Tour de France 2023 ***spoilers*** Warning in OP

Chapeau Jai Hindley. Great ride, no idea why the GC men let him away.

It puts him in a good position where he can just sit on the wheel of Vingegaard. I don't expect him to win it but he could finish second now.

Having said that I've looked at Pog's situation different to a lot of the experts who say he'll suffer in the third week.

I think this first week is like training and the longer it goes the stronger he'll get.

I predicted Vingegaard would go today. It's very big for him to take that much time out of Pog.

What didn't Cicconne work with Vingegaard? They would have been putting time into everyone else.

You won’t see him in week 3, once GC becomes beyond him he will pull out. Off to the Vuelta with a fully healed wrist.

Poor Eddie Dunbar looking at the strengthening entry list for the Vuelta thinking "Crap. Not another one"

Stage 6

Another tough day but likely a breakaway day.

It'll be interesting to see what happens in the GC group on the Tourmalet and if not there then in the last 5km which is very steep. I can't help but think that Vingegaard sees his opportunity right now to end Pog's GC chances. UAE have to settle in on this one and save the domestiques to protect Pog later in the stage.

As for the break, it's hard not to see Powless, Gall and Lafay in it. They are all in really good form right now. Gall was unlucky today but I'll take Lafay for his second stage win.

With the form Vingegaard is in and if he goes on the Tourmalet it wouldn't surprise me if he caught the break and won the stage.

Yeah, there's a reason that they usually don't go to the high mountains this early in the Tour. I wonder if Pog knew beforehand that he didn't have it and if he was trying to bluff strength in the 1st 2 stages.

I also think that Vingegaard can read when he is struggling a little. He should get some lessons from the master poker face Quintana.

watched the highlights on Disco+ last night. One moment they're on the big climb in the middle with Hindley in the breakaway and Pog and Vingo in the chasing pack; next they come back from a commercial break and Hindley is barreling towards the finish solo and Vingo has put a minute into Pog. Top editing there lads - was it the same on Eurosport? What's the f#!*ing point of highlights if you skip the key bit of the stage!

I know people are saying it's already over, but surely Hindley has a chance from here? He's won the Giro before - nobody was really expecting Vingo to win it last year, or Pog 3 years ago...

With all due respect to Carapaz and Landa who were beaten by Hindley at the Giro last year, Vingo and Pog are superior riders.

Will be interesting to see how Hindley is today after being in the break yesterday. He could have done with a nice flat stage today rather than the big mountains. Hope he does well!

A fully fit Pog yes for sure.

Stranger things have happened in the tour, there’s still a long way to go, I wouldn’t write anyone out of the GC standings books yet.

Apart from Egan Bernal because he lost like 3+ minutes yesterday