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Tour de France 2020 | Stage 15 (Lyon - Grand Colombier, 174.5 km)

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  • #62
    Dcully
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    Froome and Thomas inclusion would make little to no difference, jumbo visma are just too strong.


  • #63
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,300 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    Chapeau to Adam Yates for giving this a go


  • #64
    at1withmyself
    Registered Users Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭at1withmyself


    Finally Yates attacks, surely the others will at least try secure their podium and follow him?


  • #65
    Dcully
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    Porte having a great ride.


  • #66
    lissard
    Registered Users Posts: 531 ✭✭✭lissard


    Tom Dumoulin as a domestique is a real hammer.


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  • #67
    at1withmyself
    Registered Users Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭at1withmyself


    Pogacar for the stage win?


  • #68
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,300 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    at1withmyself wrote: »
    Pogacar for the stage win?

    Very possibly. Valverde could be close as well. It'd be very interesting if Pogacar ended up getting the 10 second bonification and Roglic not getting anything


  • #69
    Dcully
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    Slovenians 1,2 again


  • #70
    dastardly00
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    As super strong as Jumbo Visma are... They still can't get rid of Pogacar. 40 seconds between them now?


  • #71
    griffin100
    Registered Users Posts: 4,763 ✭✭✭griffin100


    at1withmyself wrote: »
    I couldn't see Froome doing anything at this tour so don't think he looks like a fool at all.

    I hope that Sky go for stage wins now as the the likes of Kwiatski could get win a stage.

    I’d probably agree on Froome, but Thomas is going well in Italy at the minute and would’ve given Sky another option.

    Jumbo Visma seem to be where Sky were a few years ago with Grand Tour contenders acting as domestiques.


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  • #72
    [Deleted User]
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    The Yellow Jersey battle is now narrowed down to who gets bragging rights as Slovenian No. 1.

    Btw, Pogacar is the national TT champion, not Roglic.


  • #73
    Dcully
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    dastardly00 wrote: »
    As super strong as Jumbo Visma are... They still can't get rid of Pogacar. 40 seconds between them now?

    Indeed and pogacar beat roglic in a TT recently which in itself is some feat.


  • #74
    velo.2010
    Registered Users Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭velo.2010


    Anticlimax for me.


  • #75
    [Deleted User]
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    Dcully wrote: »
    Indeed and pogacar beat roglic in a TT recently which in itself is some feat.

    Slovenian nationals, by 9 seconds and it was an uphill one too, but much shorter than what they face next weekend.


  • #76
    no_4
    Registered Users Posts: 361 ✭✭no_4


    Total domination by jumbo, Ineos sky have imploded
    Don’t know why Yates went at 7.5 km, he had no chance of a stage win that far out


  • #77
    Itziger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,012 ✭✭✭Itziger


    There'll be a good scrap for 3rd though.


  • #78
    lawrencesummers
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    no_4 wrote: »
    Total domination by jumbo, Ineos sky have imploded
    Don’t know why Yates went at 7.5 km, he had no chance of a stage win that far out

    Looked to me like he was hoping someone would come across and join him to share the work and stay away.


  • #79
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users Posts: 8,448 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    We might see someone from Ineos like carapaz given license to Attack and claim a stage win breakaway now.


  • #80
    Itziger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,012 ✭✭✭Itziger


    Any news on Sam!?


  • #81
    Inquitus
    Registered Users Posts: 13,729 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    Roglic v Pogacar for the race


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  • #82
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,144 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    Itziger wrote: »
    Any news on Sam!?

    Over the line. Him and Ewan among a few behind the main gruppetto but no problem for cut off


  • #83
    c.p.w.g.w
    Registered Users Posts: 4,994 ✭✭✭c.p.w.g.w


    What happened with bernal today?


  • #84
    at1withmyself
    Registered Users Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭at1withmyself


    Inquitus wrote: »
    Roglic v Pogacar for the race

    Currently Pogačar could win Yellow, white & KOM jerseys.

    Hopefully a few others contest the KOM this week


  • #85
    MPFGLB
    Registered Users Posts: 3,245 ✭✭✭MPFGLB


    Fight for Green is much better than the GC battle

    Would have loved another rolling sate on Tuesday


  • #86
    Eamonnator
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    Itziger wrote: »
    Any news on Sam!?

    He's moved up one place on G.C.


  • #87
    velo.2010
    Registered Users Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭velo.2010


    The suggestion from George Hincapie(according to his sources within the peloton) is that UAE are quite happy for Pogacar to chip away slowly at the time deficit while keeping Roglic and Jumbo in the jersey; the time loss in the crosswinds was said to be a blessing in disguise as UAE don't have the team to control the race.

    If that's true then UAE consider Pogacar the strongest in the race and must be confident of him overtaking Roglic in the TT. It's a dangerous game to play and won't add much to the viewing spectacle up until the final TT. It would be nearly better if he was still 2-3 minutes down at this stage.


  • #88
    Itziger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,012 ✭✭✭Itziger


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    He's moved up one place on G.C.

    Very funny. Who did he jump, Bernal?


  • #89
    dastardly00
    Registered Users Posts: 13,300 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    Movistar are back in the lead of the Movistar Classification


  • #90
    no_4
    Registered Users Posts: 361 ✭✭no_4


    I disagree , who was gonna take that on with 3 jumbo riders on the front, it was a foolish move, doomed from the start even if he had a helper
    You could see at the end he had not got the legs for a sprint or a zone 5 effort for 7 Kim’s ....
    lawrencesummers wrote: »
    Looked to me like he was hoping someone would come across and join him to share the work and stay away.


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  • #91
    no_4
    Registered Users Posts: 361 ✭✭no_4


    I think he is among the strongest a clearly, he’s doing it solo for the most part in the critical phases of each stage

    But for the loss in crosswinds there would only be a handful of seconds in it
    velo.2010 wrote: »
    The suggestion from George Hincapie(according to his sources within the peloton) is that UAE are quite happy for Pogacar to chip away slowly at the time deficit while keeping Roglic and Jumbo in the jersey; the time loss in the crosswinds was said to be a blessing in disguise as UAE don't have the team to control the race.

    If that's true then UAE consider Pogacar the strongest in the race and must be confident of him overtaking Roglic in the TT. It's a dangerous game to play and won't add much to the viewing spectacle up until the final TT. It would be nearly better if he was still 2-3 minutes down at this stage.


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