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***Official 2022 Pro Cycling Thread*** - Let's Remco the Vuelta (1 Viewer)

I get the impression that if you want to be a cycling commentator that being bright isn't high on the list of requirements.

LOL...Barguil leading the stage is sitting up to wait for for Quintano because he's inspired by his attack.

 
Fantastic team performance by Jumbo-Visma to crack Pogacar. I can't believe how big that gap was at the finale.

Good for Jumbo, and good for Vingegaard, and good for all of us. A change, a challenge, and maybe a good race.

 
Surprised this isn't getting more run given the only other competition is baseball.

 
When was the last time the odds-on-favorite in yellow cracked like that?

I remember Armstrong had a really bad day in yellow once upon a time, but I'm not sure he even lost the jersey when he did.

ETA:  kind of?

 
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Dinsy Ejotuz said:
When was the last time the odds-on-favorite in yellow cracked like that?

I remember Armstrong had a really bad day in yellow once upon a time, but I'm not sure he even lost the jersey when he did.

ETA:  kind of?
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Jesus that must have been a wall they were finishing on.

 
BassNBrew said:
Surprised this isn't getting more run given the only other competition is baseball.
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always thought the ultimate sports vacation would be July in UK

Wimbledon Championships  
British Grand Prix at Silverstone
Open Championship in Scotland

then hop over to the continent to watch the TDF mountain stages   

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Doesn’t get much better than Alpe d'Huez on Bastille Day.

1. Jumbo-Visma does a great job protecting Vingegaad. Sepp Kuss is unkillable, what a soldier today. WvA buries himself again for the team. So much respect.
2.⁠Pogačar attacks three times, Vingegaard matches him three times. No fear.
3. Froome sighting. Not too many podiums left for the 37 y.o., great to see.
4. Pidcock is a future GC contender. Is this win sweet enough to entice him into the brutal world of GC contention?
5. ⁠Geraint Thomas with another stellar performance and clearly in the form of his life.
6. Mountain climb fans are terrifying. I know it’s partly depth perception but sheesh is one meter too much to ask?

All in all, this was a great epilogue to yesterday's all out war, a more traditional battle, and the stage is set for future drama.

 
BobbyLayne said:
Doesn’t get much better than Alpe d'Huez on Bastille Day.

1. Jumbo-Visma does a great job protecting Vingegaad. Sepp Kuss is unkillable, what a soldier today. WvA buries himself again for the team. So much respect.
2.⁠Pogačar attacks three times, Vingegaard matches him three times. No fear.
3. Froome sighting. Not too many podiums left for the 37 y.o., great to see.
4. Pidcock is a future GC contender. Is this win sweet enough to entice him into the brutal world of GC contention?
5. ⁠Geraint Thomas with another stellar performance and clearly in the form of his life.
6. Mountain climb fans are terrifying. I know it’s partly depth perception but sheesh is one meter too much to ask?

All in all, this was a great epilogue to yesterday's all out war, a more traditional battle, and the stage is set for future drama.
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I was one of the knobs running next to lance armstrong on the col de tourmalet. I was within a meter. It was awesome!  I REALLY want to do the alp d’huez. I need to drink beers on Dutch corner. 

 
BobbyLayne said:
4. Pidcock is a future GC contender. Is this win sweet enough to entice him into the brutal world of GC contention?
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I was in Arkansas and watched Pidcock tool the rest of the field.  That performance was outstanding. This was big step higher.

You know if Thomas is in sight at the end the mega time trial at stage 20 may set him up to have a real chance.  He really looks good and he may be the best TTer at the pointy end.

 
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So did Pogacar have a bad day (two days ago) or did he pay the price for insisting on getting yellow early and burning matches chasing spare seconds on the clock?  The old MO was to let other people wear yellow for the first week or so.

 
BassNBrew said:
So did Pogacar have a bad day (two days ago) or did he pay the price for insisting on getting yellow early and burning matches chasing spare seconds on the clock?  The old MO was to let other people wear yellow for the first week or so.
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His two best helpers have gotten COVID and had to drop out.  Marc Hirshi, a last minute fill in, has been useless.  So it's a team of 5 instead of 8 right now.  He was all alone responding to three Jumbo and two Ineos attackers.  They literally just kept rotating attacks and it finally wore him down.  I don't think he had a bad day - it was a schoolyard 5 on 1 fight and he got beat up.

BTW, on Jumbo Visma - Sepp is a monster and easily the best domestique in the peloton right now.  What he did on the Alpe was superhuman.

 
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Another long, hot transfer stage today takes the peloton onto Carcassonne for the third rest day, with the Pyrenees in view as the riders try to rest up.  

TJV is the best team but Stages 16-20 are tailor made for the strengths of the two-time champion.

Stage 16 to Foix in the foothills seems perfect for a breakaway before the back-to-back mountain-top finishes in Peyragudes and then Hautacam. Four passes are packed into the second half of the 129.7km stage 17, which finishes like in 2017 on the spectacular mountain runway finish at Peyragudes that featured in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies.

The final mountain stage of this year’s Tour comes on stage 18, and includes two Hors-Catégorie climbs – the Col d’Aubisque and the finish up to Hautacam - plus the mid-stage Col de Spandelles (10.3km at 8.3%). The 13.6km final climb up to Hautacam will be the last chance for the pure climbers to gain time before Saturday’s 40.7km time trial across the Lot department in Southwestern France.

 
DNS

Primož Roglič (Team Jumbo-Visma) will not start stage 15 of the Tour de France, with the rider pulling out of the race so that he can recover from the injuries he suffered during stage 5 on the Paris-Roubaix cobbles. 

Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost) and Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) have both been forced to leave the race with COVID ahead of stage 15.

WVA went with the initial break but the team called him back. Gotta protect Jonas.

 
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BobbyLayne said:
Ketosis

Using body fats as fuel instead of carbohydrates

This is not hard guys
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Context?

If rightly bashing stupid cycling commentators try this one when someone dropped a banana...

Dropping your real food could be big because real food is easier to digest than than liquids.

 
BassNBrew said:
Context?

If rightly bashing stupid cycling commentators try this one when someone dropped a banana...

Dropping your real food could be big because real food is easier to digest than than liquids.
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In studio guy decided to use a big word (which is awesome, love specificity), but when he dropped it into the convo a second time the other two were like “what’s that mean?”

um, err, well I’m not a doctor so I can’t say exactly but it means your body, mmm, it’s better for some reason 

 
BassNBrew said:
Context?

If rightly bashing stupid cycling commentators try this one when someone dropped a banana...

Dropping your real food could be big because real food is easier to digest than than liquids.
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don't you talk badly about bob roll!  he's so stony and awesome.  i love how he laughs at every thing.

 
DA RAIDERS said:
don't you talk badly about bob roll!  he's so stony and awesome.  i love how he laughs at every thing.
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good vibes only

Phil Leggett is doing his 50th Tour de France this year

To me he’s like Ernie Harwell when I was a kid, the only voice I’ve ever known 

Bob is a former rider and great enthusiast of his sport; I’ve honestly never heard anyone be critical of him outside of this thread 

 
BobbyLayne said:
good vibes only

Phil Leggett is doing his 50th Tour de France this year

To me he’s like Ernie Harwell when I was a kid, the only voice I’ve ever known 

Bob is a former rider and great enthusiast of his sport; I’ve honestly never heard anyone be critical of him outside of this thread 
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The breakaway is going to make it there's no way the peloton catches them...5 minutes later the catch is made.  

My compliant is the number of statements made like they are fact that turn out to be wrong or are blatantly inaccurate in the first place.

I think Bob crashed one too many times.

 
Het prijzengeld na 2 weken Tour: Jumbo-Visma is heer en meester, rest staat niet op de foto

ma 18 juli 2022  11:25

Jumbo-Visma ligt nog altijd op koers om de twee doelen - geel én groen - te realiseren in deze Tour. De Nederlandse equipe was na de eerste week al koploper met het prijzengeld en na de tweede week steekt het er helemaal met kop en schouders bovenuit. 

Wout van Aert zou in zijn eentje al 62.930 euro in de spaarpot van Jumbo-Visma gestopt hebben. 

1. Jumbo-Visma – 111.350 euro
2. Ineos Grenadiers – 50.970
3. BikeExchange– 45.950
4. UAE – 44.450
5. EF-EasyPost – 44.250

6. Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl – 33.420
7. Trek-Segafredo – 30.620
8. Alpecin-Deceuninck – 28.630
9. Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert – 28.280
10. Israel-Premier Tech – 23.620

11. Bahrain Victorious – 22.040
12. Arkéa-Samsic – 21.440
13. Bora-Hansgrohe – 20.420
14. Cofidis – 17.780
15. Groupama-FDJ – 15.640

16. AG2R-Citroën– 14.870
17. TotalEnergies – 12.080
18. Movistar – 10.310
19. DSM – 8.700
20. B&B Hotels – 6.120

21. Lotto Soudal – 6.070
22. Astana Qazaqstan – 2.340

just kidding

The prize money after 2 weeks of Tour: Jumbo-Visma is lord and master, the rest are not

Mon 18 July 2022 11:25 am

Jumbo-Visma is still on track to achieve the two goals - yellow and green - in this Tour. After the first week, the Dutch team was already the frontrunner with the prize money and after the second week it stands head and shoulders above the rest. Wout van Aert would have already put 62,930 euros in the piggy bank of Jumbo-Visma on his own.

1. Jumbo Visma – 111,350 euros   
2. Ineos Grenadiers – 50,970  
3. BikeExchange–45,950  
4. UAE – 44,450

5. EF-EasyPost – 44,250  
6. Quick Step Alpha Vinyl – 33.420  
7. Trek Segafredo – 30.620  
8. Alpecin-Deceuninck – 28,630  
9. Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert – 28,280  
10. Israel-Premier Tech – 23,620

11. Bahrain Victorious – 22,040  
12. Arkea-Samsic – 21.440  
13. Bora Hansgrohe – 20,420  
14. Cofidis – 17,780  
15. Groupama FDJ – 15,640

16. AG2R Citroen – 14.870  
17. TotalEnergies – 12,080  
18. Movistar – 10,310  
19. DSM – 8,700  
20. B&B Hotels – 6,120

21. Lotto Soudal – 6.070  
22. Astana Qazaqstan – 2.340

 
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Way to go jinx!!  ;)  
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Hey, I’m not the one who told Primož Roglič defending his Vuelta a España title next month matters more than supporting the yellow jersey in the biggest race on the planet. Stage 14 he was part of the GC category 3 climb before the blast up the the Mountée Jalabert. Wakes up the next day and decides he can’t go on? Not cool, man.

Losing Kruijswijk the same day completely changes the peloton dynamics. To lose both the stage before the Pyrenees is a pretty hard reset. Wout is a good but not great climber. Vingegaard is vulnerable rn.

 
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BobbyLayne said:
Hey, I’m not the one who told Primož Roglič defending his Vuelta a España title next month matters more than supporting the yellow jersey in the biggest race on the planet. Stage 14 he was part of the GC category 3 climb before the blast up the the Mountée Jalabert. Wakes up the next day and decides he can’t go on? Not cool, man.

Losing Kruijswijk the same day completely changes the peloton dynamics. To lose both the stage before the Pyrenees is a pretty hard reset. Wout is a good but not great climber. Vingegaard is vulnerable rn.
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Being in the break every day isn't conducive to sticking with the pack on a climb.  He has the green locked up so maybe they move him to protecting the jersey.

 
BassNBrew said:
Being in the break every day isn't conducive to sticking with the pack on a climb.  He has the green locked up so maybe they move him to protecting the jersey.
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TJV and UAE likely will not be able to control the stage - only 5 workers each.

GC probably stays with the peloton with WVA driving the pace in the flats. Pogačar moght attack but doubt he’s able to drop Vingegaad. He can be patient, 17, 18 & the TT 20 are all chances to regain the time.

Expecting the stage winner to be a climber who goes with the breakaway tomorrow. Matej Mohorič, Romain Bardet, Bauke Mollema, Lennard Kämna, Alexey Lutsenko, David Gaudu, Maximilian Schachmann, Thibaut Pinot -type.

While I believe the first part the latter is just me throwing spaghetti against the wall.

 
BobbyLayne said:
TJV and UAE likely will not be able to control the stage - only 5 workers each.

GC probably stays with the peloton with WVA driving the pace in the flats. Pogačar moght attack but doubt he’s able to drop Vingegaad. He can be patient, 17, 18 & the TT 20 are all chances to regain the time.

Expecting the stage winner to be a climber who goes with the breakaway tomorrow. Matej Mohorič, Romain Bardet, Bauke Mollema, Lennard Kämna, Alexey Lutsenko, David Gaudu, Maximilian Schachmann, Thibaut Pinot -type.

While I believe the first part the latter is just me throwing spaghetti against the wall.
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Bardet is 4th overall, someome will have to cover him.

Not a huge fan of tomorrow's stage.  Hope I'm wrong and the GC guys aren't 10 minutes behind soft pedaling.

 
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