Tour de France 2020 | Stage 18 (Méribel - La Roche-sur-Foron, 175 km)

[spalco]

Fs looks like Ineos for the stage and the KOM.

At least they get something I guess.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Nice move by Carapaz and Kwia. Most combative rider award to Ala again?

Only if he actually fights Tony Martin over Blue Roads.

 

[Red Rick]

Frison and Kluge are about three minutes behind gruppetto.

And Ewan?

 

[Pricey_sky]

Fs looks like Ineos for the stage and the KOM.

Wouldn’t rule out Bilbao here at the finish if he doesn’t have to drop back for Landa.

 

[Red Rick]

At least they get something I guess.

In the lamest imaginable way

 

[Red Rick]

Wouldn’t rule out Bilbao here at the finish if he doesn’t have to drop back for Landa.

Landa gonna fly now that he's been chained again.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Wouldn’t rule out Bilbao here at the finish if he doesn’t have to drop back for Landa.

Indeed. Bilbao has had mostly a free ride, descends well and has a decent kick as we saw in last year's Giro

 

[richwallone]

It looks like Ineos is showing Bora how to put the gruppetto into difficulty and some riders maybe into OTL category, for sure... Gonna be really tough for some in the back today

 

[Berflamand]

And Ewan?

Ewan is in the grupetto. He fell behind on the first climb with Frison and Kluge but must have made it back to the grupetto on the descent while his teammates couldn't.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

And Ewan?

They got him on to the grupetto before dying. Looks like they may be joining Debusschere as sacrificial lambs. At least their sprinter is good

 

[roundabout]

They got him on to the grupetto before dying. Looks like they may be joining Debusschere as sacrificial lambs. At least their sprinter is good

Getting close to running out of riders for the team GC

 

[Billie]

Hirschi coming closer

 

[SafeBet]

Hirschi apparently gaining time on the climb.

 

[Volderke]

Hirschi seems to crawl back a bit. If he makes it within some kms, we have a KOM battle!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Hirschi has taken back 20 seconds on the climb already.

 

[75Driver]

If Hirschi climbs his way back will be interesting to see how much he is burning himself for it.

 

[70kmph]

Hersheybar coming back

 

[Pricey_sky]

Hirschi has taken back 20 seconds on the climb already.

Great effort, goes without saying he needs to make it back for the KOM points.

 

[Volderke]

It's really nice that the KOM battle is a mano-a-mano now. No other riders interfering (edit: I wish, but I see now that Kwiatkowski and Bilbao are still there. Carapaz should make a move!), just two pretty good climbers fighting it out in the last week of the Tour.

 

[SKSemtex]

Till when is the Hirschi contract valid? Ineos will be desperit to get him on board next year.
He is superstar of this Tour.

 

[70kmph]

Ineos scum trying to drop Hirschi

 

[spalco]

If Hirschi manages to claw his way back and maybe even get the jersey at the end of the day, that should be the super combatif right there imo (although I think he earned it already). What a fighter!

 

[Pricey_sky]

Till when is the Hirschi contract valid? Ineos will be desperit to get him on board next year.
He is superstar of this Tour.

Has a contract for 2021 with Sunweb according to PCS.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

If Hirschi manages to claw his way back and maybe even get the jersey at the end of the day, that should be the super combatif right there imo (although I think he earned it already). What a fighter!

Do you really think they won't give it to Alaphilippe?

 

[richwallone]

Carapaz picked up his pace, too... He isn't letting Hirschi come back without a fight!