Mountain Bru

Just turned on.... Seems like it's a free for all at the moment. De Gent causing chaos. Might be a quick stage....

If ever you wanted to know why CDA matters, these videos from GCN tell a story... Wouldn't be surprised if Pog's power numbers where quite a bit lower than the other guys considering how aero he is and how much time he spends locked in the TT position. Not wearing the helmet of doom probably saves him at least 50w.

You've gotta wonder how much all the crashes effected today. Like would Roglic have been closer if he hadn't crashed. Would Gee have been more competitive? That might cause things to change a bit over the next 2 weeks if guys recover a bit. What's also different this year to last year is teams having multiple contenders in good positions. TJV and Ineos have stronger teams than UAE, and TJV have multiple contenders in the mix, so their plan will have to be to isolate Pogacar, and then attack with Vingegaard and WVA while Rogla marks him. They're good enough to win, so he has to chase them, but he can't cover attacks from 3 different riders. I would say that's their best hope of taking back time on him. And if there's a hint of crosswinds, expect absolute chaos. He lost time in the cross-winds last year. If there's a chance of cross winds, Ineos and TJV will throw the kitchen sink at trying to gap him again.

Phenomenal performance by MVDP

MVDP giving it EVERYTHING!

Looks like he just finished his recon and is ready to have a good crack at the course

Carapaz down 1:04 on Pogacar at 2nd split.... Oh well, there's always the Vuelta for Ineos

JA not having a good day, so next best rider with a proper helmet will be in yellow.... cue Tadej Pogacar

17s up on Kung at 2nd split.... Ridiculous stuff.

Doesn't look comfortable at all. Maybe he's burnt more matches than we thought over the last few days

Looks like MVDP is in an unbranded helmet of doom..... WVA too.... JA will be in yellow tonight due to poor equipment choice by his competitors

Rogla 25s down on Kung, 4th fastest at the moment. Really solid performance. I'm just happy he stayed upright. Looked like he was taking risks in the corners

Pogacar sneaking away a second early off the start.... #marginalgains

Glad its dry at the moment Gee looks like he's hurting and is 43s down at time check 2. Ineos looks like they're in trouble unless Carapaz does something wild

It can be aerodynamic to look that ugly

Roglic in the helmet of doom.... Does he not learn his lesson?

Vingegaard fastest to first time check

Roglic giving it max berries.... Flip I hope everyone stays upright

This is WVA.... He can do both!! ???? But with Rogla 1:35 down, and WVA 31s down on the same time as Carapaz, it definitely makes sense to keep WVA in the best position possible, even if he is still riding for Rogla. If WVA attacks on a climb, he has to be followed, which gives TJV a big advantage over teams like UAE that only have 1 rider in the mix (second UAE rider is Formolo at 4:27 down).

Rain might help MVDP stay in yellow if the likes of JA and WVA take fewer risks on the course and don't give it max berries. Are there time bonuses for winning a TT?

I guess even if he was going for the win, as soon as the rain started he would have aborted. There's no ways the guys riding in the wet can really compete with the guys that rode in the dry.

Campernaerts waving to the crowd coming in 2 minutes down..... ????‍♂️ Today is a write off.

Roads look very slippy.... GC guys don't have a chance... Maybe Nibali will do something special? Wet roads don't seem to affect his cornering speed