Chris_ Posted September 11, 2020 Share .......if it is the latter then I will declare Fridays Bora days. Yeah yeah.. it already is, every day is, you can't fool us... dsw and Vetplant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted September 11, 2020 Share You gotta love the ASO. The Testing resets the evening before the next test. It is therefore impossible to test positive twice in the same week, even though you have 2 positive tests in the 2 rounds of testing. Got to admit, cycling was not going to let a silly pandemic get in the way of finding a way around testing protocols, we have had YEARS to get good at this. Gandalf, Wayne pudding Mol, Vetplant and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne pudding Mol Posted September 11, 2020 Share I am hoping for a disrupter today - none of this eek out a few seconds here and there and go for right near the end Pogacar for boom or bust today Or Porte or Landa - someone who goes into podium contention or out the top 30 in one aggressive swoop Not gonna happen but I can dream. Vetplant, Pure Savage, eddy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsw Posted September 11, 2020 Share I am hoping for a disrupter today - none of this eek out a few seconds here and there and go for right near the end Pogacar for boom or bust today Or Porte or Landa - someone who goes into podium contention or out the top 30 in one aggressive swoop Not gonna happen but I can dream. The most likely is a long line of riders dressed in yellow setting a furious tempo in the good old team Sky tradition stopping any attempts of a breakaway by a serious contender. But we can dream like you said.... Vetplant and Wayne pudding Mol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted September 11, 2020 Share I am hoping for a disrupter today - none of this eek out a few seconds here and there and go for right near the end Pogacar for boom or bust today Or Porte or Landa - someone who goes into podium contention or out the top 30 in one aggressive swoop Not gonna happen but I can dream.Realistically only Roglic and Bernal have the team around them to be able to defend yellow from now until Paris. The others need to get close (but not into yellow) and hope to pop Roglic in the TT, although probably only Pogacar can do that. The climbers need 2+ minutes going into the TT and I can't see Roglic shipping that much time unless he has a shocker of a bad day. Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJuice Posted September 11, 2020 Share I am hoping for a disrupter today - none of this eek out a few seconds here and there and go for right near the end Pogacar for boom or bust today Or Porte or Landa - someone who goes into podium contention or out the top 30 in one aggressive swoop Not gonna happen but I can dream.After reading the CN article of Porte this morning I hope it is Porte going all out. Vetplant and dsw 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne pudding Mol Posted September 11, 2020 Share Realistically only Roglic and Bernal have the team around them to be able to defend yellow from now until Paris. The others need to get close (but not into yellow) and hope to pop Roglic in the TT, although probably only Pogacar can do that. The climbers need 2+ minutes going into the TT and I can't see Roglic shipping that much time unless he has a shocker of a bad day.It's amazing how tight the margins are at this level and how close these top guys are too each other. I have a mate who is close to my ability but the other day he beat me up my own local hill by 7 minutesThey are obviously pros and it's not comparable but in my mind I can't understand how one guy can't drop another buy 5 minutes over 200km It's a bit of a stupid statement because of team tactics, peloton shelter and loads more but I often find myself shouting at Julian just to drop them all up a hill and ride off into the sunset (like my mate did) Edited September 11, 2020 by Waynemol Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted September 11, 2020 Share Realistically only Roglic and Bernal have the team around them to be able to defend yellow from now until Paris. The others need to get close (but not into yellow) and hope to pop Roglic in the TT, although probably only Pogacar can do that. The climbers need 2+ minutes going into the TT and I can't see Roglic shipping that much time unless he has a shocker of a bad day.Agreed on all fronts, except maybe for the bit on the TT. It has ALLOT of climbing. I don't know if the climbers need that much time in this case. But it is going to be fun to watch how everyone finds out on the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted September 11, 2020 Share Agreed on all fronts, except maybe for the bit on the TT. It has ALLOT of climbing. I don't know if the climbers need that much time in this case. But it is going to be fun to watch how everyone finds out on the day I was going to say, that ITT is brutal and Bardet holds the KOM on the climb. He knows those roads inside and out. I'm with Wayne though. I dream of a 2007 Linus Gerdermann break every time I see a stage like this! Wayne pudding Mol, Vetplant and eddy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_ Posted September 11, 2020 Share Strange thought for the day: Every second article I come across mentions Jumbo not using Shimano wheels, but the Corima ones. Now I'm starting to wonder if even though they're not using the Shimano ones its actually better advertising because we're at least speaking about them all the time. Whereas if they were riding them it may have once gotten half a word somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted September 11, 2020 Share Big players trying to get into the break. JA, Dan Martin. Sagan tried to cross across a 10s Gap. All kicking off at the start here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen Posted September 11, 2020 Share It's going to be a very long day for some riders[emoji102] Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted September 11, 2020 Share Noooooo Gibbo! Hang on! It's gonna be a looong day. Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted September 11, 2020 Share It's going to be a very long day for some riders[emoji102] Snap :-) Vetplant and Gen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted September 11, 2020 Share It's going to be a very long day for some riders[emoji102]NTT might lose half their team today! Gen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted September 11, 2020 Share If DQS push this break too hard they might put Sam into a situation where making the time-cut comes into play.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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