2020 Tour de France

[Frosty]

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

[Gen]

This is crazy finale

[Bonus]

Some decent attacks now!

[Gen]

Fantastic stage wow.

[Vetseun]

Soren Kragh Anderson.

Just as I predicited

[Gen]

Sunweb played that so well..

 

What an awesome stage

[Rowl]

Bit of anticlimactic finish for Sagan. Hoped he could do better, but had to cover the attack and the previous attack. So I assume he was a bit finished.

 

Edit: Grammar

Edited September 12, 2020 by Roul

[Gen]

Bit of anticlimactic finish for Sagan. Hoped he could do better, but had to cover the attack the previous attack. So I assume he was a bit finished.

Yeah he closed down a few attacks..very tough last 10km.... still he collected points on the line and SAM won't..

 

Very good stage..incredible racing.

Edited September 12, 2020 by Gen

[Vetplant]

Yeah he closed down a few attacks..very tough last 10km.... still he collected points on the line and SAM won't..

 

Very good stage..incredible racing.

What's the points gap now?

[Mntboy]

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

Points per age.PNG

A very interesting graph. And yeah Sagan's battle for green does seem to appear to be one of a great established champion against a great emerging champion in Bennett and it makes for fascinating viewing as Sagan isn't giving up without a fight as today showed. Also it's a battle between former teammates so there's an element of Bennett wanting to stick it to his old team. The battle for green is getting red hot!

[Gen]

What's the points gap now?

46 (I think)

[Frosty]

What's the points gap now?

262 - 219 = 4T-tree

[Gen]

262 - 219 = 4T-tree

Even better than 46[emoji4]

 

It's going to be one hell of a week for more than one reason.

[Gen]

A very interesting graph. And yeah Sagan's battle for green does seem to appear to be one of a great established champion against a great emerging champion in Bennett and it makes for fascinating viewing as Sagan isn't giving up without a fight as today showed. Also it's a battle between former teammates so there's an element of Bennett wanting to stick it to his old team. The battle for green is getting red hot!

Fun fact.. both born in 1990

[Mntboy]

Fun fact.. both born in 1990

Wow didn't figure Bennett to be a late bloomer.

[Frosty]

I see minimal stages for Sagan to claw back points. 

 

Tomorrow (St 15)

Flat as a pancake before the intermediate sprint. They'll sprint for position, which means Bennett could outscore Sagan.

 

Monday

Rest Day, test day

 

Tuesday (St 16)

Sagan/Bora might want to attack up the hill before the sprint point.

 

Wednesday (St 17)

Another small bump before the intermediate sprint point. Might not be steep/long enough to hurt Bennett.

 

Thursday (St 18)

Profile shows a pimple between Km zero and the sprint point. Might not be enough.

 

Friday (St 19)

Last day to try get intermediate sprint points and drop the green jersey