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

[Salvarani]

Exciting tactics from Bora. Don't know why Trentin is so concerned with intermediate sprints if he can barely crack the top 10 in bunch sprint.

Kittel crashed a few years ago and had to abandon the race.

Sagan crashed and barely made it to Paris.

Anything could still happen and it makes sense for Trentin to at least try for Green and stage wins, while he is in the race.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Thank god we have Sunweb and Bora in this race. By far the most exciting teams to watch

 

[Pricey_sky]

Gap down to 61 points.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Now the other teams get to attack again

 

[tobydawq]

Sagan is a cruel opponent in the green jersey competition.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Rolf Sørensen finds it weird that Sagan and Schachmann doesn't ride on. Sometimes he just has no clue.

 

[roundabout]

Imagine if a 15 man sprinter's breakaway formed!

There was a medium mountain stage in the Vuelta where O'Grady, Freire and Zabel made the break and finished 2-3-7

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Sagan is a cruel opponent in the green jersey competition.

If you come at the king...

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Rolf Sørensen finds it weird that Sagan and Schachmann doesn't ride on. Sometimes he just has no clue.

I disagree

if they had stayed out, a bunch of other riders would have jumped across as Bora would stop closing down attacks, leaving it all to DQ.

 

[roundabout]

Rolf Sørensen finds it weird that Sagan and Schachmann doesn't ride on. Sometimes he just has no clue.

They are ahead of the field. Who knows what would happen after Beal? Not that unreasonable.

 

[Salvarani]

Sagan is a cruel opponent in the green jersey competition.

Anyone who wins it this year will definitely have earned it, thats for sure.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

DQ now trying to keep the tempo “Bennett” up the cat. 2 - this might end in a bunch sprint

 

[Salvarani]

I disagree

if they had stayed out, a bunch of other riders would have jumped across as Bora would stop closing down attacks, leaving it all to DQ.

Yeah, then reeled in and wasted tons of energy for nothing.

 

[Salvarani]

Rolf Sørensen finds it weird that Sagan and Schachmann doesn't ride on. Sometimes he just has no clue.

It would have been really stupid.

 

[F_Cance]

Bora or CCC should pace harder on the climb to put pressure on Bennett. Bora started it, they now have to follow through

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Yeah, then reeled in and wasted tons of energy for nothing.

That depends entirely on the composition and size of the break, and it would give Sagan a way better chance at the win, than banking on a bunch sprint.

 

[spalco]

That depends entirely on the composition and size of the break, and it would give Sagan a way better chance at the win, than banking on a bunch sprint.

Not very tempting to jump into a break that includes Sagan though, is it?

 

[Salvarani]

That depends entirely on the composition and size of the break, and it would give Sagan a way better chance at the win, than banking on a bunch sprint.

It would have been a big gamble with mostly likely no reward.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Bora or CCC should pace harder on the climb to put pressure on Bennett. Bora started it, they now have to follow through

Plenty of time for that on the steeper parts

 

[333]

Anyone who wins it this year will definitely have earned it, thats for sure.

It wouldn't have been a competition had Sagan not dropped his chain and then gotten that de-classification. Reminds me of the year when Matthews was gifted the jersey when Sagan was wrongfully thrown out, Kittel crashed out and Demare missed the time-limit

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Not very tempting to jump into a break that includes Sagan though, is it?

Way better than waiting for a bunch sprint, unless you are Bennett or Ewan...... and Sagan can get dropped from a break.

For a whole bunch of teams, this is pretty much the last chance at a stage win.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I disagree

if they had stayed out, a bunch of other riders would have jumped across as Bora would stop closing down attacks, leaving it all to DQ.

Eh. Bora's tactic is to drop Bennett on the climb and make allies with CCC and Michelton. If Sagan and Schachmann were to continue, they wouldn't have the rest of the Bora team to help out and they would have QuickStep, CCC and Michelton chasing them.

 

[roundabout]

Relying on both dropping Bennett and being to control attacks after is also a gamble

 

[Broccolidwarf]

It would have been a big gamble with mostly likely no reward.

Unless you believe Sagan can win a bunch sprint, it makes no sense to ride for a bunch sprint.

 

[Salvarani]

Way better than waiting for a bunch sprint, unless you are Bennett or Ewan...... and Sagan can get dropped from a break.

For a whole bunch of teams, this is pretty much the last chance at a stage win.

I wholeheartedly disagree.