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That was heartbreaking.
He looked distraught. Poor lad.
Don't think the pool snapper will be on the team's christmas card list. No respect
So cruel. Still hoping against hope that JA can hang on.
Heartbreaking for Pinot
Best French two-week racer of his generation. Of course he is upset - must be illness and when you can't go, your really can't. I had great hopes for him this year too (like the whole of France).
Let's hope Juju can hold on. Otherwise Bernal up the road for a minute gain.
Seemed to be a problem with his leg rather than illness, he went to the first aid car had a dressing on his leg changed then the team cut that one off
Heartbreaking
Suspected knee injury from 2 days ago.. very sad
I like the way the team guy was trying to kick, nudge and hit the photographer with car door
Team say torn muscle in thigh, he finished with it yesterday.
Shame, I like Pinot.
Dowsett in trouble by the sounds of it, he's off the back with some serious climbing still to come.
That was hard to watch. Chapeau to all who finish. It's a tough sport road cycling.
Raining here just down from Tigne. Going to be an interesting descent off the Iseran
Here we go. Skyneos on the front.
Above 2000m now. Bernal and Thomas look stronger than any of the other top 6 imo
how much pain can alaphillipe take. what a pace
Here we go then.
G goes with 6km to go. Buchman looking good too. Quintana gone, wet decent ahead. Trying to get rid of JA before that decent, he's struggling.
JA could be out of the top 8 at this rate!
Bernal...... There's your winning move
All to play foe on the descent. But Egan!
Steven K has to chase it down, and G can just wheel suck all the way behind him. Another rider (Poels?) can wheel suck behind the yellow jumper as well. Good marking.
Perfect for Skyneos
Alla’s still there, he’s not gone yet.
Could be an insane finish ahead here.
JA is already a minute down, he'll be nearly two down by the top (at best)
Love this. Alla will hope that he can gain the time back on the climb, G wiill hope that Jumbo-Visma will drag him back on. This will go nuts on the final climb, absolutely nuts.
Hell of a ride by Kruijswijck and his domestique
Will he risk everything on the descent to claw a bit back?
Bernal holding back and on the radio 🙁 - will he be gifting his first Grand Tour win?
EDIT - back on the pace now and looks like he is cruising
Bernal just getting stronger as the altitude rises
I think Alla has popped here, it's going backwards.
even if he gets back surely they'll give him the coup de grace on the way to Tignes
(that's french, for cup of grass)
Heavy hail in the valley ahead.
Bernal going away on the decent.
Heavy hail in the valley ahead.
Just showed hail lying on the road. Scary.
This descent is scaring the hell out of me.
Surely they can't race on that?!
Cancelled stage ?!
Ooh race neutralised
Stage cancelled 🤪👍👍👍
Time checks taken from top of last bump..
Neutralised. Bernal in yellow.
Nightmare for JA
WTF.
what!
Stage neutralized accoridng to INRNG, there's a snowplow on the course FFS!