DEFENDING CHAMPION TADEJ Pogacar soared into the Tour de France overall lead on Saturday on an Alpine stage won by Belgian Dylan Teuns as British outfit Ineos’s hopes were again battered.
This was a second stage win on the 2021 Tour for UAE’s Slovenian leader Pogacar who took another three minutes out of his most credible rival Ineos’ Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz.
Overnight leader Mathieu van der Poel went into a trademark ‘all or nothing at all’ meltdown and looks set drop out of the Tour as promised and jet off to Tokyo to contest the mountain bike gold.
Pogacar was again head and shoulders above the rest of the field.
With 13 stages remaining, he leads the Tour by 1min 48sec from Wout Van Aert, who is Jumbo’s main hope after Primoz Roglic’s misadventures with a fall and subsequent decline in form.
The 22-year-old Pogacar will wear the yellow jersey for only the second time on Sunday. He took control of the 2020 Tour on the penultimate day, but rather than bide his time on this raucous edition, he has seized control early.
The 150km run that culminated with the ascent and descent of a classic Tour climb the Colombier was the first of eight mountain stages. There were large weekend crowds in the Upper Savoy region known for Evian water, melted-cheese dishes and the Chamonix ski resort.
Ireland’s Dan Martin finished 56th in today’s stage.
RiP Anna K. other threads blocked.
@Damian Moylan: hear, hear
https://www.gofundme.com/f/1sc9471cmo
Please if you have a chance
If George Hamilton mentions Allison’s lack of clean sheets once more tonight, I’ll make my way to Anfield to personally shove Hamilton’s hands up his own h0le
@Ian Synnott: that’s oddly specific
@Ave it: Hamilton is being very specific about Allison’s lack of clean sheets.
@Ian Synnott: and fireworks…
@Ian Synnott: cant listen to him anymore. Surely he means liverpool’s and not Allison’s. The man had like 22 of them last season. Has played f all this year. This must be why your upset ha.
@Ave it: whilst failing to recognize that this he has only played 4 games this season
@Ian Synnott: I was talking about the hands…
@Ave it: ah sure, why not
@Yorkie1892: Might as well just send him out to watch the fireworks. Lug
Jürgen Flopp
@Joe Shea: well I don’t know what you consider a flop, but I’ll have plenty more of it.
Just look at the style of football being played man.
@Joe Shea: Good man Joe.
@Logan Shepherd: fair play logan
@Joe Shea: He has 1 less UCL trophy than Fergie from about a quarter of the attempts. Fergie, 2 from 19 = PALTRY!
@Roger Paltry: don’t u bring utd into this… That’s not fair .. Ur playing dirty
@Joe Shea: Do you do live gigs Joe. You’re so funny and so original. I’d say it would be a great night.
@Logan Shepherd: a joke is only as good as a laugh or is it other way around
@Roger Paltry: Klopp lost 8 finals in a row before he won one …. you make me laugh Wroger !
@Scott Stonebridge: #fakenews. Klopp won his first final.
Someone get Keith Andrews off commentary
@Brian McGuinness: He’s an abomination,how in the hell did he ever become analyst. The muck put of him. With his Tod Flanders hair cut.
@Brian McGuinness: he’s not as bad as David myler
@Declan O Toole: He’s chronic
@Declan O Toole: Todd Flanders! Brilliant
@Ian Synnott: Ha ha
Can’t beat an Ox in the box.
3-1 Genk
@Fergus O’Connor: draw for sure
@Joe Shea: I see all the pundits are online tonight.
@Fergus O’Connor: Genk are not that good!
@Damian Moylan: No 1-1
Clean sheets this season is very bad. Easy goals from set pieces conceded again.
@Yorkie1892: yeah. Definitely needs ti be tightened up quick. Especially going into crimbo fixtures. Forwards get tired and cant always bail out.
Gomez and Keita not good enough for Liverpool.