Super day! Had Bini to win, double points, Philipsen, Pog, Wout, Abrahamsen, Arndt, and Grignard. 54th on the stage! Rose to 290th!!! I took your Bini podium pick at the last second and swapped it from Philipsen. Ecstatic. Thank you thank you thank you. Greatest race in the world.
@@Didyoureallythinkaboutit how many riders do yo have in total? From the 8 race days left, 5 will be for GC/climby guys, the ITT will also be for the GC guys, then 1 sprint stage and 1 hilly breakaway stage, ideally you'd want your team to reflect that repartition (yet, hey, being up in P290, you don't need me ey 😝
I mistook the results yesterday, Jasper won not Bini, but my results were still great. I have riders 8 riders. Traded Jasper for Vingegaard. So now Have Pog, Vingegaard, Girmay, Abrahamsen, Van Aert, Evenepoel, Grignard, and Arndt. Winner pick for Stage 14 is Pog. Two trades remaining.
@@CyclingGuy The attack came much later than expected. So sick how Pogi was able to get a difference of nearly 40 seconds within the last 4.5 km. Awesome!
Everyone underestimating Rodriguez. Came so far with pretty much not wasting too much energy and has for sure the better support than e.g. Evenpoel in the mountains with Bernal, De Plus, G , maybe Pidcock as relay. Also he has proven himself in the past in the high mountains.
This has Breakout written all over it. Pogi and Jonas will make it personal on the last stage. If Jonas doesn’t drop Pogi in the early (steeper part) of that climb, they will go to the line together
It's not excluded, yet unlike Stage 15, I don't think this will go to the break, for that to happen, after an easy first half of the stage, the GC guys would have to take the Tourmalet easy, which I really don't expect
@@CyclingGuy be interesting if uae launches yates up the tourmalet to make visma chase and wear Jonas down before the final climb. These guys are fresh for climbing. There is going to be some separating for the contenders.
@@J-cz7yv Jonas didn't make time on Pogacar the other day, Pogacar fatigued & lost time. Remco also benefited from Pogacar fatiguing, given he was 54seconds down at one point & pulled it back to 25seconds on the line. So many people thinking Jonas did an amazing ride, but forgetting about Remco who you could say was stand out performance of the day...& Pogacar did indeed fatigue buy 30seconds, this being the only reason Jonas caught him.
Hi there, and my pleasure! As you know, I always tend to speak with 2 words, because, cycling races can always develop in a way that beats the logic or the trend we've seen till that particular stage. Given that the first half of the stage is not that hard, I think it will be difficult for a breakaway with strong climbers to form and build a sufficient gap prior to the Tourmalet, and there's so much climbing in the second half of the stage that the break will need a big gap to keep the GC guys at bay, eg it is very unlikely for them to slow pace the Tourmalet, all that combined makes the chances of the break very low in my book (very different for tomorrow's stage, which starts climbing properly out of the gate)
I believe you are right about this being a GC stage. I concur with your top two picks… However, I envision Evenpoel folding like a cheap suit on the last climb. He will drop out of the podium tomorrow. How do the bookies rate Pidcock so high and Rodrquez so low? I have Rodrquez for third.
I was also surprised to see Pidcock that high up - As for Remco, I think the fact that the finish climb is steep at the bottom, yet then flattens out is actually to Remco's advantage.
@@CyclingGuy That the steep part of the climb was early, did indeed seem to benefit Remco. You called the trifecta today. Great job. My guy finished 4th not 3rd. I stand by my call regarding Evenpoel. My timing was off. Evenpoel will pop during the third week on a long, steep climb, and finish 4th or 5th on the GC.
Super day! Had Bini to win, double points, Philipsen, Pog, Wout, Abrahamsen, Arndt, and Grignard. 54th on the stage! Rose to 290th!!! I took your Bini podium pick at the last second and swapped it from Philipsen. Ecstatic. Thank you thank you thank you. Greatest race in the world.
Great stuff, hang in here, I hope you have sufficient GC guys on your team to maintain your position in the final week!
My team is as above, but i have 3 trades left, I guess I could unload a sprinter and add? Vingegard and drop Jasper?
@@Didyoureallythinkaboutit how many riders do yo have in total? From the 8 race days left, 5 will be for GC/climby guys, the ITT will also be for the GC guys, then 1 sprint stage and 1 hilly breakaway stage, ideally you'd want your team to reflect that repartition (yet, hey, being up in P290, you don't need me ey 😝
I mistook the results yesterday, Jasper won not Bini, but my results were still great. I have riders 8 riders. Traded Jasper for Vingegaard. So now Have Pog, Vingegaard, Girmay, Abrahamsen, Van Aert, Evenepoel, Grignard, and Arndt. Winner pick for Stage 14 is Pog. Two trades remaining.
This looks to be a cracking GC stage. Cheers Guy! :)
Bring on the fireworks 😉
No idea what the Bookies are thinking about rating Pidcock so much, it shows how behind the times they are.
Tomorrow is a GC day.
Check
I expect pogi to attack at 120km. He is very quick downhill.
Looks like a difficult day
Not unlikely they'll try to work with a satellite rider here, putting Visma LAB on the defensive, let's see, should be a banger!
@@CyclingGuy The attack came much later than expected. So sick how Pogi was able to get a difference of nearly 40 seconds within the last 4.5 km. Awesome!
This stage is going to be great! Gee top 10🇨🇦!
I would love to see that ey 💪
l waiting stage 16 bini.🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷
💪🤞
Everyone underestimating Rodriguez. Came so far with pretty much not wasting too much energy and has for sure the better support than e.g. Evenpoel in the mountains with Bernal, De Plus, G , maybe Pidcock as relay. Also he has proven himself in the past in the high mountains.
This has Breakout written all over it. Pogi and Jonas will make it personal on the last stage. If Jonas doesn’t drop Pogi in the early (steeper part) of that climb, they will go to the line together
Think Jonas edges him out again?
It's not excluded, yet unlike Stage 15, I don't think this will go to the break, for that to happen, after an easy first half of the stage, the GC guys would have to take the Tourmalet easy, which I really don't expect
@@CyclingGuy be interesting if uae launches yates up the tourmalet to make visma chase and wear Jonas down before the final climb. These guys are fresh for climbing. There is going to be some separating for the contenders.
@@erichgerber251
Personal on the last stage? Or do you mean last climb?
@@J-cz7yv
Jonas didn't make time on Pogacar the other day, Pogacar fatigued & lost time.
Remco also benefited from Pogacar fatiguing, given he was 54seconds down at one point & pulled it back to 25seconds on the line.
So many people thinking Jonas did an amazing ride, but forgetting about Remco who you could say was stand out performance of the day...& Pogacar did indeed fatigue buy 30seconds, this being the only reason Jonas caught him.
hello & TY for your daily point ;
with a difficult stage also tomorrow, you don't believe in the breakaway for today?
Hi there, and my pleasure! As you know, I always tend to speak with 2 words, because, cycling races can always develop in a way that beats the logic or the trend we've seen till that particular stage. Given that the first half of the stage is not that hard, I think it will be difficult for a breakaway with strong climbers to form and build a sufficient gap prior to the Tourmalet, and there's so much climbing in the second half of the stage that the break will need a big gap to keep the GC guys at bay, eg it is very unlikely for them to slow pace the Tourmalet, all that combined makes the chances of the break very low in my book (very different for tomorrow's stage, which starts climbing properly out of the gate)
I believe you are right about this being a GC stage. I concur with your top two picks… However, I envision Evenpoel folding like a cheap suit on the last climb. He will drop out of the podium tomorrow.
How do the bookies rate Pidcock so high and Rodrquez so low? I have Rodrquez for third.
I was also surprised to see Pidcock that high up - As for Remco, I think the fact that the finish climb is steep at the bottom, yet then flattens out is actually to Remco's advantage.
@@CyclingGuy
That the steep part of the climb was early, did indeed seem to benefit Remco. You called the trifecta today. Great job. My guy finished 4th not 3rd. I stand by my call regarding Evenpoel. My timing was off. Evenpoel will pop during the third week on a long, steep climb, and finish 4th or 5th on the GC.
@@johnnewman4985 cheers ey, really happy with that one 😎
Tadej tomorrow :im gone catch me if you can😂
lol would be funny to see this quote be used if he does take off and win.
I think so too, I'm not expecting him to put much time into Vingegaard on this one though
Good prediction 🎉😊
@@oussamaboulaghla5323 you guys nailed it.
Is C Rodrigues going to get more time on Remco at the stage 14? Just asking for a friend ;)
😆 hard to say, yet based on the route, I personally don't think so, the final kilometers to Pla d'Adet even suit Remco, over C rod in my book
Guys idont know why but im happy bcs ayuso out of the race😂😂
he didnt look like he really wanted to help pogi any way, not a huge loss to lose him
@@keeve1320 better team chemistry now.. he was a liability
I never like to see a rider go because of a crash or sickness - what happened on Stage 4 was weird though, I agree
@@keeve1320 I still dont know why they didnt take Majka instead of this primadona?
Ifeel like someone from gc going to abondone tmr bcs of high speed dawnhill😣
Fingers crossed for that not to happen ey