TDF 2020 - Stage 19: Bourg-en-Bresse - Champagnole 166.5 km *Spoilers*

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    DeadCalm said:

    Poor Pavel.

    Poor reactions
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Stuyven joining too.

    Decent group of rouleurs in the chase now.
    _
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    The pink platoon make it back to the bunch.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    rick_chasey said:

    Stuyven joining too.

    Decent group of rouleurs in the chase now.

    The two Sunweb riders are there to mark the break. They are not going to work.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    I assume DQS were slightly concerned about Sagan on this terrain and wanted to get the break away. Just managed to get the front 4 caught instead.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Kwia having another go, celebrating his freedom. Takes 3 others with him.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    DeadCalm said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Stuyven joining too.

    Decent group of rouleurs in the chase now.

    The two Sunweb riders are there to mark the break. They are not going to work.
    Don't have to chase.
    _
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Giant winking cow in a field - the definition of Big Dairy.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Ewan going off the back, sufferfest.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    rick_chasey said:

    DeadCalm said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Stuyven joining too.

    Decent group of rouleurs in the chase now.

    The two Sunweb riders are there to mark the break. They are not going to work.
    Don't have to chase.
    They are obviously all in for Bol today. They are blatantly chasing everything down.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Sagan, Trentin and Bennett are funny. Could see the green and orange and you knew Sagan was sitting there somewhere too.

    Bennett must be feeling pretty good as he has not had much trouble covering Sagan's moves.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Oh God. Kelly and Kirby fot the final.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    DeadCalm said:

    Oh God. Kelly and Kirby fot the final.

    "It's a good time to hand over to Carlton Kirby"

    No it isn't! When is it ever a good time to hand over to Carlton Kirby!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    WTF most of the stage favourites in a break on a sprint stage. That's pretty rare. Big gap in no time too.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Rowe out front again, he's another rider who has earned a win over the years.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    Vive le tour . Good for the riders to make a show of it
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Lead just grew by a minute in a km or two. That can't be right surely?
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Break of fast men now - Naesen, Sagan, Bennett, Devenyns, Kragh Andersen, Arndt, Rowe I think? GVA or Trentin? I thought I saw a gold helmet.

    Bennett's playing it well and literally just sitting on Sagan's wheel. Has another DQS too.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Pross said:

    Lead just grew by a minute in a km or two. That can't be right surely?

    2'25" now...
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    This will be an exciting half an hour.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,100
    Really weird end this
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,430
    edited September 2020
    Bit weird
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Trek rider looks a bit of a weak link, the others will have to watch he doesn't leave a gap.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Stage over, cue messing around at the front
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Looks more like the GP Plouay than a TDF stage.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    Lotto packing it in was proper cycling moment
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    NTT have not shown much
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,692
    Early start to the Spring Classics...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,461
    Bennett only bothered about covering Sagan.

    Direct Energie restarting the chase, there'll be a few tired riders cursing them
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Pross said:

    Bennett only bothered about covering Sagan.

    Direct Energie restarting the chase, there'll be a few tired riders cursing them

    Bennet is riding really well to cover Sagan, IMO

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