Wednesday 23: 13:35โ13:50 โ 17:10โ17:30
We are going up the Rhone valley, for what is normally a sprinter stage (a short sprinter stage). However the course is not direct, a few hills were added, and tired sprinters like Milan seem to have been struggling a lot even on flat-ish sections during the last few days. So, who knows if a large group cannot get away again? Last chance before 2 days of pure mountain, for sprinters and flat/flat-ish breakaways specialists.
Off topic but I have a general question- why has Visma not been able to do anything to UAE? Is Tadej and his team that much better? Was Visma's plan with Vingo just not good enough?
Trying to understand more fully why Tadej seems to be running away with it. Anytime Jonas has like any semblance of an opening Tadej sticks to his wheel and then sprints past him for the finish anyhow. Not like I've seen in past tours.
I found neither Visma nor UAE teams very strong on this Tour; and lieutenants are out of shape (Jorgenson, Kuss) or simply out (Almeida), therefore out of the equation. Therefore, it resolves to 1 leader vs 1 leader. And as you say, since Pogatchar always manages to stick to Vingegaard, no sophisticated tactics can do a thing about it.