Tour de France 2017 Stage 20:Marseille > Marseille22.5KM

[Laplaz]

Michael Matthews to Top-5 this.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

French Metéo weatherforecasts states cloudless all day.
11am-17pm: 29°C, winds: 15m/s from S
17pm-20pm: 26°C, winds: 10m/s from S
Could be just a bit more difficult for early starters compared to late starters classement riders.

 

[silvergrenade]

Re:

He'll go hard - Froome will be in the car checking out the course during his ride.

Dont think so...
Is around an hour enough to wear your skinsuit, do your warmup and be ready on the start ramp?
If not he'll follow Kiry

 

[silvergrenade]

• TOUR DE FRANCE 2017, STAGE 20, 22.5 km (ITT), MARSEILLE - MARSEILLE
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  START TIMES AND ORDER
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  13:50 Luke Rowe (Sky)
  13:51 Tom Leezer (LottoNL-Jumbo)
  13:52 Rüdiger Selig (Bora-hansgrohe)
  13:53 Robert Wagner (LottoNL-Jumbo)
  13:54 Taylor Phinney (Cannondale-Drapac)
  13:55 Borut Bozic (Bahrain-Merida)
  13:56 Dimitri Claeys (Cofidis)
  13:57 Florian Senechal (Cofidis)
  13:58 Olivier Le Gac (FDJ)
  13:59 Albert Timmer (Sunweb)
  14:00 Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo)
  14:01 Jaco Venter (Dimension Data)
  14:02 Marco Haller (Katusha-Alpecin)
  14:03 Fabio Sabatini (Quick-Step Floors)
  14:04 Bernhard Eisel (Dimension Data)
  14:05 Davide Cimolai (FDJ)
  14:06 Reto Hollenstein (Katusha-Alpecin)
  14:07 Mathew Hayman (Orica-Scott)
  14:08 André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal)
  14:09 Ramon Sinkeldam (Sunweb)
  14:10 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
  14:11 Michael Gogl (Trek-Segafredo)
  14:12 Grega Bole (Bahrain-Merida)
  14:13 Christian Knees (Sky)
  14:14 Rick Zabel (Katusha-Alpecin)
  14:15 Julien Vermote (Quick-Step Floors)
  14:16 Thomas Boudat (Direct Energie)
  14:17 Roy Curvers (Sunweb)
  14:18 Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
  14:19 Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis)
  14:20 Stephen Cummings (Dimension Data)
  14:21 Markel Irizar (Trek-Segafredo)
  14:22 Jürgen Roelandts (Lotto-Soudal)
  14:23 Frederik Backaert (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
  14:24 Christophe Laporte (Cofidis)
  14:25 Yohann Gène (Direct Energie)
  14:26 Mike Teunissen (Sunweb)
  14:27 Alexander Kristoff (Katusha-Alpecin)
  14:28 Marcus Burghardt (Bora-hansgrohe)
  14:29 Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis)
  14:30 Vegard Stake Laengen (UAE)
  14:31 Adrien Petit (Direct Energie)
  14:32 Laurent Pichon (Fortuneo-Oscaro)
  14:33 Dion Smith (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
  14:34 Lars Ytting Bak (Lotto-Soudal)
  14:35 Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida)
  14:36 Andrey Grivko (Astana)
  14:37 John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo)
  14:38 Javier Moreno Bazan (Bahrain-Merida)
  14:39 Reinhardt Janse Van Rensburg (Dimension Data)
  14:40 Julien Simon (Cofidis)
  14:41 Maciej Bodnar (Bora-hansgrohe)
  14:42 Dmitri Grusdew (Astana)
  14:43 Vasil Kiryienka (Sky)
  14:44 Patrick Bevin (Cannondale-Drapac)
  14:45 Adam Hansen (Lotto-Soudal)
  14:46 Yoann Offredo (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
  14:47 Jasha Sütterlin (Movistar)
  14:48 Yukiya Arashiro (Bahrain-Merida)
  14:49 Matteo Bono (UAE)
  14:50 Jack Bauer (Quick-Step Floors)
  14:51 Scott Thwaites (Dimension Data)
  14:52 Florian Vachon (Fortuneo-Oscaro)
  14:53 Perrig Quémeneur (Direct Energie)
  14:54 Daniele Bennati (Movistar)
  14:55 Zdenek Stybar (Quick-Step Floors)
  14:56 Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin)
  14:57 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
  14:58 Michael Albasini (Orica-Scott)
  14:59 Jay McCarthy (Bora-hansgrohe)
  15:00 Marco Marcato (UAE)
  15:01 Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin)
  15:02 Alessandro De Marchi (BMC)
  15:03 Jesús Herrada Lopez (Movistar)
  15:04 Bachtijar Koshatajew (Astana)
  15:05 Imanol Erviti (Movistar)
  15:06 Alberto Bettiol (Cannondale-Drapac)
  15:07 Damien Howson (Orica-Scott)
  15:08 Nikias Arndt (Sunweb)
  15:09 Angelo Tulik (Direct Energie)
  15:10 Elie Gesbert (Fortuneo-Oscaro)
  15:11 Andrey Amador (Movistar)
  15:12 Simon Clarke (Cannondale-Drapac)
  15:13 Danilo Wyss (BMC)
  15:14 Thomas Voeckler (Direct Energie)
  15:15 Pawel Poljanski (Bora-hansgrohe)
  15:16 Ben Swift (UAE)
  15:17 Stefan Küng (BMC)
  15:18 Paul Martens (LottoNL-Jumbo)
  15:19 Dylan Van Baarle (Cannondale-Drapac)
  15:20 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data)
  15:21 Nicolas Edet (Cofidis)
  15:22 Tiago Machado (Katusha-Alpecin)
  15:23 Maurits Lammertink (Katusha-Alpecin)
  15:24 Michael Schär (BMC)
  15:25 Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Bahrain-Merida)
  15:26 Alexej Luzenko (Astana)
  15:27 Koen de Kort (Trek-Segafredo)
  15:28 Michael Matthews (Sunweb)
  15:29 Axel Domont (Ag2r)
  15:30 Eduardo Sepulveda (Fortuneo-Oscaro)
  15:31 Romain Sicard (Direct Energie)
  15:32 Laurens Ten Dam (Sunweb)
  15:33 Oliver Naesen (Ag2r)
  15:34 Michael Valgren (Astana)
  15:35 Jhoan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Orica-Scott)
  15:36 Simon Geschke (Sunweb)
  15:37 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Movistar)
  15:38 Jens Keukeleire (Orica-Scott)
  15:39 Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky)
  15:40 Greg Van Avermaet (BMC)
  15:41 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis)
  15:42 Maxime Bouet (Fortuneo-Oscaro)
  15:43 Pierre Rolland (Cannondale-Drapac)
  15:44 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Trek-Segafredo)
  15:45 Gianluca Brambilla (Quick-Step Floors)
  15:46 Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
  15:47 Daryl Impey (Orica-Scott)
  15:48 Kristijan Durasek (UAE)
  15:49 Andrew Talansky (Cannondale-Drapac)
  15:50 Cyril Gautier (Ag2r)
  15:51 Janez Brajkovic (Bahrain-Merida)
  15:52 Andrei Zeits (Astana)
  15:53 Jarlinson Pantano (Trek-Segafredo)
  15:54 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fortuneo-Oscaro)
  15:55 Nathan Brown (Cannondale-Drapac)
  15:56 Darwin Atapuma (UAE)
  15:57 Marco Minnaard (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
  15:58 Diego Ulissi (UAE)
  15:59 Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo)
  16:00 Ben Gastauer (Ag2r)
  16:01 Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie)
  16:02 Rudy Molard (FDJ)
  16:03 Thomas Degand (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
  16:04 Nicolas Roche (BMC)
  16:05 Amael Moinard (BMC)
  16:06 Robert Kiserlovski (Katusha-Alpecin)
  16:07 Mathias Frank (Ag2r)
  16:08 Sergio Henao Montoya (Sky)
  16:10 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Cofidis)
  16:12 Romain Hardy (Fortuneo-Oscaro)
  16:14 Pierre-Roger Latour (Ag2r)
  16:16 Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie)
  16:18 Roman Kreuziger (Orica-Scott)
  16:20 Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
  16:22 Jan Bakelants (Ag2r)
  16:24 Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal)
  16:26 Tiesj Benoot (Lotto-Soudal)
  16:28 Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data)
  16:30 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Movistar)
  16:32 Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo)
  16:34 Brice Feillu (Fortuneo-Oscaro)
  16:36 Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-hansgrohe)
  16:38 Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2r)
  16:40 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Sky)
  16:42 Nairo Quintana (Movistar)
  16:44 Damiano Caruso (BMC)
  16:46 Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo)
  16:48 Warren Barguil (Sunweb)
  16:50 Louis Meintjes (UAE)
  16:52 Simon Yates (Orica-Scott)
  16:54 Daniel Martin (Quick-Step Floors)
  16:56 Fabio Aru (Astana)
  16:58 Mikel Landa Meana (Sky)
  17:00 Rigoberto Urán (Cannondale-Drapac)
  17:02 Romain Bardet (Ag2r)
  17:04 Christopher Froome (Sky)

 

[Nin1388]

Only change I see in top 10 is Uran taking Bardet for 2nd and Contador taking 9th from Barguil. Froome should win. But looking at how technical course is, his gap will be not big.

 

[SeriousSam]

Last chance for Froome to get a stage win but Roglic is probably the fav.

It diminshes a Grand Tour victory if the winner is unable to win at least one stage

 

[LaFlorecita]

Watch out for Kwiato. Rooting for him to get a stage win.

What do you think about Jasha Sütterlin and Stephen Cummings?

No and no. I think its between Kwito, Froomey, Rogla and maybe Contador. Castro a decent outsider. Jasha i spent me thinks, this level is too high also and theres a pretty sharp hill.

In my non-encyclopaedic cycling knowledge, what planetary body has a result where post-ban Contador contests this as a win? (Serious question)

Medium-length, steep hill in the middle, at the end of a GT, form has looked to be improving.
So why not? He's had plenty of good TT results after his ban. I dom't think he'll win but wouldn't be surprised to see him top-5. The only issue I see is the many corners, I suppose he'll be very cautious.

 

[Red Rick]

Contador may add to his top 10 tally, but I think he'll end around 15-ish.

 

[DNP-Old]

David Millar pretty much called the Cannondale time trial bike absolutely crap. #TDF

 

[tobydawq]

Kwiatkowski will probably go for it today. Remember the team classification.

 

[arvc40]

Last chance for Froome to get a stage win but Roglic is probably the fav.

It diminshes a Grand Tour victory if the winner is unable to win at least one stage

Id rather not win a stage than be handed a victory because of DSQ.

 

[arvc40]

Froome to stomp over all other GC today. Uran and Bardet will be close if aloud to start at the same time as Froome and follow his wheel.

 

[wirral]

Re:

thiago machado to win this

Have you visited here before, in a previous life perhaps?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re:

Kwiatkowski will probably go for it today. Remember the team classification.

You really think that :
a) Sky care two hoots about the team classification, and
b) that the best three AG2R time trialists can take more than a minute each on average out of Froome doing his best and any two other Sky riders on that course?

 

[dacooley]

With stage 1 in mind I have a feeling Froome may beat Roglic even being cautious in corners and on the descent.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

With stage 1 in mind I have a feeling Froome may beat Roglic even being cautious in corners and on the descent.

Why, because Roglic might crash again?

 

[dacooley]

Re: Re:

With stage 1 in mind I have a feeling Froome may beat Roglic even being cautious in corners and on the descent.

Why, because Roglic might crash again?

not really, for the most part because this time froome doesn't seem to be fading in week three.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

With stage 1 in mind I have a feeling Froome may beat Roglic even being cautious in corners and on the descent.

Why, because Roglic might crash again?

not really, for the most part because this time froome doesn't seem to be fading in week three.

Then I don't understand your comment "with stage 1 in mind". You know Roglic crashed on that stage?

 

[hrotha]

Hopefully everyone's bikes give out and Dan Martin wins.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Looking at the women's race & hearing Deignan's comments, doesn't seem it's as technical as it seems on paper

 

[RedheadDane]

The men are testing the route while the women are racing? :surprised:

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re:

Looking at the women's race & hearing Deignan's comments, doesn't seem it's as technical as it seems on paper

It's mostly technical in the second half I think.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

what sort of a surface have they put down in the stadium?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Have they announced De Gendt as Super-Combatif yet? It will surely be him, no?

 

[RedheadDane]

Apparently it's asphalt, though I'm a bit puzzled about how that's gonna work. They'd have to remove it pretty quickly again.

So... one question:
Why does a football stadium have velodrome in its name? Isn't velodrome the word for a cycling track?