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

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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620

    Jumbo have certainly changed the racing............................not. :D

    They have. If ineos were on the front the group would be quarter of the size.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Froome having a rest
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    I forgot Valverde is national champ now... he's near the front now too. Finish could suit him, non?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    *grumble*
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,486
    dish_dash said:

    And while Arkea - Ineos kits do look similar, Arkea have more white and Ineos more black. so it's not really that hard Chasey! Just watch on a bigger screen! :wink:

    And I quite like Roglic's national champs jersey

    Screens are sometimes proportionate to viewer size. :wink:
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Castrovejo dropping back to check in on Froome
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Froome & Castroviejo dropped...but possibly willingly so...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • What's with the dirty grey Ineos numbers?
    Not working if they are some fiendish marginal gain.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Uran goes
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    dish_dash said:

    Castrovejo dropping back to check in on Froome

    Froome was chatting away animatedly enough, seems to just be taking it easy?
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Roglic dragging Quintana up to Uran
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    Roglic chasing
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Dumolin drags back Benoot now...
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    4 jumbo to 2 ineos riders
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    edited August 2020
    Jumbo are more than happy to step into Ineos's shoes at the moment...

    Shutting down every attack then putting a fearsome train on the front...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Still a big group.

    Why does Kirby always say toot when he means drink.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Wout again :)
  • Wout a performances. :D
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Impey second, Bernal third.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Kwia squeezing Roglic towards the barriers in the sprint at the end...
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Wout winning for fun at the moment, he was smiling 50m before the line...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647

    Why does Kirby always say toot when he means drink.

    Esp as he said it was the last toot a couple of kms ago and then it was again..
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    dish_dash said:

    4 jumbo to 2 ineos riders

    4 of each in the front group
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    gsk82 said:

    dish_dash said:

    4 jumbo to 2 ineos riders

    4 of each in the front group
    Not in the last couple of kms... Arkea riders don't count ;)
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Lol...

    Wout says "apparently I have good legs" ... "so we got the whole yellow train on the front"...
  • What's with the dirty grey Ineos numbers?
    Not working if they are some fiendish marginal gain.

    They're also pinning them apart rather than next to each other to leave a stripe of red kit visible between them. The net effect is to make Ineos much easier to tell apart from Arkéa in the overheads - don't know if that's why they're doing it though.
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Is it B&B Vital with "only for everyone" written on their ar*es?
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,620
    dish_dash said:

    gsk82 said:

    dish_dash said:

    4 jumbo to 2 ineos riders

    4 of each in the front group
    Not in the last couple of kms... Arkea riders don't count ;)
    What about Thomas and Sivakov?
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago

  • 1 van Aert Wout Team Jumbo-Visma 5:27:42
    2 Impey Daryl Mitchelton-Scott ,,
    3 Bernal Egan Team INEOS ,,
    4 Valverde Alejandro Movistar Team ,,
    5 Pogačar Tadej UAE-Team Emirates ,,
    6 Lutsenko Alexey Astana Pro Team ,,
    7 Higuita Sergio EF Pro Cycling ,,
    8 Cosnefroy Benoît AG2R La Mondiale ,,
    9 Roglič Primož Team Jumbo-Visma ,,
    10 Martin Guillaume Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    edited August 2020
    ...
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'