Critérium du Dauphiné 08/12 > 08/16/20

[Tonton]

A very good team of psychologists must now convince Tibo that losing Dauphine is nothing, that he's in very good shape and he's gonna win Le Tour.

"Second place is not good," said the Great Alberto Contador...well, Thibaut isn't Contador. But he can leave this race happy about his progress. Much better than Occitanie.

 

[Simurgh]

Pinot couldn’t wait to leave the podium and clearly sighed too

 

[BlueRoads]

What about a support donkey
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Oh these pictures are just unfair. I don't know who's cuter, Pinot or the donkey. He's really trying to break our hearts. Not a nice treat.

 

[Oliver]

Martinez winner... one week ago never tought about it

 

[ppanther92]

Pinot couldn’t wait to leave the podium and clearly sighed too

If he wins today, pressure is even higher at TdF. Anyway, there still seems to be some sort of mental blockade that prevents him from winnimg a stage race whem everything looks good.

 

[Poursuivant]

Would’ve been interesting odds to pick that as the podium last week

 

[BlueRoads]

I think the French should form a super-team for the Tour. It's only fair, up against the hornets (who all seem like nice guys, still...)

 

[johnymax]

What about Martin? He showed fantastic post lockdown form and is making a name for himself.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Anyone know where G and Froome ended up?

 

[Salvarani]

What about Martin? He showed fantastic post lockdown form and is making a name for himself.

With this climbing form a top 10 could be possible.

His TT and team a bit weak for much else though I think.

 

[movingtarget]

Pinot is weird. This mental blockade of his is frightening.

Close enough but not good enough....................

 

[Mayomaniac]

Anyone know where G and Froome ended up?

In the Froometto.

 

[movingtarget]

What about a support donkey

Donkeys do better in the heat.

 

[Bonimenier]

Anyone know where G and Froome ended up?

Not sure they finished or reached the time limit. Last one to finish according to the official website was Keukeleire, 4 mins before the time limit.

 

[Anderis]

What about Martin? He showed fantastic post lockdown form and is making a name for himself.

Very good performance by him. The only thing he lacked for the win is "ez".

 

[DNP-Old]

Anyone know where G and Froome ended up?

105th and 92th respectively.

 

[yaco]

The Dauphine was like five one day races - Assuming Roglic recovers from his fall then he is a hot favorite for the TDF - Already have pencilled in Dumoulin to win the Vuelta.

 

[huangho]

At this pace, Movistar is going to be a Continental team sooner than we expected...

 

[bigcog]

105th and 92th respectively.

If they take G to the tour, they should take Froome on that basis, as there doesn't seem to be much between them. Assuming he wants to go now.

 

[jaylew]

Only caught the last several K but looks like a crazy stage so I'll have to watch later. Really happy Dani won. A bit of a gift from Roglic but still a great win for him. Also happy to see Dumo rounding into shape.

I don't know what to take out of this Dauphiné as far as the Tour is concerned. Between the crashes, DNFs, the individual ups and downs from day to day...only likely sure thing is JV will be strong.

 

[starlord]

Yeah, don't think I'm the only one who finds Martinez as Dauphine winner kinda underwhelming. This was a bit like the 2014 Dauphine finale, with Pinot as Contador.

Contador was way more active. Pinot did nothing. Ok, he attacked once but too late. He also would be an underwhelming winner.

 

[Gigs_98]

Contador was way more active. Pinot did nothing. Ok, he attacked once but too late. He also would be an underwhelming winner.

Yeah the whole 2014 situation generally felt a lot more "epic", but it was still very similar, you have to admit that.

 

[Red Rick]

In the Froometto.

Froome just recovering his legendary 2010 Giro form.

 

[Koronin]

Congrats to Kuss for the stage win. With all the work he did and then without someone to work for today, he deserved the opportunity to chase the stage win.
Congrats to Martinez on the overall win. Pinot is still in good form going into the Tour.
Landa had cramps, which is something he's going to have to sort out.
Valverde, with a major lack of form, still ends up being the highest finishing Spaniard in the race. (Although his form does appear to be slowly improving). Not sure if that says more about his mental capacity to endure and suffer, or more about the state of Spanish cycling.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

105th and 92th respectively.

If they take G to the tour, they should take Froome on that basis, as there doesn't seem to be much between them. Assuming he wants to go now.

So G held back yesterday to something for today so he could lose 33 minutes. I’d take Froome over G because Froome has an excuse for his form, superior mental strength, and more dedication.

Edit: This isn’t to say that Froome is doing well or has prospects for a good showing in the Tour.