Tour de France 2020 | Stage 17 (Grenoble - Méribel Col de la Loze, 170 km)

[Big Doopie]

Still 6 jumbo riders left ...

yup.

 

[Eclipse]

Just to say
- it's nice this year that the forum
no longer crashes under load.

Does that say more about the forum or the racing...

<_<

 

[dercuforever]

damn, I had a workshop at work. Glad it ended before anyone attacked !

 

[ppanther92]

World rankings pretty meaningless actually. He was a major dud in the worlds a couple years ago. Sure he’s won a few stages here and there but like Pinot has never lived up to expectations.

How about using the CQ ranking (which I agree on being better): 2nd in 2019, 5th in 2018.

 

[Big Doopie]

uran creeping up.

mega attack coming in 1...2...

 

[SafeBet]

Can Sonny drop Gesink? No.
Can Mohoric drop Gesink? No.
Can Poels drop Gesink? No.
Next, please.

 

[Brullnux]

I get tired just watching Alaphilippe
Too much focus on theatrics

Agree it’s annoying but a lot of professional sport is the carnival/entertainment aspect. I think I’d rather be annoyed at it than not have it at all, especially the way some of this Tour has gone

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Mythical third week Poels struggling to drop anyone, let alone a Jumbot.

And he's gone.

 

[Simurgh]

Barguil dropped

 

[Cassirer]

Poels done... Not a lot of damage, but great to see him pretty healthy

 

[Oliver]

damn, I had a workshop at work. Glad it ended before anyone attacked !

After seeing the last wall I fear not many attacks will follow...

 

[spalco]

I get tired just watching Alaphilippe
Too much focus on theatrics

Yeah, something's offputting about him to me. Making faces, twitching around on the bike when descending, attacking to show off, not to win. The Voeckler comparison seems accurate to an extent, although of course Alaphillipe is a much better rider.

 

[Big Doopie]

Madous for the win!!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Mythical third week Poels struggling to drop anyone, let alone a Jumbot.

And he's gone.

Even Gesink is still there

Edit: and as I post that he is dropped

 

[glassmoon]

Can Sonny drop Gesink? No.
Can Mohoric drop Gesink? No.
Can Poels drop Gesink? No.
Next, please.

Bilbo did it!

 

[BlueRoads]

Wout Poels - 3 weeks of suffering to make this effort possible. Kudos!

 

[Sciatic]

World rankings pretty meaningless actually. He was a major dud in the worlds a couple years ago. Sure he’s won a few stages here and there but like Pinot has never lived up to expectations.

I guess you don’t count one-day races which are his best targets.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Poels done... Not a lot of damage, but great to see him pretty healthy

Bahrain had no choice, they started early so needed Poels to take it easy or else they'd be down to Bilbao/Caruso way too soon

 

[Fergoose]

JV down to five. Victory is slipping through Roglic's hands!

 

[Eclipse]

At least that's Gesink down...

Times rapidly running out if Superman had any thoughts on using Izagirre as a bridge

 

[SafeBet]

Breaking news: Bilbao drops Gesink!
Now only WVA, Kuss, Bennett and Dumoulin missing.

 

[Amazinmets87]

yawn

Anyone going to put in a dig before the final 4k? Or will we watch a 25+ man group meander up the climb?

 

[memyselfandI]

It's nothing yet because a) Rogla ain't even waving his upper body, very relaxed b) WvA is still hanging around c) Alaphilippe sips drink from the bottle when doing his turn in front. Finally Carapaz dumps Alaphilippe.

 

[ppanther92]

Actually Bilbao and Caruso were really good yesterday. Should be able to reduce the group quite significantly.

 

[spalco]

If Carapaz wants even the most minimal chance of winning this, he's got to drop his companions soon and hard imo.