La Route d'Occitanie du 1er au 4 août 2020

[RedheadDane]

And when I say there's time for the others I mean to there's time to get a 4th place behind an Ineos 1-2

But nobody will be 3rd!

 

[Red Rick]

But nobody will be 3rd!

Sivakov and Thomas will probably get s.t. in 2nd.

 

[Escarabajo]

Disagree somewhat. Sivakov held back and only finished at 10 seconds.

Bernal's climbing is great, but isn't out of this world. Reminds me of his win in Gran Piemonte when Sosa was better than him. (Of course, on a climb that suited Sosa to a T, but still)

Everyone is great at Ineos!

 

[SafeBet]

Cosnefroy wins stage 4.

 

[Escarabajo]

It looks like interesting finish:

Rnk	Rider	Team	UCI	Pnt	Time
1	COSNEFROY Benoît	AG2R La Mondiale	14	20	4:23:26
2	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek - Segafredo	5	12	0:02
3	PINOT Thibaut	Groupama - FDJ	3	7	,,
4	BERNAL Egan	INEOS Team		5	,,
5	VLASOV Aleksandr	Astana Pro Team		4	,,
6	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R La Mondiale		3	0:07
7	SIVAKOV Pavel	INEOS Team		2	,,
8	Richie GATE	Trek - Segafredo		1	,,
9	VALLS Rafael	Bahrain - McLaren			0:10
10	BARGUIL warren	Team Arkéa Samsic

 

[Berflamand]

Richie GATE

 

[KZD]

Vlasov is riding really well, I wonder which GT will he ride?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Vlasov is riding really well, I wonder which GT will he ride?

The Giro with Fuglsang.

 

[Velolover2]

Cosnefroy reminds me of a younger Gilbert.

Which Ardennes classics will he win first?

 

[70kmph]

https://www.laroutedoccitanie.fr/race-center/

Richie GATE

They translate Porte into Gate, its hilarious

 

[Armchair cyclist]

The spirit of David Stream and Sandy Marry lives on.

 

[Alexandre B.]

 

[Bolder]

That was a nice finish from Cosnefroy, although it was kind of gimmicky, like addding that last extra extra bit to the P d BF in the Tour last year.

Going back to Stage 3, not sure how many were able to watch it but Froome just destroyed the lead group then pulled off. And Sivakov could have just kept going to the line. Yeah, Ineos is going to be just find in the Tour this year.

 

[Earns1985]

Sivakov will definitely be one of the strongest domestiques in this years tour. And ones again it will be the team to beat. But with Jumbo I hope that we will have a team who will challenge them a lot. A first impression we will get at the Tour de l'Áin this weekend.