32ème édition du Tour de l'Ain (2.1) // August 7th - 9th 2020

[DNP-Old]

Thomas blew himself up big time.

 

[Red Rick]

Quintana is looking better

 

[Red Rick]

Thomas blew himself up big time.

"He's in the shape of his life"

~Bradley Wiggins

@Logic-is-your-friend

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Steven Kruijswijk/Crashweak/Loveboat/Coathanger

So a rider with a two syllable surname is to be known by the initial phoneme of each syllable? Ineos have to choose between TM and BN as Tour leader?
And is KW's Slovenian team mate RG or RL?

 

[DNP-Old]

"He's in the shape of his life"

~Bradley Wiggins

@Logic-is-your-friend

He was communicating on the radio afterwards, though. Could be a flat or another mechanical.

 

[Bonimenier]

So a rider with a two syllable surname is to be known by the initial phoneme of each syllable? Ineos have to choose between TM and BN as Tour leader?
And is KW's Slovenian team mate RG or RL?

Kruijswijk are just 2 words put together though, so it makes more sense for him.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Van Wilder the best Sunweb climber, Oomen just dropped?

 

[Simurgh]

Mollema barely hanging on

 

[Red Rick]

He was communicating on the radio afterwards, though. Could be a flat or another mechanical.

It's what I would do if I had gotten destroyed but still wanted to lead the Tour squad.

So a rider with a two syllable surname is to be known by the initial phoneme of each syllable? Ineos have to choose between TM and BN as Tour leader?
And is KW's Slovenian team mate RG or RL?

I know it doesn't make sense.

 

[KZD]

Jumbo much stronger than Ineos.
The only concern is Dumoulin.

 

[Red Rick]

Jumbo much stronger than Ineos.
The only concern is Dumoulin.

I imagine he has a better chance to get there than Froome. Talk about needing racing days.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

And BN is doing a great job today.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Jumbo much stronger than Ineos.
The only concern is Dumoulin.

Not sure they need him on this display

 

[Bonimenier]

Mollema barely hanging on

Has there ever been a climb where it looked different?

 

[Red Rick]

Has there ever been a climb where it looked different?

Mollema doesn't attack.

He barely hangs on to an imaginary rider

 

[bob.a.feet]

If Jumbo can isolate Bernal in the Tour, it's their's to lose. It is a very big IF, however, as Ineos will surely be in better shape by then. Still, it's quite promising at the moment.

 

[Simurgh]

Has there ever been a climb where it looked different?

Touché hahaha

 

[Sestriere]

So they're riding for Kruiswijk to win the sprint or am I supposed to interpret this?

 

[KZD]

I imagine he has a better chance to get there than Froome. Talk about needing racing days.

He looks better than Froome for sure, but the Tour comes too early for him, I would say.

 

[Rollthedice]

So, I also found out now that Richie is in the race. Together with Bauke they can keep Trek visible in Le Tour on a daily basis, one day Richie, one day Bauke.

 

[sir fly]

Good to see JV willing to take the matters in their own hands.
Ineos caught off guard (to put it mildly), but Castroviejo holding better than Thomas and Froomey tells me it's more in it than plain racing.

Let's see what happens in the finale.

 

[Wvv]

So, I also found out now that Richie is in the race. Together with Bauke they can keep Trek visible in Le Tour on a daily basis, one day Richie, one day Bauke.

I still think Richie had the legs to steal a TdF victory off of Froome, without the bad luck in his BMC days.
Can't imagine him doing it nowadays though.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Almeida just coming short.

 

[Rollthedice]

Krushweak, the only rival for Roglic in Le Tour.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Nice racing today.
Hope Aru makes a miracle return to the front