I want to see some action from Tao, very promising individual
An exciting tête today, they’ve put in some work. The scenery really has been stunning so far too.
Crazy how that break was left to go up the road - UAE aren’t strong enough to bring these guys back. VDP won’t be finishing the Tour so he doesn’t really matter I suppose, but Nibali must be licking his lips - hope he has the minerals for the rest of the tour.
Along_the_Wire yeah it’ll be interesting to see if UAE push it once they come down the other side here. Huge gap though.
What’s the story with VDP?
They definitely won’t be bringing this back
No chance now. I’d like to see Van Moer do it.
LT42 Same here, he’s not the strongest of that three though
Let’s see where he is after this climb, brutal stuff upcoming
Some ride from Mohoric in fairness, he deserves this now
Can’t believe Pogacar has let Carapaz go up the road. Roglic absolutely fucked.
Carapaz is flying, some effort to claw back the time. Christ, I thought he was miles ahead. This race surprises me every time.
LT42 Yeah, burnt a lot of matches for nothing. Shame that everyone I like in cycling is either not here, or absolutely fucked. Still, looking forward to tomorrow - interesting to see how WVA will do - he’ll be leader now. Tomorrow is brutal.
The slovenians clearly have Live in Slovenia playing on repeat. Different one suprises me every time
Cavendish waving back at the guy that dropped off was gas, he’s really enjoying himself as Hursty says. After seeing Carapaz today my money would be on him tomorrow, he looks to have plenty in the tank.
LT42 Who knows? He could’ve eased up and is playing the game
Along_the_Wire As an armchair fan I don’t understand the tactical aspect enough, it adds to the fascination I suppose. VDP looks like he’s on a mission tbf and Pogacar won’t let the same happen tomorrow, you’d think.
LT42 The tactics are fantastic and a great part of the sport. Having raced a lot, I know just how fucking hard and painful a lot of it is - attacking and bridging over are deadly. Not many tactics in the amateur game mind, you’re kind of on your own - team tactics in the pros are mental.
Along_the_Wire I love it anyway, as I mentioned before the sportsmanship and team work is second to none. The effort and workrate is astonishing also of course, its mind boggling to think they’ll go out and do 150k tomorrow on those mountains after that effort today, and still a long way to go. Inspiring stuff.
This race is all over the shop!
Fellas bolloxed all over the shop from yesterday. Who knows how this’ll pan out. Its a bit squeemish looking at those wet roads too 😬
