Tour de France 2020 | Stage 15 (Lyon - Grand Colombier, 174.5 km)

[perico]

Looks like he is still in the group coming into the last climb

He came back on the descent. He was dropped on the Biche.

 

[ppanther92]

Winning from the break is so random sometimes. Rolland and Gogl put in a really nice effort and will have no chance. On other days you have weaker riders winning easily. But it is like it is.

 

[bob.a.feet]

Sanchez was declining hard, Valverde just came back, Kloden was declining... it was the PERFECT storm for Wiggo. There literally were no one outside of Nibz who wasn't all that great. So yeah. Horrible Tour with a horrible level, horrible route, horrible everything.

Also guys like Basso and Menchov were on their last legs. Essentially every GC contender from the 2000s was gone. 2011/12 was the end of the old wild west.

 

[gregrowlerson]

2012 was also a route issue. They barely did any climb over 6% and had an ungodly amount of ITTs

I don't mind 100+ kms of ITT, but in hindsight one of those long ITT's could have included some climbing.

And add a third stage in the Alps, a proper queen stage, and suddenly it's all okay.

 

[perico]

Good to see pretty much everyone wearing masks and behaving at the bottom.

 

[roundabout]

I thought no fans on the last climb. Ok, maybe after Culoz...

 

[Red Rick]

Gesink done at last

 

[Red Rick]

I don't mind 100+ kms of ITT, but in hindsight one of those long ITT's could have included some climbing.

And add a third stage in the Alps, a proper queen stage, and suddenly it's all okay.

Really hard to balance 110km of ITTs these days, I think 80 is about the max.

 

[bob.a.feet]

Terrible time for a puncture, Guillaume.

 

[Red Rick]

IMO Jumbo are gonna do the steep part of the climb at a controlled pace

 

[Alexandre B.]

Terrible time for a puncture, Guillaume.

Worst week ever for us.

 

[Rollthedice]

Slo-mo Rolland leaves Zig-zag Googl.

 

[huangho]

Martin almost there...

 

[Mayomaniac]

Come on Landa, use Caruso to make them suffer!

 

[Lequack]

 

[bob.a.feet]

Martin almost there...

I fear he's going to pay for that effort though.

 

[fuiers]

Jeez what a time to come from work. Straight to the action.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

G.Martin
passes
D.Martin

 

[Brullnux]

Martin-cam is back

 

[huangho]

Gogl has done 250km today...

 

[Lequack]

 

[huangho]

I fear he's going to pay for that effort though.

For sure, he is going to pay it later...

 

[Simurgh]

Yellow SKY train drilling it

 

[Simurgh]

Approx 25 riders left in the peloton

 

[gregrowlerson]

Good that Landa has two team mates with him.