Since today will probably be the final day for Thomas Voeckler to be wearing the yellow jersey, how much time do you think he will lose over the next couple of days once he doesn't longer have the incentive of defending the jersey to keep ihim going?
I would love to see him grit it out and hang on until tomorrow’s uphill TT, but I just can’t see it happening. I don’t know how many more times he dig so deep and fight his way back to the leaders after being dropped on a climb until he comes apart like a cheap watch. For me him and his desire to keep the yellow jersey has been one of the best part of the Tour. Watching him struggle day after day in the mountains to limit the gaps to a margin that keeps him in the jersey has been a sight to see.
I would expect the after the blue train drops him off the backonce and for all on the Col des Limouches or the Col de l'Echarasson it will be all she wrote for him and he will come in somewhere around 15-20 minutes behind. I would expect him to drop another 3-5 minutes tomorrow and then cap it off with a 30 minute drop on Thursday for a total of about an hour.
Anyone one else have any thoughts?
I would love to see him grit it out and hang on until tomorrow’s uphill TT, but I just can’t see it happening. I don’t know how many more times he dig so deep and fight his way back to the leaders after being dropped on a climb until he comes apart like a cheap watch. For me him and his desire to keep the yellow jersey has been one of the best part of the Tour. Watching him struggle day after day in the mountains to limit the gaps to a margin that keeps him in the jersey has been a sight to see.
I would expect the after the blue train drops him off the backonce and for all on the Col des Limouches or the Col de l'Echarasson it will be all she wrote for him and he will come in somewhere around 15-20 minutes behind. I would expect him to drop another 3-5 minutes tomorrow and then cap it off with a 30 minute drop on Thursday for a total of about an hour.
Anyone one else have any thoughts?