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

[VayaVayaVaya]

I thought Roglic would win the TT but still 5th is not a choke. Pogacar just rode out of his mind. This win for Pogacar is exponentially more impressive than Bernal’s last year. No team, racing against maybe as good of a team as we’ve seen. Just unbelievable.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Anybody OTL today???

Think everyone is ok by at least a couple of mins

 

[movingtarget]

Is it possible than nothing will happen to Richie?

Luckily there was no lightning about................

 

[spalco]

Pogs recovery is off the charts

Rog is incredibly respectful

This tour went from depressingly predictable to legendary in a day.

May this serve as a reminder to people that when you're strong there is nothing wrong with actually hurting your opponents.

"Take time when you can." I mean, as a GC rider you should have that tattooed on your forehead or something.

If Roglic learns from this to become more aggressive, I'll become his fan too.

 

[BlueRoads]

I assume @Gigs_98 missed the stage today

Probably did not watch as he knew what was coming. Did not Gigs always say Roglic was overrated...

 

[Big Doopie]

Pogacar is more complete, achieved this with a far inferior team compared to Bernal last year also. And younger.

much more complete.

rode against much tougher competition.

and with a much weaker team.

bernal, dumo, rog, etc... they are now looking at "how can they win the big one?" from here on out.

only remco (as yet not proven) -- should he return to full strength, may have a shot and it could be a wonderful duel for years to come...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Pogs recovery is off the charts

Rog is incredibly respectful

This tour went from depressingly predictable to legendary in a day.

May this serve as a reminder to people that when you're strong there is nothing wrong with actually hurting your opponents.

This is just a low rent version of 2011. The moral of the story is the same, but we didn't get back to back epic stages leading into the TT.

 

[Ricco']

Porte's received his fair share of mockery as a GT rider (from myself included and at times justified) but man, it feels kind of emotional to finally see him on the podium of the Tour on his last outing as a leader.

 

[huangho]

And MAL arrives... At least he is safe from time limit...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Probably did not watch as he knew what was coming. Did not Gigs always say Roglic was overrated...

He also said Pogacar was overrated like Mas before him.

 

[Jagartrott]

Since UAE have no team here to defend yellow, it's a pity for the viewers that there are no stages left.

 

[sir fly]

I don't think Roglic was subpar, he probably went too deep at one point when he just had to. But Pogacar smashed the times of Dumoulin and van Aert, so it was all Pogacar to me, not Roglic's weakness.

Dunno... Somewhere around Dumoulin, Porte, and Van Aert would be according to my expectations for both Slovenians.

 

[Lequack]

 

[Libertine Seguros]

"Take time when you can." I mean, as a GC rider you should have that tattooed on your forehead or something.

If Roglic learns from this to become more aggressive, I'll become his fan too.

And somehow, whether or not that was a valid strategy became a cause for argument on the forum two weeks ago.

 

[DFA123]

Since UAE have no team here to defend yellow, it's a pity for the viewers that there are no stages left.

Pogacar was learning from Jumbo's tactics on the Peyresourde. He didn't want to take yellow too early.

 

[Wvv]

What an incredible turnaround.

I feel sorry for Roglic, for Jumbo, for all the work they did before and during the Tour. But Pogacar is a phenomenon and of course a deserving winner.

 

[Big Doopie]

Without "medical" help, younger riders always gonna have better recovery... In the past, it was always "clouded" by the **** use

100% agree.

this is why the success of young (even very young) riders in the last few years, is something to truly enjoy, i believe.

 

[DFA123]

"Take time when you can." I mean, as a GC rider you should have that tattooed on your forehead or something.

If Roglic learns from this to become more aggressive, I'll become his fan too.

I feel sorry for Roglic. He was probably just following team orders, trusting that they had all the numbers worked out. But, at the same time, it's great to see a team who tried to suffocate the race fall at the final hurdle.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

I questioned Trek bringing 4 big classics riders, to me it signalled they didn’t believe in Mollema and Porte.

But the way those 4 guys have kept Porte totally trouble free, it has certainly proven the right strategy.

 

[huangho]

The most beautiful sport in the world has delivered, this was a stage for the ages!

 

[Ted Striker]

Just came in to check the results, ended up going a cycle today as I thought the TT was going to be boring.....I’ve learned a harsh lesson today

 

[benzwire]

Superman dropped like a stone. Now that was a horrific tt.
Even if Primoz had ridden better than Dumoulin, Van Aert, Porte, he still would have lost overall by a large margin. Pogacar just rode an unbelievable tt. Almost no one thought this was even possible.

 

[Northerner]

this was probably the best TT of the 4 though, he just ran into a direct opponent who was flying, and of course the stakes were the highest

Pogacar was unbelievable today, no one could have predicted that, but Roglic's third week TT record isn't so amazing you'd say 57 seconds was definitely safe.

Jumbo Visma took a risk in riding defensively, and it backfired spectacularly.

 

[sir fly]

Without "medical" help, younger riders always gonna have better recovery... In the past, it was always "clouded" by the **** use

The young guys also have a wider margin to facilitate recovery.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Superman dropped like a stone. Now that was a horrific tt.
Even if Primoz had ridden better than Dumoulin, Van Aert, Porte, he still would have lost overall by a large margin. Pogacar just rode an unbelievable tt. Almost no one thought this was even possible.

Superman must be ecstatic the GC race was so tight here otherwise this would go down in the same annals of history as Rasmussen's.