Tour de France 2020 | Rest day 2 talk (and poll)

[savornin]

There's two riders who can defeat Roglic. Pogacar and Roglic.
Nothing we've seen so far in this Tour suggests anybody else has the strength and the guts to beat Roglic (and Pogacar) by himself.

Dumoulin attacking would be a good strategy if Dumoulin feels very strong and Roglic feels weak. If they do nothing, then it's likely Pogacar will drop Roglic later on. If Dumoulin attacks, he can ride back in contention while JV holds back the other riders from reacting. It would be dangerous for JV if Dumoulin attacks, Pogacar reacts and Roglic can't follow.

Can't see it happening.

 

[Earns1985]

I would love to see Dumoulin attacking, but this will not happen...
On paper right now Pogacar has the weakest team from the Top 7 GC contenders.
Uran, Lopez, Landa all have a team which would at least in theory allow tactics with long-term attacks via relais stations. Hopefully we will see something of that in Stage 17 and 18.
On Stage 16 nothing will happen which matters from GC perspective.

 

[Brumdog66]

Forgot to put Bernalandis as an option

 

[BlueRoads]

Oh god, I just remembered I promised some crazy things if Mas wins. I just hope there's not some big crash taking down Roglic and Pogacar and Mas ends up first...

 

[Mayomaniac]

What is actually the most accurate Col de la Loze profile?
Red Rick has mentioned it before, but they all look a bit different.
I don't really trust Cyclingcols, some of their profiles aren't accurate at all, even of famous climbs (Giau for example, the Zoncolan only got better when they recently updated it and added the 3rd side).

 

[gregrowlerson]

Oh god, I just remembered I promised some crazy things if Mas wins. I just hope there's not some big crash taking down Roglic and Pogacar and Mas ends up first...

The Paella Party

 

[Marek]

I will stay with my pre-race prediction in "The annual who wins the Tour de France poll 2020 edition", where I was only one voting for Pogačar

 

[slosada]

So this is what will happen: There will be a long range attack by Quintana and Egan. Roglic has flashbacks of Carapaz and decides to follow.
3rd week will come haunting Pogačar.
Problem is that Roglic will also lose the wheel close to the finish in altitude. And the Colombian Alliance takes place.
So Uran ninjas to 2nd in Loze.
Nothing happens in the next day.
In the ITT, Uran beats the cr4p out of Roglic to win his first and last stage race. He can now retire in peace

 

[RedheadDane]

In the ITT, Uran beats the cr4p out of Roglic to win his first and last stage race. He can now retire in peace

He's... planning to?

 

[Breezy1985]

Forgot to put Bernalandis as an option

If it happens I'm done with cycling

 

[gregrowlerson]

If it happens I'm done with cycling

You didn't like THE Landis stage?

I thought it was every cycling fans guilty pleasure!

 

[slosada]

He's... planning to?

There was a lot of talk after the crash in La Vuelta that left him in the ICU. Rigo's family was asking to do so, and he has also talked about post-racing life, scouting talents and taking care of his business.
I believe he still has 2 more years at the top level.

 

[Breezy1985]

You didn't like THE Landis stage?

I thought it was every cycling fans guilty pleasure!

I could barely take seeing Froome do it and if Ineos stage another miracle I'm atleast done with GT races if not all of it.

It's not even a doping thing just a sick of Ineos thing

 

[savornin]

Rest assured, Bernal is over and out this Tour. He wil not be in contention anymore and an attack winning back minutes is totally out of the question, methinks...

 

[CyclistAbi]

Sorry, no "Andy Schleck's Tour de France favourites after week X" this time. Other type of clickbait articles dominating on this rest day. Nonetheless we can still have some fun:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEVSXoEErus

 

[JosephK]

Dumo, regaining his ego and disregarding team orders, to do a Landis on stage 18, taking 4 minutes on 2nd place, then finishes the TDF victory with a crushing performance on the time trial, taking 1:30 on 2nd place (van Aert).

 

[Lequack]

So they will be doing Covid tests again today?

 

[Blanco]

I think Roglic is pretty much nailed on so i voted for him, but I really don't want him to win. Hell, I'd sooner have Valverde win! C'mon Pog, do us a favour.

Do you a favor, not us!

 

[Lequack]

 

[BlueRoads]

They're better looking on a car this year than on a bike, no?

 

[gregrowlerson]

Dumo, regaining his ego and disregarding team orders, to do a Landis on stage 18, taking 4 minutes on 2nd place, then finishes the TDF victory with a crushing performance on the time trial, taking 1:30 on 2nd place (van Aert).

Everyone loved Contador for disregarding Armstrong, but people will love Dumoulin even more for disregarding Martin

 

[Red Rick]

When you're so bad that piece of scrap metal looks more enticing than your bike

 

[Lequack]

Pogacar said UAE have passed their COVID tests and are all negative.
Gesink said all Jumbo riders are also negative, they're waiting for results for all the staff.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Dumo, regaining his ego and disregarding team orders, to do a Landis on stage 18, taking 4 minutes on 2nd place, then finishes the TDF victory with a crushing performance on the time trial, taking 1:30 on 2nd place (van Aert).

this is my dream

sadly, it wont happen. Because dreams are dreams and not reality

 

[Breezy1985]

When you're so bad that piece of scrap metal looks more enticing than your bike

This picture makes me want to buy a Jeep or Land Rover