Tour 2018 stage 20: St P-S-Nivelle - Espelette 31km ITT

[Dekker_Tifosi]

So Thomas basically the best TT, best climber and best sprinter/acceleration uphill of the GC contenders

 

[Gigs_98]

Thomas could have two crashes and would still comfortably win the tour

 

[Springveldt]

How many minutes would G have won by if SKY actually let him off the leash in the mountains?

 

[samhocking]

Best after 3 weeks is not best period.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Hahaha yeah

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Roglic is done

 

[woodburn]

Roglic pulled back a few seconds. Could be pretty close at finish.

 

[jsem94]

Damn this is underwhelming.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re: Re:

What's going on with Roglic? That's weird.

Used himself up yesterday?

Well, the first kilometers he was riding as fast as Froome, then suddenly he lost 30 seconds.

 

[Walkman]

Re: Re:

What's going on with Roglic? That's weird.

Used himself up yesterday?

Well, the first kilometers he was riding as fast as Froome, then suddenly he lost 30 seconds.

I think he looks a bit scared. Maybe a near-crash? I can't see any signs of a crash.

 

[woodburn]

Woah. Froome -28.

 

[Carols]

Re: Re:

What's going on with Roglic? That's weird.

Used himself up yesterday?

Well, the first kilometers he was riding as fast as Froome, then suddenly he lost 30 seconds.

Oh something happened off camera?

 

[staubsauger]

Landa passes Kruijswijk as well!? Now it says Bardet...

 

[SeriousSam]

Thomas is like a young Froome, only he's really old

 

[Singer01]

Chances of Froome catching Landa?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Re:

Landa passes Kruijswijk as well!? Now it says Bardet...

No. Kruijswijk is much faster than Landa. He has a 11th split at 2nd point (Kruijswijk)

 

[Alexandre B.]

Re:

Landa passes Kruijswijk as well!? Now it says Bardet...

Landa will finish 7th on GC.

 

[spalco]

That's pretty remarkable, I think absolutely nobody predicted Froome possibly challenging for #2 today.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Bare in mind, this is despite Thomas not gaining any time on the cobbles, where he would previously have been expected to gain a landslide on the other GC guys

 

[MatParker117]

Not happening for Roglic.

 

[Eclipse]

Roglic getting a lesson in energy management in a grand tour.

Hopefully it doesn't neuter his racing style going forward

 

[woodburn]

Roglic +50 to Froome. Off podium for sure.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Zakrin lost to Jungels after going too fast in the 1st section Maybe Thomas and Froome will too

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Re: Re:

Martin super combatif.

How is that not Alaphilippe or Craddock?

I’d have picked Alaphilippe, but Martin’s reasonable. He did after all attack on pretty much every stage with significant climbing. God knows aggression from top 10 guys should be encouraged in every way possible. As against that Tour de Torture stories where a badly injured rider flogs himself to Paris probably shouldn’t be encouraged any more than the media already does.

 

[Rollthedice]

Roglic proving he is human, I like it.