Deutschland Tour, 2.Pro (August 24-28)

[Mayomaniac]

I like that area with it's small hills, one of the nicer parts of Germany.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Amöneburg is a nice murito.

 

[SafeBet]

Very strong group at the front now.

 

[Earns1985]

Bora completely missed it...

 

[Earns1985]

I like that area with it's small hills, one of the nicer parts of Germany.

Thanks, that you like my area!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Thanks, that you like my area!

I know some people who work at the Uni in Marburg, so I know the area a little bit from visiting them.

 

[Earns1985]

I know some people who work at the Uni in Marburg, so I know the area a little bit from visiting them.

Yeah, Marburg is pretty nice. I live in Kassel, a bit more in the north. Pretty nice area, if you want to make bike tours after work..

 

[RedheadDane]

Kristoff wins.
A Trek rider tried to sneak away, but he got caught while I was focused on the Vuelta finale.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Kristoff wins in Germany, like every time he comes to Germany

 

[RedheadDane]

Kristoff wins in Germany, like every time he comes to Germany

Coming to Germany is an important step towards winning in Germany.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Annoying that this finished literally the same minute as Vuelta. Gotta be honest, I expected slightly more carnage at the end, despite all the moves the group that arrived together was very big. Great win from Kristoff nevertheless.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Bettiol looked really strong today.
In this kind of shape he could hold on tomorrow and fight for the gc.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

it's impressive how Kristoff has turned things around, after it looked like he was almost done 13 months ago.

 

[Filippo_3467]

I think tomorrow can be easy enough for some lighter classic riders to hold on.

But there's also a decision to make for there teams. Does EF go for Bettiol or do they use their numbers to make it hard for Guerreiro. Same with Ineos. At UAE Tour Gann did hold on on a similar climb but they also have Yates here. Mollema is nicely placed but I got the feeling that Trek were more committet to don't hurt Skjelmose's GC chances.

I think a fight between Bardet, Guerreiro, Yates and maybe some UAE or Trek riders looks likely. Bora wasn't good today but they just saved the day for their GC chances. But they will have to make the finale tomorrow very hard for Buchmann to have a chance but even then I don't see him dropping Yates or Bardet. They seem in good shape.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Bettiol looked really strong today.
In this kind of shape he could hold on tomorrow and fight for the gc.

I think Yates wins today, looks in form and has a good enough team to set a hard pace from the bottom. Schauinsland doesn't have steep gradients but with Luisenhöhe it's still basically 1000m of throughout climbing, don't think the group will be that big at the top.

 

[Samamba]

You need in the first part of the climb, last few kms aren't hard enough to make any differences. If they don't make it too hard Bettiol can hang on if he has a good day.

 

[RedheadDane]

Break:

1		76	VANHOUCKE Harm	11:37
2		171	RAßMANN Frederik	15:56
3		181	GEßNER Jakob	11:46
4		183	HUPPERTZ Joshua	19:56
5		195	STOCKMAN Abram	3:26
6		196	STOCKMAN Michiel	9:39

At 3:15

 

[Mayomaniac]

You need in the first part of the climb, last few kms aren't hard enough to make any differences. If they don't make it too hard Bettiol can hang on if he has a good day.

If Bettiol has his 2021 Giro climbing legs (I know, big if) they won't drop him easy on such a climb, even if they go hard from the start.

 

[Potomac]

The scenery on TV is really making me want to visit this part of Germany.

 

[skippo12]

Didn´t expect gaps like this on a relatively easily climb (probably a CAT 2 in a GT). More than 8km to go and the main group exploded.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Yates clearly the strongest, just depends if he can gap everyone before the finish.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Adam Yates only wins overall's with red jersey's...that's Croatia, UAE and now potentially Germany.

 

[Samamba]

I don't know what they do at Intermarché, but it's good, really good. Getting guys like Zimmermann in the top 5 and Huys in the top 10 here is pretty impressive.

 

[Sciatic]

I think Yates wins today, looks in form and has a good enough team to set a hard pace from the bottom. Schauinsland doesn't have steep gradients but with Luisenhöhe it's still basically 1000m of throughout climbing, don't think the group will be that big at the top.

Good call

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

I was very surprised how happy Adam Yates was yesterday when crossing the finish line as the stage winner and new leader.

Afterwards, he even spoke of today‘s (Sunday) stage as „quite hard“!…

So Ineos’ Adam Yates takes Deutschland Tour quite seriously - something which I never would have expected. After all he‘s one of the best climbers and GC riders in the world.

But, nice to see, of course!…