Tour De France 2020 with SPOILERS
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kingrollo
Guru
he is just so monotonous , i dont think he could get excited if his life depended on it
David Millar got really peed off with him ....."What do you mean"
I still think they are a team to beat
Roglic did not skip a beat
Everyone else lost domestiqes on the final climb
WVA might have to be saved for the final push though
We will find out more tomorrow
On tye other side I can see now Bernal grownig, slowly but steadily
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Sadly for Pinot, he can only hope for a stage win now, he seems to be having back problems.
Adam4868
Guru
Feel for him but I can't honestly say I've ever thought of him as a Tour winner.
Adam4868
Guru
I'm surprised he didn't try and go with Pogacar..but dare I say I'm not sure he could of...He set a new record on Col de Peyresourde today,not been beaten since 2003.Hes some rider.
If your interested what sort of ride that was.
http://www.climbing-records.com/2020/09/tadej-pogacar-crushes-peyresourde-record.html?m=1
Martinsnos
Über Member
Marginal gains - earlier in the stage, why do GC riders have their own bottles? Get the domestiques to carry them for them? At least 750g saved?
Appreciated Pinot was out of it but I wondered why above isn’t done on seeing that he had 2 bottles still in cages on climb (appreciate don’t know how much was in them).
Appreciated Pinot was out of it but I wondered why above isn’t done on seeing that he had 2 bottles still in cages on climb (appreciate don’t know how much was in them).
Once a Wheeler
…always a wheeler
Presumably to prevent what happened to Alaphilippe who, for the sake of a bottle, lost 20 seconds and the yellow jersey. Froom also suffered a time penalty for taking food from a team-mate in the last 5km of a stage a couple of years ago. GC contenders need a minimum of self-sufficiency; but it is a tough call. I seem to remember seeing a rider take on a bottle and immediately pour half of it away — presumably a weight-saving calculation. The Tour was never just in the legs.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Grrrr, 5 hours of recorded Eurosport and last 2 or 3 kms of stage missed again! Highlights to the rescue.
Would have been last day of Vuelta today, they will appreciate the more benign weather for sure, now finishes Nov 8th.
Would have been last day of Vuelta today, they will appreciate the more benign weather for sure, now finishes Nov 8th.
JV May have missed opportunities to put time in to rivals, some of whom(Bernal and esp Quintana) may get stronger as the race gets deeper. I don’t understand TD setting such a hard pace if Roglic wasn’t going to attack, TD could have ridden at a lower rate and maybe not drop other JV riders if Roglic was only going to defend....
Adam4868
Guru
Bennet and Kuss were done for yesterday after the day before.Dumoulin maybe thought he's nowhere near winning the tour so he'll sacrifice himself.
Still think he should of at least tried to go with Pogacar and put some time in his rivals.But makes it more exiting anyway.Prefer it to go "down to the wire" 😁
Yeah I can understand Dumoulin pulling a turn and he did a lot of damage to everyone, but is Roglic doesn’t attack then it’s a waste. This is shaping up to be a brilliant race. Roglic, Pogacar, Bernal, Martin, Uran, Yates, Quintana, Lopez are all possible winners. Jumbo look like a super team until the last climb.
I fancy Quintana can do it on the MTFs of week 3, and the ITT will not be as damaging with the climb to la Panche de belle Filles
