Tour '22, Stage 11: Everything for Yellow

Clearly it had taken everything out of Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) to get away from the entire peloton.  After he and his teammates had attacked and attacked it finally worked.  He put over two minutes into the erstwhile Maillot Jaune of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) plus a ten second time bonus for the stage win.  So tomorrow, for another one of the other hard days of the Tour, the question will be who can recover from today's efforts.  Whoever does may recover the Maillot Jaune, keep the Maillot Jaune, or become the next Maillot Jaune.  It will end with a climb up the fabled Alpe d'Huez.  Regardless, it will be another day of fireworks both literal and figurative.  It is Bastille Day after all.

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Tour '22, Stage 11: Give Me Room!

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) was getting a bit frustrated with the loud Belgium fans running along side him.  It was particularly frustrating for the Dane since this guy had cut off his access to the short way around the corner.  Vingegaard was already on his absolute limit and he certainly didn't need any tifosi messing with his need to get up the mountain first.  I was struck that all of the fans on the other side of the road, all in cycling kit, were excited yet staying out of the way.  All of us cyclists know what it is like to have others make it harder for us to ride our bikes.  Vingegaard didn't make any contact with the "fan"  Good thing, riders have been kicked out of the Tour for punching an unruly fan.

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Tour '22, Stage 11: Devilishly Hard

Always a treat to see the Devil along the course of the Tour, and this year he doesn't have a mask.  Didi Stenft (the Devil) was at the base of the final climb cheering on each and everyone in the race.  He ran along side of Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) as the Colombian attack off of the front of the small peloton.  He did have a teammate up the road, but as long as he didn't help anyone bridge up to Barguil he can't be fault for going for the stage himself.  Plus, he is the designated leader of the Arkea-Samsic team.  Nevertheless, it was great to see Nairo going for it on a mountain stage again.

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Tour '22, Stage 11: Is It Enough?

Warren Barguil (Arkea-Samsic) hit the base of the Col du Granon with five minutes on the group containing the Maillot Jaune.  As the LCL Moto came up with the chalkboard, he learn exactly what the time gaps to those behind him were.  With five minutes, the question was, did he have enough time to stay away to the top?  The French fans along the side of the road were thrilled to see one of their countrymen leading on the final climb of the day.  Perhaps the French will get their first stage win a day before Bastille Day.

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