TdF Stage 17: Mont Blanc -> Courchevel

Pogacar suffering in the heat.
Getting dropped.

Pog has popped. Looks like Jonas might now be getting Kuss to try and hunt down the break.

Pog gone!

Yates going with Vingegaard.

Cheers folks.

Pogacar could loose an absolute packet here 😳 Still 7.5km to the summit…..could conceivably be near to Yates on GC!

Wonder if Yates can get into second?

Pogacar could drop off the podium here. Potential for Yates to move up to 2nd.

Yates (UAE) could be second in the back of this

How much does Pog have over Yates on GC?

About 8 minutes

Lots of minutes,  so pog would have to totally blow up

There’s 12km to go, almost all very steep uphill.
Pogacar could easily lose 8+ minutes on this one.

At the moment, the Kuss/Vingegaard/Yates group is not going full gas – if they open the taps, Pogacar will lose time hand over fist.

He’s lost 40 seconds in 2km thus far

There’s a 6km descent @crazy-legs .

Yates is 8’52” back on JV but only 7’04” behind pog I think..

Team Juiced-Up Visma on the rampage….

This is not normal!

Kuss only lasted a few Km.

Adam gone from front group, Jonas is solo on the stage win hunt now. 2m35 to catch Gall with 4km of Loze to go, then a decent, and a little ramp at the finish.

Reckon Jonas for the stage win.

Looking like you’re riding a motorbike up a 20km alpine climb has historically never been a great look for cycling 😕

Edit: Ving has taken another minute on Pog in the last km! He’s only taken 20 seconds on the front of the race though.

This is not normal!

Glad its not just me who thought that. Yes you can go one day hard, but 2 days in row at that level ??

Anyone remember the last Dane to do this kind of thing

Looks like he might be on Viagra looking at whats going on in his shorts (not that I was trying to look) 😂

Simon Yates going well, second on the road!

I feel so sorry for Pogacar. No-one needs a camera on them while they’re suffering that much. 😥

Come on Simon Yates

Oops dead motorbike

carnage!!

**** motorbikes and spectators and traffic. 🤬

Surely he can’t do this

Hope not, I want Simon Yates to win!

Poor Pog.

Anyone remember the last Dane to do this kind of thing

It’s sad that we are thinking that

Dammit,  wanted Yates to get that

Good win, well deserved.
Glad that JV didn’t get it.

Think Vingegaard could be the most unpopular winner of a bike race since Vinokourov won the London Olypmic road race 😀.

I’m waiting for @weeksy to spit his dummy 🙂

Vin wasnt as dominant today, the front end was quicker he was out of it on the last 500m, and scraped over the line.

Poj looked a mess though*, he’s gone and I’m sorry about that I would have preferred the excitement and I feel for him that whatever he’s suffering from its affected him so badly, he tried but not a great way to bow out, I’m sure he would have preferred to have lost by a second or two having made a good job of it, if indeed he had to lose.

*I bet he still wet up their faster than any of us could dream about.

Think Vingegaard could be the most unpopular winner of a bike race since Vinokourov won the London Olypmic road race 😀.

Many years ago I was out at the Tour ta Malta (a really rather amateurish event but one that got a lot of Brit riders cos it’s early season and generally good weather) and they ever so proudly announced their Special Guest [dramatic pause] MICHAEL RASMUSSEN!!!!
The organisers were SO proud of this.

Everyone else gave a proper slow clap and there was a small chorus of “doper!”

😂

Poj looked a mess though

Yep, properly bad day out, I think he did his best to hide it but then that was it.

Feel really sorry for him, the constant camera on his suffering. You kind of just want it to cut away and leave him be, maybe give him a hug and leave him to it. Poor guy.

whatever he’s suffering from its affected him so badly

A clear case of trying his best to compete with someone ‘on another level’. Make of that what you will.

On another note if Wout wants to maintain his superhero status he might be well advised to get out of that team.

Anyone remember the last Dane to do this kind of thing

He didn’t do anything, Pogacar just blew up.

A clear case of trying his best to compete with someone ‘on another level’. Make of that what you will.

Or a clear case of having a couple of bad days. That happens, it doesn’t mean the other guy is cheating. Especially not when one considers the long season and injury disrupted preparation Pogacar had.