Tour de France 2020 | Stage 20 ITT (Lure - La Planche des Belles Filles, 36.2km)

Inquitus

ITT, don't expect much to change at the top, Mountains classification could get a shuffle.



Props to our Sam



First off at midday Irish, in GC Order.

CrowdedHouse

Limit is 25% of winners time, can't dawdle along on this either.

CantGetNoSleep

A good read in bike radar on the bike change question - doesn't seem to make sense from a purely power / time perspective but not sure how people will feel doing a 6km climb on a TT bike.

https://www.bikeradar.com/features/tour-de-france-2020-time-trial-tech/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=BRR&utm_campaign=Bike%20Radar%20PROD_428044_BikeRadar_Newsletters_12702002

The Buster

A lot of mechanics with sleepless nights last night worrying about making a mess of the bike swap!!

Morrisseeee

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Limit is 25% of winners time, can't dawdle along on this either.

What kind of average will Sam focus on doing, ie. to keep effort to a minimum & also guessing the winner's time ?!
My guesstimate is if winner is @ 40kph, then Sam needs to do 30kph & then even that out over flat & climbs.

Just want to add, absolutely delighted for Sam, he's a gent, I met him at the Tour de Burren last year.

devonp

what time do the top 10 GC guys start ?


any chance of Porte overtaking Lopez on the GC ?

Inquitus

devonp wrote: »

what time do the top 10 GC guys start ?


any chance of Porte overtaking Lopez on the GC ?

Starts @ 13:00 CET, last man to start is Roglic @ 17:15 CET.

Sam's off on his way.

Eamonnator

My prediction for today:
1) Roglic.
2) Porte
3) WvA or Pogacar.

Keeks

Eamonnator wrote: »

My prediction for today:
1) Roglic.
2) Porte
3) WvA or Pogacar.

Dumoulin could in with a shout here.....did he not do a good uphill time trial in the Giro before?

dastardly00

Caleb Ewan looks ridiculous on his bike... The frame is so small but his thighs are enormous!

Richard Hillman

Carapaz will be going for a nice Saturday ride until he hits the mountain, changes bike and absolutely bombs it up the mountain.

They were predicting earlier on Eurosport that the time of the winner should be about 55mins. So 1hr9mins should be enough

dastardly00

Roman Kreuziger was on screen a few moments ago. That's literally the first time in this Tour that I've seen him or heard his name.

dastardly00

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Carapaz will be going for a nice Saturday ride until he hits the mountain, changes bike and absolutely bombs it up the mountain.

They were predicting earlier on Eurosport that the time of the winner should be about 55mins. So 1hr9mins should be enough

It'll be interesting to see how much faster he is up the climb compared to Roglic, Pogacar et al.
I presume he will be anyway

David6330

I see some guys stick to the regular bike while others op for the TT bike.
That hill at the end of the course is a killer....

neris

Eurosport player app acting the bollix for anyone else??

dastardly00

neris wrote: »

Eurosport player app acting the bollix for anyone else??

The app is working okay on my Android TV

dastardly00

David6330 wrote: »

I see some guys stick to the regular bike while others op for the TT bike.
That hill at the end of the course is a killer....

Yeah it's interesting. Cavagna is putting in a super time but he's on the climb now and he's stuck with the TT bike

CrowdedHouse

Mine is fine today, wouldn't cast the previous couple of days.

dastardly00

Big crowds on the climb. Most people wearing masks. But still a lot of numpties not wearing masks... And they are generally the people who go close to the riders

Coneygree

Job done Sam!

neris

I withdraw my comments from earlier in the week about Tony Martin giving the world's TT a good bash

mr spuckler

This is very impressive so far from Cavagna after yesterday's efforts.

neris

neris wrote: »

Eurosport player app acting the bollix for anyone else??

I had server errors yesterday and earlier this morning it was freezing and buffering but seems ok now.

Randy Archer

Previous world champ at under 23s , I think he won all around him that season at his level , circa 2006ish. Decent junior too . Won a fair bit when he first went pro .

Cool name too

Randy Archer

neris wrote: »

I withdraw my comments from earlier in the week about Tony Martin giving the world's TT a good bash

It’s been a long time since he did anything on the TT , national champs aside .

Remarkable, a few years ago he scared all when it came to TTS , least at the Worlds

He’s not that old , I know he’s been around for well over 10 years (won the RAS !! ) and i know that he’s had injuries and multiple team changes (most ,bar Katusa were top teams) but how and why the hell has he fallen so far down the pack in terms of TT ? I fully acknowledge that he is used by his team as the engine and is out front of the peloton a lot and thus tired , but even then , how does it explain the lack of TT results ?

Spartacus remained very competitive in TT to late in his career (ignore the final TT at the end of the tour) and he always had an action packed spring calendar

Cartman78

Cosnefoy really struggling on the TT bike going up the hill

Mefistofelino

The Cofidis skin suit looks the wearer has peed themselves.

Mefistofelino

Randy Archer wrote: »

It’s been a long time since he did anything on the TT , national champs aside .

Remarkable, a few years ago he scared all when it came to TTS , least at the Worlds

He’s not that old , I know he’s been around for well over 10 years (won the RAS !! ) and i know that he’s had injuries and multiple team changes (most ,bar Katusa were top teams) but how and why the hell has he fallen so far down the pack in terms of TT ? I fully acknowledge that he is used by his team as the engine and is out front of the peloton a lot and thus tired , but even then , how does it explain the lack of TT results ?

Spartacus remained very competitive in TT to late in his career (ignore the final TT at the end of the tour) and he always had an action packed spring calendar

To be fair, Spartacus never sanded his arse off with saddle grip tape, unlike Tony

Dodge

Coneygree wrote: »

Job done Sam!

The winner would have to go 52:44 for Sam to miss the cut

And they won’t...

Randy Archer

Mefistofelino wrote: »

To be fair, Spartacus never sanded his arse off with saddle grip tape, unlike Tony

I had to double check that sticker . Lol . Virginia...oh right

Tony’s big on being in a big gear all of the time too

That picture, really Tony and he really put a hole in his bibs by grip tape on the saddle ? Christ , he was too strong for his own good

Daroxtar

Pinot's back injury must still be at him, or his bike is set up wrong because he hasn't stopped adjusting his position on the saddle since the stage started.

retalivity

Daroxtar wrote: »

Pinot's back injury must still be at him, or his bike is set up wrong because he hasn't stopped adjusting his position on the saddle since the stage started.

He's all over the shop on the bike.
Didnt realise it was going through his hometown either, some noise for him

Job Gnocchi

Early in the day yet...but is Cavagnas time looking ridiculously fast? I know it's not your average tt stage with the kick at the end but nobody come remotely near his time yet!

He's getting some cheer from the home crowds.

dastardly00

Job Gnocchi wrote: »

Early in the day yet...but is Cavagnas time looking ridiculously fast? I know it's not your average tt stage with the kick at the end but nobody come remotely near his time yet!

There's a lot of decent riders who are really trying and getting nowhere near him.

Even VWA is a good bit behind Cavagna at the first time check

cunavalos

From first glance of the stage tracker on procyclingstats you could be forgiven for thinking Dan Martin was going to win on a MTF from a solo breakaway

dastardly00

It looks like Dan actually did a half decent TT

MPFGLB

neris wrote: »

I withdraw my comments from earlier in the week about Tony Martin giving the world's TT a good bash

Because he is doing the worlds he is soft pedalling today ....its only a few days away and he needs the rest


plus the climb does not suit him so why waste energy

at1withmyself

Big Tom is flying it, caught valcerde already.

at1withmyself

Pogacar catching Lopez

velo.2010

Did I read that graphic correctly... Pogacar is 12 seconds up on Rogic already?

Yeah 12 seconds

at1withmyself

Ritchie needs what, 90 odd seconds to take 3rd from Lopez?

He has almost 60 seconds by first check point!

Richard Hillman

I presume there is no time bonus on this stage?

velo.2010

You'd think they'd give Cavagna a cup of tea and a sandwich at least!:D

It would be unreal if Pog could steal this.

eagle eye

at1withmyself wrote:

Ritchie needs what, 90 odd seconds to take 3rd from Lopez?

He'll lose some on the climb I think.

Randy Archer

Regardless of whether Van AerT makes the podium today or not, Belgium has a new superstar to match the hype of wonder boy Remco !

Van De Poel of Netherlands picked the wrong team

Randy Archer

velo.2010 wrote: »

You'd think they'd give Cavagna a cup of tea and a sandwich at least!:D

Compliments on his sponsor

Randy Archer

Coneygree wrote: »

Roglic might win yellow but Van Aert is the man of the Tour.

Team of the Tour has easily been Sunweb . They all had their moments including Nico . Not bad for a team without a GC leader

Van Aert has been outstanding. He would have won the green jersey easily if given the chance, least on the hills

Wonder will he get notions about GC like the Vuelta in time. ? Hope he does more classics . Sean Kelly after all got top 5s and top 10s in tour ,Vuelta and still won green, unlike Sagan