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Pogacar and Vingegaard are both matching the pace of Wout! The stage victory is still up for grabs.

Wout smashes it, beats Ganna by 41s! Monster ride!

Wout is eating this course for breakfast. 24s faster than Ganna at Time Check 2. GC top 10 has started rolling off the ramp.

WvA is on the course... 7s ahead of Ganna within 6min of rolling off the ramp. Official time splits will give us confirmed time splits

So what are our predictions for the ITT? Wout has to be the clear favourite. But who will run him close? Pog will be all-in, so worth a shout. Ganna, although not on top form, should be close. Gee has a solid TT in him, so a strong outside shout. Laporte was ahead of Lampaerd in the Stage 1 TT, before he fell. Dark horse for the win.

Tadej attacks the peloton on a flat stage!

Puncture for Pogacar... So much for a sleepy stage!

Meintjies missed the split Commentators are 2nd-guessing themselves now, maybe Louis is in the front group, to be confirmed... Moot point, two groups all back together

And then suddenly, a split in the peloton!

Break about to be swallowed up... Fresh breakaway attack loading...🔋

Environmental Protesters.... again... All rolling smoothly currently after removing them

It is Wout we are talking about here... there is a fair chance that he can win Stage 19, 20 and 21 at this rate.... (The last rider to win more than 2 stages on the trot... he who shall not be named...)

Went to Windy to see what the weather prediction looks like... I don't think the risk is 0%, but the wind speed seems to be just that little bit too low to really light things up? 20km/h sounds like the threshold for some crosswind stress.

I heard Gee mention "surviving the crosswinds" that are expected today. 🤔 Are we in for one final surprise? DQS can hammer it for the stage win and someone can gain minutes on GC as a result if this does transpire.

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Agree, very bad manners from Pog for not waiting until Jonas finishes talking with the most important people in his life.. (Said TIC) Seriously though, I don't see an issue with it either way. -Yes, Pog could have waited till the call finishes. -Yes, Jonas could put the phone down completely to accept the congratulations. But, have we heard of either one of these two that the actions of the other one was rude/offensive? If not, why make a fuss about it? 😕

WHAT. A. STAGE! Show of force by Jumbo Visma and Jonas Vingegaard. Pogi pushing them with everything he has. Louis giving much more than we can ask for. This TDF has been one for the ages!

Apparently, if Wout wins and Pinot is 2nd, they will be equal on points, but Wout will win the Jersey on tiebreaker.

Wout is looking in ominous form, going to ride away with a mountain top stage victory at this rate... Hope he isn't needed to pull Vingegaard back to Pog in the Descent.

Louis was only 47s behind the leaders at the crest of the previous climb, he lost a minute to them on the descend. He needs to catch up to some big boys to pull him down on the next descend... Luckily his time to those behind stayed the same

Louis needs: -4s On Bardet to go from 7th to 6th. -1m28s on Gaudu to go from 7th to 5th -1m32s on Quintana to go from 7th to 4th! All of them in the Peloton behind, looking very good for the Main Cheese!

Hou bene hou! HOU BENE HOU!

One final roll of the dice then today, one would think...