15-07-2021, 00:30
At last a mountain stage finish with a bit of excitement The usual French breakaway riders came to the fore on Bastille Day, but again as usual they surrendered without too much resistance. In my opinion, Carapaz went too early, allowing Pogacar and Vinegar too much time to recover and show him the way home. Excellent tactical race though and let's have another one tomorrow.
T'Pau start leads to only 129.7km of racing to another mountain top finish at Luz Ardiden, an HC category climb, immediately after another HC climb over Col du Tourmalet. I don't see any big alterations to the GC placings with Pogacar so far ahead in stamina, combativeness and, where necessary, containment. He made sure all his rivals had an equally hard time of it, hopefully nullifying any threat tomorrow.
I see from the local heritage details, the local delicacies include peasant soup (subject to a decent supply of peasants of course) and spit cake - words fail me in any attempt to describe the taste.
T'Pau start leads to only 129.7km of racing to another mountain top finish at Luz Ardiden, an HC category climb, immediately after another HC climb over Col du Tourmalet. I don't see any big alterations to the GC placings with Pogacar so far ahead in stamina, combativeness and, where necessary, containment. He made sure all his rivals had an equally hard time of it, hopefully nullifying any threat tomorrow.
I see from the local heritage details, the local delicacies include peasant soup (subject to a decent supply of peasants of course) and spit cake - words fail me in any attempt to describe the taste.
Cabbage is still good for you