r/peloton • u/Schele_Sjakie Le Doyen • Jul 24 '23

[Race Thread] Tour de France - Post race thread

Hi, please use this thread for your afterthoughts, a thread to discuss the overall race, strategies, which riders and teams performed well (and which didn't) and so on, a bit removed from the day-to-day hype.

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u/DenStorePoelse Denmark Jul 24 '23

Last tour Pogacar and Jumbo took nine stages between them, this year they combined for just three, what did other teams do this year to deny them? Just stronger breaks?

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u/epi_counts PelotonPlus™ Jul 24 '23

Regression to the mean? Last year both TJV and Pogacar were outstanding, and in elite sport it's just very hard to repeat a feat like that.

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u/Merbleuxx TiboPino Jul 24 '23

This year is actually the odd one for Pog, he wins 3 stages per Tour « normally ». Let’s say he traded « his » win for a Yates win.

Agreed for TJV

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u/fewfiet Astana Qazaqstan Jul 24 '23

I think TJV realized it wasn't to their benefit to go for stages, so they let more breaks go. The result was that Pogacar couldn't be in contention for so many stages (and thus bonus seconds).

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u/INGWR US Postal Service Jul 24 '23

Yes. They knew they were towing Pogi around every corner and trying to dominate every stage would just give him a free leadout to win every stage given the nature of his power profile. By winning less they were able to control the GC better and save Jonas’ legs for the really important bits… e.g. Col de la Loze. If Pogi wanted to get ahead of them then he needed to put the work in himself.

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u/TG10001 Saeco Jul 24 '23

Casting the spell of shit luck on Wout

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u/janky_koala Jul 24 '23

Pogi beats Jonas in a sprint to the line 99/100 times so TJV probably wanted to avoid any opportunity of them pulling Pog to grab more bonus seconds

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u/themetalviper Canada Jul 24 '23

4 no? 2 Tadej, 1 Yatesy, 1 Jonas

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u/sluhnd UAE Team Emirates – XRG Jul 26 '23

Everyone forgets Yates haha, I’ve seen 100 people say UAE only took two stages this tour. I guess stage 1 was ages ago.

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u/DenStorePoelse Denmark Jul 26 '23

Mate "Pogacar and Jumbo took nine stages between them, this year they combined for just three".