Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2024 (Tour de France)

[Grassmarket 3,401]

And there’s 40 seconds for . Story was that Pogačar had hunger knock when he lost the other, may well have been true.

[heywoodu 15,135]

2 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

And there’s 40 seconds for . Story was that Pogačar had hunger knock when he lost the other, may well have been true.

When would that have been? If it was a real 'hunger knock', there's no way on earth he would have stayed anywhere near Vingegaard if it was that stage where Vingegaard outsprinted Pogacar (who by the looks of it also couldn't change gears in that sprint). With a classic hunger knock, the tank is just entirely empty and even the best among the superhumans would lose significant amounts of time even within a kilometer or two  

[heywoodu 15,135]

Meanwhile:

 

 

[heywoodu 15,135]

Oh and this is a nice one as well. The 2001 stage to Pla d'Adet was significantly harder and way longer, by the way (around 2 hours with lots more hard climbs in the final part). Two minutes faster than freaking Lance Armstrong.

 

 

[Federer91 2,791]

Wasn't expecting Pogacar to get such a lead today, bravo   He has been performing much better, than anyone anticipated, when the Giro-Tour double was announced. Still, everything could catch up to him by the final 3 stages.

[dodge 1,024]

That’s the key. Most pundits suggested he’d have to have a significant lead over Jonas before the third week so it may well be set up for a classic 

[Grassmarket 3,401]

Final climb!  Breakaway has 1’45, 1’40 1’30 but Pogačar is coming up fast.

[heywoodu 15,135]

Vingegaard tries an attack..

[Grassmarket 3,401]

Carapaz spritzes idiot spectator!  

[Grassmarket 3,401]

Right, 5km to go, Pogačar spots a weakness & pounces!