Paris-Nice 2020 *Spoilers*

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  • photonic69
    photonic69 Posts: 2,794
    Nizzolo’s green skinsuit left nothing to the imagination in the arse-crack dept! Once seen, can’t be unseen.


    Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.

  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Just watched stage 2 and 3.

    Stage 2 - woof.
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Hope Michael Woods is okay. He looked in a fair amount of distress there.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143
    What happened?
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    kingstongraham said:

    What happened?

    No idea. They cut to him after the crash. He was moving his arm but looked in a bad way. Seemed to be telling the people on the scene not to move him.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    edited March 2020
    Anyhow, it was a great finish. Jan Tratnik caught 100 metres from the line.
    Bonifazio by far the best sprint there.

    Now we wait to see if stage 6 is a runner or not.
    Given the classics season just got canned, I figure half the peloton will quit now in any case.
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  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    there was also quite a big crowd at the stage finish. thought that was all cancelled
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    DeadCalm said:

    Hope Michael Woods is okay. He looked in a fair amount of distress there.

    Fractured femur according to social media.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Man this race has a weird vibe now.

    Shows how much the context of what’s going on impacts on how a race feels watching it.
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    rick_chasey said:

    Man this race has a weird vibe now.

    Shows how much the context of what’s going on impacts on how a race feels watching it.

    Woods broken leg seems a high cost. I think the laissez faire attitude of us all heading to the sun has been truncated just south of Lyon. At least we crossed the Rhone Might be a while before the simple pleasures of stability/normality returns A bit like board paddling out to a tsunami

  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    Van Garderen had bailed on his teammate and decided to go home because of Trump's travel ban.
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    gsk82 said:

    Van Garderen had bailed on his teammate and decided to go home because of Trump's travel ban.

    That sounds like you are telling teacher! Difficult times difficult measures
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    edited March 2020
    gsk82 said:

    Van Garderen had bailed on his teammate and decided to go home because of Trump's travel ban.

    Especially lightweight as the ban doesn't apply to US citizens.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    In hindsight it might well be that the states was the worst place to deal with it.
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  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,784
    B-M withdraw.
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  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,784
    edited March 2020
    Final stage cancelled.
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  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    Viviani DNS
  • david37
    david37 Posts: 1,313
    and so endeth the 2020 stage races.
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    carbonclem said:

    Final stage cancelled.

    which is strange as the stage before ends just outside Nice. They are probably all staying there anyway
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,143
    sherer said:

    carbonclem said:

    Final stage cancelled.

    which is strange as the stage before ends just outside Nice. They are probably all staying there anyway
    More people are likely to congregate for a stage finish in the city.

  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    david37 said:

    and so endeth the 2020 stage races.

    Not quite.
    109 riders took today's start. The race is on.

    Also we need to bare in mind that some years the numbers that finish can be pretty low.
    For instance, just two editions ago there were only 77 finishers.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Meanwhile, at the only game in town, Bardet, Pedersen, Anacona, Kung, Gougeard, Edet and Perez now lead the peloton by 1:30
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Sunweb extremely active, sending a whole host of guys up the road in pursuit

    Group ahead has split up into Bardet and Edet up ahead, with the remainers except for , Anacona and Edet giving up, now under impulse of a subweb rider (can't see who, I think that guy who won the TT) who has bridged from the peloton

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Andersen is the rider from sunweb and he joined bardet and edet and has been driving it hard.

    Not much use as Asgreed and Tim de Clerq are chasing hard.

    gap down to 23 seconds.

    Hitting the penultimate climb.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Andersen drops bardet and edet at 15km to go. Gap still at 20 seconds. Jungels joins the chase.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Nibali attacks out of the group. Looks like Benoot follows (who presumably won't take over as his teammate is down the road).
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Benoot drops Nibali and bridges over to Andersen and goes over the top and the other favourites follow.

    Meanwhile Alaphilippe jumps out of the peloton.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Benoot drops Andersen and is now solo. with a small group of 7 or 8 behind (all favourites it seems).

    Not very organised so Nibali giving it some impetus.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Sunweb very impressive.
    Bling hanging with the select GC group.
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