Tour de France 2020 | Stage 19 (Bourg-en-Bresse - Champagnole, 166.5 km)

[Eyeballs Out]

"Doing precisely what we've done eighteen times before is exactly the last thing they'll expect us to do this time! "

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

I can't stand Bennett. I know he does what he has to do, but my God it is annoying.

Sagan’s own fault for continuing the fight for Green. If he’d stopped chasing intermediates ten stages ago, he wouldn’t have spent the whole Tour marked

 

[burning]

3 4 5 for Naesen, STuyven en GVA so predictable lool idiots

They are really good at marking themselves out of anything, lol.

 

[jsem94]

Worthy winner

 

[F_Cance]

The Hirschi win was earned, they earned the win in Lyon due to constant attacks but today was just on the other riders being completely dumb. I doubt that SKA was the strongest today but definitely the smartest.

 

[Salvarani]

His timing was impeccable, but that doesn't excuse the fact, that DQS and Michelton has domestiques that could pull him back. They did let him go. Several kilometers went before Bauer started to take the front, for example.

Neither domestics looked like they had much to pull with.

 

[yaco]

Problem for Mitchelton was that Bauer had just collected bottles, so was at the back of the group when Anderson attacked, while GVA had to follow up Trentin's attack.

 

[BlueRoads]

That sprint for second and third was ridiculous... when you can win something do nothing, when it's for second and third give everything

 

[Valv.Piti]

His timing was impeccable, but that doesn't excuse the fact, that DQS and Michelton has domestiques that could pull him back. They did let him go. Several kilometers went before Bauer started to take the front, for example.

Thats just Mitchelton tactics, they have always refused to do any work for some reason.

 

[dicanio_michael]

Bennett can have the green jersey (pretty much) wrapped up today by finishing ahead of Sagan and Trentin, and then can go all-in for the BIG stage win tomorrow. As Kelly (who once lost green on the Champs) just said on commentary.

If he could not win in Paris, a sprinter with just one stage win in The Tour is not that heroic at all, even with the green jersey on.

 

[Red Rick]

Mezgec was so disappointed the first time he got 2nd

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

SKA has twice used the fight for green to win a stage because he understands the moment.

Exactly what Stuyven, Naesen and GVA also should have done. But they don't have the instinct for that.

Lampaert or Terpstra would have been on SKA's wheel right away. They a lot smarter

this is exactly right. Sunweb were the only team to adapt fully to the reality that the war for Green was going to impact every transitional stage

 

[Simurgh]

It was a well-timed attack and nobody reacted in time to not let him get a big enough gap. Once he got it, it is over. Because now it costs a lot to close him down and nobody wants to put in that work. Unless they all get along to do it. Which rarely happens in a group of 8-10 riders. Because everybody not giving their all to benefit somebody else.

When attacks start happening in a small group, you have to react immediately.

I hear you, Salvarani, I just don't understand why Bauer, one of Avermaet/Trentin and Devenyns didn't try to pull him back before it indeed was too late.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

His timing was impeccable, but that doesn't excuse the fact, that DQS and Michelton has domestiques that could pull him back. They did let him go. Several kilometers went before Bauer started to take the front, for example.

DQ wasn’t interested in pulling him back, as today was about denying Sagan points.

Mitchelton only had 1 guy, and he was never going to catch Kragh.

 

[Salvarani]

The Hirschi win was earned, they earned the win in Lyon due to constant attacks but today was just on the other riders being completely dumb. I doubt that SKA was the strongest today but definitely the smartest.

Smartest rider wins more than the strongest.

 

[Leinster]

Sunweb with 3 stage wins at the Tour. Hands up, I thought they were going to be a washout. They've been one of the best things about this race.


They've really taken advantage of the Bora/Quickstep battle, too.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

If he could not win in Paris, a sprinter with just one stage win in The Tour is not that heroic at all, even with the green jersey on.

Tell it to Sean Kelly

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

The Hirschi win was earned, they earned the win in Lyon due to constant attacks but today was just on the other riders being completely dumb. I doubt that SKA was the strongest today but definitely the smartest.

I will always prefer the smartest winning over the strongest winning.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

It's nice the french TV crew aren't as chauvinistic as in the past. Usually they offered motorpacing only to French riders. But since this year, i've seen the camerabike drag riders of all nationalities towards the line.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

I hear you, Salvarani, I just don't understand why Bauer, one of Avermaet/Trentin and Devenyns didn't try to pull him back before it indeed was too late.

Because he is a better TT’er than all of them, it would take at least 2-3 guys working in concert to do it.

 

[Volderke]

Besides being smartest, I also think Kragh Andersen was one of the strongest.

Others were stupid not to follow, but some of those 'stupid' were just weaker or had just done a big effort.

Other riders that wanted a chance of winning should have marked certain riders, and Kragh would be the wheel I would have followed, even when others would attack first.

 

[Pirazziattacks]

3 4 5 for Naesen, STuyven en GVA so predictable lool idiots

Good luck to WVA at the worlds, should be easy with these geniuses "working" for him.

 

[RedheadDane]

Sunweb joins Jumbo and UAE as teams with three stage wins, all three with a double stage winner (Van Aert, Pogacar, and Kragh.)

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Why does the official car have to be inches froM Anderson at the finish like that?

Probably to promote the car sponsor

 

[Valv.Piti]

It's nice the french TV crew aren't as chauvinistic as in the past. Usually they offered motorpacing only to French riders. But since this year, i've seen the camerabike drag riders of all nationalities towards the line.

Kragh Andersen is an amazing rider to go solo though, motorpacing or not, the other guys dont deserve jackshit today IMO.