Tour De Farce

flattythehurdler · July 27, 2019, 5:42am

Shortened where mate?

Locke · July 27, 2019, 5:44am

First two climbs gone. Something like 57km now

flattythehurdler · July 27, 2019, 5:46am

Ah fuck. That’s a real shame. Game over.

Ralphie · July 27, 2019, 5:46am

Julio_Geordio · July 27, 2019, 7:30am

Will they just go flat out now for the 60k?

Sidney · July 27, 2019, 10:03am

No, there’s still a mountain finish

balbec · July 27, 2019, 10:09am

Yep

Julio_Geordio · July 27, 2019, 10:18am

Might make for a good watch

balbec · July 27, 2019, 10:19am

For sure

flattythehurdler · July 27, 2019, 12:40pm

Can’t see anyone losing that much time.
What price a bag of matched blood?

Fagan_ODowd · July 27, 2019, 2:00pm

Alaphilippe gone here. Jumbo Vilma have been relentless.

Fagan_ODowd · July 27, 2019, 2:04pm

Alaphilippe lost his podium finish here

balbec · July 27, 2019, 2:06pm

That’s a pity

balbec · July 27, 2019, 2:07pm

That Dutch guy is only a wheel sucker.

corner_back · July 27, 2019, 2:42pm

Which team is that? Is that the Dutch lad’s team. Can’t keep up with the sponsor changes each year.
Agree with @balbec. He seems to be a complete leech. I don’t recall him attacking once

balbec · July 27, 2019, 3:43pm

Jumbo Visma. The old Rabobank team

Sidney · July 28, 2019, 8:00pm

The Colombian anthem sounds a bit like My Knapsack On My Back

balbec · August 28, 2020, 10:55am

The Tour de France starts tomorrow in Nice, near where I was supposed to be on my holidays this year. I reckon it is going to be an absolute disaster. I don’t see how the Tour will go across France unscathed from the Corona. Nice has been declared a red zone. Also lots of crashes since racing resumed.

One of the hardest Tours for years. Five mountain top finishes, only one TT and that’s a climb as well. It is a Tour designed for a climber, ideally Thibauld Pinot for the French.

No Chris Froome or Geraint Thomas, dropped by Ineos. Egon Bernal the undisputed leader there.

Bernal probably the favourite, won last year but did pull out with a back injury near the end of the Dauphine so I wouldn’t be putting the house on him.
Primoz Roglic was in red hot form in the Dauphine and crashed heavily on second last day. I reckon he has peaked a bit too early like he did in the Giro last year, will see.
Pinot will shit himself if he gets within a whisker of the yellow jersey.
I’d like to see Mikel Landa do well, for the first time he has a team behind him. He’ll fuck up on one day though.
Quintana will win a stage, in good form this year.
Pogaczar the Slovenian aged 21 the dark horse.
Dumoulin probably a bit too heavy to do well here, also no TT Kms.

Of the Irish, Sam Bennett has a chance of a sprint win and he has a strong team supporting him. Dan Martin riding for stage wins. Also hurt his back recently but he could be an outside bet for a stage. Nico riding as well won’t do much beyond team working.

flattythehurdler · August 28, 2020, 11:39am

Was speaking to an ex pro who reckons bernal hasn’t done enough racing and is extremely vulnerable,but it’s sky, so preparation will be good

balbec · August 28, 2020, 12:07pm

Yeah it’s very uncertain. Everyone is under raced this year. There will be crashes everywhere.