Tour de France 2020 | Stage 2 (Nice Haut Pays - Nice, 186 km)

[gregrowlerson]

One teammate down for Pinot.

 

[Red Rick]

Gaudu already problems, apparently health.

Sacrum abrasions. He's not gonna finish man

 

[70kmph]

Gaudu is messed up

 

[RedheadDane]

Gaudu in trouble...

Meanwhile Sagan looks like he'll try to actually get the jersey, rather than just borrow it.

 

[Gigs_98]

Oh boy Gaudu. That looks very much like he's gonna abandon

 

[TomLPC]

Sagan
Postleberger
Cosnefroy
Skujins
Asgreen
Trentin
Perez
Gogl

Strong.

 

[roundabout]

Yeah. Dropped after 3 minutes. No chance he can make it to the end of the stage.

 

[Volderke]

poor Gaudu. I fear it will be a DNF.

 

[Red Rick]

Jumbo absolute tryhard dictators.

I hope they attack for no reason other than to attack Jumbo

 

[TomLPC]

Carlton's description of Martin as the "Deputy Headmaster" really fits here

 

[Gigs_98]

If Pinot is anywhere near yellow in the third week not having Gaudu would be absolutely catastrophic

 

[Red Rick]

If Pinot is anywhere near yellow in the third week not having Gaudu would be absolutely catastrophic

Time to do LaGrande French Conspiracy

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Clearly Sunweb was supposed to be in that break, it isn't over yet

 

[Red Rick]

Marc Madiot ffs get that kid in the car and get him some treatment asap

 

[Gigs_98]

Time to do LaGrande French Conspiracy

If Demare can stay unseen holding onto his teamcar for the Cipressa in Italy Gaudu can surely stay unseen doing it for the Colmiane, the Turini, the Eze and the Quatre Chemins in France.

 

[Red Rick]

If Demare can stay unseen holding onto his teamcar for the Cipressa in Italy Gaudu can surely stay unseen doing it for the Colmiane, the Turini, the Eze and the Quatre Chemins in France.

They want that break to go they're bitching to riders who want to bridge to the break.

 

[sir fly]

Do we expect Sagan to go all the way to the finish?
The sprint's soon.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Sunweb giving up the chase, the break is now gone.

 

[TomLPC]

Magic Spray.

Thattl do the trick.

If it doesn't, perhaps take advice from my former sunday league west lancs under 14s manager and "Just run it off you girl"

 

[Pricey_sky]

Gaudu should just call it a day, it might be different if it was a flat stage and the peloton take it easy, but not with the climbs today.

 

[The Hegelian]

I’d agree he’s just about the favourite but certainly not an overwhelming one.
I’d suggest his form isn’t that great. Decent enough but easy to pick holes in (got away with super strong Wout in MSR, got clear twice in the Dauphiné but was roundly thumped by Formolo and Kamna).
Again, DQS look decent enough but not exceptional. Some big engines and high quality riders but there isn’t a great deal of flat on stage 2 so it may not be ideal for them.

He dropped an unbelievable WVA on the poggio, only 2 or 3 weeks ago. That's good enough for me.

If it was a big day in the Alpes, sure, many questions.

But getting over the two cat 1's: he should be fine. The form question is mostly relevant for the last climb.

 

[70kmph]

Sagan vacuuming up points

 

[RedheadDane]

Marc Madiot ffs get that kid in the car and get him some treatment asap

If he doesn't want to...
But seriously, being an important French rider at the TdF in trouble is just gonna suck! Imagine if it had been, say, Eg... he'd have been left in peace.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

It will be interesting to see, if Trentin is going for green overall, or it was just a case of "I see a line, I sprint"

 

[sir fly]

Does this mean there's gonna be a real contest for the jersey this time around?