on these huge mountaintop finishes this weekend. Despite his show of form yesterday, he’s still over a minute down and UAE are much stronger in the mountains. He’s going to have to attack and drop Pog at some point, possibly all by himself, which is not something we’ve really seen him do before.
Stage 11 I think POG cracked again with not enough food.
On thing about JV is he seems methodical in not doing work when others are willing to help, he prob wanted to make sure he had a partner to lessen the load and jumbo always have there guys topped off with nutrition
He looked much happier with chipmunk cheeks full of food on the podium. He had trouble getting stuff out of his pockets at some point. I unscientifically suspect there may be something to this.
Rog a DNS today. Not too surprising because of how banged up he obviously was after that crash
Hope he can heal and recover for a vuelta challenge
Hard to see anyone crash out but in a way 3/4 of the hyped contenders making it this far without major incident is better than we’d usually see and I’d have bet we lost one to a crash or mechanical in the first week
I’ve had 2 broken ribs. Once on my MTB, which I finished the remainder of the hour MTB ride. Then 5 weeks later raced a 100 mile MTB race and set a PR time. My second time I broke my rib I finished the remaining 55 miles of a gravel race (Barry Roubaix). Then I raced again 2 weeks later.
Broken ribs suck and are painful, but I was able to train right through them. Laughing and coughing however would bring me to my knees in pain.
The jury must have felt that they were not getting enough press this year and needed to be seen. Narrow finish. Leadouts don’t have any place to go. Barriers aren’t straight. Etc etc etc.
Am rooting for the break to make it today. Carry on.
I’ll agree with Demare, but disagree with Cav. His move to the left was abrupt and dangersous in the middle of the pack. Yes, it was similar to the move he made when he won the stage, but on that case he was clear of everyone and did not impede anyone. yesterday he caused riders to grab their brakes and / or swerve to avoid him.
I thought so at first and on replay it didn’t look that bad to me. The Arkea rider freewheeling down the middle was a bigger issue and he didn’t get called out. Doesnt matter. Nobody got hurt and none of the placements changed.
Cav probably should have gone straight and stayed on GIrmay’s wheel. But that’s easy to say from the couch watching the overhead replay.
Today’s stage is cracking good for a “sprint” stage. Gotta go get my ride in so catch the finale in a few hours.
I think they are reading this thread and specifically your post 
