Tour de France 2020 general thread (SPOILERS GALORE)

topnotch · 29-08-2020 4:25pm

Come on Bennett. Would be epic to see him in yellow.

dastardly00 · 29-08-2020 4:33pm

Who was the rider from B&B Hotels that was leading the peloton down the descent for the last while?

topnotch · 29-08-2020 4:43pm

Are Irish Rail running that train its so slow.

RobertKK · 29-08-2020 4:43pm

The train is something new....

Gallant_JJ · 29-08-2020 4:48pm

Back Racing. 20km to go!

Cormo87 · 29-08-2020 4:57pm

Come on Sam!!! Wolf pack lined up

dahat · 29-08-2020 4:57pm

Not sure how I'd feel if Ewan wins this stage today.

dastardly00 · 29-08-2020 5:03pm

My heart is going ninety at the moment

29-08-2020 5:04pm

The kids are hyper here

29-08-2020 5:06pm

He's way too far back here

ratracer · 29-08-2020 5:08pm

Dammit!

Also, french TV pics suck! Who cares about FdJ slowly rolling in!

retalivity · 29-08-2020 5:08pm

Fcuks sake...at least ewan didnt win it

Itziger · 29-08-2020 5:08pm

Hmmmmmm, ran out of legs. Got squeezed a tiny bit at a key time, but no real excuses. Didn't have the endurance/speed.

29-08-2020 5:11pm

I need to see it again but was he impeded by one of his own lads on the left?

29-08-2020 5:11pm

Also Pinot ffs the man has zero luck at the tour

velo.2010 · 29-08-2020 5:12pm

Bennett never seesm to have the best position in larger bunch gallops; he always has to work hard to get into position.

The French TV director needs a word in his ear if this is going to be the carry on with Pinot everyday.

ratracer · 29-08-2020 5:15pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I need to see it again but was he impeded by one of his own lads on the left?

He was impeded by a Trek (I think) rider about 300m out and never recovered from it.

wirelessdude01 · 29-08-2020 5:22pm

Looked like he was afraid to do some bumping. Too easily pushed off his leadout guy. Then had to go around two.

CormacH94 · 29-08-2020 5:22pm

velo.2010 wrote: »

Bennett never seesm to have the best position in larger bunch gallops; he always has to work hard to get into position.

Stage 4 in last years Vuelta, got in a very good position after a messy roundabout before the finishing straight no problem - he seems to do better working off other teams leadouts rather than a dedicated one?

dastardly00 · 29-08-2020 5:24pm

I don't think Sam can have any excuses

MPFGLB · 29-08-2020 5:29pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

I don't think Sam can have any excuses

Well he dodn't seem to be able to get into the right gear ..have a look

Daroxtar · 29-08-2020 5:30pm

I didn't think much of that lead out at all, too far back for too long then thought he impeded Sam and caused him to bump off the Trek segafredo rider when he was about to launch.

De Bhál · 29-08-2020 5:30pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

I don't think Sam can have any excuses

yep, in the perfect position to win it and was slowing coming to the line compared to those on his right. Pity

De Bhál · 29-08-2020 5:32pm

MPFGLB wrote: »

Well he dodn't seem to be able to get into the right gear ..have a look

I did wonder that as it looked like something was wrong

29-08-2020 5:50pm

In the first crash he had the wheel changed and not a new bike, not sure about the puncture later on so possible there was something wrong.

29-08-2020 5:55pm

https://twitter.com/procycletrumps/status/1299747384805797894

breezy1985 · 29-08-2020 6:13pm

He gives himself alot of work to do mostly because he seems unable to fight for positions. He kept dropping off the aerial shots at the end which is too far back for him

REBELSAFC · 29-08-2020 6:15pm

MPFGLB wrote: »

Well he dodn't seem to be able to get into the right gear ..have a look

He seemed to be looking back towards his gears alright in the last 100m

CormacH94 · 29-08-2020 6:24pm

breezy1985 wrote: »

He gives himself alot of work to do mostly because he seems unable to fight for positions. He kept dropping off the aerial shots at the end which is too far back for him

He can when wants to, or when the other rider is sub 60kg...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcIb6n4xEjk

dastardly00 · 29-08-2020 6:46pm

As much as Carlton Kirby annoys me sometimes, he did manage to pick Kristoff for the stage win!

dastardly00 · 29-08-2020 7:04pm

John Degenkolb finished outside the time limit so his race is over

TheBlaaMan · 29-08-2020 7:13pm

Sam looked to just not have the legs, whether it was that he was stressed/nervous or whatever, he just looked ....blocked and sat down from sprinting with 50m left to go. Looking over at the opposition mid-sprint didn't seem to suggest he was at all confident in his own sprint. Perhaps he burned more matches than we might have expected coming back from the early spill and the later puncture, but as mentioned above, he has no complaints really.

Mefistofelino · 29-08-2020 7:23pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

As much as Carlton Kirby annoys me sometimes, he did manage to pick Kristoff for the stage win!

He also picked Bennett and Cees Bol at various points in the commentary

at1withmyself · 29-08-2020 7:29pm

dastardly00 wrote: »

John Degenkolb finished outside the time limit so his race is over

Well since he didn't start I'm not surprised

Itziger · 29-08-2020 7:50pm

What's the story with Sivakov? He'd be a big loss this early on for Ineos.

Dr. Bre · 29-08-2020 7:55pm

I didn’t see today’s stage . Any injuries to main contenders ?

Eamonnator · 29-08-2020 7:57pm

at1withmyself wrote: »

Well since he didn't start I'm not surprised

Just watching ITV4 highlights, they seem to be under the impression that Degenkolb finished outside time limit.

at1withmyself · 29-08-2020 7:59pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

Just watching ITV4 highlights, they seem to be under the impression that Degenkolb finished outside time limit.

Ah, he no longer rides for trek so was checking wrong team! My bad...

wirelessdude01 · 29-08-2020 7:59pm

Itziger wrote: »

What's the story with Sivakov? He'd be a big loss this early on for Ineos.

Was he down once or twice?

Looked like he had to be talked into continuing by team the car at least twice.

CrowdedHouse · 29-08-2020 8:03pm

at1withmyself wrote: »

Well since he didn't start I'm not surprised

https://twitter.com/BraeckmanAnn/status/1299760583013695489?s=20

Daroxtar · 29-08-2020 8:04pm

at1withmyself wrote: »

Well since he didn't start I'm not surprised

I think he thought he was starting

https://twitter.com/johndegenkolb/status/1299673684123291648?s=20

at1withmyself · 29-08-2020 8:47pm

Itziger wrote: »

What's the story with Sivakov? He'd be a big loss this early on for Ineos.

I wonder if he could suffer for a couple of days and stick with the sprinters pace to allow recovery then for the final 2 weeks to help Bernal.

29-08-2020 9:08pm

Ha just watching the highlights on TG4 was expecting the Ozzy lads, but it's the Irish lads. When Sam crashed "Níl sé gortaithe, ach tá an rothar banjaxed"

EDIT: Another cracker "Tá an rothar marbh"

It's odd the roads look far worse than they did in HD on eurosport , in SD on TG4 you can clearly see how bad they were.

dastardly00 · 29-08-2020 9:46pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ha just watching the highlights on TG4 was expecting the Ozzy lads, but it's the Irish lads. When Sam crashed "Níl sé gortaithe, ach tá an rothar banjaxed"

EDIT: Another cracker "Tá an rothar marbh"

It's odd the roads look far worse than they did in HD on eurosport , in SD on TG4 you can clearly see how bad they were.

That's just the individual pixels you are seeing

29-08-2020 9:52pm

What I did see quite clearly in those highlights was how close Sam actually was to that crash, looked to have happened right behind him.

29-08-2020 11:00pm

The breakaway is on Eurosport player and GCN pass but no Orla Chennaoui? Thought she did a decent job last year but seems to have been elbowed out by the GNC thing. She had some stuff up during lockdown including interviewing Wiggo about his career and the Olympics.

ITV as usual had decent highlights package, even from a tent in Kent.

EDIT: Oh there she is reading tweets in a different room ffs.

f1000 · 29-08-2020 11:12pm

Deleted User wrote: »

The breakaway is on Eurosport player and GCN pass but no Orla Chennaoui? Thought she did a decent job last year but seems to have been elbowed out by the GNC thing. She had some stuff up during lockdown including interviewing Wiggo about his career and the Olympics.

ITV as usual had decent highlights package, even from a tent in Kent.

I think she could not travel due to being in a restricted country

29-08-2020 11:40pm

f1000 wrote: »

I think she could not travel due to being in a restricted country

Ah of course. Still though I'd have considered her as senior NCO there vs Dan Lloyd.

Daroxtar · 29-08-2020 11:45pm

List of the carnage from today

ASTANA
Miguel Angel Lopez – Crashed into a bush and a sign, regained contact with the peloton.
Luis Leon Sanchez – Skin loss, appears otherwise unhurt. Finished with the peloton.

BAHRAIN-MCLAREN
Rafael Valls – Injured leg, taken away in an ambulance, out of the race.

BORA-HANSGROHE
Lennard Kämna – Crash shown in the photo above. Skin loss, appears otherwise unhurt.

DECEUNINCK-QUICKSTEP
Julian Alaphilippe – Crashed on left hip, appears unhurt.

EF PRO CYCLING
Rigoberto Uran – Skin loss, appears otherwise unhurt.

GROUPAMA-FDJ
Thibaut Pinot – Crashed at 3km, torn up kit. Injured right shoulder. Also hit his knee.
Valentin Madouas – “Just a small crash,” he said after the stage.
David Gaudu – Sacrum injury.
William Bonnet: Trauma to the left shoulder and trauma to the left thigh.
Rudy Molard: Trauma to the knee, skin loss. Also suffered from a direct shock to the inside of the knee.

INEOS GRENADIERS
Pavel Sivakov – Two crashes, hit both hips and his knee, plans to continue.
Andrey Amador – Skin loss, appears otherwise unhurt.

ISRAEL START-UP NATION
Andrew Greipel – Four stitches on leg.
Nils Politt – Injured back, X-rays show no fractures.
Ben Hermans – Injured right wrist. Slight ligament damage, according to his team. X-rays show no fractures.

JUMBO-VISMA
George Bennett – Crashed twice.
Tony Martin – Crashed in pileup at 3km to go.
Robert Gesink – Crashed, no information from team as of yet.

LOTTO-SOUDAL
John Degenkolb – Deep cuts to both knees. Finished outside time limit by about two minutes.
Caleb Ewan – Crashed without about 80km to go, appears unhurt.
Philippe Gilbert – Crashed hard, taken to hospital after the stage. Finished 11 minutes down.

MOVISTAR
Marc Soler – Skin loss, appears otherwise unhurt.

NTT PRO CYCLING
Edvald Boassen Hagen – A few minor scrapes.
Ryan Gibbons – Hit his shoulder.
Domenico Pozzovivo – Lost skin on his left leg, required stitches on his elbow.

SUNWEB
Marc Hirschi – Skin loss, appears otherwise unhurt.

TREK-SEGAFREDO
Niklas Eg – High-speed crash, was holding shoulder.

UAE-TEAM EMIRATES
David De La Cruz – Skin loss, appears otherwise unhurt. Finished with peloton

breezy1985 · 30-08-2020 12:51am

Deleted User wrote: »

What I did see quite clearly in those highlights was how close Sam actually was to that crash, looked to have happened right behind him.

It was one of his leadouts caused it when he bumped into a rider who was right in front of Sam. God knows how he missed him when he went down

Tour de France 2020 general thread (SPOILERS GALORE)

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