TDF 2020 - Stage 20: Lure - La Planche des Belles Filles 36.2 km *Spoilers*

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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Rabo Jumbo: Beating the French at their own game and coming to a screen near you. >:)
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    N0bodyOfTheGoat said:

    Worth watching the highlights show then? :D

    Last 5 minutes maybe lol
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    rick_chasey said:

    OH MY GOD

    Bitter pill to swallow for jumbo
    "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
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    smithy21 said:

    So, talk me through all that Jumbo dominance then. :D

    No teammates to protect you in a TT
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    rick_chasey said:

    OH MY GOD

    How's the carpet?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    N0bodyOfTheGoat said:

    Worth watching the highlights show then? :D

    Oh god yes
  • jimmyjams
    jimmyjams Posts: 784
    Excellent ride by Pogacar, looked strong, determined and consistent all the way. Great stuff!

    Roglic was panicking already from the bottom of the climb, thus so much out the saddle and changing gears (not to mention wearing his helmet likea beginner).
  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,340
    "I don't actually follow a football team, I just cheer obsessively and manically for players wearing my favourite brand of boots."

    It's a bloody odd way of watching sport, but I guess it takes all sorts.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Much as I wanted Pog to win that you have to feel sorry for Roglic. That may well have been his best only chance with the youngsters coming through. He must be regretting being so passive in the mountains assuming he wasn't bluffing and had more to give.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Classy by Roglic
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    I did a 40 mile ride on quite a bad hangover, got in and stuck the TV on, not eaten yet - could not take that stress on that fragility.

    Pogacar said he couldn't hear the radio on the way up. Must be amazing to find out like that.

    Roglic gave him a handshake during the interview, good on him as I'd have been pretty inconsolable I think!
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    Roglic looks shell shocked
    "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
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Pog's post-stage interview was very very sweet.

    Bless his TT socks.

    I might even forgive him for stealing the KOM from Carapaz.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Classy from Roglic to congratulate Pog there. Must be feeling like sh!t.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Sounds like UAE had scoped this TT really well
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    21!!!!!
    "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
  • brundonbianchi
    brundonbianchi Posts: 689
    bobmcstuff said:

    I did a 40 mile ride on quite a bad hangover, got in and stuck the TV on, not eaten yet - could not take that stress on that fragility.

    Pogacar said he couldn't hear the radio on the way up. Must be amazing to find out like that.

    Roglic gave him a handshake during the interview, good on him as I'd have been pretty inconsolable I think!

    That was proper sportsmanship. Very nice touch that.

  • brundonbianchi
    brundonbianchi Posts: 689
    There will be one hell of a post mortem at J.V. after that. However that was a great spectacle.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,718
    mididoctors said:

    21!!!!!

    ...or that JV had paced it badly, given how close they all were...

    Dunno if that's even a thing...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    brundonbianchi said:

    There will be one hell of a post mortem at J.V. after that. However that was a great spectacle.


    I thought David Icke Turquoise was a lucky colour!
  • brundonbianchi
    brundonbianchi Posts: 689
    smithy21 said:

    Classy from Roglic to congratulate Pog there. Must be feeling like sh!t.

    Roglic is a class act, he had a bad day at a bad time. However, it’s nice to see the spirit of the game shown there at the end. Chapeau to the pair of them.

  • brundonbianchi
    brundonbianchi Posts: 689
    focuszing723 said:

    brundonbianchi said:

    There will be one hell of a post mortem at J.V. after that. However that was a great spectacle.


    I thought David Icke Turquoise was a lucky colour!
    It’s a shame he switched to the black one then.

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Pogacar will be doing more climbing on the podium than he did on the bike. 4 ascents is going to take it out of tired legs.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    Just look at the difference between their faces and body language coming to the line.

    You can see Pog didn't know since he even did a bike throw for the line.

    Rog looked like he was close to tears.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,912
    ddraver said:

    mididoctors said:

    21!!!!!

    ...or that JV had paced it badly, given how close they all were...

    Dunno if that's even a thing...
    Roglic had a off day too . In hindsight pogacar was weaker at the end of long hard stages . When he was fresh he was super fast .

    Weird huh
    "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
  • brundonbianchi
    brundonbianchi Posts: 689
    Pross said:

    bobmcstuff said:

    brundonbianchi said:

    Stitch up.

    Lol, wot?
    Troll innit
    At least you admit you are.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Failed on two different bianchi bikes today.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Expert analysis by Roglic "I just didn't push enough"
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    What's the record for biggest age gap on the podium?
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    Won the stage by the same time he lost on the crosswinds stage..... Per ITV anyway.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!

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