TDF 2020: Stage 6: Le Teil > Mont Aigoual 191 km *Spoilers*
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I think it's simply too early for anyone to put in a big effort with the big mountains starting at the weekend. The lack of racing so far this year probably hasn't helped either as a lot of the riders have probably decided to ride themselves into form a bit in the first week.1
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I think early in the Tour, the short, sharp Muur style uphill finishes provide more excitement.
The two summits in this Tour have yielded a total of about 200m of GC action.0 -
Spoilers! pah!
I'm calling it - that was the most boring stage that went up a bit that I have ever seen
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Armstrong called it in his podcast last night that the parcours was perfect nullifying any racing. Turns out he was correct.0
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It seems that there actually is a ‘nod / wink’ inter team agreement then. Piss about until the TT, then get the balls out and take the glory in Paris. I’d be surprised if the race comes to life properly.0
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Makes the Team Sky era look exciting dunnit?1
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Yeah OK, I'll remind you of this after Saturday.brundonbianchi said:It seems that there actually is a ‘nod / wink’ inter team agreement then. Piss about until the TT, then get the balls out and take the glory in Paris. I’d be surprised if the race comes to life properly.
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To be honest, I don't really blame them. With a mountainous route in addition to the lack of racing in their legs, who is confident they'll be able to perform in week 3? Only burn your matches when you really need to, and save them for the final week.Pross said:I think it's simply too early for anyone to put in a big effort with the big mountains starting at the weekend. The lack of racing so far this year probably hasn't helped either as a lot of the riders have probably decided to ride themselves into form a bit in the first week.
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andyrac said:
To be honest, I don't really blame them. With a mountainous route in addition to the lack of racing in their legs, who is confident they'll be able to perform in week 3? Only burn your matches when you really need to, and save them for the final week.Pross said:I think it's simply too early for anyone to put in a big effort with the big mountains starting at the weekend. The lack of racing so far this year probably hasn't helped either as a lot of the riders have probably decided to ride themselves into form a bit in the first week.
The problem is if you get week 3 without really making any gains on many riders then the threats can come from all sides and are harder to control. The Sky method used to be to go hard on the first climb to thin the field out a little.Twitter: @RichN950 -
The problem is that there's only 1 team of winners and 1 team of wannabes. The rest don't know how to win, or even how to try and win."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0
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Am I the only one who thought that was a not terrible stage then?
Nice scenery, an interesting climb, good strong breakaway, and a bit of a fight for the win up the last climb. Not the best ever, but not the worst.0 -
The majority are still cocking about, regarding G.C. Possibly they think Covid is going to knacker their efforts, and they just C.B.A.0
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You really are a sad piece of work. If you can’t add anything of a constructive note. Just go and droole over your expensive but badly sized bike.brundonbianchi said:The majority are still cocking about, regarding G.C. Possibly they think Covid is going to knacker their efforts, and they just C.B.A.
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kingstongraham said:
Am I the only one who thought that was a not terrible stage then?
Nice scenery, an interesting climb, good strong breakaway, and a bit of a fight for the win up the last climb. Not the best ever, but not the worst.
FWIW, I agree. Thoroughly average in every way...We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Here's your reminder.kingstongraham said:
Yeah OK, I'll remind you of this after Saturday.brundonbianchi said:It seems that there actually is a ‘nod / wink’ inter team agreement then. Piss about until the TT, then get the balls out and take the glory in Paris. I’d be surprised if the race comes to life properly.
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Fabulous. Chapeau.kingstongraham said:
Here's your reminder.kingstongraham said:
Yeah OK, I'll remind you of this after Saturday.brundonbianchi said:It seems that there actually is a ‘nod / wink’ inter team agreement then. Piss about until the TT, then get the balls out and take the glory in Paris. I’d be surprised if the race comes to life properly.
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brundonbianchi said:
It seems that there actually is a ‘nod / wink’ inter team agreement then. Piss about until the TT, then get the balls out and take the glory in Paris. I’d be surprised if the race comes to life properly.
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lets not start using Kirbyisms. WTF does thaty even mean. Seems to be the adjective he applies to about 50 different situationsmididoctors said:Tom steels looking gnarly but trim.
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