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@InsideOut2912 Vingegaard will lose over a minute in this stage

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@InsideOut2912 I think the stage is very underrated. If Pogacar drops Vingegaard on Tourmalet it will be a hell of a job to catch him again.

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@belicosus @LucGrefte @Bart_dG_ Or should organizers now design a race in which Pogacar actually has as little of an advantage as possible, while Vingegaard has as much as possible? Nothing but long climbs, with no flat time trials and punchy finishes? Because that would be fair, right?

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@belicosus @LucGrefte @Bart_dG_ Stage 6 in 2023 was exactly the same, with a descent after the Tourmalet followed by a slightly less steep climb. Back then, Vingegaard attacked on the Tourmalet himself to drop Pogacar. Now it’s happening the other way around, and it’s the organizers’ fault. Don’t make me laugh.

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@LucGrefte @Bart_dG_ But that also works for riders like Seixas, Ayuso, and Remco, for example. It just doesn’t work for extremely lightweight riders like Vingegaard and Skjelmose. If you want to keep the Tour exciting with Pogacar, you need to schedule 8 sprint stages in the early stages.

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@LucGrefte @Bart_dG_ Remco has lost 4 kg over the past three months. That was a conscious decision. So if he’s now losing time on the descent because of his lower weight, is that the organization’s fault?

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@LucGrefte Vingegaard with 7,8KM to go exactly same position

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@rocketmantri @LucGrefte @Bart_dG_ As far as I iknow, I have only one brother and that’s not you…

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@LucGrefte @Bart_dG_ I’m actually wondering if these are serious posts or just meant to get likes. When you receive a route book, you have half a year to prepare for it, including the riders’ weights. As if the organizers are think “We include a descent so that the heavier climbers have an advantage”

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@LucGrefte If you want to win the Tour, you have to be able to climb and descend as well. There are always risks on the descents, whether it’s Stage 6 or Stage 15.

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@BenjiNaesen Evenepoel can actually go for a 2nd place today!

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@LucGrefte Also in front of Vingegaard now, calm down!

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@LucGrefte @Ibra_cadabraR7 He will probably saved by a few milliseconds by that Cofidis rider. Otherwise he would have lost 10-13 seconds or so

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@LucGrefte @Ibra_cadabraR7 Hmm watch de Decathlon rider at +20sec and the Cofidis rider at +23 seconds. In between them was a gap and few seconds later Vingegaard passes the finish line.

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@reneemeijer02 @BenjiNaesen Soms moet je iets met een korreltje zout nemen 😉

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@BrugerUkendt @BenjiNaesen Sometimes you have to say something crazy 😂

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@cyclingvisionPT Traen at 5 minutes. Better keep it in check at 3 minutes, than let the gap grow to 8 minutes or so and than have to puch hard at the end of the stage. Politt can probably now ride in Z2/3 instead of 4