Today's Cycling

[henbet22]

Big day tomorrow. Get the popcorn out.

[Lynskey888]

Yeah, this is an awfully difficult stage. I’m watching live today, but I’m resolved to keep BA closed!

[henbet22]

It's like Pavlov's dog. Sport and BA. Enjoy.

[henbet22]

What a stage. Jonas has him covered but think Pogi is digging in at the moment. Drifting to 1.28. There is a duel in the high mountains brewing.

[Lynskey888]

Yeah, that was brilliant to watch. The big mountain days and opportunities for the break always produce the best markets, too. More than 100K matched.

I think Pogacar’s still in complete control myself. He’s riding more conservatively because Almeida’s out and Sivakov was having a bad day, but he’s got one eye on the Vuelta, too. We’ll see big Pogacar attacks at some point, but I expect there will be more economy of effort overall.

PS I swear I didn’t trade it or log on to BA. Hardest thing I’ve ever done.

[henbet22]

Nicely done. Sometimes pure sport for pure enjoyment is the better option.

A minute plus is a lot to make up through. It means 2 great day for Jonas or 1 very bad day for Pogi. Which at the moment does look very unlikely.

[Dublin_Flyer]

No mention of the first Irish Yellow Jersey holder since Stephen Roche in 1987, back when cycling was clean and pure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQojh-wqL04 I was only 6 but I would have been screaming at the tv if I knew what was going on - Euro 88, Italia 90 etc were still to come for Ireland, the 80's had been pretty mundane for most my childhood apart from the big snow in 1982!

[henbet22]

Watched that live on TV with my Dad. Must have just broken up from school. It still gives me goosebumps now. Equally memorable is what he said to the doctor in French after being given oxygen at the finish line.

Ben Healy the Black Country Waterford lad. Great engine.