2019 Tour de France, stage 2: Bruxelles - Brussel 27,6 km TT

[Danskebjerge]

Less than half a minute lost for Astana against Ineos.
That indicates that Fuglsang is not troubled by his knee. Good.

 

[Simurgh]

uhhh my heart skipped a beat when the FDJ rider went down - just moments before I imagined a scenario, where they crashed and Pinot's hopes shattered, but thank God they made it. Good ride by them today

 

[TomLPC]

Here we go, come on Richard!!!

 

[perico]

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Pinot got this.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Great performance by FDJ. I guess someone will beat Ineo if FDJ comes this close, or did I completely underestimate them

They aimed the top-5.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Pinot got this.

Until the individual time trial.

 

[Poursuivant]

Trek kit is nice

 

[TomLPC]

Movistar losing time here is good for the race

 

[Rollthedice]

No surprises regarding Bardet.

 

[Tonton]

Yikes AG2R...bad.

 

[Mayomaniac]

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Great performance by FDJ. I guess someone will beat Ineo if FDJ comes this close, or did I completely underestimate them

They aimed the top-5.

Yeah, but besides Kung they don't have too many specialists on the team, it's a bit of a surprise.
At least Ineos shouldn't be able to gain a huge advantage here, probably rather small gaps.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Yikes AG2R...bad.

They lost their best rouleurs (Latour, Dillier) and their best one in the race (Gallopin) is not 100% fit.

That was sadly expected.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

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Ouch. Hope the FDJ rider is okay

Think it was Gaudu who went down

 

[Rollthedice]

Movistar 45" down Ineos.

 

[Simurgh]

AG2R and now Movistar delivering uninspired performances

 

[JosephK]

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Moviestar -- meh. Not a disaster.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Moviestar -- meh. Not a disaster.

Not a disaster but worse than what would have been expected from a team who wants to win Le Tour.

 

[JosephK]

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Ouch. Hope the FDJ rider is okay

Think it was Gaudu who went down

I was worried it was Gaudu. Hope he's not banged up too badly. Pinot will need him.

 

[Highlander]

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At least Bob Roll is firmly on the Ineos bandwagon as he seems sure that Thomas and Bernal will go 1-2 on the GC.

 

[JosephK]

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Moviestar -- meh. Not a disaster.

Not a disaster but worse than what would have been expected from a team who wants to win Le Tour.

I agree with that. I don't expect any of the Moviestar riders to threaten the podium.

 

[Escarabajo]

Re: 2019 Tour de France, stage 2: Bruxelles - Brussel 27,6 k

Moviestar -- meh. Not a disaster.

Not a disaster but worse than what would have been expected from a team who wants to win Le Tour.

+1.

 

[Rollthedice]

Trek pretty bad first check.

 

[Tonton]

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Yikes AG2R...bad.

They lost their best rouleurs (Latour, Dillier) and their best one in the race (Gallopin) is not 100% fit.

That was sadly expected.

I know, but still...very bad day for them.

 

[JosephK]

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LRP is gonna lose about a minute today, I think.

 

[Highlander]

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Trek pretty bad first check.

I wonder what Degenkolb thinks as he sees this team all in for Porte.