Tour de France 2021 Stage 11 Highlights | Cracks Start To Show & A Surprise Winner On Mont Ventoux

[@anklexpress]

That makes me really happy. I have really wanted Wout to win a stage here as it seems that he gets overshadowed by MVDP, which I dont think is totally fair because MVDP has a team built around him and Wout does not. This is even cooler that he did it on a stage like this. Congrats man. This was super well deserved

[@christopherfranklin972]

Spot on!

[@miropribanic5581]

I am sure he aims at a top 10 finish in the GC....he's made a huge jump today. The gaps are huge, but who knows, with all these crashes?

[@l.k.3253]

@@miropribanic5581 I doubt that he cares about GC. He rather wants to win some more stages I guess

[@peterslegers6121]

Mathieu started at his best, with a bit too much pressure on the first stage, but then he relaxed and did well. Wout was not in his best shape, due to the surgery, but he's getting there! He might even take another stage win. I hope both will be best at the Olympics.

[@caglaralaca]

@@miropribanic5581 Naaah... Olympics on the corner... I don't think he will finish at all (which imo would be a correct decision too) Mount Fiji waiting to be conquered...

[@ctafrance]

My compliments on your British commentator's pronunciation of the names of French towns. Not many Brits do it that well. Much appreciated little bonus in your otherwise also excellent coverage.

[@mikeyboy452]

Yeah, but the name of Jonas Vingego seems to be too difficult! 😉 😂

[@Mizernyi]

Surprise winner? Wout van Aert is a legendary rider, one of a kind

[@frankhutton6747]

That Wout kid is fucking ridiculous. Heart beatsCavendish in a sprint one day and wins a huge mountain stage the next

[@geuros]

Van Aert is unbelievable. He made me a fan of him today, what a ridiculously great performance. He was like a motorbike today.

[@Thomas-mc5gq]

Van Aert and MVDP are such great additions to this sport. doesn't matter which race they ride, they make it so much more fun and exciting to watch. Van Aert being a better allrounder, i wonder if he could be a frontman and go for the endstage.

[@IamAeroDynamic]

WVA the most well rounded rider in the world right now

[@ig2d]

Soren Kragh Anderson, by my reckoning, made the cutoff by 3 secs today

[@IncorrigibleBigotry]

4 seconds... no panic...

[@nielskjr5432]

Wow, close call.

[@lloydhlavac6807]

This Tour was a disaster from the start for Tony Martin.

[@RB-xv4si]

He is always crashing. Same with Geraint Thomas. Some riders are just extremely prone to crashing and some almost never crash. Don’t know why. Concentration issues maybe.

[@gillmonsta]

@@RB-xv4si yess

[@kakarot2430]

@@RB-xv4si He crashed a lot in the past, and he is TT specialist... he used to ride alone

[@andrewlabat9963]

Yea, he's always a good dude. Hated to see that happen..

[@malinwa4ever315]

Can't drive a wheel It's always the same guys falling don't ya think

[@dkvikingkd233]

Pogacar showing weakness, well perhaps, but you could also say that Vingegaard showed immense strength;-)

[@markopodganjek845]

It was special juice today for JV breakfast.

[@martin6052y]

HahahahahahahahHha

[@martin6052y]

@@markopodganjek845 pogacarju hautman govoru po zvocniku naj se ustavi

[@РуменДоспатлиев]

Pogacar admits that he hates the heat and when you have more than 5 minutes of a lead you could take it easier and conserve energy, don't you think? lol

[@dkvikingkd233]

​@counselthyself True, I mean nobody would deny that Pogacar is a superstar, but I might suggest that Vingegaard has the potential to become one as well.

[@РуменДоспатлиев]

If you look closely at Pogacar's body language during the attack of Vingegaard you don't see Pogacar's pain face when he is really trying. You saw that face on Col de la Loze last year when he was battling Roglic. Watch that stage and you will see the difference. Pogacar was not trying his best here.

[@kilian_brk]

He was trying to fool people. No need to follow him, maybe he knew he was shitty downhill

[@geuros]

@@kilian_brk yes, also Uran and Carapaz had to catch Vingegaard so it was easier for him to go in the group with them and save some energy instead of risking and helping Vingegaard make some gap on the other two.

[@umutaymakoglu4418]

He did not look cracked at all. He is smart and playing it safe. Vingegaard looked fresher.

[@robinseeberg3715]

Pogacar said after, that he just couldn’t follow Vingegaard there. Also, if he could, why wouldn’t he??

[@geuros]

@@robinseeberg3715 explained above

[@CT-vl3iu]

....Pogacar is a true fighter....I thought he would lose lot of time...but managed his ride so brilliantly at the end...thanks EUROSPORT brilliant coverage!!

[@crnkspinnr5863]

Sad to lose Tony Martin this year. Fight ON

[@HoshinoMirai]

Third crash for Tony Martin already. Very sad indeed

[@zoso73]

The fu$%ing lady with the sign directly affected the General Classification. By taking out Tony Martin, she caused a domino effect that Jumbo Visma never recovered from. In fact, things only worsened.

[@brianmessemer2973]

Poor Tony finally succumbing to the curse of Allez Opi Omi 😡

[@vinm300]

@@brianmessemer2973 "The curse of allez opi omi" would make a good quiz question.

[@JwGacey1]

Just got in from work, sorry Tony Martin’s dead!?

[@devidia]

Just imagine how awesome it would be to win a mountain stage, a bunch sprint and a TT in 1 Tour. Just imagine...

[@geuros]

Yeah... He was like 50cms and 30s respectively short of achieving that. I think that would effectively make him Cannibal 2.0. However, Pogačar is also surprisingly good sprinter + he's GC contender, so there are more adepts for that. MVDP is crazy too.

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

0:48 rip it up rainbow jersey style

[@HSammyE]

From the description: "would sprinters like Wout Van Aert and Mark Cavendish make the time cut on this brutal stage?" LOL

[@jodim739]

Van aert : "am i a joke to you GCN Racing?"

[@bobicabayo]

Hold my bike computer

[@anggerocx]

What WVA role in this year tdf?? Hha

[@dosserkelly]

How does a 78kg rouleur drop a bunch of pure climbers that are 15 to 20kg lighter on a mountain stage? I mean come on... and no one even questions it? Even in the days pantani that wasn't possible.

[@samiyebolukbas326]

@@dosserkelly come oon.

[@Mr.Morten]

I feel so bad for Tony Martin, he has been in so many crashes during his career

[@imajeepster]

poor guy! I felt bad for him.

[@thecellulontriptometer4166]

Really hard to call coming in 4th showing weakness. The yellow doesn’t have to match every break away. It’s strategic. I get it though. Everyone is trying to add excitement here whether it is warranted or not.

[@patrickbischof5803]

I think it's just that he had to like work in this stage

[@thecellulontriptometer4166]

@@jrn913 Exactly.

[@telmolicious]

Then why would he lie about it and give his opponents confidence? Unless u subscribe to the whole, "don't want to appear sus" idea.

[@thecellulontriptometer4166]

@@telmolicious You do realize that at this point he not only won two stages riding away from these guys at the tops of the two Pyrenees' mountaintop finishes, but he won the tour by 5:20. Whatever he did, it worked and he was the best rider in the TDF this year. Going a week back and saying, "but there was that 40 seconds in stage 11" is ignoring the reality of what followed.

[@beauwolf5729]

Well done Wout, well done!

[@carlosa.sanchez896]

My Hispanic wife calls him "Wow Wow" which is how they describe a dog barking in Spanish, LOL!

[@_PATRlCK]

Mvdp was incredible in the first week!.. But the strongest driver for me is aert 😍

[@telmolicious]

Haven't seen em drive so that's a tough call 🤷

[@ianfurqueron5850]

"would sprinters like Wout Van Aert and Mark Cavendish make the time cut on this brutal stage?" Um... ??? Assuming Cavendish made the time cut?

[@ig2d]

Cav finished comfortably 7 mins within the cutoff

[@TheCyclingCardio]

Van aert is not a pure sprinter, he is a puncheur

[@markopodganjek845]

@@TheCyclingCardio Every sprinter is also a puncher. Only depends how long can be punch. More kilos sprinter has shorter can be punch.

[@Justnothankyou132]

@@markopodganjek845 Smooth brain logic 👍

[@linesided]

Wout is not a "puncheur" - he is a new class of rider yet to be named. Can sprint, can climb and pretty not too bad at all on TT. I'm a sprinter, but like all pure sprinters get dropped pretty fast on the long climbs.

[@philou12345]

Not much of a crack tbh... And what a performance by Wout!

[@РуменДоспатлиев]

The so called crack happened because Pogacar was melting in the heat. He admits that he hates the hot weather while Vingegaard seems to thrive in it.

[@helmiwijaya7]

@@РуменДоспатлиев yes, the word 'crack' is loved by commentators to a potential drama, and yes, vingegard is an amazing young rider!

[@ForeverDayGreen]

Isn't a crack, that is just starting to show by definition not much of a crack yet?

[@philou12345]

@@ForeverDayGreen Fair enough!

[@Calabria23]

Very smart driving by Tadej Pogačar I don't know why it seems to me that he didn't go full speed up the hill,everyone accuses him of taking banned stimulants.Tour the France is Slovenian

[@soulripper31]

Yes, it's quite clear that he dropped on purpose.

[@butwhowasmoto2739]

@@soulripper31 yeah, to conserve energy. Why waste effort chasing down a 30 second gap if you know you'll catch him anyway on the descent?

[@soulripper31]

@@butwhowasmoto2739 He dropped on purpose because of all the insinuations against him recently. Froome did so as well in the past. I predicted this would happen. He will be unbeatable again on the other mountain stages or maybe fake one more weak day.

[@morgenthaler]

Kudos for the pronunciation of Jonas Vingegaard’s name 👌🇩🇰

[@asnaeb-er3wz]

5 mins to the closest rival... Unreal. almost unbelievable.

[@liniik8584]

... Doping?

[@dedurocortorum365]

It was a very interesting stage to follow, moves and attacks everytime

[@donk115]

Is vA the closest we'll get to a present day Merckx?

[@ig2d]

If Cav wins another stage he will equal the great..... ... Sean Kelly (d'ya see what I did there 🙂) (Cav has 159 professional victories - Sean Kelly has 160)

[@usercp19666]

he will equal merckx ind TDF stage wins

[@renzohorner2542]

@@usercp19666 duh

[@JTMarlin8]

Yes, but will he ever equal the great GENE Kelly?

[@davidmam]

@@JTMarlin8 Cav was a competitive ballroom dancer so quite possibly

[@TheLemon333]

@@JTMarlin8 If it rains and he starts singin'...

[@rudyboiteope1633]

That don't really looked like cracking to me. It's more of a wise decision to let vingergaard go solo on the descent and wait for uran since he's more closer in gc. Look at the ending vingeegaard exerted more effort on that stage only to end up finishing at the same time

[@РуменДоспатлиев]

Just like the stage when Carapaz attacked and gained absolutely nothing. Pogacar admits that he hates the hot weather and usually is not that strong in such conditions. The fact that they couldn't put seconds on him at the end of this stage means that he has a lot more in the tank to spare.

[@jonathaneffemey4892]

Thanks for posting.

[@jslonisch]

You know you’re in a parallel universe where the yellow jersey moves from 3 mins to 5 mins clear of his nearest rival yet is accused of “cracking”.

[@Stormyboygod]

What do you mean what they said wasn’t wrong. Pogacar did started to crack near the top on the 2nd passage because he was on the wheel Vingegaard but was dropped proof was the fact Vingegaard finished 40 before Pogacar did at the top of the climb, and just because he caught back up on the descent doesn’t mean he didn’t crack. Also his lead in the GC was increased because Ben O’Conner who was 2nd entering the day also cracked on the 2nd passage thus losing time and allowing Uran to move up into 2nd 5 minutes behind. Just because I gain time In the GC doesn’t mean I cracked at one point.

[@omardgardiner2225]

I think he notice it was a waste of energy and pull back.

[@hayabusa27]

2 more for Cav! can't believe were witnessing history rewritten this year 😅

[@Witty..UserName]

not rewritten. Merx will still have his wins. history will be added upon, it will be continued, it can be written.

[@_shreyash_anand]

There is still something to be said about Mercx's breadths of victories. He's won all kinds of stages. Cav's amazing, sure. But something has to be said of Mercx's all round ability

[@Alan-xxxxxx]

@@_shreyash_anand that something to say is Drugs and cheating. Caught and banned three times

[@hayabusa27]

@@Alan-xxxxxx "Winningest Rider" sounds epic. I'm proud because Cav is from my generation

[@snatc530]

@@Alan-xxxxxx they used a lot of drugs in that generation so?

[@tungstenkid2271]

Dunno bout anybody else but personally I was hoping Froome (currently 155th) would go for a spectacular Ventoux stage win to prove to himself that he's recovered since that wall jumped out at him..Oh well, there are more mountain stages left for him to try for it, and hopefully we'll see the headline "FROOME IS BACK!!"..:)

[@kenoliver8913]

Love it to be true, but not at all likely this year. Next year maybe - inspired by Cav.

[@tungstenkid2271]

@@kenoliver8913 It's been 2 years since Froome's accident, how long does it take for broken bones to heal? Greg Lemond and Cav made comebacks after being shot in the back and serious illness respectively, so lets hope Chris comes back too and that the old fire hasn't gone.

[@samvilla6290]

I don’t think that was weakness from Pogacar. I think it was strategy

[@charliedillon1400]

Maintains five minute lead; no panicky wasted efforts. Smart.

[@mikedamat]

I mean he beat Vingegaard and extended his lead against second place by minutes, seems like the strategy worked out very well for Pogacar. Don't know why the commentator is talking about "weakness" 🙄

[@geuros]

@@mikedamat it might seem and Pogačar said he couldn't go but that might be part of the strategy. It makes sense to let him go for about 30" and catching him in the group of three in the downhill especially given Uran and Carapaz were in greater danger than himself.

[@telmolicious]

Then why would he lie about it and give his opponents confidence? Unless u subscribe to the whole, "don't want to appear sus" idea.

[@syg3933]

why does the car blocking the riders in back just asking im new on watching tour de france

[@angoAndrea]

Great show today, great performance by WVA...still, make no sense not having a climb finish!

[@zarrow50]

Is a different way up Ventoux HC as opposed to 1 ?

[@BrianSWG]

says Pogacar might be showing a sign of weakness, yet extends his lead by a couple min 🤔

[@riquelmeone]

I thought the same. He was neither cracking nor showed signs of weakness. Sure, one of the guys who is more than 5 minutes behind him distanced Pogacar for a kilometer or so just to be brought back downhill. The other contenders should come up with something more fruitful on a mountain finish.

[@LednacekZ]

he kept on spouting about cracks. what was the crack? he finished first among the top10 in general classification. If he shows these 'cracks' 10 more times he will finish with a 5+ minutes in Paris. Is the commentator drunk or is he reading the wrong script?

[@nicanorjrdelacruz6205]

agree

[@Dankerkuif]

Another pogacar stan

[@rudyboiteope1633]

Yeah even on the live coverage it was all about cracks. I just think it was more of a moral victory for the other riders. Vingergaard had to do more on this stage and descended solo while pog chose to wait for uran since he's closer in gc and look they all arrived at the same time with the guy who's supposedly cracked 😂

[@ernestkrajnc6412]

It was told to him "you don't have to chase him" from the radio, as I've heard here in Slovenia... Maybe, maybe not, who knows?!?

[@andrewlabat9963]

Not cracking.. He knew who to watch and knew they'd catch Vingegaard on the way down with three of them.. being smart..

[@bewimotos]

ineos working for pogacar

[@andrewlabat9963]

@@bewimotos Ineos working to a podium spot I'm more incline to think..

[@markopodganjek845]

@@bewimotos And Pogacar return them favor and waited for Carapaz to cut his lose against Vindergard. Why because inneos all day leading the peleton and working instead of.... UAE

[@aaronswallers4779]

if you watch up the climb, pogacar was weaving so ol Vin couldnt see him.. messing with him. never got out of the saddle either. he knew where he was and needed to do. almost a rest day for him

[@nomdaploom]

In the off-season this commentator, Rob Hatch, could get a job writing headlines for The Sun newspaper, such is his insight and overuse of hyperbole.

[@christopherfranklin972]

And his grotesque French pronunciation.

[@nomdaploom]

@@christopherfranklin972 Yes, if you watched the Giro earlier this year his Italian pronunciation was equally grotesque and over-emphasised. I'm hoping he doesn't speak Spanish and will not be commentating at La Vuelta!

[@robbchastain3036]

Not sure I saw any weakness from Tadej. More like no hurry, no worry.

[@markmooney4737]

A little weakness?? ¿??? Most consistant rider in tour. Pogacar a class act😉👍

[@gavgams]

Sorry to see Ben O'Connor crack. Really hope it was just a bad day and can regroup. Go Ben

[@junjiezhang2283]

his is a all rounder can sprint and climb time trial and classic

[@markopodganjek845]

He is all around doping.

[@renzohorner2542]

@@markopodganjek845 Little man

[@MikalBridges4MVP]

@@markopodganjek845 thats called crossers legs

[@markbatros2281]

No-one talking about Mt Consistency ---- Rigo Rigo Rigo Rigo !!!

[@ivanstrle346]

Will team Jumbo Visma get to Paris? What are they doing this year?

[@potsdam521]

Just counting how many Pogacars narrator says before losing breath 😂

[@DriverSeat2]

How can we watch the tour in Canada?

[@gillianmaloney1555]

Get a subscription to FloSports. They have the Canadian rights to most of the major races.

[@PaulRiezebos]

Never let a dane wear your lucky white jersey. 😜

[@ralr]

He's Norwegian

[@adamkenstam4412]

@@ralr He’s danish…

[@ralr]

@@juuu7801 it was a joke Juuu...

[@lalaato916]

Pogacar... dope man! ;)

[@maltebrage2760]

Hey, its me again :D

[@Riyanable]

I saw Tony Martin crash in so many occasions,he is time trial champions couple times but his awareness is bad

[@dgasmd1]

11 stages and not once in ANY broadcast so far the name Froome being mentioned even ONCE!!!

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

He is mentioned on Danish tv every day

[@dgasmd1]

@@LarsRyeJeppesen I guess I should have specified any Spanish or English speaking broadcast in KZbin!

[@acut99]

Im new to road bike, only know peter sagan since he's always on my youtube feed. He never mentioned in this TDF, whats wrong with him?

[@anggerocx]

Pogacar not crack, he still finish with vingengaard in same group

[@TheLemon333]

Sensational clickbait warning. He did not crack Pogacar. Pogacar is too wise to attack for exhibition reasons.

[@kenoliver8913]

He was attacked, not the attacker. And he cracked. Makes no difference to the race now though.

[@vernefits1953]

What a victory

[@mikeyboy452]

The man's name is "Vingegaard". I don't know why he's called "Vingego". How can you make an "o" out of two "a"???

[@toxoid123]

because it's Danish

[@Karollenart]

can Jumbo Visma stop crashing? wtf

[@helmiwijaya7]

in my place, people call it witchcraft

[@dejandoles2683]

Why? They are good in this segment...

[@OUTDOORS55]

I highly doubt any weakness was show by TP. He has a 5 minute lead. Zero reason to chase when you don't have too.

[@BennoSattler]

Somebody explain to me why this commentator is so set on saying No1 has "cracked" or "shown cracks" when he is leading now by over 5 min? Maybe he was just conserving energy because this is a, uhm, multi stage race?

[@kenoliver8913]

Look at the replay on the second climb. He definitely cracked. Slowing suddenly to a crawl, rocking in the saddle, face grimaced, etc. But it was not too far from the top and Pogacar is a great descender, so it was not a big problem for him. It just showed he's human.

[@John-ho4tv]

Pogacar is a fantastic and very intelligent rider. Did he really crack up Ventoux or did he allow you to think he cracked? Excellent strategist to say the least. he caught them and beat them in the end.

[@kenoliver8913]

Look closely at the replay. If he didn't crack then he is a great actor as well as a great rider.

[@Wutse]

Suprise winner? really GCN Racing? when you follow Van Aert you know he can explode on stages like this

[@Wutse]

@dolita windo nah he took another shot XD

[@bam0505]

How is Pogacar showing weakness letting someone get a gap going too hard (on a climb) then closing it? I think he could win any mountain stage he wants to at this point. Weighs sub 70kg (probably sub 65kg) and wins a “flat” TT… probably has the best wkg numbers ever

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

Vingegaard is 58kg and was 3rd on the time trial

[@bam0505]

@@LarsRyeJeppesen very good point 👍. May have higher wkg

[@jonathan_careless]

Feels strange that Ventoux should be climbed TWICE. More dramatic when the top is the ending the first time.

[@henriksrensen3220]

Pogacar missed his epo this morning

[@Football_edits2904]

Vingegaard er et bæst

[@haidirwasli3692]

Pogacar just try to make TDF more interesting.

[@zeldon3684]

Showing signs of cracking - didnt lose time tho. 😂

[@kaspernon]

The second where the yellow jersey can't follow anymore... Nope, no reason to show that in a highlight video.

[@charliedillon1400]

3:17 whitest handshake ever

[@nevs22]

well Jonas showed here what was yet to come one year later..

[@allahlesboslu2_9]

Alaphillipe goes full throttle

[@comik-x-familia]

WVA is the BOSS

[@linesided]

Where's all the inane comments about Pogacar doping today? Trolls gone home?

[@donoldduckben]

New to this but I thoguht ineos is supposed to be a pretty good team but they're nowhere to be seen ?

[@lancevjenn]

They used to be a very good team. Last year they started to slip up.

[@planesandbikes7353]

Ineos burned all their matches winning everything prior to the Tour 21 lol. But in 10 years all anyone will remember about 2021 is Pogacar, Cavendish and Van Aert

[@frodo5882]

Did you even watch it? INEOS had I think three guys left when Pogacar was separated. Kwiatkowski did increadible work and went all out.

[@thisishowthetruthdies684]

" A surprise winner on Mont Ventoux" except the finish was in Malaucène which is in a valley.

[@dadul7604]

Hey man just go for it, you re not in GC why should i bother anyway.

[@yingkit18]

WVA!

[@martin6052y]

Jeeez...pogacar still lead for now hahahahaha when he lose his wheel for 15 sec

[@markopodganjek845]

It hurt, it sooooo huuuuurt. every lose of Pogacar is big news now, :-) it is spark of hope.

[@vernefits1953]

Nairo a beast

[@carlosa.sanchez896]

When you consider Pogacar only won in the final TT last year, and is already 5+ minutes on his nearest rivals, with the race only 1/2 over, it's a good omen. That said, all it takes is one crash or horrible day to erase a big lead, but I think that's unlikely with Tadej. People like Porte and Martin are far more accident prone and have a history of being snake bit. That kid who gave Pogacar a good challenge today was a flash in the pan, besides, he'd croak in the TT if it ever got close. It's embarrassing how weak the UAE squad is, they can't escort, protect or launch Pogacar! He's gotta do it on his own and I wonder how long before he leaves for another team that deserves him?

[@_shreyash_anand]

I think he did win another conventional stage last year other than the TT. But you're right. If he ends up winning it, which I think he will by about 7 minutes, it will be his own win. The team don't deserve any real credit for it

[@kenoliver8913]

More to the point, Pogacar has a very good team who will protect him well, keeping him tucked in near the front of the peloton. And with such a big lead you can bet he will not take chances descending either. So the chances of him crashing out are low.

[@krunkas3]

First sign of cracking 🤦 all that cracking and nothing to show for it lol

[@jamesb.2064]

Lol. Tade was never in trouble. Wtf? Why waste energy with someone 5plus minutes behind? Tade’s style is to stay within his energy and slowly reel people in…which is what he did. Unless he has a crash or mechanical, there is no one left to defeat him. Too bad, makes for a boring race. This race is now for racers that want the top 10 behind him. 😕

[@henriettelooten8580]

A sprinter beats climber on mont ventoux

[@renzohorner2542]

WVA is not a sprinter!!

[@dclark142002]

'W'Ineos made the effort today to really winnow down the contenders. Carapaz, Uran, Pogacar the podium in Paris...I bet. Not sure there really is a way to dislodge Pogacar at this point...barring crash or incredibly poorly timed mechanical or wind induced break. Ineos really missing full strength Thomas / Porte / Hart to raise potential GC breakaways.

[@_shreyash_anand]

5 minutes would be a lot to lose in a wind induced break

[@aungthanhein5216]

see first good

[@neilchapman9266]

Watching the tour, coming to the conclusion that most of these riders are not needed. I like the leaders on the day but a waste of tv time watching the peleton

[@markopodganjek845]

So today after this Van Aert "Miracle" win on heaviest maintain climb, it won't be any question about doping after this 20kg heavier cyclist win over all climbing specialist? And what wats he had? And just few days after he lost 20 minutes after peleton in previous mountain stage!!!! and also stage before. Yeah for sure it is miracle recuperation and real performance from heaven. But yeah, we understand sure everything is in best order and clean and pure, it is only important that surname has "Van" in the middle.

[@bewimotos]

everybody is in the juice

[@1957PLATO]

You seem to forget all the work he did in the mountains for Roglic in the TDF 2020. He lost a lot of time in previous mountain stages but there has been a rest day in between and yesterday he said he was getting stronger. It is not abnormal that riders get better (or maybe less bad ) than others in grand tours. He did not have ideal preparations for the tour due to surgery. And as for the weight issue, Indurain, Merckx and Riis were not exactly lightweights either. On a good day a more powerful driver can beat a specialist mountain goat, but over several weeks the specialists will end higher in the CG. So, unless you have proof of doping you might keep your suspicions to yourself.

[@Gizmox79]

You have to think… he just had appendectomy a little over a month ago … his fitness is only gonna get better as this race goes on, I mean did you watch last years race any or is your memory that short Wout was destroying everyone up those long climbing stretches and that was just him setting a pace for Primoz … wout and MVDP were made for that kind of terrain that’s cyclocross … he will crack in the Pyrenees when it is actually steep …

[@1957PLATO]

@@spaketticarbonada9651 all the more reason for him to not speak of things he does not know about.lol.

[@markopodganjek845]

@@spaketticarbonada9651 actually I started watching after Roglic victories. Im not jellos on anything, but just expect same standards

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[@wolfbird3217]

What a lousy, sensationalistic commenting. Don't stoop that low!

[@hungryhandz1067]

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[@tojoqueiroz2717]

Pogačar is done now! He better be ready! All kinda of attack coming down right to him in every remaining stage!

[@alesnovak2906]

far from done :)

[@tojoqueiroz2717]

@@alesnovak2906 yeah! I’m really not pretended to assume that! But now he will suffer much than before! A bunch of guys coming right after him attacking so much! But he’s smart! I would say TDF is FAR from over!

[@peehi2]

Good. Will make things interesting, but I'm sure he already won this TDF.

[@tojoqueiroz2717]

@@peehi2 we’ll be here to see! 😅

[@markopodganjek845]

Tojo, Pogacar waited Carapaz to drag him to finish. It just wasn't right that Inneos would loose possibilities for first 3 in GC after they work for UAE entire day in front

[@peterkalsenpetersen5361]

wout van aert, he should definately have waited for vingegaard. Vingegaard can win the tour de france!!!!! that silly jumbo visma team, what a disgrace. Come on Denmark!!!!

[@markopodganjek845]

lol. this is most funny comment here :-)

[@bullrun1893]

And throw away the victory? That would have been stupid. Vingegaard sure is strong and can make it to the podium, but over 5 minutes difference to Pogacar. If nothing unexpected happens the winner of the TDF will be Pogacar.

[@1957PLATO]

And throw away chances of a stage win ? Vinegaard needs to work on his descent skills. Could not close the gap on Mollema and was caught by Pogacar, Carapaz and Uran.

[@dejandoles2683]

If wva would wait for vingegaard they would crash together as this is speciality of dumbo visma.

[@renzohorner2542]

That would have been the stupidest thing ever seen in cycling history

[@oscarlindvall1053]

What a shitty stage, zero GC action, boring winner. Honestly the last guy I ever hoped to win the stage and quite the mockery, they also didn't even bother to try and chase him down. Too much politics just like when the quitter got gifted yellow, wish I did something else with my day well should have known better I guess but when Bauke Mollema is the most offensive rider of the day you know it's shit.

[@spaketticarbonada9651]

The last guy ever. Why? I think it's pretty cool to see after his near career ending crash in the TT a few years back. But I agree.... he was no threat to the GC and lucky that Pogacar can't handle heat. Otherwise I don't think Van Aert would have ever won.

[@frodo5882]

They didn't bother to try and chase him down? Well, you should go and tell that Elissonde, Mollema and Alaphilippe then. They might disagree.

[@oscarlindvall1053]

@@frodo5882 Sure but such a stage belongs to the champions not second tier wheelsuckers like Mollema(god bless him and you should know I cheered for him to take the stage, but let's face it nobody in their right mind would at any point believe he is capable of doing so) or whoever Elissonde is. Stage is simply hyped up and made in such a way that anybody but one of the GC contenders winning is a joke and I really dislike sprinters winning mountain stages, let alone the most hyped one of this years tour

[@oscarlindvall1053]

@@spaketticarbonada9651 I don't like having him and VDP shoved down my throat everytime I watch cycling, I don't find them likeable, I don't like them as riders and I am deadly tired of having the commentators talk about them at every possible(and impossible) time. Also I don't like sprinters winning mountain stages, beforehand the most hyped stage of the tour won without anything happening in GC by arguably the most dislikeable rider left, yuck indeed. Not to mention Ineos training it as usual for zero reason and Quintana dropping at the foot of every mountain while still keeping the mountain jersey.

[@frodo5882]

@@oscarlindvall1053 But you do realize that Mathieu and Wout are the two riders with the most fans (maybe besides Julian)? And if Wout can beat all the GC riders in the high mountains, it is not him to blame but the GC riders. Why didn't Pogacar attack?

[@Amawonadis]

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[@greg4318]

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