Gen Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Behind the Sam Bennett group afaik.Ouch..with the Bennett group sitting up he may get back to them...and then he has to do it all over again tomorrow.
Mntboy Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Ouch..with the Bennett group sitting up he may get back to them...and then he has to do it all over again tomorrow.The parcours is not a enjoyable one if you're sprinter, in general. This year it just seems even harder than normal.
Vetseun Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 This is shaping up like a spring classic.I am feeling very excited.Anticipation running high.
Gen Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 The parcours is not a enjoyable one if you're sprinter, in general. This year it just seems even harder than normal.Yes and to think they are only really getting started with the climbing..tomorrow is going to be brutal
Gen Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Ewan group is 15min behind and apparently its quite a big group
Mntboy Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Yes and to think they are only really getting started with the climbing..tomorrow is going to be brutalMy legs are crying. That is a lot of hard climbing!!!!!
Vetseun Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 There are a few Tours that will be remembered as super special.50th, 100th, post world wars... etcThey are all super special but some are just super special.This one will be a super special one.A Tour in one of the kakkest years in human history.
Frosty Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Race website shows 4 guys (all Lotto) at the back of the pack: J. De BuystC. EwanF. FrisonR. Kluge 16 mins behind. Gruppetto (with Bennett) is 57 large, just under 10 mins behind. Cut off shouldn't be a problem today.
Vetseun Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 I am counting on a Peter Sagan launch. Fokkeet I am getting excited.
Gen Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Race website shows 4 guys (all Lotto) at the back of the pack: J. De BuystC. EwanF. FrisonR. Kluge 16 mins behind. Gruppetto (with Bennett) is 57 large, just under 10 mins behind. Cut off shouldn't be a problem today.A nice thread about the guys at the back  https://twitter.com/YallaIsraelSUN/status/1304792798554730496?s=19
Mntboy Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Sagan hasn't won a race since last year's Tour. There's plenty of talk of a decline in the three-time world champion's career, but this seems like a good opportunity to put a stop to that. He was relegated in the stage 11 sprint but it was actually his best sprint of the Tour so far, which was certainly an encouraging sign.- CN's perspective on Sagan's form.
Frosty Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 A nice thread about the guys at the back  https://twitter.com/YallaIsraelSUN/status/1304792798554730496?s=19Looks like Caleb will take over the Lantern Rouge from Bennett after today's stage. I wonder if any other green jersey winner in the past has also been the Lantern Rouge.
Gen Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 GVA a lurking tiger?Always a possibility.. Plenty riders there that could win it.
Frosty Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Sagan hasn't won a race since last year's Tour. There's plenty of talk of a decline in the three-time world champion's career, but this seems like a good opportunity to put a stop to that. He was relegated in the stage 11 sprint but it was actually his best sprint of the Tour so far, which was certainly an encouraging sign.- CN's perspective on Sagan's form.According to PCS the prime age for scoring points is 27 - Sagan certainly fits the trend of a decline after 27. To be fair, he's had 6 race days AFTER the Tour 2019, and 32 race days this year (having won the GC at Vuelta a San Juan).  https://www.procyclingstats.com/statistics/start/points-per-age
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