TDF 2020 - Stage 12: Chauvigny - Sarran Corrèze 218 km *Spoilers*
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Stage 12: Chauvigny - Sarran Corrèze 218 km
The Tour de France ventures deep into the heart of France.
The longest stage of the 2020 Tour will first take the riders on the roads of the Vienne and Haute-Vienne areas. But it’ll be in Corrèze that the most ambitious could give it a go on the final difficulty, the Suc au May that shows up on the course when the legs will be heavy. CP
Chauvigny is as French as it gets. Beautifully situated on a river – the Vienne – with a castle and ancient church towering high above the houses. The peloton leaves this highly picturesque scene behind to head southeast.
Rolling hills make way for the more demanding climbs of the Massif Central, a highland region in the heart of Southern France. The toughest uphill en route is the Suc au May. The first three riders atop this 3.8 kilometres climb at 7.7% gain time bonuses of 8, 5 and 2 seconds.
The Suc au May is expected to play a crucial role. It precedes a 6 kilometres descent into Chaumeil before the last 13 kilometres to the line are played out on narrow and undulating roads.
Not a sprint or GC day, but on paper a prime day to get into the break, as it should stick.
Favourites 12th stage 2020 Tour de France
*** Greg Van Avermaet, Matej Mohoric, Julian Alaphilippe, Marc Hirschi
** Kasper Asgreen, Matteo Trentin, Tiesj Benoot, Rémi Cavagna, Thomas De Gendt
* Alessandro De Marchi, Søren Kragh Andersen, Oliver Naesen, Jérôme Cousin
Chauvigny
No previous stage
Population: 7,250
Chauvigny held in 2005 a Tour de l’Avenir stage won by Dutchman Koen de Kort. It was the last pro victory by the former Paris-Roubaix espoirs winner, one of the nicest riders in the peloton, now a respected team-mate for Trek Segafredo. De Kort took part in eight Tours de France.
Specialties: joue de bœuf à la chauvinoise (beef), trout farm, sorrel soup, Turban squash soup, black pudding of Poitou, green garlic goat, broyé of Poitou, dame blanche of Poitou, Pouligny Saint-Pierre (cheese).
Sarran Corrèze
One previous stage
Population: 275
The Tour de France returns to Sarran, 19 years after the 16th stage of the 2001 edition, when Jens Voigt (1971) clinched his first stage win. Gone with Australian Bradley McGee, the indestructible German rider dropped him in the finale to cross the line with a slight lead. The victory completed a superb Tour de France for Voigt, who had also held the yellow jersey for one day.
Specialities: Fario trouts, Maugein accordions, knives of Corrèze, slates of Travassac, Le Tanneur leather, Sothys cosmetics, Salers liquour, Denoix distillery, straw wine “Le Miel des Muses”, chestnut, strawberries of Beaulieu, mushroom and truffles, walnuts, Limousin AOP apples, veal, beef…
The Tour de France ventures deep into the heart of France.
The longest stage of the 2020 Tour will first take the riders on the roads of the Vienne and Haute-Vienne areas. But it’ll be in Corrèze that the most ambitious could give it a go on the final difficulty, the Suc au May that shows up on the course when the legs will be heavy. CP
Chauvigny is as French as it gets. Beautifully situated on a river – the Vienne – with a castle and ancient church towering high above the houses. The peloton leaves this highly picturesque scene behind to head southeast.
Rolling hills make way for the more demanding climbs of the Massif Central, a highland region in the heart of Southern France. The toughest uphill en route is the Suc au May. The first three riders atop this 3.8 kilometres climb at 7.7% gain time bonuses of 8, 5 and 2 seconds.
The Suc au May is expected to play a crucial role. It precedes a 6 kilometres descent into Chaumeil before the last 13 kilometres to the line are played out on narrow and undulating roads.
Not a sprint or GC day, but on paper a prime day to get into the break, as it should stick.
Favourites 12th stage 2020 Tour de France
*** Greg Van Avermaet, Matej Mohoric, Julian Alaphilippe, Marc Hirschi
** Kasper Asgreen, Matteo Trentin, Tiesj Benoot, Rémi Cavagna, Thomas De Gendt
* Alessandro De Marchi, Søren Kragh Andersen, Oliver Naesen, Jérôme Cousin
Chauvigny
No previous stage
Population: 7,250
Chauvigny held in 2005 a Tour de l’Avenir stage won by Dutchman Koen de Kort. It was the last pro victory by the former Paris-Roubaix espoirs winner, one of the nicest riders in the peloton, now a respected team-mate for Trek Segafredo. De Kort took part in eight Tours de France.
Specialties: joue de bœuf à la chauvinoise (beef), trout farm, sorrel soup, Turban squash soup, black pudding of Poitou, green garlic goat, broyé of Poitou, dame blanche of Poitou, Pouligny Saint-Pierre (cheese).
Sarran Corrèze
One previous stage
Population: 275
The Tour de France returns to Sarran, 19 years after the 16th stage of the 2001 edition, when Jens Voigt (1971) clinched his first stage win. Gone with Australian Bradley McGee, the indestructible German rider dropped him in the finale to cross the line with a slight lead. The victory completed a superb Tour de France for Voigt, who had also held the yellow jersey for one day.
Specialities: Fario trouts, Maugein accordions, knives of Corrèze, slates of Travassac, Le Tanneur leather, Sothys cosmetics, Salers liquour, Denoix distillery, straw wine “Le Miel des Muses”, chestnut, strawberries of Beaulieu, mushroom and truffles, walnuts, Limousin AOP apples, veal, beef…
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Pretty much every team wants a piece of this stage, so could be a huge fight to get a break away. Early start as well btw
@DrHeadgear
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At the finish.
This morning, seeing Blazing had provided 13 names, I upgraded some of my original selections and added 4 names, so I too provide 13 names. We have 5 in common.
*** Greg van Avermaet, Marc Hirschi, Thomas de Gendt, Alexey Lutsenko
** Sergio Higuita, Alberto Bettiol, Jasper Stuyven, Søren Kragh Andersen, Julian Alaphilippe
* Damiano Caruso, David Gaudu, Daniel Martinez, Jesus Herrada
(That part of Correze, from Sarran east, is one of my favourite, simpler, areas of France)
Is there any chance DQS will control it till then so Bennett can win the sprint? Or is that implausible because a big break will be too keen to go (thus sweeping up all the points anyway)
*** Julian Alaphilippe, Greg Van Avermaet, Thomas De Gendt
** Daryl Impey, Matteo Trentin, Marc Hirschi, Oliver Naesen
* De Marchi, Madouas, Peters, Cavagna, Benoot, SKA, Jungels
Bookie's odds (taken from the sorting Oddschecker applies to average across betting sites)
*** Alaphilippe, GVA (less than 10/1)
** Hirschi, Trentin, Schachmann, WVA (between 10 and 20/1)
* Sagan, Lutsenko, Benoot, Bettiol, Impey, Asgreen, De Gendt, SKA (20/1 - 30/1)
Comes to 14 names, worked out quite neatly in terms of the odds split this time. Fair bit of variance there but they do have some in common. Wout van Aert (and Sagan) seem to be an outlier on the bookies odds compared to pundits, presumably because their odds have been shortened by the money.
I would have thought that they would want the break to go (assuming no GJ rivals). Every opportunity that passes with his lead intact is an opportunity lost for Sagan.
Expect DQS to be policing the break then.
Early start today, coverage from 10:45. Could be interesting to watch the break go.
Antwan Tolhoek, Sam Oomen, Tom Dumoulin, Thymen Arensman, Remco Evenepoel, Benoît Cosnefroy, Tom Pidcock, Mark Cavendish, Romain Bardet
Ridiculous pace at the moment as attacks start and then get closed down.
Only 4 off the front, Erviti, LL Sanchez, Politt and Walscheild.
Crash in the bunch - Lutsenko again
Eurosport have now figured it out.
And with that, it starts pulling apart again at the front of the peloton...
Not much reaction from the peloton initially, but then another 5 riders tried to go which seems to have potentially drawn more of a reaction
@DrHeadgear
The Vikings are coming!