Tour De France 2020 with SPOILERS

[Adam4868]

There's going to be some cracking on this first climb by the looks of it.

 

[Adam4868]

The trouble with uninterrupted Eurosport Player coverage is that you get no relief with adverts from Carlton's inane wittering and mis-calling

I allways record so I can rewind to get the punchline of king Carlton's jokes 😁

 

[Adam4868]

Right I've been ordered to be sociable and we're going out ! Highlights for me tonight.

 

[Adam4868]

Can he last out.....🤞lol

 

[roadrash]

Aru abandoned

 

[Martinsnos]

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.

Thanks.
I didn’t realise there are restrictions on taking from riders, I thought it was ‘staff’ only. I certainly think that at the early part of a stage where there are a few hills, someone else taking the weight of your water wouldn’t be a bad idea.

 

[Martinsnos]

Bottles....I refer you to stage 19 of the 2018 giro.Possibly the best stage of a GT in the past at least 10 years...
I'm not really biased 😁

View: https://youtu.be/9USGFIF2UWc

I’m sure they would plan things differently if it became a tactic. Was just a thought. Even if it was done at the early part of pedestrian stages with some hill it is a lot of weight saved.

 

[rich p]

Aru abandoned

Yates is abandoned by his team-mates a bit too easily

 

[Martinsnos]

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.

I’d be embarrassed to work for Eurosport - the number of times they muck things up!
Also I thought - The Breakaway - was very good but no attempt at one this year.

 

[rich p]

I’d be embarrassed to work for Eurosport - the number of times they muck things up!
Also I thought - The Breakaway - was very good but no attempt at one this year.

It's a live event and nobody knows how long each stage will take. Just record an hour extra

 

[roadrash]

I’d be embarrassed to work for Eurosport - the number of times they muck things up!
Also I thought - The Breakaway - was very good but no attempt at one this year.

Its not what you would call i normal year though, im just grateful for whatever cycling we do get to see

 

[beastie]

I'm presuming that Aru doesn't have a team car back with him, so what happens if he has a mechanical, is he just screwed?

Aru abandoned

 

[StuAff]

Somewhat ironically, Reichenbach is a lousy descender. Nominative antideterminism?

 

[beastie]

Giuseppe Saronni , UAE bigwig, unimpressed

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1302590746361581568?s=19

Pretty savage assassination of an employee. New team for Aru next year. Not that he is wrong mind....

 

[beastie]

Kirkby back on Eurosport, time to change to ITV