Sean Bennett from CA is in the breakaway today. Only a 1:40 min gap with 40 mi left of racing. So it's not likely they stay away.

And as I post this he gets dropped.

Eddy sure seems defensive about his 34 wins.

I don't think there's any doubt he's the greatest rider in Tour history. Cav could win 50, and it wouldn't change that.

Wow! What a finish!

Incredible sprint. Nice work by Deceuninck-QuickStep to deliver Cav to the finish.

That was impressive.

Colbrelli's got to be the most frustrated guy out there right now. He's always near the front of those sprints except when it counts.

And Morkov taking second steals even more points from him.

Cavendish for the win! Wow!

The KoM competition has been pretty entertaining so far this year.

Can kuss hang on?!?!

Of course he can!

Finally got to watch yesterday's stage. That was fun. American wins and the yellowjJersey group kept attacking each other with vigor

Carapaz did all he could and then some to drop Vindegaard and move into 2nd overall, but just couldn't drop him

Cheese and rice Pogacar is a machine...he looked completely unphased as he crossed the line...just nonchalantly sprinted up that last little grade like it was nothing

Pogacar roared up that last finish.

That was an awesome finish

Everyone is racing for 2nd. There is no real challenge to Pogacar. He might even decide to go get the KOM jersey if he gets bored enough.

I swear pogacar smiles when he puts in big efforts

Cav/Morkov just can't be beaten.

I don't understand the INEOS team tactics. It's the same thing every day and they just bring everyone up the mountain and don't put real pressure on any of the GC contenders.

Pogacar, my word!

He left everyone in the dust.

Podgacar just has another gear than all the rest. Good lord!

Pogi again. Unreal. Looks so relaxed.

This man is a cheat code. The way he closed down Mas after his attack was unreal. He is going to be around a long time.

Sepp Kuss looks strong. There may be hope for us yet in the future...just need to find a couple more dudes and put a real US team together

As much as I want Sepp to be a GC contender I think he needs to get better at his TT before that can happen. Has loads of promise though and after a miserable first week he really found his form.

Him and Powless are 2 riders I've kept my eye on throughout the racing season.

That was the one for me as well. I was telling my patient today (have it on in the office) the exact same thing

Discussion yesterday on WEDU was about the problem of young Tadej winning stages when he doesn't have to, creating a negative image of him with the fans. Really interesting discussion but damn its sad that these guys have to contemplate things like that among everything that goes along mentally with winning a tour.

Maybe Pogacar is competitive on the level of an MJ or Tiger. Win everything. This is my lazy millennial attempt at a meme

Why would winning stages create a negative image?

I think in grand tours you tend to have a strategy of "don't burn matches when you don't need to." So when an effort like end of stage 18 is strategically unnecessary since he has an insurmountable lead, someone in tune with tactics thinks, "why is he wasting energy?"

He's already turning some heads and raising some eyebrows. He could have just as easily come to the line with the other two cyclists and lost no time. He's going to win a grand tour back to back, so it's not about his brand.

Dominating a race and then unnecessarily flaunting your dominance is no way to chill doping rumors.

Maybe this is just a cyclist who will force viewers to unlearn the hyper efficiency of Sky/Ineos

Wife and I were discussing that Pogacar might legit be the most dominant cyclist in the world right now, but thanks to past history and Lance Armstrong, people will always look sideways at someone that dominates like he's doing now.

And that's sad.

I'd like to see Roglic or someone else get back on form to at least make it a two horse race. If there is at least someone to challenge for the top step of the podium, I think the rumors will ease.