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

[Breezy1985]

Poor Caleb always seems to be painfully close to the grupetto without ever making it

 

[ppanther92]

WTF are Ineos doing. Kwiato should be going for the stage here, not riding for Carapaz.

Going for the KOM jersey.

 

[titan31]

Jumbo should have put Dumoulin in the break and asked other to chase today. When Caruso went, should have gone with him and just sat back

 

[perico]

I think Bahrain-McLaren is trolling Movistar today trying to get in on the team class.

 

[fuiers]

Other note. Degenkolb has won a race already. Was his DNF or in the first week. This kind of thing has to be rare.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

I think Bahrain-McLaren is trolling Movistar today trying to get in on the team class.

They can’t take over an hour today.

 

[Breezy1985]

I think Bahrain-McLaren is trolling Movistar today trying to get in on the team class.

They are in it together. We are going to see Mas Landa , muchos Mas Landa

 

[Berflamand]

Poor Caleb always seems to be painfully close to the grupetto without ever making it

According to the live tracker it seems like Ewan made his way to the grupetto on his own but left his teammates Kluge and Frison behind who are now last in the race some 2,5 minutes behind the grupetto.

 

[RedheadDane]

Other note. Degenkolb has won a race already. Was his DNF or in the first week. This kind of thing has to be rare.

He got OTL on stage 1. Even more impressively is the fact that Gilbert is riding the same race.

 

[richwallone]

I didn't realize that Pogacar can combine the white and polka dot jerseys... Thought that Lopez would be wearing polka dot today...

 

[Finn84]

37 more points to grab today, if I am right. So Hirschi and Carapaz will only have a very small gap to Pogacar and Roglic. Hirschi could land at 78, Carapaz at 77 max after today. Pogacar is at 66 now, Roglic at 63. Roglic may very well take the 10 points in the TT and, of course, Pogacar and Roglic may still take some points today. Tomorrow, there is only 1 point to grab. Close...

Imagine a situation where KOM would be decided on Côte de Beulle.

 

[bajbar]

I didn't realize that Pogacar can combine the white and polka dot jerseys... Thought that Lopez would be wearing polka dot today...

Mas is wearing white.

 

[Ranagazoo]

Why exactly is a 15km climb at 6-7%+ a category 2, and a 7km climb at 7% gradient cat 1?

 

[carolina]

Mas is wearing white. Mountain classification is considered more important, so he is wearing the polka dot.

 

[roundabout]

I didn't realize that Pogacar can combine the white and polka dot jerseys... Thought that Lopez would be wearing polka dot today...

Polka dot takes priority over white. Had it been other way around, Lopez would have had the dots.

 

[SafeBet]

Why exactly is a 15km climb at 6-7%+ a category 2, and a 7km climb at 7% gradient cat 1?

Because Tour.

 

[richwallone]

Mas is wearing white. Mountain classification is considered more important, so he is wearing the polka dot.

Got it. I missed Mas wearing it today. Thx

 

[Red Rick]

I'm not feeling confident about Landa Saisies attack anymore.

 

[RedheadDane]

I didn't realize that Pogacar can combine the white and polka dot jerseys... Thought that Lopez would be wearing polka dot today...

Isn't the dot always a combination with white? Or are you expecting riders to just glue red polka-dots all over their torsos?

 

[richwallone]

Isn't the dot always a combination with white? Or are you expecting riders to just glue red polka-dots all over their torsos?

Nah, it's not that... I just heard over on the TV that Pogacar combined the white and polka dot jerseys for today and I took it too literally Didn't realize the announcers were just making jokes...

 

[ice&fire]

Isn't the dot always a combination with white? Or are you expecting riders to just glue red polka-dots all over their torsos?

Yes. On the points jersey.

 

[titan31]

We're just going to get the break going all day and Gesink riding tempo at the front of the Peleton keeping the break in about 5/6 mins aren't we?

 

[ppanther92]

"GC" by the least sum of individual results:
Riders with the least sum of results up to this stage:

#	RIDER	POINTS
1	POGAČAR Tadej	273
2	ROGLIČ Primož	394
3	DUMOULIN Tom	417
4	YATES Adam	424
5	LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel	470
6	MARTIN Guillaume	478
7	QUINTANA Nairo	486
8	CARAPAZ Richard	529
9	VALVERDE Alejandro	549
10	URÁN Rigoberto	556
11	LANDA Mikel	567
12	MAS Enric	597
13	CARUSO Damiano	603
14	PORTE Richie	670
15	VAN AERT Wout	705
16	CHAVES Esteban	796
17	BARGUIL Warren	798
18	SOLER Marc	810
19	HOULE Hugo	815
20	CHEREL Mikaël	838

 

[Red Rick]

We're just going to get the break going all day and Gesink riding tempo at the front of the Peleton keeping the break in about 5/6 mins aren't we?

Every morning before the moutnain stages:

Rog: "Guys I want to win the stage today"

Gesink: "No"

 

[roundabout]

We're just going to get the break going all day and Gesink riding tempo at the front of the Peleton keeping the break in about 5/6 mins aren't we?

Yes. Maybe with a little help of Van Aert and Bennett and the gap going over 6 minutes, but otherwise that's what will happen until Glieres.