Gen Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 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.Stage 15.PNG MondayRest Day, test day Tuesday (St 16)Sagan/Bora might want to attack up the hill before the sprint point.Stage 16.PNG Wednesday (St 17)Another small bump before the intermediate sprint point. Might not be steep/long enough to hurt Bennett.Stage 17.PNG Thursday (St 18)Profile shows a pimple between Km zero and the sprint point. Might not be enough.Stage 18.PNG Friday (St 19)Last day to try get intermediate sprint points and drop the green jerseyStage 19.PNGSam has really struggled getting over any bumps in the road....its going to be a fight to Paris... sure is very exciting though.
Gen Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 https://twitter.com/LeTour/status/1304816817827962881?s=19 Ewan is in.[emoji123]
Mntboy Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Here is Sean Kelly's thoughts on the green jersey contest: https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/sean-kelly-tour-de-france-green-jersey-battle-will-go-all-the-way-to-paris/ Please note this was published before today's stage.
Gen Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Here is Sean Kelly's thoughts on the green jersey contest: https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/sean-kelly-tour-de-france-green-jersey-battle-will-go-all-the-way-to-paris/ Please note this was published before today's stage.Good read.. we often don't take the mental part of it into consideration..that will be the biggest hurdle for Sam... its been a tough few days for him and a tough few days to come.
Mntboy Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Good read.. we often don't take the mental part of it into consideration..that will be the biggest hurdle for Sam... its been a tough few days for him and a tough few days to come.Yup. Will be fascinating to watch. This has been a very entertaining battle for green. Glad Sagan's got a bit of competition this year!
Gen Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Yup. Will be fascinating to watch. This has been a very entertaining battle for green. Glad Sagan's got a bit of competition this year!Yeah the route and the faster guy. Week 3 is going to be something else alright.
Eugene Oppelt Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Good read.. we often don't take the mental part of it into consideration..that will be the biggest hurdle for Sam... its been a tough few days for him and a tough few days to come. Two strategies that is deployable by Sagz Baby:1/ The points race, which is an unlikely winning strategy2/ The endurance challenge, which is more a likely success for the living legend - every attack takes Bennett deep into the red and further from rolling his Spez onto the Champs Elysees. It is great to have a contest for the maillot vert after the Hulk's dominance since, what feels like, 2007. I will never write Sagan off as he has a champion mindset and a very solid team. Certainly do not envy his work load for the next 4-6 weeks. What a rare purple patch for Team Sunweb after a tough time with team politics and roster challenges. I reckon Hirschi has sparked the morale of the team. A win supplies a team with major feel-good and confidence gains. Meanwhile, a view from the maillot jaune, who is relieved to be through to Lyon safely and will be anticipating big GC challenges tomorrow before the next rest day and the Covid-19 cloud:"I thought it would be easy today but it was full gas racing. At least it didn’t last so long and our team didn’t have to work all day. It’s the Tour de France and another day behind us.We didn’t have to ride the whole day but our guys did the perfect job and put me in the right position going through this city. There were a lot of obstacles and points where something could happen and luckily we had everything under control.Tomorrow will be a nice challenge again and for sure it will be nice to watch. I will try to do my best and we will try to do our best as a whole team." Pic by Cor Vos
Thomo Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 I see minimal stages for Sagan to claw back points. Suspect he really needed the win today.
The Ghost Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 If I was a betting man, I’d put my money on Sagan from here.I’d love to be wrong, sorry Gen, but I think Sam is going to struggle in the days to come. I wonder when it will become a mathematical certainty.
Patchelicious Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 https://twitter.com/DeGendtThomas/status/1304837645500125185?s=19Where is Haga when you need him.
DieselnDust Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 From here on out there won't be any alliances between the two. Hmmmmmmmm I'm not so sure.It pays for them to work together. Pogacar doesn't have as strong a team as Roglic to support him. So he needs Roglic to help him cement 2nd place.The alliance works till the final TT then we have a proper race for the title on our hands.. Thats How I see it playing out."The enemy of my enemy is my friend" Paul Koechli
betaboy Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 Different versions of TDF stage 14 on youtube? Anybody noticed Cycling Planet channel and the TDf channel? weird?
betaboy Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OC5BzAlTdQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imXI8yZtSQ4
betaboy Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 2020 vs 2019.... LOL. I wonder if anybody has told Sean Kelly?
betaboy Posted September 13, 2020 Posted September 13, 2020 Today the queen stage of all stages presents the riders with a tough day out. Tactics today will be huge! and the questions to me should sound like this.... Does Bora drive for some more hurt and pee on all the Sagan haters across the globe ? Does the Peloton let a break go to neutralise the green battle before the rest day ?How do the domestique riders protect GC riders on such a hard stage? (jumbo)Do the Columbians decide to band together and climb the Grand Columbier like they stole it and destroy the european charge to Paris?Do we see a new fight for that strange and out of sorts KOM jersey?Will team "Ino" finally buckle to the pressure of accepting that they got it 'wrong' in 2020? All of these questions get answered at the end of 7.1% gradient finish today.I for one cannot wait, this is going to be an epic battle especially what lies before the Grand I'm worried about, a leg killer before will shake up GC for sure. Today several riders will no doubt call it quits and opt to rather take the bus to Paris.If you brought your 'A' Game to the TDF, todays the day you take it out like a gel baby!Enjoy the race boys & girls.
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