Tour de l’Ain and Critérium du Dauphiné 2020 *Spoilers*

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Live now 55kms to go so we see the top of the Madeleine.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,611
    Madeleine is a tough climb from the south on the lower and mid sections.
    Bottom few kms of the final climb to St Martin is also tough - they're using the same back road that the Etape & TdF used last year.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Pimipin' mountain bike...

    A Yeti?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    32k to go, heading down the madeleine.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    WvA leading the peloton, which is quite impressive....
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  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    edited August 2020
    blazing_saddles said:

    josame said:

    blazing_saddles said:

    We all know that current form, as with everything else, is pretty much irrelevant until the second Saturday.
    Until then it's all about survival.

    'irrelevant' is too strong - and likely completely refuted by a glance at the 'past editions' tab on PCS re Dauphine and Tour de Suisse :wink:


    A glance at the past kind of makes my point.

    The Tour de Suisse only needs to be included in your form guide, because Bernal won it last year.
    Previous Suisse winners were: Porte, Spilak twice, Lopez, Costa.
    Not much Tour success there!
    Meanwhile last year's Dauphine winner did take 2 weeks to crash out.

    Thomas won the Dauphine in 2018 and then rode a completely incident free Tour.

    2017: two thirds of the Dauphine podium DNFs. Froome 4th wins 3rd consecutive Tour.

    2015+16: Froome's double double.

    2014: two thirds of the Dauphine podium DNFs.

    I'll stand by the Dauphine - I did edit out the Suisse - past form is obviously not 'irrelevant'
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Belgians whilst filling the time when not much happens are concerned Jumbo will turn WvA into a top domestique and he will go the way of Kwia and lose his top end in the classics.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    How much money have they got..?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    No_Ta_Doctor said:

    rick_chasey said:

    RichN95. said:

    takethehighroad said:

    I'm looking forward to the real battle of the Tour. Forget Jumbo v Ineos, it's Rick vs Rich x


    He's not even a proper Richard. (I've always believed his was a made up name)
    Can confirm.
    Rick's real name is Rick Chasse-Patate
    Jesus, you're a tough crowd.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Haha.

    WvA pace is so high the peloton is still in one long line.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Moutiers - quite honestly one of the most miserable places I've ever been...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    That summit and descent was beautiful. Proper summer cycling.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Froome dropped already.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Froome and Castro getting quite chummy again by going out the rear, early doors.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    WvA still doing damage on the final climb.

    Oof.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    G'waaan Pierre!!

    You rock that head!!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Formalo deciding to ride an MTF 1st cat in the big ring.

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Kwia already off the back before he's stuck his nose in the wind
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Valverde dropped 8km to go...
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited August 2020
    Ineos are bluffing, right?

    Good ride by Seniori Formolo
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    ddraver said:

    Ineos are bluffing, right?

    Thomas, Bernal and Sivakov left.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    ddraver said:

    Moutiers - quite honestly one of the most miserable places I've ever been...

    I spent a week in hospital there with a fractured vertebra. It's bleak.

    Apparently (so I was told, I've done no fact checking!) it has the highest suicide rate in France as it gets hardly any sunlight due to its location with mountains blocking the sun...
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Kamna of bora attacks with formalo still 2 mins ahead with 5k still to go.

    That then sends Yates out the back.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Bora bored.
    "Lennie" Kamna launches past the Jumbo 4 man road block.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    C'mon Formolo
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Formalo still in the big ring. haha
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    rick_chasey said:

    Formalo still in the big ring. haha

    Not looking very comfortable though !
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Thomas dropped at 3.8km to go....
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Uran dropped too
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