Tomorrows tour stage shortened.

ademort

According to dutch tv tomorrows stage of the Tour will only be 59Kms long because of rain, any thoughts anyone.

shirley_basso

It’s due to landslides I think

PhilipPirrip

Just seen Rob Hayles saying the same.

Will it be the first half or second?

iainf72

Only the final climb.

What a piece of garbage

hypster

Most exciting Tour in years ends as a damp squib (maybe).

ademort

Shirley Basso wrote:

It’s due to landslides I think

Yes you are right, been confirmed and race will start at 14.30, 15.30 UK time.

gsk82

ademort wrote:

Shirley Basso wrote:

It’s due to landslides I think

Yes you are right, been confirmed and race will start at 14.30, 15.30 UK time.

That's 13:30 uk time

dodgy

Impressed at their decisiveness.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

Such a carp finish to this Tour, they should re-run the full stage 19 when the Iseran descent is safe and run the full stage 20 when deemed safe.

Shirley ~60Km with just Val Thorens climb is going to have little to no bearing on the GC, may as well give Bernal his "act of God" win now.

rick_chasey

I am so disappointed

alanparsons

Make it an ITT.

dodgy

NitrousOxide wrote:

Such a carp finish to this Tour, they should re-run the full stage 19 when the Iseran descent is safe and run the full stage 20 when deemed safe.

Shirley ~60Km with just Val Thorens climb is going to have little to no bearing on the GC, may as well give Bernal his "act of God" win now.

That sounds quite a simple thing. It’s not like they arrange these road closures 11 months ahead or anything.

slim_boy_fat

I feel robbed.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

The locals will understand, it's their sacrifice for JA.

salsiccia1

dodgy wrote:

NitrousOxide wrote:

Such a carp finish to this Tour, they should re-run the full stage 19 when the Iseran descent is safe and run the full stage 20 when deemed safe.

Shirley ~60Km with just Val Thorens climb is going to have little to no bearing on the GC, may as well give Bernal his "act of God" win now.

That sounds quite a simple thing. It’s not like they arrange these road closures 11 months ahead or anything.

Wake up sheeple! Can't you see this is all a ASO/UCI/Ineos conspiracy? You and I know that they could sh1t an organisational miracle if they wanted too.

blazing_saddles

iainf72 wrote:

Only the final climb.

What a piece of garbage

Zero opportunity place riders up the road, train all the way.
The Tour size comes back to bite them in the ass. No plan B due to the road closures needed for the caravan etc.

Otherwise there is a completely obvious plan B.

Back up the St Jean Valley and use the Col de La Madeleine and then up to Val Thorens.

Must be around 110-120kms: Perfect.

iainf72

Blazing Saddles wrote:

iainf72 wrote:

Only the final climb.

What a piece of garbage

Zero opportunity place riders up the road, train all the way.
The Tour size comes back to bite them in the ass. No plan B due to the road closures needed for the caravan etc.

Also, no chance of doing something different due to stupid short length of stage.

You can't control everything but at least plan for failure.

blazing_saddles

iainf72 wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

iainf72 wrote:

Only the final climb.

What a piece of garbage

Zero opportunity place riders up the road, train all the way.
The Tour size comes back to bite them in the ass. No plan B due to the road closures needed for the caravan etc.

Also, no chance of doing something different due to stupid short length of stage.

You can't control everything but at least plan for failure.

See above. What's wrong with the friggin Madeleine otherwise?

markwb79

Blazing Saddles wrote:

iainf72 wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

iainf72 wrote:

Only the final climb.

What a piece of garbage

Zero opportunity place riders up the road, train all the way.
The Tour size comes back to bite them in the ass. No plan B due to the road closures needed for the caravan etc.

Also, no chance of doing something different due to stupid short length of stage.

You can't control everything but at least plan for failure.

See above. What's wrong with the friggin Madeleine otherwise?

Start village is still set up (well probably not any more!)

blazing_saddles

Markwb79 wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

iainf72 wrote:

Blazing Saddles wrote:

iainf72 wrote:

Only the final climb.

What a piece of garbage

Zero opportunity place riders up the road, train all the way.
The Tour size comes back to bite them in the ass. No plan B due to the road closures needed for the caravan etc.

Also, no chance of doing something different due to stupid short length of stage.

You can't control everything but at least plan for failure.

See above. What's wrong with the friggin Madeleine otherwise?

Start village is still set up (well probably not any more!)

I'm talking about starting from Albertville. It's no more than 50kms from the Madeline. Up and over is another 45kms and you are just about on the Val Thorens ascent from there. (Moutiers less than 10kms)

Hardly Milan-San Remo distance.

above_the_cows

WHAT?

Alejandrosdog

this is club run distance to the cafe.

No_Ta_Doctor

On the positive side (I'm scraping the barrel here), though there won't be space for advanced Movistar tactics, this will be crazily full-on all the way.

gweeds

https://twitter.com/petercossins/status ... 4738318342

Cripes

ddraver

The size of them stones! That must have been a massive event! Don't think there will be a road for some time there...

richard_t._biscuit

Perceived wisdom these days is that shorter stages are more exciting, right?...

Last year Quintana took 28 seconds (and 47 on G in third) on the [planned] 65km stage 17 *grasps at straws*

pblakeney

Gweeds wrote:

https://twitter.com/petercossins/status/1154872084738318342

Cripes

Sheeite!
Going there in 4 weeks, and that was on the itinerary, as is Tignes.
It would take 4 years to fix in the UK. Fingers crossed.

Anyway, tomorrow should be full gas.

blazing_saddles

Richard T. Biscuit wrote:

Perceived wisdom these days is that shorter stages are more exciting, right?...

Last year Quintana took 28 seconds (and 47 on G in third) on the [planned] 65km stage 17 *grasps at straws*

That is quite some grasp. 3 climbs packed into those 65kms and not 1 km of flat.

Best fit stage I can recall was in the 2009 Giro, flat (more or less) from Chieti and up the Blockhaus. That one was 70 odd kms. A few seconds difference between the main protagonists, Pellizotti having slipped away.

ademort

Apparently the massive advertising caravan which passes 2 hours before the riders has been cancelled however the race as it stands still go,s ahead as we speak. This could change though according to some reports.