Wout van Aert Attempts the Impossible Breakaway | Tour de France 2022 Stage 6

[@clementdenis4212]

"before alpecin started pacing. No one knows why". Love deadpan delivery.

[@unicornmaster2737]

-Care to explain like I’m 5, or does LR have a video where he talks about that? Feel like I’m missing out on an inside joke

[@Jaxck77]

Alpecin had nothing to gain by pacing in this stage, and plenty to lose as it could’ve ended exactly like it did, with all the other big teams gaining the advantage

[@Freekement]

They paced because they hoped Philipsen could win, but he got distanced with 1km to go unfortunately; he was still well positioned at the start of the climb, but in the end Matthews was the only ‘sprinter’ that was able to follow the best

[@clementdenis4212]

@@unicornmaster2737 : they misread the stage and thought their sprinter could win it which was a rather obvious mistake - well in hindsight it was obvious of course. During the race it's less obvious...

[@skippypicasso]

@@clementdenis4212 everyone but Alpecin management knew this was a stage for a healthy MVDP and MVDP is not a healthy MVDP so they got the 32nd on the stage they were always going to get.

[@thriftest]

LR, let me say I very much appreciate that you don't spoil the result in your thumbnail or descriptions. I don't even watch the ordinary highlights and I gotta say, watching these recaps as the first tour news of the day is really the perfect way. Humour as well as insight and the background news you don't get elsewhere. Just awesome!

[@zeiss72]

Agree! LR has a good recap commentaries that makes me more appreciative of the race happenings.

[@johnharris1543]

I agree, this page is my first stop.

[@julianevans9548]

Yup, this is the absolute 'go to' for me. Did Bettiol cost Powless yellow? I think Pogacar probably gained at least 4 seconds on the pave because of Bettiol.

[@1ddenis1]

I was just happy to see Roglic still being competitive after that crash...how many riders in peleton can fight for a win day after dislocated shoulder. Its not perfect but Jonas and Roglic can still maybe do something together against Pog.

[@MichaelBoogerd]

Rog needs to go long on a mountain stage, result will be uae burning up domestiques to close it down or Pog doing it himself thus isolating himself and being vulnerable to a 1-2 move then. If they let Rogla up the road obviously he can come back into it, so they will be forced to react.

[@unclespliff_productions]

no they can't, pogacar is too good

[@noahhh111]

@@unclespliff_productions youre right not to mention Jumbos best weapon is leaving everything on the road in WEEK 1. it is already over before its even gotten going barring catastrophic injury

[@RB..1]

Tyler Hamilton did alright. 😊 Hope Primoz can rebound more and compete for the podium. Pogacar is pretty much a lock barring some unforeseen disaster.

[@crycrcfyhf8862]

@@MichaelBoogerd roglic ain’t gonna be the one challenging pog. Jonas Is way stronger than roglic right now. Roglic should be on mountain domestique duty imo

[@BenjiNaesenTV]

This dude’s a pretty good youtuber, he should start a pod

[@franco992]

Yeah, maybe along with some other guy?

[@maxime_smite2033]

Enjoyed your vive le velo episode 😄

[@BenjiNaesenTV]

@@maxime_smite2033 Thanks for the support, mate.

[@LC-be]

Ga zo door Benji

[@foldupaudi7645]

He’s ok, I like the other goofball better😂

[@wiesorix]

Oh yeah, WvA was like: "I've won time trials, I've won bunch sprints, I've won mountain stages, the only thing I haven't got yet is a De Gendt style impossible breakaway win. Let's try that one!"

[@dannyrose8699]

He already did that lol.

[@cjkravatz]

Ventoux!

[@ingmarneple6072]

@@cjkravatz not the same as the gendt. Big fan of wout, but what van gendt die is diffferent than him

[@billwellington4339]

Nobody does it better than De Gendt....he should trademark it!!

[@malinwa4ever315]

For De Gendt, A second is a second

[@rodbrown8306]

Without the Van Aert type courage cycling is nothing!

[@epincion]

Thanks LR, I sort of understand what WVA was doing - all along he has been clear he is going for the green jersey. It was opportunistic race today and if Quinn Symonds had been a fitter they could have taken to the end and probably WVA would have gifted Symonds with the win and kept yellow for another day which would have been a bonus. However the main impact of his tactics was that JV did not have to pace all day and rested out of the wind while the other teams had to chase and spend a lot of energy - we see that it was one of the fastest races on record a huge energy drain for the lead out guys towing along Wout's JV teammates in the bunch. The other GC teams would have hoped to coast along much of today to conserve energy for tomorrow. Then after he was caught by slipping right back through the peloton and coming in minutes behind. Now he is definitely no longer a GC threat and will be allowed to join other breakaways and so mop up whatever intermediate sprint points are on offer on that stage and then drop back to the main group and ride with them as a domestique until the end plus if it is sprint finish contest that as well. It was smart tactics in my book. Roglic will take a week to recover use of his shoulder fully.

[@donadams5094]

Nice post,

[@sean7098]

If he had allowed Skujns, Cosnefroy and the Intermarche rider in they would have had to contribute 1 rider max and not have to push it too hard and then WVA could have easily top 5 stage which would have led to more points. Jumbo used a lot of energy too today, same amount as Ineos I would say. I would have thought he could have domestiqued tomorrow and then intentionally lose minutes.

[@beckobert]

No one can force JV to pace. If they would have let a break without GC guys go, what is really the worst that could have happened? Wout loses his yellow jersey and there are no bonus seconds at the finish line. That would have been a better result than what they got with even less energy spent.

[@Jaxck77]

Good points, I hadn’t considered that

[@elbowspeak]

Nice. Came here to say same thing about the JV tactics. 🤘🏼

[@MichaelBoogerd]

Apart from Magnus Cort I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Wout has eaten the most wind across the first 6 stages thus far. Most impressively maybe Pogacar would be very close to the top 3-5 riders in this stat too.

[@ryanphelan6861]

spot on especially cobbled stage teams aren't just for draft and trains they carve out a safe space for you that takes so much energy and as you said in wind. Not surprised Magnus in Denmark and Wout and Tadej imo two strongest riders in race if wout were on UAE those two could attack and do things weve never seen in circumstances. Like sagan and froome but from 60k's and minutes not seconds. Wout has incredible physiology lot like tony martin with narrow shoulders that make him naturally aero and his legs have grown to Boonen like size given hes in prime 28 hes got 4-6 years of bully like riding power and ability like Fabian used to I think hes the endurance to do multiple triples E3, Flanders, Roubaix thought hed do it this year. That TT ability is just like a knockout punch type cycling quality so few have after such efforts. Hes incredible both are. Tadej by 26-28 will be strong on pave not just threatening or learning he gets better in longer races like monuments think he wins each once not sure at proper age who will be left to stay at his relentless pace and imagine rouleurs with him like kung, bettiol, wellens, campanaerts, cattaneo, Moho is buddy of his so is mathews , hes doing it all alone strade and flanders wout didn;t even do that. Two best I see on road. Lot of racing left on some insane alpine and pyrenee stages that should shatter field. Still not convinced Wout can't race GC Tirreno was impressive je just has to be patient pick right parcours and Vuelta Sierra is high but reason Giro Tour double so dubious. Insane climbs looks at Mathieu he just has no snap sice he raced Giro so hard. Shame hes on VG team Im like bad voodoo for these guys rest are in top ten but 1. Ill check after tour watched it with same priorities for decades. Panache!!! Cheers enjoy and astute observation. Agree 100% Degendt has record for most Ks at front in break but he wasn't eating wind like wout/Tadej. Tony Martin training for world ITT in vuelta one year took off at start 160-180 k's and mainatained until sprint finsish he lost brutal :) He immediately asked who pushed peloton Fabian ? lol because that was when he Bradley and Fabian would trade off depending on course style.

[@blahblah24304]

This would be a cool state, surely with some image reading algorithm going through all the footage from each TV camera it could be produced.

[@sebastianm2381]

I don’t think I’ve seen a first week in the Tour raced this hard ever. The sheer pace, the frantic fighting for the break for basically half the stage, the Roubaix stage raced with 48kph average speed. These guys must be completely toasted before they even get to the first proper climb.

[@ktakashismith]

Everyone is roasted except for one impossibly spritely Slovenian... Glad you've enjoyed the Tour so far, because it's gonna end tomorrow.

[@patpat8727]

@@ktakashismith so what you're saying is he's doping

[@ktakashismith]

@@patpat8727 I think the more definitive point of speculation is the fact that there's not gonna be much reason to follow the contest for the yellow jersey after tomorrow.

[@desertrainfrog1691]

@@ktakashismith Agree, Pog is better than the remainder of the GC contenders so far, unless someone's hiding a bit of talent. He's also much more fresh than the rest of them, since he's had no crashes and has been sitting in the peloton the entire time. His team has also had less panic and issues overall. Jumbo Visma would need to pull a breakaway containing their team and an isolated Pog to put Vingegaard and Roglic back in the GC contest. I guess it could happen?

[@desertrainfrog1691]

@@patpat8727 It's a 21 stage race consisting of roughly 100 miles per stage on average with some massive climbs. I think it's safe to say anyone consistently in the top 20 is trying to find a competitive edge with new, but yet unbanned substances. It's the same way EPO found it's way into the peloton, there will always be new drugs and ways to cheat in cycling.

[@johnmakin-shaw3516]

Nice to see Nairo up there at the finish. I’d like to see EF take the jersey but I can’t see Pog relinquishing it. He can just sit on the wheels tomorrow and wait for the attacks to come knowing full well he can follow the lot of them. Also feels a bit early for the teams to play their cards - after a couple of tough days I wonder if tomorrow will be less of a GC battle and more one for the breakaway?

[@matthewk3233]

Big watts. Little brains, should be the motto of Jumbo Visma. One of the most curious tactical decisions I have ever seen.

[@markmiranda8086]

hows that going so far now?

[@matthewk3233]

@@markmiranda8086 They won because they were the strongest.

[@jasmijnariel]

Wat een held. Always fighting💪 🇧🇪 Proud at our wout

[@rubenv5722]

We belgian rules

[@JoseLcL88]

The bloke ride like a motorbike, what would any mortal like us do to have WVA legs even in Argentina we all love wout

[@ktakashismith]

Proud for what, that he's riding like a fool, wasting his talent? Whatever Merckx whispered in his ear this morning was not sound advice, that was some idiotic egotistical crap from Wout today.

[@abedfo88]

Wout and mvdp literally make cycling worth watching

[@jasmijnariel]

@@abedfo88 yes they are not afraid to go down, thats why they are so succesfull

[@daveg-j1866]

Good to see this up now, nearly cracked and watched GCN 😬

[@aboredperson4202]

GCN is what I watch if I know I'm gonna go online and get the results spoilt.

[@purklefluff]

Having discovered this channel by accident recently, it's got me interested in the professional goings-on of cycling for the first time, despite being into cycling all my life. Every sport needs an ambassador like you! It's short, easy to digest, funny in places (super important to have some humour) and you ooze depth of knowledge of the subject. Bravo dude. This is top notch stuff

[@trobberkah3425]

I love your videos! You always point out stuff that i didnt even notice while watching.

[@savagepro9060]

Pogacar sporting his iconic signature: Hair Sprout through the Helmet

[@Victor-oz3zo]

Glad to see Roglic back at it. He still has confidence, now he just needs some luck.

[@nicholasloduca6668]

With Pogacar looking so good and already having the advantage he does, teams are going to have to attack early in the high mountains. My worry with that though is the other teams that already seem to via-ing for the podium places (e.g. Bora). Let's say INEOS send Martinez up the road or Jumbo Roglic, since he's already lost chunk of time, on an early attack, even if UAE riders are being dropped like they were today, I just have a feeling teams like Bora and Movistar are just going to chase it back for Pogacar so they can get their guy on the podium so they will still come in together to the final climb where Pogacar will torch everyone but their guy can maybe finish best of the rest

[@MDP1702]

If Kuss and Kruijswijk are in good shape, I can see them drop most if not all domestiques, the question is whether other GC leaders will bluf enough and put the pressure to respond to attacks on Pogacar, or will they just immediately chase themselves just thinking of 2nd and 3rd place.

[@riquelmeone]

Good point. Teams might throw the towel for the victory but won’t stop at anything for podium spots which could benefit Pogacar. Not that he needs any help. But let’s wait and see ourselves. Last year Pogacar wasnt invincible in the mountains and Jumbo Visma can always play Roglic as a dark horse and keep Vingegaard (?) by Pogacar’s side

[@tojoqueiroz2717]

Yeah! It is indeed a possibility … We saw this barely yesterday when Betiol was pushing forward for Pogacar when he already had a guy from his team (EF) on the Breakaway… So.. Let’s just see! I still think that the TJV will come back stronger in the next stages .. I’m not buying Pogacar team in the climbs ahead! That’s the problem! I can see much pain ahead for Pogacar! For the good of cycling !!! Cross fingers !!!🤞🏾

[@tojoqueiroz2717]

@@riquelmeone and btw, Pog “is just “ ahead of Vingergard by 31 seconds! 🤣🤣🤣🫤🫤

[@MeesterJ]

Exactly. If you still want something out of this Tour you have to (team)attack on the first or second big climb of the day and not wait for the final one. Teams like Movistar are terrible for the sport, just hanging around hoping to get an anonymous rider like Mas on the podium. No flair no style, just sitting there and being content with not winning anything. Disgusting

[@Raptorman0909]

I must admit I expected Roglic to abandon before todays stage but props to him for hinging in there. WVA is a monster, but when the tank is empty the tank is empty -- not the smartest tactic but I'll not fault someone for trying!

[@davidpuskas4435]

Biggest green jersey threat for Van Aert is Pogi. He has to up his game and take an extra jersey this year

[@gedammedhanie6427]

Imagine the walk of shame for JUMBO, and I think Pog is closing up on green too. If he gave half a mind to it, he could probably win green also.

[@mobogdan4683]

I don't understand why the other GC teams weren't making UAE pull the entire time. EF I can understand because they had a chance at Yellow, but why were INEOS and Alpecin chasing??

[@jasonosunkoya]

They've decided they are going for second clearly

[@clementdenis4212]

Everybody is looking for second place as usual.

[@thymenvuik8357]

@@patrickbateman7444 I dont necessarily think Jumbo Visma has enemies, but I do think UAE has some good friends. It seems like a lot of riders are helping UAE with pacing

[@Sarov452]

Pidcock stage win

[@MrVos-mh7qo]

@@patrickbateman7444 There was a interview with Schachmann on German television. He told that TJV and Roglic were driving dangerously by pushing, shoving and doing everything to keep themselfs in front of the peleton. Making for problems and crashes. He also said TJV should have more respect and dont ride like (something like) lunatics.

[@lostone6462]

Imagine Pog with jubo he would win the tour by 10 minutes rather then 3 minutes guy is the best Gc rider I have seen.

[@ProWeAreSo]

No, because he needs a team with riders that won't abandon him like WvA abandoned Jonas on stage 5. Pog is a beast but he also has a whole team working for only him

[@lebronjohnson6735]

@@patrickbateman7444 these years will be known as Armstrong 2.0

[@KoMarekt]

Imagine Pog with Ineos Grenadiers, they would kill his unpredictability and explosiveness. He is on new level so he can play out race like he wants. Riders like him, WvA or MvdP make cycling evolve around them.

[@mmmbetter55]

@@lebronjohnson6735 are you implying Pog is doping? Show me the receipts

[@phdinporn5146]

Don't know Pog looks bit too good to be true.

[@mototaco2132]

Tadej was barely able to speak English when he came into the scene.... what a stark contract... amazing talent, he left everyone in the dust in the last few meters.

[@zr2424]

you're literally a legend

[@thetimeisnow1210]

Thank you for your amazing over views of all the racing! Not just this tour! I throughly enjoy your work! Keep it up from Colorado!

[@codychabola3504]

Thought for sure you would mention McNulty going HAM up that final climb. Was drilling it for a long time and prevented moves. He was throwing down massive power

[@davidballesteros3635]

McNulty was a beast on this stage.

[@eonbart]

That leadout from Roglic was so perfect. Sad he did it for his biggest rival :D

[@markopodganjek845]

He tried to win. How else should by you be done, then with try to escape?

[@rolandoinductivo8013]

😂

[@timliscum2861]

Love these quick recaps... keep em coming LR

[@MarriedWithBackpacks]

I can't understand the thinking behind sending Wout van Aert in the breakaway. The team said they wanted a rest day and not control the whole race, but this turned out pretty bad for Wout. Anyway, he was going to lose the yellow jersey today anyway, so in the end it doesn't really matter. What a performance from Pogacar. The man seems on track to win the tour again. Let's see what the alps will show us about his form! Exciting tour so far! Great video as always man! Thanks!

[@MrGjalt]

It might have to do with the fact that, when one of your own (especially the Yellow Jersey) is riding ahead of the peloton, your own team doesn't have to chase. Jumbo-Visma didn't have to do any work for the peloton at large as a result of Wout doing all the work (while UAE had to). That might be a/the reason, but who knows... How it will work out overall we'll have to see in the next few days.

[@nofascistsonmywatch]

I am wondering if King Eddy was admonishing him during that talk before the stage start to be AGGRESSIVE when in yellow, and NOT to just sit there and defend it, as is usual/expected. Of course it did not work out for him, but this dude is a monster. IF he could somehow find the REPEATABLE/consistent, out of category, tallest col top finish capabilities, he would be even greater than Merckx (since he already has equal TT skills, and is a better sprinter than Eddy could ever dream of being). (Yup, I'd love to see him attempt an hour record as well, somewhere along the line.)

[@dew_reg1574]

Much appreciated to have the video a bit earlier

[@rossbroomfield453]

Nairo takes three minutes on each stage in the high altitude, long duration alpine mountains, holds on for the next week and a half, wins the 2022 tour. You heard it here first

[@blob2092]

Nairo has a better chance going for green

[@landondavison2582]

This is the best possible outcome

[@9034833838]

I'd shave my asshole if you're right

[@mohamedkharva6593]

This will 100% hapoen I even got my nairo sign ready for stage 11 on col du granon

[@BobbyDick22785]

Nairo 😂 I think even retired Ullrich and banned for life Armstrong have bigger chances 🤣🤣🤣

[@SuperYobo]

Crazy punch by Poga, he’s just next level.

[@Ouarzazate123]

Epogachrong is an impostor.

[@cedrichennert4869]

wouldnt surprise me if he had a ferrari engine…

[@abemoedt3479]

Jumbo Visma explaining their tactics today: get Wout in the break so they don't have to chase all day, idea wasn't bad but the execution was: the final break was too small & jumbo should have let the break with Laporte go, he probably was the strongest there anyways.

[@markopodganjek845]

The idea is nonsense. Why they would need to chase anybody whole day? UAE is main contender for yellow

[@ShawnStradamus520]

But if that was the tactic, why on earth did WVA chase down the break of 9 with Mads Pederson and Christophe LaPorte? 🤷

[@davidd1492]

And that is why Pogacar will beat them again. His tactical nous for such a young rider is on another level. The fact that he freelances so much makes it harder for other teams to try and scheme a plan to beat him. IMO for TJV to beat him the will have to 1,2, or even 3 him in the mountains.

[@markopodganjek845]

@@davidd1492 won’t help for JV to even have 8 of them against Pog in mountains. Uphill he will follow the lead and downhill either and you can’t stop him to do. And 200m before finish will sprint and win. It cant be done a lot against man with better leg

[@montani3semper]

They had to wrestle that jersey, away, to reckon with the Swan, not given up on his pond that easy. Still green, and one of his men on third base

[@cruccofor]

on italian tv (rai), i think the jumbo ds said that they sent Wout so that other teams had to chase him otherwise they (jumbo)should have paced al day... like in this way they rested...

[@zoozu2067]

Yes one of the Australian commentators mentioned this during the stage, Wout went out so rest of team didn't have to pace at the front of the peloton.

[@PhysyCola]

Unfortunately, the GC suspense is over for me; I have a similar feeling to last year after Stage 8. There's no real competition left for Pogacar at this race, as Jumbo really needed to exploit the 1-2 tactic of Roglic/Vingegaard, but Roglic is no longer going to be a real threat on ~2:30.

[@trobberkah3425]

I think vingegaard might surprise. Remember last year when he dropped pogacar on the ventoux when it was very hot. I think high temperature is pogi’s only weakness

[@abba6017]

I partly agree, but we have to keep in mind that last year the favourites already crashed on Stage 2&3 and the teams lost important drivers for the mountain stages like Robert Gesink for TJV. I think it could really stay interesting this year cause the teams are better stacked until now.

[@PhysyCola]

@@trobberkah3425 I think it's entirely possible where there will be a stage where Pogacar loses ~40 seconds to someone; Vingegaard is a potential person to do this. But I think he will have such a large buffer by then that it doesn't matter. It will take a very concerted effort --- and possibly even collaboration --- from a number of teams to really put a dent in Pogacar, given he probably has the best W/kg in the race.

[@PhysyCola]

@@abba6017 I get what you're saying. But given that Pogacar probably has the best W/kg in the race, you need to put time into him by playing him tactically with two very strong riders; I don't think Jumbo has this anymore, and I don't see any other team with multiple leaders who would be able to do this.

[@abba6017]

@@PhysyCola Today before the last 4k I thought maybe Ineos will be able to do it and help TJV aswell as EF or Bora. But I totally agree with you- in the end it is just kind a hope that we dont see the race for P2 and P3 like last year after the first week, that was boring af in the look back.

[@drewcama2488]

Pag gets in the right spot all day and sets himself up for the sprint win! That boy understands racing.

[@sambrown1779]

Great content. AGAIN. Keep cranking

[@greatsea1457]

Cobbles was good, now the tour is heating up baby

[@Csapi007]

Amazing work, keep it up!

[@villedocvalle]

Man Jumbo Visma all clumsy and uncoordinated tripping over themselves when they were stacked. Pressing, stressing, and now depressing each other out. They needed to just ride within themselves and let the race come to them naturally instead of pressing

[@charlyncorgan1954]

Great content. Thanks!

[@Karr1711]

Pretty clear what wout was doing. he did not want to ride in the peloton next to his teammates, too dangerous to get knocked off your bike

[@ShawnStradamus520]

Ha! Exactly what I thought after yesterday’s TJV clown show…

[@gnomevoyeur]

Quintana is looking great. Everything will probably evaporate in the last time trial but I hope he lights it up in the high mountains.

[@buffaloj0e]

Don’t know how you keep it so concise, are you sure you can pad it out another 5min I don’t think anyone would mind.

[@foglik0151]

Wout is a genius. The high pace the peloton had to ride because of his break burned all the sprinters, therefore the sprint points at the end of the stage were won by riders not interested in green jersey.

[@michaelsteele5495]

Alpecin DS: we have nothing to gain, let's go out front and pull. If anyone asks... we are trying to get camera time for our sponsors. Here is a crazy idea... let UAE and Jumo fight it out and then we stay close and hope to capitalize on it. Ineos appears to be taking that approach

[@clementdenis4212]

As other have said they were actually working for Philipsen.

[@jonathaneffemey4892]

Thanks form posting.

[@dolwolfianphotography]

EF, Bora and Alpecin worked for free for Pogacar 🙄as how the hell they was thinking of beating Pogacar 😂

[@quiet451]

As an American, I really wanted to see Powless in yellow for a stage. Oh well.

[@mitchellsteindler]

Another year gone for EF...some day...some fucking day

[@nofascistsonmywatch]

IF it weren't for the time bonuses which 'GOTCHA' always sprints for now, he would have been. :(

[@YOURTECHFRIEND]

Hard to see anybody else than Pogacar winning Planche des Belles Filles with the SUPER steep gradient at the end.

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

Tell me that you're doped without telling me that you're doped. -Cycling 2022

[@jozetrselic]

great as always. thx lr

[@osfan25]

Pogacar made that finish look easy. I never had an issue with how Froome and Sky won but it’s so fun watching Pogacar race. He’s very opportunistic and isn’t afraid to go off script if it will net him a win or take extra time.

[@whatwelearned]

You know he's on gear right? That doesn't bother you?

[@warrenhurley4148]

@@whatwelearned Evidence?

[@whatwelearned]

@@warrenhurley4148 You keep banging that drum but are you aware of your history? You know Armstrong never failed a test, right? I could go on but if you aren't at least suspicious I don't know if I can help you

[@prof_Pomari]

Honestly: what is the matter with it? It's world tour cycling, it's entertainment and spectacle, it's a known fact. I understand if it upsets some people but that's just the way it is

[@user-nh8kj2ph9f]

@@whatwelearned Aren't they all? Who cares

[@chrispyy606060606]

JV are racing this TdF like it’s a one week stage race. Going this aggressively this early is going to cost them later. It is very entertaining to watch but pretty odd from a tactics perspective. (Especially from WVA)

[@quandaviousdangle4386]

this did not age well

[@KimTumamakMusicPH]

Roglic got tenacity, still has the power to attack and jump at the finish. Sadly, pogacar is on another level. But never say never, Im still hoping for a competitive mountain stages with pog, rog and vingegard.

[@markopodganjek845]

Roglic is usually much better in such sprints. But today he could sprint only 150m, usually he can 400m. Maybe he will recover

[@theGhostFacekillah92]

Cant believe you didn't bring up possibly the greatest post race interview comment from Pidcock 😂

[@MrRhino4U]

What did he say?

[@SebastianSamulczyk]

It kinda looked like Wout was trying to do Eddy Merckx... Attack in the beginning of the stage to carry that to the finish line...

[@nofascistsonmywatch]

He did ride someone off of his wheel, kind of like King Eddy used to do back in the day. ;)

[@MoOutdoorsandReviews]

great commentary, I was hoping he would pull it off

[@noseque07]

I thinks Pog will pay for his efforts kind of like how Bernal did in last year's giro... Tomorrow maybe Michael Woods if Nairoman lets him win it. :)

[@icollectstories5702]

(Un?)Fortunately, he has Youth on his side.👶

[@Bertis289]

Seems that Jumbo's best chance now is hoping one of their daily crashes take out one of the favorites, like they did Vlasov today. They can't be popular within the peloton, they're all a hazard to sit behind.

[@mariomanov8453]

Shouts for Van Aert and Pogi,great stage,like the previous one..;-)

[@ProWeAreSo]

IDC if pog holds yellow for the rest of the tour, I just want to see MVDP attack and breakaway at least on one stage... (Insert c'mon do something stick poke meme)

[@12Burton24]

This was a crazy one.

[@chrisswinerton9603]

I am an Ineos guy and always will be. But I love the way Tadej Pogacar races. I hope that Jumbo use both Roglic and Vinegaard and that Ineos use all 4 riders in Thomas, Yates, Martinez snd Pidcock as launching pads for each other, since UAE is not that strong. I feel that is the only way to weaken Tadej is to attack with one counter and so on for 3-5 km straight. Ineos having 4 guys all together in time makes that alot easier to do I think. 🤷‍♂️

[@clementdenis4212]

I hope so too, but if past experiences taught us anything is that most team will enter damage control mode and race for second place.

[@clementdenis4212]

And multi -leaders team almost never win.

[@1234aaaa100]

If ineos attack, EF, bora n maybe some other GC teams like FDJ or arkea will respond as they need to protect powless,vlasov n their GC rider position. In the end, pogi will benefit from all of this

[@AJ___07]

I like inoes too But Ineos should focus only on Stage wins I don't think Thomas has what it takes to beat pogacar , Yates is bad at TT , their only hope is Martinez for GC, but he will be a domestique to Thomas i think.

[@NeverTakeNoCut-offs]

Great commentary

[@HansComyn]

Alpecin for Philippsen. You may argue against that, but on the Saturday's stage they did the same thing, which means they believed Philippsen had a chance.

[@rexx893]

SUCH ACCENT..NO PAUSE, NO COMMAS, SLURRED YAICKS.

[@victorpires6791]

The Jumbo Visma riders are spending more time on the floor the past few stages than on the bikes. Wtf is that

[@daviddaniels6335]

@LR - awesome coverage as always. Thoughts.. does Roglic on Ineos beat Pog on UAE? (Stronger positioning options, sole leadership, GC focused support) What do you think ?

[@philipp2635]

Wout is a machine

[@MarvinWestmaas]

So many comments with QQ about Jumbo's failing tactics, guess having only one rider expend any real effort during the entire longest stage in the tour while having the yellow in the team is a bad thing... Yeah, really.

[@clementdenis4212]

Well if that was the point send an expendable like Laporte rather than a key almost-leader who also has a chance to win the stage if he stays in the peloton.

[@MarvinWestmaas]

@@clementdenis4212 No. Because a> controlling the race so WvA can win from the bunch takes the entire team b> Laporte is a breakaway the size WvA had hoped for doesn't have the same chances for success. My take: WvA tomorrow get's a day off in the final climbs. He'll not even try to stay in the front of the race, he'll conserve as much as possible because he has nothing to gain tomorrow. So in the end, even energy wise it's not that bad a deal, WvA sure can help in the mountain stage part but Kruiswijk and Laporte can do that as well they shown this year already especially Kruiswijk. They won't use WvA tomorrow.

[@clementdenis4212]

@Marvin Westmaas a) just chill while the other teams are chasing your breakaway guy and crank it up if needed in the last 10km. b) WvA had no chances to win in a 3 man breakaway with GC hopeful Vlasov and is delusional if he thinks he did. The peloton would never have let this breakaway go to the end, you just can't give a guy like Vlasov one minute for free. And you can not give too much time to WvA either : he is not really a GC threat but with a 3 minute buffer he would be c) Consequentially Laporte or even better Benoot would have had a much better chance to win from the breakaway because they would've had a much better chance to get to the end with the breakaway. Oh and d) if the goal is to avoid having to work just screen the breakaway until there are no dangerous guy in it and let them take 20 minutes. Now the other teams will work if they want the stage.

[@patpat8727]

@@MarvinWestmaas So basically, sacrifice your yellow jersey for your "GC" "contenders", clearly neither of whom has raced as well so far as WVA who has raced better than everyone in the race. Dumbest thing I ever heard.

[@MarvinWestmaas]

@@clementdenis4212 Opinions differ, at least we're not killing eachother over it ;)

[@PeterKrauss1963]

What's the story with chains jamming in between chainrings these days? It seems to happen very often...is it a Shimano design fault?

[@nofascistsonmywatch]

It takes a mighty narrow chain in order to fit 12 cogs in the back nowadays. Almost surprised that the top, pure sprinters are not breaking them on their final snap jump to the line. ;)

[@PeterKrauss1963]

@@nofascistsonmywatch but surely a 12-speed chainset is designed for a 12-speed chain?? Does Campagnolo have this same problem?

[@nofascistsonmywatch]

@@PeterKrauss1963 It seems so (the snapping part at least) if not the jamming problem. :( Majka's Campy Record chain snapped a couple of days ago while on a climb helping out his team leader (Po)'Gotcha'. He is the antithesis of a big, heavy, sprinter type. ;) The resultant muscle tear from that chain snapping took him out of the Tour, and did hurt his leader's chances.

[@Lenny-pq5kc]

Watt Van Aert!!

[@peterderidder9922]

Wout van aert colored the whole tour de france. I never EVER saw a yellow jersey so actif and attacking in the peleton NEVER !!! he gived the tour of 2022 so much extra. And he did so much for vingegaard. He brought Vingegaard several times back to the front of the race... BTW I like every attacking rider like pogacar, remco and Van der poel.

[@itszaque]

As an American I was really pulling for Pauless, he would have been the first American in yellow legally since the 80’s.

[@holymackenaw]

Großschartner is a really good mechanic. with him Jonas would have lost no time yesterday.

[@morganconey4814]

What would Pogacar do? Sit on Pollit and Bissegger for 100k staying hydrated and fed then get a boss leadout from Primoz FTW 😂

[@savagepro9060]

4:56 Things that set the Tour De France apart from the others: Riders have to do Cross-Road Puzzles!!

[@Penalist]

Ha. Ha.

[@jcvanrooyen5372]

Disappointed that it took you 6:51 to make a mention of our Nairoman

[@newsbuster292]

Again, questionable tactics by Jumbo Visma. I mean, Van Aert probably enjoyed himself today, but he also missed a big opportunity for another stage win, had he not gone in the breakaway all day.

[@goozerboozer8543]

JumboVisma didn't need to control anything, because Van Aert was in front. Also, Wout took some more points for his green jersey. In addition, they 'pushed' Pogacar into the yellow, which means after every stage Pogacar needs to wait on the yellow and white jersey while Vingegaard and Roglic will have their massage, get some food and some additional rest. Zoetemelk once said 'you win the Tour in bed'.

[@adamdickinson2894]

LR love your content but I think you're underplaying that sprint from Pogacar. Was a thermoatomic launch and even when the other guys were at full sprint they weren't making any ground

[@MRprod.]

Tomorrow will be interesting, it was not the day to push that hard.

[@Sa-nd8kl]

Knapste zege in jaren in de Tour,in gele trui iedereen naar huis rijden in een tourpeleton .

[@AlexRochette]

Does anyone know what happened to Sepp Kuss? Did he loose time on purpose to be allowed to go up the road in a future stage (seem unlikely since he has duties to cater to Vingegaard & Roglic)?

[@martinjarc1994]

I think he crashed out on the grass somewhere near the end.

[@AlexRochette]

Ah. What a shame.Hopefully he’s not hurt and can fly up the upcoming inclines.

[@martinjarc1994]

Not sure. One guy fell over and hurt himself and one went just for some off roading. Not sure which one was kuss to be honest. Hope he is fine

[@Tjoek-ch9vn]

And the Tour is finished after stage 6..... Pogi is just so bizarre good. Literally nobody can defeat him.

[@berndderbratan]

You should've absolutely shown that Tom Pidcock interview

[@JacobafJelling]

Please never remove these videos. They’ll all form a bit of an archive. And if you manage to keep the videos coming from an array of different race’s, then I reckon you’ll be laughing 👌 cheers

[@charlesstewartroper8875]

So much more wisdom than the Eurosport coms yelling "Van Artt teaching us a whole new way to race..." um, no, he just messed up his tactics

[@nathantang9964]

The other teams have to make UAE do something. Pogacar keeps getting to wheel surf and he basically doesn’t even need a team because tactically he doesn’t need to do anything. When the time comes and he’s fresh, of course he will winn

[@patpat8727]

Do they? Most of them would rather hurt rivals even if it helps Pogacar. And Jumbo hasn't made many friends in the peloton.

[@willross5108]

Quintana lurks, holds some cards.

[@niDARjeeling]

Jumbo Visma is a team that'll come back to the top again.

[@SubuShrestha]

Great breakdown and analysis of each stage. But pls use a better mic... pls!!

[@xuxumatu]

I think yesterday was not a disaster for Jumbo Visma, today it was.

[@bradenreitz2763]

pogs my idol

[@humbertocastellanos6417]

Perfect mindset by Pogaçar

[@danielmason313]

Probably Pog but it would be cool to see geraint roglic and Jonas be up there it would be if van der pole had the legs but who knows

[@thriftest]

Now is time to catch some zzzs, the tour's over🤣

[@AlexBG-dt1sr]

What a beautiful tour can t wait to see who will win:/

[@mmmbetter55]

Jumbo, Ineos, EF need better tactics if they want to beat Pog. He's doing it on his own. His to lose if no-one can match him ¯\_(ツ)_/¯