2020 Tour Colombia 2.1 - February 11-16

[Dukerojo]

New best time for Deceuninck Quick Step 18.46

 

[Escarabajo]

EF broke the watches!!
18.01 ?

 

[Red Rick]

Hope EF gets 1-4 in the final GC

 

[Escarabajo]

Going to be very hard to beat the EF guys.

 

[yaco]

This is no surprise - And QS must have lost 20 or 30 seconds when their team split.

 

[Koronin]

This is EF's to lose at this point.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Brilliant from EF, they really shouldn’t lose it from here.

 

[70kmph]

EF
QS- 46s
Ineos- 47s

 

[yaco]

I am one of the few who enjoy TTT's BUT the course needs to be more selective - Maybe altitude will affect the racing.

 

[Dukerojo]

EF Pro Cycling	18.01​
Deceuninck Quick Step	18.46​
Team Ineos	18.47​
Rally Cycling	19.001​
UAE Team Emirates	19.01​
EPM Scott	19.01​
Movistar Team	19.03​
Israel Start Up Nation	19.22​
Team Medellin	19.23​
Uno X Norwegian Dev Team	19.34​
Seleccion Colombia Andina	19.34​
Androni Giacattoli sidermec	19.35​
Team Illuminate	19.43​
Colombia Tierra de Atletas GW	19.48​
Efapel	19.58​
Orgullo Paisa	20.03​
Supergiros Alcaldia de Manizales	20.09​
Russian National Team	20.13​
Seleccion de Ecuador	20.14​
Bardiani CSF Faizane	20.2​
Vini Zabu KTM	20.21​
Seleccion de Venezuela	20.27​
Canels Pro Cycling	20.3​
Seleccion de Brasil	20.41​
Amore E Vita	20.46​
Team Novo Nordic	21.08​
Agr Virgen Fatima Saddle	21.29​

 

[Koronin]

EF put in an impressive TTT. Then we have 6 teams behind them are within 17 seconds of each other. That's a very close result for that set of teams.

 

[Anderis]

EF had a tailor-made roster for this TTT- every rider in the team was at least a decent climber and a decent TT-er, which is invaluable on such route. Deceuninck and Ineos brought some weaker riders so they were no match for the American team in these circumstances.

EF took part in 3 TTs this season (here, Colombian nationals and Etoile de Bessèges) and won all of them.

The GC is not over, though, I can easily imagine Bernal getting 50 seconds back on the last stage or Alaphilippe to make a daring attack and gain time somewher.

 

[Juan Pelota]

Was Uran dropped? And if so, does that mean he will lose time on GC?

 

[Escarabajo]

Was Uran dropped? And if so, does that mean he will lose time on GC?

Uran was dropped on the climb midway. He lost about 3 minutes. This is his first race back since his crash.

 

[BlueRoads]

Who were the DQS riders who were dropped? Hodeg and... ?

 

[Pricey_sky]

Who were the DQS riders who were dropped? Hodeg and... ?

Steimle and Lerberghe apparently. Just seen a photo on twitter that looks like it was numbers 25 and 26 dropped.

 

[RedheadDane]

Uran was dropped on the climb midway. He lost about 3 minutes. This is his first race back since his crash.

According to Feltet.dk he had a "perfect start" to the race...

 

[luckyboy]

I am one of the few who enjoy TTT's BUT the course needs to be more selective - Maybe altitude will affect the racing.

If EF didn't have Martinez and Higuita, who are in-form and good at altitude then maybe we'd have something to look forward to. Seems like GC is realistically over already.

The summit finishes of 2018 and 2019 didn't create gaps enough for a rider to make up 46 seconds, and this one isn't as hard as Alto de las Palmas last year (where the top four were 16 seconds apart).

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Why on earth is there a TTT in this race? Do the race organisers have a grudge against the local teams?

 

[Big Doopie]

looks like alaphilippe is ready for an amazing season. rode all but one of his teammates right off his wheel in a TT...

 

[Northerner]

Steimle and Lerberghe apparently. Just seen a photo on twitter that looks like it was numbers 25 and 26 dropped.

Race website has Alaphillipe, Jungels, Steimle and Lerberghe 6th-9th on GC, so Hodeg and Honore dropped.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Race website has Alaphillipe, Jungels, Steimle and Lerberghe 6th-9th on GC, so Hodeg and Honore dropped.

Thanks, the photo I spotted definitely showed Steimle and Lerberghe behind, but it now looks like this was after the first 2 were dropped as Alaphilippe and Jungels were about 50m ahead.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Race website has Alaphillipe, Jungels, Steimle and Lerberghe 6th-9th on GC, so Hodeg and Honore dropped.

Strange Honoré got dropped instead of Van Lerberghe, he should be a lot better uphill.

 

[yaco]

It was hardly a hilly parcours . QS HAD to wait a long time when Steimle and LERBEGHE were dropped by ALa and JUNGELS before half way. it cost them 20 to 30 seconds.

 

[Salvarani]

Strange Honoré got dropped instead of Van Lerberghe, he should be a lot better uphill.

Van Lerberghe rode San Juan and it was Honoré first race of the season. It would be a simple explantion. One is just more up to speed.