Am I missing something?
Why is Carapaz putting the hammer down?
and the luck finally ran out…
Clearly hoping for a stage win…but this is also clearly an exercise in futility. Enough speedy riders left that they are gonna come to the line together.
But sometimes you gotta roll the dice anyway…
I strongly disagree with this as a metric for relegations
I liked both yesterday as they were consistent with earlier relegations in this race. They are being stricter here than earlier in the season, which is fine as long as they are consistent IMO
In a flat like this, why don’t roll the dice tomorrow, Sunday?
Answering my question: because he knows that, even though he’s a climber, no one can beat JV & TP.
Yeah, I think everyone knows that UAE is not letting any break do as they want every time bonus available on a mountain stage.
In addition, Carapaz probably knows he lacks the legs for a long slog through the mountains in a break.
Ooof…that crash really messed up the sprint. Then LaPorte hit the front way too early and left Wout exposed. Another “easy” win for Jasper in that situation.
ETA - jeez, that shoulder bump from the Lotto rider was no bueno. He is likely gonna find himself at the back of the group and a few Swiss francs ligher.
It was tongue in cheek not a metric. We’ve seen far more egregious sprinting let go than anything that happened yesterday. The stages have been clean by pro tour standards.
Am very much a fan of relegating guys who are consistently dumb. But if the jury calls every possible infraction they will create a poor atmosphere for the sprints and they will be putting their finger on the scale.
If anything, I would relegate the people who think sprint stages should end on a relatively narrow road. But that is for a different day.
and seeing from the front angle is even worse. It gives the impression that he did it intentionally.
I think he’s in trouble.
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Yeah, from the front it looks really bad. From the overhead view, it looks a bit more like a survival move, as he might have been danger of hitting the barrier.
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Good morning tour fans! I hope you’ve got your hydration and nutrition sorted for today’s stage.
Looks like Covid is claiming riders daily. Ayuso yesterday and Pidcock DNS today.
The final yesterday was unfortunate. If you haven’t seen it, Peacock had an interview with Campanaerts which included a good rider perspective.
Since I mentioned Peacock, and they take a lot of abuse, last few stages the broadcast has been OK.
See you on the Tourmalet in a few hours.
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I’ll just take your word for it. 
Could be Stockholm Syndrome…
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20mi left
Fire works today or tomorrow?
Why’s UAE working so much?
No idea
They want the stage finish bonus seconds?
Maybe there worried
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Good move with Yates, but why use the team up all day?
Now we know
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Here we go…
Yates didn’t have enough pace to grow the gap.
1v1 to the top. (I doubt Remco can do much to help JV)
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Let’s go JV
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