Tour De France 2020 with SPOILERS

[Adam4868]

I've got to go and visit a fecking garden in the Sussex countryside now.
Record and watch later. Have fun guys!

Me to going to have to record it

 

[roadrash]

I know little of cycling but I feel I get more genuine insight from the ITV4 coverage than Eurosport. Is this true or am I falling for spin?
(See what I did there?! Didn’t even plan it!!!).

i switch between them on different days depending on my mood.

 

[roadrash]

yeah and i have to go .......nowhere, apart from to the kitchen and back

 

[Eziemnaik]

You not noticed the break up front ?

I will when they put Bernal or Pogacar in there

 

[roadrash]

I will when they put Bernal or Pogacar in there

i think you may have a bit of a wait.......

 

[Eziemnaik]

i think you may have a bit of a wait.......

Most likely
Main contenders seem to be conservative so far
Maybe some movement from Pogacar would liven it up

 

[Martinsnos]

Seen the ‘JUJU ADRI’ man more than once now. Is it about cycling or a wife that’s run off with another man?

 

[roadrash]

Another 36 second loss for bernal, that haircut has unbalanced him

 

[rich p]

Phew, that was breathless stuff on that last climb

 

[Adam4868]

Great stage and win for Martinez and me
Roglic😊
GC...what's a minute between friends.

 

[Eziemnaik]

Unless Ineos conjure some magic on Sunday, it will be Slovenian 1-2 on podium
And I am not 100% sure if it will be Roglic on top

I was complaining about tour being neutered but that was some great stuff today

My predictions for the rest
Bennett to carry the jersey to Paris
Ineos out of podium
Pogacar to win at least one more stage
Roglic Pogacar 1-2

Can anything happen to derail Jumbo train?
They could have lost WVA to (in the greater scheme of things) silly sprint accident, but apart from that it was Sky team deja vu

 

[Adam4868]

Bardet out. Not surprising as he looked really wobbly when he set off after the crash, and prompted a discussion about concussion by the commentators.

View: https://twitter.com/inrng/status/1304515415595507717

He didn't look good when it happened,couldn't believe he finished the stage.Gutted for him ! Got to think they have to look at those sort of concussions a bit closer ?

View: https://twitter.com/laflammerouge16/status/1304533721643704321?s=19

 

[Adam4868]

Unless Ineos conjure some magic on Sunday, it will be Slovenian 1-2 on podium
And I am not 100% sure if it will be Roglic on top

I was complaining about tour being neutered but that was some great stuff today

My predictions for the rest
Bennett to carry the jersey to Paris
Ineos out of podium
Pogacar to win at least one more stage
Roglic Pogacar 1-2

Can anything happen to derail Jumbo train?
They could have lost WVA to (in the greater scheme of things) silly sprint accident, but apart from that it was Sky team deja vu

I can't see Bernal going quietly ! But Roglic and Pogacar do look strong/too good ! Roglic has a hell of a team,where Pogacar seems to be the GC rider of the tour,can he sustain that after all the attacks he puts in ?
I do hope he finishes on the podium at least ! (for financial reasons 😁) he deserves it.
I'm still going with Bernal just to be awkward.

 

[cyberknight]

Watching Sam Bennett suffering today brings back some memories for me on Sunday mornings with my climbing loving friends.

Euro sport was saying that we think sprinters can't climb,they can they were saying compared to the average club rider they would leave us for dead it's just they are not mountain goats

 

[ColinJ]

Euro sport was saying that we think sprinters can't climb,they can they were saying compared to the average club rider they would leave us for dead it's just they are not mountain goats

I just looked up the results from 2017. The Etape du Tour that year tackled a mountain stage with over 3,500 metres of climbing. The fastest rider of the Etape took about 4 minutes longer for the route than the slowest sprinters in the pro grupetto did a few days later!