Tour de France 2020
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twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Ive got utd. V Palace to face up to now...another shock in the offing
It's started well
Maybe Palace bought some 21 year old Slovenians.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
You Gotta feel for Rog, poor guy. Was he really that bad today or was Pog just on another level ? Bernal wouldn't of stood a chance.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
I kinda feel sorry for Roglic - was it the DS who told the train to ride pretty conservatively or was Roglic never strong enough for them to smash the race apart?
In a way though he had the Jumbo train to pull him up mountains. Trains only work if you have the strongest rider in the race e.g. peak Froome. Turns out Pog was stronger than Rog.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Incredible
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Roglic is no slouch at TTs normally. He just had a bad day today and Pogacar had a blinder
And Roglic took 15 seconds off him on that vertical stage a few days ago
Best TdF is years all round, even before today. No Sky/Ineos race-killing, Sagan not walking to the green and plenty of young upstarts showing up, Pog, WvA and Hirschi being the obvious ones.
Anyone willing to go against Bennett for the win in Paris? Ewan would seem the most likely to match him for top-end speed, but I'd think he'll need to ride the Quickstep lead-out.
Or WvA could take it. Or De Gendt in a 100km breakaway.
Anyone willing to go against Bennett for the win in Paris? Ewan would seem the most likely to match him for top-end speed, but I'd think he'll need to ride the Quickstep lead-out.
Or WvA could take it. Or De Gendt in a 100km breakaway.
DownwardDog
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First TdF win for Campag since 2014.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I hear the UCI have given Pogacar this year's Vuelta too, to save time
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
DownwardDog
Well-Known Member
They have had to wait a while for that. It's Colnago's first TdF win since Eddy in '74.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Yeah, nice that Ernesto has lived to see it, he must be well into his 80’s now.
Were Eddy’s bikes even badged as a Colnago?
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Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
No, they weren't (as wasn't his Mexico hour bike, iirc?)
Don't know of he's ever had a day in yellow?
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
I'm not going for anyone at 11/4 (Bennett, Ewan).
Sunweb will be desperate to get it right for Cees Bol but just looking at the odds the one that jumped out was Kristoff at 16/1 though he's been nowhere since stage 1.
11/4 Bennet, Ewan
10/3 Van Aert
7/1 Bol
8/1 Pedersen
12/1 Sagan
16/1 Kristoff
25/1 Mezgec (he's Slovenian!)
28/1 Viviani, Boassen Hagen
40/1 Cobrelli
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
From a Gruaniad article on Pogacar
The Grauniad said:
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Fantastic end to the best tour in a long time.
hash tag
Lighting the blue touch paper
Sorry people and sadly not surprised French police open doping investigation after Arkea-Samsic hotel search at Tour de France
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
I watched way too much of this - was quite a dull tour in parts but had an exciting ending as opposed to last year which was full of flair and ended with a bit of a whimper.
Anyway if you were to make a super team out of the entire peloton, what would it be? I think mine would be:
Pogacar
Roglic
Dumoulin
Van Aert
Kragh Andersen
Hirschi
Morkov
Bennett (Sam)
Anyway if you were to make a super team out of the entire peloton, what would it be? I think mine would be:
Pogacar
Roglic
Dumoulin
Van Aert
Kragh Andersen
Hirschi
Morkov
Bennett (Sam)
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I’d have Luke Rowe in there somewhere. He’s still one of the best when it comes to looking after a GC rider and generally controlling the front when it matters.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Unlikely he is doping. If he was, he might won something
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Am also missing someone who can sit at the front of the peloton for 200km like a Declerq or Asgreen (whose also great in a sprint train) but those duties seemed more shared out than usual this year. So I put Dumoulin in as some kind of super road captain.
hash tag
Lighting the blue touch paper
Of course not....and what would you expect him or anyone else to say.
I understand Christophe Bassons has shed his doubts on how clean the peleton is.
Would Dumoulin be a domestique again? I suspect he's a bit pissed his efforts didn't work out for Rog in the GC.
Stick De Gendt and Alaphilippe in there for some wild cards.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
I was just going off the role in the tour and Dumoulin was a super luxury dom. The Sunweb boys got the wild card over the other two.
Andersen's two stage wins were my favourites of the tour but that was probably cos they were Classics type stages and he made a fool of so many big names.
