Tour de France 2018, July 28, Stage 20: Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle → Espelette

retalivity

Ongoing, some cracking times so far.
Soren KRAAAARGGGGHHHHHH Andersen curently in the hot seat with a stonking time

c.p.w.g.w

retalivity wrote: »

Ongoing, some cracking times so far.
Soren KRAAAARGGGGHHHHHH Andersen curently in the hot seat with a stonking time

What time are the top 5 due out

retalivity

~3.20pm Irish time

The Buster

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

What time are the top 5 due out

Around 3:10 to 3:30 for leaders

retalivity

Kwiatowski goes top by 1 second!
Current leaderboard

1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky) 41:42
2 Soren Kragh Andersen (Sunweb) +0:01
3 Michael Hepburn (Mitchelton-Scott) +0:32
4 Marc Soler (Movistar) +0:33
5 Stefan Küng (BMC) +0:35
6 Jonathan Castroviejo (Sky) +0:41
7 Wout Poels (Sky) +0.59
8 Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin) +1:01
9 Chad Haga (Sunweb) +1:07
10 Nikias Arndt (Sunweb) +1:11

bazermc

The live coverage on Eurosport is on now until 4:45pm according to my Sky guide.

The live "beo" coverage is on TG4 starting at 4:35pm, according to the Sky planner.

Am I missing something. Are TG4 viewers in some start of time warp??

Zzippy

bazermc wrote: »

The live coverage on Eurosport is on now until 4:45pm according to my Sky guide.

The live "beo" coverage is on TG4 starting at 4:35pm, according to the Sky planner.

Am I missing something. Are TG4 viewers in some start of time warp??

Presumably delayed coverage. TG4 are showing the minor hurling AI semi-final at 3

bazermc

Dan up next.

Itziger

Dan getting into a very professional looking TT position there. Hope he's improved in TT performance as well.

CrowdedHouse

https://twitter.com/radiotour_en/status/1023210642965180416

dastardly00

^^^^
Chapeau to Dan! Well deserved!

kenmc

Itziger wrote: »

Dan getting into a very professional looking TT position there. Hope he's improved in TT performance as well.

Awarded most combative rider of the tour!

TheBlaaMan

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

https://twitter.com/radiotour_en/status/1023210642965180416

Is that prize formally awarded in Paris? Will he get a moment in the sunlight and get to make a speech..... :pac:

Inquitus

Roglic having a bad TT, Froome looking good for the podium, Thomas seems to be crushing everyone.

at1withmyself

Inquitus wrote: »

Roglic having a bad TT, Froome looking good for the podium, Thomas seems to be crushing everyone.

After yesterday how can Froome now suddenly bounce back like this?

c.p.w.g.w

at1withmyself wrote: »

After yesterday how can Froome now suddenly bounce back like this?

Good night's sleep😉

Inquitus

at1withmyself wrote: »

After yesterday how can Froome now suddenly bounce back like this?

Well Roglic flogged himself yesterday getting the stage win, so neither of them had an easy day, Froome sat in the wheels mostly even when dropped he had Bernal.

Itziger

at1withmyself wrote: »

Inquitus wrote: »

Roglic having a bad TT, Froome looking good for the podium, Thomas seems to be crushing everyone.

After yesterday how can Froome now suddenly bounce back like this?

Happens constantly in 3 week GT racing.

retalivity

I dont remember Landa being such a crap tt'er when he was at sky

CrowdedHouse

Dumoulin won

bazermc

I'm glad sky didn't get a 1-2 on the GC. Be nearly as bad as England winning the World Cup.

Inquitus

Thomas
Dumoulin
Froome

Is our podium then, Dan and Froome both lost time due to misfortune, and Dan would certainly have finished a few spots higher with better luck, Froome might have nicked 2nd place, but no real doubt about the winner, at least in the context of the race, he was simply the strongest.

eeeee

Just watching the tg4 highlights for a wee while.
Zakarin is a messy rider to watch. Also heading out on his tt with disc, skinsuit etc etc and the straps of his aero helmet flapping around his face

Inquitus

nee wrote: »

Just watching the tg4 highlights for a wee while.
Zakarin is a messy rider to watch. Also heading out on his tt with disc, skinsuit etc etc and the straps of his aero helmet flapping around his face

Aye I saw the straps fluttering all over the shop, defo not as Aero as they might be, he put in a decent ride though.

retalivity

Spare a thought for Taylor Phinney - after he bust open his nose crashing into a tree yesterday, he is unable to fly. So, he is hitching a lift with the team bus to Paris - a 7+ hour trip!

dastardly00

I heard on yesterday's episode of The Cycling Podcast that Thomas had ridden the TT course three times when he was doing his recce of the Tour earlier this year. They also said that he had been to Tenerife this year on three separate occasions (two weeks each time) for high altitude training.

He was definitely aiming to get the best possible result in the GC as he could (rather than just being domestique for Froome).

irishrover99

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

https://twitter.com/radiotour_en/status/1023210642965180416

Obviously delighted for but really?

julian alaphilippe? Adam Yates ?

Both have been in a lot more breakaways than Dan has.

Inquitus

dastardly00 wrote: »

I heard on yesterday's episode of The Cycling Podcast that Thomas had ridden the TT course three times when he was doing his recce of the Tour earlier this year. They also said that he had been to Tenerife this year on three separate occasions (two weeks each time) for high altitude training.

He was definitely aiming to get the best possible result in the GC as he could (rather than just being domestique for Froome).

Yep, given the uncertainty around whether Froome would be allowed to race, he prepared assumably with Sky's blessing on the basis he was racing for the GC.

dastardly00

irishrover99 wrote: »

Obviously delighted for but really?

julian alaphilippe? Adam Yates ?

Both have been in a lot more breakaways than Dan has.

Alaphilippe and Yates were going in breakaways at the start of stages when they had nothing to lose and everything to gain (i.e. they didnt care about their GC position). They could also sandbag some stages and take it easy. Very little risk for those two.

Whereas Dan risked everything by attacking from the yellow jersey group in the mountains on numerous occasions when most other guys were to scared. If things went wrong he could have lost chunks of time. I think Dan definitely deserves the award.

irishrover99

dastardly00 wrote: »

Alaphilippe and Yates were going in breakaways at the start of stages when they had nothing to lose and everything to gain (i.e. they didnt care about their GC position). They could also sandbag some stages and take it easy. Very little risk for those two.

Whereas Dan risked everything by attacking from the yellow jersey group in the mountains on numerous occasions when most other guys were to scared. If things went wrong he could have lost chunks of time. I think Dan definitely deserves the award.

GC position shouldn't have anything to do with it. Do you remember last year when De Gendt didn't get it?
It wasn't a popular descion on this forum.
Was he going for GC?.


Here is what he had up say about Barguil winning it.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/de-gendt-doesnt-hold-grudge-against-barguil-after-missing-super-combatif-prize/

Macy0161

irishrover99 wrote:

julian alaphilippe? Adam Yates ?

I don't see Yates as deserving, but alaphilippe probably had a good case, but already has a jersey... Just the same as the individual stage award doesn't normally go to the winner (if it's a breakaway).

I do think GC place and risk v reward does come into it.