![]() ![]() ![]() Tomorrow is for the break but in Saturday’s time test he has the potential to move even higher, if has anything left? Another man of the East, Alexey Lutsenko moved up to ninth, albeit at a yawning 20 minutes and Adam Yates continued with his slide down the standings to 10th overall. And Aleksandr Vlasov had us wondering what he might have achieved if he hadn’t succumbed to Covid just before the Tour, moving up to seventh. A re-born Louis Meintjes moved up one step to sixth place – a huge result for Intermarché Wanty. Quintana, a man who we once felt that it wasn’t ‘if,’ rather than ‘when’ he would win the Tour de France, dropped one place to fifth. Quintana – The invisible man of the 2022 Tour Winners then? Pog, UAE and Vingegaard, who despite being isolated by UAE matched Pog, blow for blow.īut in reality, the Dane demonstrated yesterday that whilst Pog may be able to beat him in a sprint, he was every bit as strong and was riding conservatively whilst today, he ‘went for it.’ Today was Darwinian selection, the strongest prevailing – Vingegaard confirming that he’s the strongest man in the race and grabbed the polka dot jersey, in case there was any doubt about who the best climber in the race was Pogačar confirmed his second position on GC the remarkable Wout Van Aert third on the stage, reinforcing that green outfit he was wearing ‘Old Guard,’ Geraint Thomas fourth on the stage and completing the GC podium.Ī bitter/sweet day for France as Gaudu moved up to fourth whilst Bardet dropped two places to eighth, albeit Gaudu is a distant three minutes from the podium – and this race illustrated better than any words I can write that top 10 is one thing, the podium another and the top step yet another. Men of the day, apart from the Pog & Vingegaard, Dynamic Duo?Īnother Dynamic Duo, UAE men Bjerg & McNulty who maintained that fearsome tempo for Pog over a tough ‘shark’s tooth’ stage profile. And if any one disagreed with what I said the other week that this is a two horse race then today put that to rest as Geraint Thomas dropped two minutes plus. The stage win but no ‘knock out’ blow to Vingegaard from Pog then?Īfter the work his team had done for him and having seen how Hamlet, sorry, Jonas was riding, the Slovenian wanted to come away with a solid result rather than risk it all and come away with second on the stage – which according to Lance is ‘nothing’ – or worse. This stage is perhaps best summed up by the ‘double take’ which Bardet did as McNulty dragged the infernal train past the Frenchman like a non-stop Japanese Bullet express passing a pig iron laden Mid-West steam freight train. RED KITE BIKE SHOP WINDOWSAnd what about those crowds? I miss that madness having to lock the doors in case, ‘Crazies’ hopped aboard the back seats when you got stalled in traffic and keeping the windows shut to avoid getting drowned in water – or beer, if you were lucky. ![]()
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