Tour de France 2020 | Stage 20 ITT (Lure - La Planche des Belles Filles, 36.2km)

[Forever The Best]

I'm still staggered by the performance of Pogacar, he looked to be fading and then he smashes the field ( Yes, Roglic had a bad day, but still )

 

[Red Rick]

Simon Yates used that tactic in the Giro. I wonder how that ended up for him...

"He attacked too much"

 

[Lequack]

Really he dropped his main rival in stage 17, then was also probably better on stage 18.

Maybe he should've attacked, but peaking too early is one of the most absurd takes I've seen on this

When he saw in the 2nd week he only has a minute advantage he should have quit and focused on the Giro or Vuelta.

 

[markene2]

Hell yeeeeah, just saw the recording of todays stage, i actually put money on Pogacar for the overal victory after the first mountain stage.

Guy is insane!!!

 

[jmdirt]

WOH!

 

[perico]

Dummy was distancing Pogacar yesterday on Glieres but sat up when Mas and Landa discusses work so WVA could come back, and he was far and away the strongest on the gravel as Pogacar was on the limit. He’s too nice.

 

[BlueRoads]

Only 16 riders within an hour this year.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Even when Pogacar had a 13 seconds lead at the first checkpoint I didn't see it coming. I thought the more experienced Roglic was saving some energy for the climb. This was a huge surprise.

 

[perico]

Froome has used this tactic again and again for the last decade - and what does he have to show for it? Nothing! Contador the same, rode stupidly in 2015 at the Giro to try to take time from rivals at all time and he lost it all.

Contador won the 2015 Giro

 

[Lequack]

Even when Pogacar had a 13 seconds lead at the first checkpoint I didn't see it coming. I thought the more experienced Roglic was saving some energy for the climb. This was a huge surprise.

I don't think even Pogacars team saw this coming. Nobody did. If anything people were expecting he went too fast at the beginning and for him to fade later, but I guess nobody told Pogacar he needs to fade if you put in a huge effort beforehand, so he just continued.

 

[kingjr]

The coverage could really do with some help from a few knowledgeable cycling fans

It should look like a nasa data centre ideally, split screens, graps all over the place etc etc

Sometimes I think it would be more interesting if there were no information at all on the screen, just the riders. And the only time info you get would be at the finish line.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I'm still staggered by the performance of Pogacar, he looked to be fading and then he smashes the field ( Yes, Roglic had a bad day, but still )

He looked to be fading at last year's Vuelta too and then pulled off his best ride of the race on Stage 20. Will be difficult to ever write him off in future GTs.

 

[Avoriaz]

I did that as well. Also won a bit more than that with Porte top 3 (pre tour start at 20-1)

It must be said though that usually my bets are a total Rabofail

And I went each way at 14-1 the day before the start. Thought he could podium perhaps...

 

[Bavarianrider]

Stupid GPS Times kill all the excitement. Will they ever learn

 

[DFA123]

Contador won the 2015 Giro

I think that was the point he was making.

 

[Brullnux]

Contador won the 2015 Giro

Yeah I was being sarcastic, same for the Froome reference. Both take time when they can, both win

 

[Carols]

Riders who have won Tour de France and another 2 additional jerseys in the same Tour:

2020 TADEJ POGACAR
1972 Eddy Merckx
1970 Eddy Merckx
1969 Eddy Merckx

Yeah but Merckx's were GC, Points, Mountains and Combined. There was no white then or else he'd have won that along with all the above in 1969. White hardly counts in the tally IMO.

 

[Lequack]

UAE director showing they had the yellow bike ready all along

 

[roundabout]

Combined jersey hardly counts too if one is already top on GC, Points and Mountains.

And in 1969 the points were the same for winning any road stage, unlike today which is weighted in favor of the sprinters

Edit: and as an absolutely meaningless exercise, under 1969 rules Pogacar would have had 150 points in points classification at the end of today, while Bennett would have had 103

And yes I am aware that the race would have been raced totally differently

 

[Unchained]

WOH!

doubled for me!! I loved this day for racing, but heartbreaking for Rog..seeing trying to stay on top of it,spinning as much as he could and then standing up trying to close an impossible time difference..
fantastic finish to a great race!!

 

[Lequack]

Now that I think about it, UAE got the yellow jersey first with Kristoff, so today they were just taking back what they felt was rightfully theirs.

 

[SafeBet]

Has there been any explanation for Valverde's historically bad performance? He was worse than Lopez, injured Quintana, Chaves and Dan Martin.

I mean last time he was this bad in a GT time trial I was probably not even born.

 

[Rollthedice]

Looking at the table, Rog's ITT wasn't all that bad, he was looking bad. I mean he's fifth on the stage, lost 35" to Tom and Richie, no shame. Pog was off the charts. But yes, Rog and his team were too friendly with the cheeky youngster throughout the race.

 

[IndianCyclist]

if Pogachar is like this then the rest of the riders are racing for 2nd in any GT he participates #Merckxian

 

[Escarabajo]

I heard that Froome, Thomas, Uran, Quintana, Valverde, Nibali are retiring.

What is going to happen with humanity and the children of the world?

Where is Remco Evenepoel? is he going to be able to save us?