Tour de France 2020 | Stage 12 (Chauvigny - Sarran, 218 km)

[ppanther92]

Alaphilippe looks cooked.

I mean, he did close in over 30 seconds on Hirschie on his own after Devenyns was done.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Who is pulling in the peloton? (And why?)

 

[Bolder]

This is the curse of Alaf having a great tour last year. Hirschi will be marked the same way next year.

 

[luckyboy]

Always hate it when chase groups fail to work together like this. What do they think they're achieving lol...

 

[ppanther92]

Don't know what Mitchelton is doing though...

 

[SKSemtex]

If the chase group doesn't cooperate, the peloton could still catch them and Sagan could sprint for the points for second place.

In this terrain? No f..g way. This is like the end of classics.

 

[ppanther92]

Who is pulling in the peloton? (And why?)

Who? Mitchelton. Why? No *** clue. But it won't matter for the stage win.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Always hate it when chase groups fail to work together like this. What do they think they're achieving lol...

half the sunweb team are in it lol

 

[Leinster]

If the chase group doesn't cooperate, the peloton could still catch them and Sagan could sprint for the points for second place.

Exactly. Sagan doesn't need to make up 2 minutes on Hirschi for 50 points, he needs 1 minute on Herrada, Alaphilippe, Benoot, Soler and Roche etc for 30 points.

But Bora aren't riding, so Sagan clearly isn't in that group.

 

[Salvarani]

amazing team performance by Sunweb. there in numbers, marking everything, demoralising the chase

A great performance from the team and Hirschi deserves this. Hope he can hold on

 

[Leinster]

half the sunweb team are in it lol

They've got everything spot on today. Delighted for them, because they've really been looking for a stage win and animating stages in this Tour.

 

[luckyboy]

half the sunweb team are in it lol

Ala, Devenyns, Herrada, Reichenbach, Rolland, Schachmann, Pacher, Elissonde, Houle, Soler aren't Sunweb though...

 

[spalco]

Really nice to see Schachmann doing better btw after what happened in Lombardia.

 

[Krokro]

Looks like Alaph is being Saganed. God it must be mentally hard for him to have the target like that in his back.

Come on Marc, do it kiddo!

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Ala, Devenyns, Herrada, Reichenbach, Rolland, Pacher, Elissonde, Houle, Soler aren't Sunweb though...

Sure but they have three Sunweb riders sitting on and Alaphilippe there. They can pull, but they can’t win.

 

[Velolover2]

It looks like Hirschi finally gets his stage victory after back to back 2nd and 3rd places.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

What's wrong with Ala's bike?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Nice job Hirschi, congrats and well deserved!

 

[Cassirer]

Such a deserved win and what a rider!

 

[SKSemtex]

Sunweb just showed the Bora how to make and execute the plan.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Chapeau Hirschi! Really deserved that win especially after the other day.

 

[sir fly]

It had to pay off once, hadn't it?
How big an engine does he have?
Congrats.

Entertaining classic action when they started racing.

 

[Carols]

Great ride by Hirschi! Chapeau young man! First Tour, first stage win

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Chapeau Hirschi, chapeau sunweb

 

[spalco]

Hirschiiii Congratulations!

Huge win, unbelievably deserved. I'm so happy for him.