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Tour de France 2024 Stage 2 (www.procyclingstats.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Second stage of the tour, two hard climbs for the sprinters in the last 30km.

I expect another stage like yesterday's, but with more puncheur riders than climbers. DSM will try to keep Bardet's jersey.

If he is in good shape maybe Van Aert could win, also Pedersen. Too hard for Van Der Poel. And we always have Pogacar.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What a exciting resolution of the stage. Both, for the stage and for the GC.

But it was just a 2km climb, so no conclusions can be drawn from here, except for the ambition of the riders. Next step the very long climb of the Galibier, I wonder if it will be hard enough.

Tomorrow a flat stage, I want to see an sprint, but I dislike how the peloton allows 3-4 low profile riders to go without competition .

[–] julietOscarEcho 2 points 5 months ago

I wasn't feeling this one. Pretty much to script although surprising Jonas had top tier snap. Deserved break winner, but foregone conclusion once he went solo. Maybe I was delusional but I was hoping for more interest from classics guys from the peloton.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Great to see the breakaway paying off. The heat and climbing having a big impact today. Really enjoyed the stage highlights and kudos to Bardet for hanging in there.. Vingegaard honestly seemed up for it today so we live in hope. Crucially he still had domestiques today which was a feature last year for Pogi IIRC