Cav doffing his cap to Tom Simpson on the way up.
DNF's
MCLAY Daniel Team Arkéa Samsic
RUSSO Clément Team Arkéa Samsic
BENOOT Tiesj Team DSM
VAN DER SANDE Tosh Lotto Soudal
MARTIN Tony Team Jumbo-Visma
CAMPENAERTS Victor Team Qhubeka NextHash
SCOTSON Miles Groupama - FDJ
Uran aiming to be the new Poulidor with another 2nd in GC I see.
Cav in a group of 42 riders 50 minutes back on the live tracking bit of the TdF app
Cav in a group of 42 riders 50 minutes back on the live tracking bit of the TdF app
Luckily they are on their way down so hopefully they'll just make it...
I make it 47kmph average needed. Should be ok.
Eek. Nail-biting.
Live tracking seems to have been switched off for the day! Argh...
Race centre saying the gruppetto needs to average a fraction over 21mph for the remaining 16 miles of which about 4 miles is the final stages of the climb.
“Only available during the stage”
Someone needs to tell their IT people that if the green jersey is racing the cutoff the stage isn’t over.
I had the figures after they were over the top. 19.8km to go and 25 minutes to beat cutoff gave me 47.5kmph but downhill.
Quintana's rolled in 33 down!
Cav’s in.
Now, two sprinty days…
7 mins to spare 😀
7 mins to spare 😀
Yeah, he could have stopped for a brew at the top!
Table service only, so probably wise to wait and get one at the finish.
David Millar was talking about the sprinters making the cut-off and said they descend like psychopaths after a measured climb. He reckoned that a descending sprinter could put 30s into anyone if they started at the top at the same time.
Never a rest day for sprinters was his opinion as they are either contesting bunch sprints or trying to beat the cut-off at this end of the tour.
Does anyone seriously belive that Pogacar couldn't stay with Vingenaard or Vingego as Kelly kept calling him, or was it more of a case of he's over 5mins down on me, there's 200m left to climb and I'll probably catch him down hill so why put that extra effort in for basically nowt
KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren Team DSM 47:36
phew!
Does anyone seriously belive that Pogacar couldn’t stay with Vingenaard or Vingego as Kelly kept calling him, or was it more of a case of he’s over 5mins down on me, there’s 200m left to climb and I’ll probably catch him down hill so why put that extra effort in for basically nowt
Who knows? Only Pogacar does. Nevertheless, Vingenaard put nearly 40 seconds into him on the climb & if Pog wanted to reiterate his strength ( which he clearly did at the finish) then he is going a funny way about it.
Excellent ride from WvA....something that has been troubling me though since early on in the race. Why on Earth hasn't he targeted the Green jersey?! Surely with his ability to get top 5's in sprints and hang in there on the mountains he'd be a shoe in for it? I know it's not quite as simple as that, but realistically for me he's as good a Sprinter as Sagan ever was (arguably slightly better) and is definitely stronger in the mountains than Sagan ever was.
Vingenaard or Vingego as Kelly kept calling him
...which I believe is how it's pronounced.
Luke Rowe finished outside the time limit
Why on Earth hasn’t he targeted the Green jersey?!
He has a job to do for Jumbo
more worring for Oily Jims Paltroons surely, Vingenaard riding away from Carapaz like that.