Tour de France 2020 | Stage 14 (Clermont-Ferrand - Lyon, 194 km)

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Leinster]

SKA got really lucky today. Bora as expected rode for nothing

Luck got nothing to do with it, Sunweb have been excellent tactically this Tour, and he had the legs in the final 5km.

Bora had to know they were riding for green jersey points, not a stage win. They made more ground up on Bennett than if they'd sat on and done nothing all day.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Fantastic stage

 

[Breezy1985]

Sagan 4th. Result for Bennett.

Yep. He's gonna owe so many people beers if he ends up in green

 

[Savant12]

Sunweb are the "Wolfpups" to DQS' "Wolfpack".

 

[gunara]

Well, wow, my favorite stage so far I must say. Any tour stage that's ridden almost like a classic and involving the main guys is a treat

 

[Salvarani]

Sagan can't even outsprint Mezgec or Viviani's leadout man. He has been poor this Tour..

If Bennett makes it through the Alps then it's already over.

He had to make an effort for the sprint earlier in the day, and had to close a few gaps in the finale tbf now. He had no teammates left.

That he is not as good as he used to be is a known fact, but he is still pretty good.

 

[johnymax]

GVA remains a tactical genius

To let Sagan lose, yes...lol

 

[Vroome.exe]

He was closing every gap lol

15s for a late attacker is insane. Either the worst chase ever, or some serious motopacing, or both.

Motorpacing was insane today. Anyone who was in the lead was being massively helped by motos.

 

[Valv.Piti]

So this is how you should ride when you dont have a GC-rider. Contest the sprint and all out attack on intermediate stages like this.

Chapeau!

 

[Salvarani]

So this is how you should ride when you dont have a GC-rider. Contest the sprint and all out attack on intermediate stages like this.

Chapeau!

Makes the race a lot more interesting thats for sure

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

It's a joy to watch the Sunweb guys trade attacks until something sticks.

 

[Gigs_98]

Remember when we all made fun of how bad Sunweb's Tour squad was?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

He was closing every gap lol

15s for a late attacker is insane. Either the worst chase ever, or some serious motopacing, or both.

Or just a very good rider. At least give some credit.

But I agree, Sagan would have won this sprint if he´d had some teammates left to chase when Alaphilippe and co. attacked.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Very strong attack by Andersen. Sunweb are riding masterfully this Tour.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Yep. He's gonna owe so many people beers if he ends up in green

Or even just to Sagan for his headbutt the other day. Long way to go yet, Bennett still has to make it over the mountains.

 

[gunara]

Kragh knew it's time when Sagan was up the front looking around

 

[skippo12]

Honestly...I won´t miss CCC. They do not attack. They do not chase. What was GVA doing? Why didn´t they ride for Trentin?
Not a fan of Sagan but Bora is the sole reason why the last few stages were entertaining. Really fun to watch Sagan trying to come from behind in the point classification instead of just defending the lead. Also great to see Schachmann and Kämna on the attack. Hope that Buchmann joins them in the 3rd week.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Btw why was Jumbo chasing Alaf, Sagan etc. again like complete idiots?

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Sunweb are the "Wolfpups" to DQS' "Wolfpack".

No, they are simply Sunweb. No need for the team to disguise and market themselves behind an immature nickname

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Looks likely that it’ll come down to the sprint in Paris, providing Bennett makes it over the mountains of course.

A sneaky Sagan plan could be, to send Buchmann out in a big long range attack, on one of the big mountain stages, to make it difficult to make the time limit.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Consonni is a lot better on this kind of stages than on flat sprint stages. Let's hope that he'll get more chances to ride for himself in one day races.

 

[Red Rick]

Honestly...I won´t miss CCC. They do not attack. They do not chase. What was GVA doing? Why didn´t they ride for Trentin?
Not a fan of Sagan but Bora is the sole reason why the last few stages were entertaining. Really fun to watch Sagan trying to come from behind in the point classification instead of just defending the league. Also great to see Schachmann and Kämna on the attack. Hope that Buchmann joins them in the 3rd week.

GvA was just GvAing.

 

[tobydawq]

He was closing every gap lol

15s for a late attacker is insane. Either the worst chase ever, or some serious motopacing, or both.

Or, you know, the guy might have ridden with a high pace. That could also influence on such a gap......

 

[Eclipse]

Brilliant work from Sunweb in the finale - they had the cards to play and played them perfectly.

Bora were always at risk after the effort they put in and Sagan spent a lot forcing the points at the intermediate.