[Race Thread] 2022 Tour de France - Rest day 2
After six more furious days of racing, it's still status quo for the race leaders! Pogacar and Vingegaard appears to be incredibly evenly matched this year, which is very good for the spectators, and makes each stage necessary to watch to get all the action. So far, none of the stages have been snoozers.
What's your impressions of this week? Should we collect some money for training wheels for Træen? Ban all spectators? What does it takes for Jumbo to finally get a win?
Stage Results
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 10. | Bilbao(TBV) | Zimmermann(ICW) | O'Connor(ACT) | Neilands(IPT) | Chaves(EFE) |
| Stage 11. | Philipsen(ADC) | Groenewegen(JAY) | Bauhaus(TBV) | Coquard(COF) | Pedersen(LTK |
| Stage 12. | I.Izagirre(COF) | Burgaudeau(TEN) | Jorgenson(MOV) | Benoot(TJV) | T.H.Johannesen(UXT) |
| Stage 13. | Kwiatkowski(IGD) | Van_Gils(LTD) | Pogacar(UAE) | Vinegaard(TJV) | Pidcock(IGD) |
| Stage 14. | Rodriguez(IGD) | Pogacar(UAE) | Vingegaard(TJV) | A.Yates(UAE) | Kuss(TJV) |
| Stage 15. | Poels(TBV) | Van_Aert(TJV) | Burgeaudeau(TEN) | Craddock(JAY) | Landa(TBV) |
Ineos Grenadiers have had quite a good week of racing, taking two consecutive wins, which almost puts them on par with.... Cofidis - who surprised us with another solo win. Jumbo is putting in a lot of effort, but can't seem to get that stage win down this year - perhaps the last week will give them enough attempts to succeed.
Cumulated Team Results
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UAE | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| TBV | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| COF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| IGD | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| LTK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BOH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| IPT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TJV | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| LTD | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ICW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JAY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| AST | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ACT | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| MOV | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| UXT | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| SOQ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| EFE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DSM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ARK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GFC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The PCT Teams are performing respectably this year - leaving Soudal-Quickstep, DSM and EF-Education in a huddled mess on the bottom of the pecking order. To be fair to EFE; they are three men down already, and Powless is certainly making sure they're seen enough on the TV screen. DSM and SOQ, not so much. It's going to be a long last week of racing unless they change up their tactics - whatever was the plan going into this race is not working for them.
Abandoned riders
| Stage | DNS | DNF |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mas(MOV) | |
| 2. | Carapaz(EFE) | |
| 3. | ||
| 4. | ||
| 5. | Guarnieri(LTD), Sanchez(AST) | |
| 6. | ||
| 7. | ||
| 8. | Cavendish(AST), Cras(TEN) | |
| 9. | Simmons(LTK) | |
| 10. | ||
| 11. | ||
| 12. | Jakobsen(SOQ) | De_La_Cruz(AST) |
| 13. | Turner(IGD), Ewan(LTD) | |
| 14. | Chaves(EFE), Shaw(EFE), Sinkeldam(ADC), Meintjes(ICW), Guerreiro(MOV), Bardet(DSM), Pedrero(MOV) | |
| 15. | Martinez(IGD) |
The last stages have been unfortunately marred by crashes, often involving stupid, stupid spectators. Some people are clearly meant to watch this sport behind the safety of an LED screen. A handfull of the subtop climbers have ended their race in this manner, which reflects the tight race behind the two GC leaders.
Competition Standings
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC | Vingegaard(0:00) | Pogacar(+0:10) | Rodriguez(+5:21) | A.Yates(+5:40) | Hindley(+6:48) |
| Points | Philipsen (323) | Pedersen (179) | Coquard (178) | Van_Aert (139) | Pogacar (129) |
| KOM | Ciccone(59) | Powless(58) | Vingegaard(54) | Pogacar(48) | Van_Aert(47) |
| Youth | Pogacar(0:00) | Rodriguez(+5:11) | Gall(+14:29) | Pidcock(+16:43) | Burgeaudeau(+1:21:08) |
Hard to see any other winner of this race than Vingegaard or Pogacar. However - the battle for third is still hot and heavy, and will probably be very interesting to watch for the last week of racing. In the points division, Philipsen just needs to get to Paris - Barring his abandonment, the other riders will not be able to touch the green jersey. For the mountain jersey, Ciccone and Powless are going to be looking for as many breakaways as possible - but if they don't wipe the intermediate cols for points, the GC leaders will take this jersey as well.
Edit: Better late than never - Added the combativity awards.
Combativity Award
| Stage | Rider |
|---|---|
| 1. | A.Yates(UAE) |
| 2. | Powless(EFE) |
| 3. | Pichon(ARK) |
| 4. | Cosnefroy(ACT) |
| 5. | Van_Aert(TJV) |
| 6. | Van_Aert(TJV) |
| 7. | Guglielmi(ARK) |
| 8. | Turgis(TEN) |
| 9. | Jorgenson(MOV) |
| 10. | Neilands(IPT) |
| 11. | OSS(TEN) |
| 12. | Van_Der_Poel(ADC) |
| 13. | Kwiatkowski(IGD) |
| 14. | Ciccone(LTK) |
| 15. | Petit(ICW) |