Tour de France 2020 | Stage 1 (Nice - Nice, 156 km)

[Devil's Elbow]

It's finally time!

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Start: 14:00
Côte de Rimiez (first passage): 15:21/15:24/15:28
Intermediate sprint: 16:15/16:20/16:27
Côte de Rimiez (second passage): 16:27/16:34/16:40
Finish: 17:47/17:58/18:09

Climbs
Côte d'Aspremont (laps 1 and 2, not categorised) - 6.7 km at 3.2%

Côte de Rimiez (laps 2 and 3, cat. 3) - 5.9 km at 5.1%

Col d'Aspremont (lap 3, not categorised) - 7.3 km at 3.4%

Côte de Levens (lap 3, not categorised) - 6.2 km at 2.4%

Finish
Pan-flat, wide roads, completely straight aside from a chicane with 2k to go, so unfortunately fairly crash-prone...

 

[JosephK]

On Stage 1, De Gendt to sneak away up the first hill, eat a sandwich, and take the win solo.

 

[Anderis]

1. Lopez
2. Landa
3. Bardet

 

[Sciatic]

1. Lopez
2. Landa
3. Bardet

Cool, one of those slow-motion sprints

 

[Poursuivant]

Caleb Ewan to take yellow.

 

[Escarabajo]

The Sagan show starts!

 

[KZD]

Will there be wind?

 

[Red Rick]

Wasn't this hyped as non bunch sprint back when this first came out?

Anyway, Ewan vs Bennett, unless crazy happens, gotta ask the nOracle @Gigs_98

 

[Gigs_98]

Wasn't this hyped as non bunch sprint back when this first came out?

Anyway, Ewan vs Bennett, unless crazy happens, gotta ask the nOracle @Gigs_98

I think we just saw climbs with 500 meters altitude gain on stage 1 of the Tour, went crazy, and kinda overlooked the fact that the climb that happens on makes Montevergine look like the Zoncolan.

Btw, I just realized they actually ride the 3rd category climb 3 times but the first time they just sticked it in the neutral zone

 

[Red Rick]

I think we just saw climbs with 500 meters altitude gain on stage 1 of the Tour, went crazy, and kinda overlooked the fact that the climb that happens on makes Montevergine look like the Zoncolan.

Btw, I just realized they actually ride the 3rd category climb 3 times but the first time they just sticked it in the neutral zone

Reminds me of taking the afternoon out on holiday to do a climb that went uncategorized in the Giro.

 

[Ranagazoo]

It's clear the organisers wanted to make a Caleb Ewan sized yellow jersey when they put a gentle 40km descent to finish the stage. Bad weather could make the last few k messy and at least one crash during the stage is inevitable.

Breakaway prediction: Jerome Cousin, Anthony Perez, Kevin Reza, Michael Schar

 

[topcat]

Call me hysterical if you like but I haven't been this excited about the start of a tour in years. It's a combination of the late start to the season and the fact that I believe the race is wide open this year. Hopes will rise, dreams will be dashed, old stars will fade and new stars will shine. Welcome to the tour.

 

[sir fly]

Considering all the circumstances two-month delay's nothing.

Looking forward to tomorrow's shows.

 

[hayneplane]

Can’t wait. Always look forward to it but the uncertainty around the status of the race feels like it could and should add some extra urgency to the 1st week stages.

WVA to win IF given the chance to go for it by the team.

 

[tobydawq]

It's going to be pretty surreal watching a Tour stage at this point of the year. I don't really get why I haven't been given three weeks off work? Isn't that a basic human right?

The weather seems to be a non-factor. No wind, no clouds. On Sunday, however, there will be lots of wind.

Let's hope there won't be too many bad crashes tomorrow. The GC contenders only have to survive tomorrow's stage, then the stress will lessen after the mountain stage on Sunday.

It would be fun if Nizzolo won and were to hold yellow, green, EC and Italian NC jerseys at the same time. Then he's going to overheat on Sunday, I think, with all that clothing

 

[Lequack]

I am just hoping for no sprint crashes. Has anything actually changed for the better since the Fabio Jakobsen crash or is it business as usual?

 

[tobydawq]

I am just hoping for no sprint crashes. Has anything actually changed for the better since the Fabio Jakobsen crash or is it business as usual?

Well, the road doesn't descend at the finish and the barriers will not be the cheap Polish ones...

But no, bunch sprinting hasn't been made illegal if that's what you're asking.

 

[Red Rick]

I am just hoping for no sprint crashes. Has anything actually changed for the better since the Fabio Jakobsen crash or is it business as usual?

Yes.

Groenewegen isn't riding.

 

[Jspear]

Yes.

Groenewegen isn't riding.

Ouch!

Ewan will take yellow. Sagan will begin his green jersey defense with 3rd place.

 

[bob.a.feet]

My biological clock is a bit all over the place lately; are we sure it's not the Vuelta that's starting tomorrow?

I wonder if any of the riders are a bit disjointed as well. Maybe Valverde's legs will be in their typical Vuelta shape. Perhaps when September begins, Diego Rosa will remember that he is in fact a professional cyclist.

Hmmmmmm.... Enric Mas for the win!

 

[RedheadDane]

I think I'm the other way around; the Tour starts tomorrow, so surely it's summer...

 

[sir fly]

I think I'm the other way around; the Tour starts tomorrow, so surely it's summer...

Of course it is... all the way to the end of the race.

 

[BlueRoads]

My biological clock is a bit all over the place lately; are we sure it's not the Vuelta that's starting tomorrow?

I wonder if any of the riders are a bit disjointed as well. Maybe Valverde's legs will be in their typical Vuelta shape. Perhaps when September begins, Diego Rosa will remember that he is in fact a professional cyclist.

Hmmmmmm.... Enric Mas for the win!

If Enric Mas wins this Tour you can all come to my home; I'll throw a party with Spanish wine, Paella and endless Valverde-videos. I will also paint a big blue M on the door of my sleeping-room and finally learn to speak more than 3 sentences in Spanish. Also I will shave my head... almost entirely.

 

[sir fly]

If Enric Mas wins this Tour you can all come to my home; I'll throw a party with Spanish wine, Paella and endless Valverde-videos. I will also paint a big blue M on the door of my sleeping-room and finally learn to speak more than 3 sentences in Spanish. Also I will shave my head... almost entirely.

I'll be fine with German beer.

 

[bob.a.feet]

If Enric Mas wins this Tour you can all come to my home; I'll throw a party with Spanish wine, Paella and endless Valverde-videos. I will also paint a big blue M on the door of my sleeping-room and finally learn to speak more than 3 sentences in Spanish. Also I will shave my head... almost entirely.

If Enric Mas wins the Tour, I will go to your home, I will drink your wine and I most certainly will eat your paella.

If Enric Mas heads into the final TT in 31st place and about an hour down, I will show up anyway, uninvited and unwelcome, and repeatedly insist that it's not over just yet.

I really do like paella.