Tour de France 2020 | Stage 5 (Gap - Privas, 183 km)

[topcat]

Take it to another subforum

Take it anyway you can get it

 

[JosephK]

Nice of Jumbo Visma to unleash their beast as reward for all the work done, and yet to be done.

 

[richwallone]

Ewan was in a hopeless position, no chance from where he started his sprint.

Sagan should have stayed on Van Aert's wheel rather than letting him go and sliding behind Mezgec... At that point it became the race for the 3rd!!! Still, good showing by all

 

[bob.a.feet]

Jumbo 1, 2, 3 on top of PDBF.

4,5,6,7.

 

[Billie]

He can only blame his team (he won't). Isn't Lotto-Soudal build around him??

they have already lost their 3 best riders. He has 2 guys who can help him in the final.

 

[Gigs_98]

He can only blame his team (he won't). Isn't Lotto-Soudal build around him??

Didn't they lose both Gilbert and Degenkolb on day one? That was probably a huge blow for their team.

 

[topcat]

I wouldn't be surprised if he does with this type of form... It's on his schedule later this year!

Settle down now

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Jumbo 1, 2, 3 on top of PDBF.

All fighting for 2, 3, 4 for overall.

 

[Red Rick]

they have already lost their 3 best riders. He has 2 guys who can help him in the final.

Who's the 3rd?

 

[Billie]

Who's the 3rd?

Wellens right before the Tour and Degenkolb and Gilbert stage 1

 

[Breezy1985]

Some sprint from Van Aert. Superb form.

Sagan will pick up more sprint points than Bennett when the going gets tough. Am reminded of when Cav was trying to take green and Thor Hushovd decided to get in the break over some big Alpine climbs to take intermediate sprint points. A 'This is how you win green Cav' moment.

I think lots of the sprinters of Cavs generation thought winning green was all about winning stages which is why Sagan was able to clean up when he came along.

I think Bennett is smarter than that and he knows the Bora tactics so he won't let Sagan off up the road so easy. But in the end I do think Sagan will still win green

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Didn't they lose both Gilbert and Degenkolb on day one? That was probably a huge blow for their team.

One would have to assume, they would both play a rather large part in a lead out

 

[happytramp]

I think lots of the sprinters of Cavs generation thought winning green was all about winning stages which is why Sagan was able to clean up when he came along.

I think Bennett is smarter than that and he knows the Bora tactics so he won't let Sagan off up the road so easy. But in the end I do think Sagan will still win green

Not sure that there's any head to head sprint where he's going to beat Sam... So it'll all come down to whether he's able to shake him on the climbs.
(which most years you'd imagine he should be able to do)

 

[dercuforever]

Ala losing yellow, unexpected !

 

[Big Doopie]

Van Avermaet won the Olympics on a climber route and won Paris Roubaix 7 months later. It's not like we have never seen a rider like WVA before

didn't say we hadn't...

doesn't make what he is doing any less phenomenal.

tho i think your comparison to Van Avermaet is weak now and will prove ludicrous in time.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

I think lots of the sprinters of Cavs generation thought winning green was all about winning stages which is why Sagan was able to clean up when he came along.

I think Bennett is smarter than that and he knows the Bora tactics so he won't let Sagan off up the road so easy. But in the end I do think Sagan will still win green

Imo the system should be tweaked, so that potential sprint finishes counted far more towards green.

At the moment, winning a sprint finish gives you 50 points, while a puncheur finish gives you 30, and an intermediate sprint 20.

 

[Bonimenier]

Ala losing yellow, unexpected !

Very surprising that the jury dared to give the French chouchou a time punishment.

 

[BlueRoads]

Very surprising that the jury dared to give the French chouchou a time punishment.

More surprising to me that the team fed him at that point. What went wrong there?

That is, I said he's going to hand it to Primoz this evening in the WC-thread, but I did not expect this turn...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

DQS had specifically positioned someone on the edge of the road for that bottle too by the looks of it, not very professional to say the least.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Lefevere must be fuming.

That's a plus.

 

[Bonimenier]

More surprising to me that the team fed him at that point. What went wrong there?

Yeah true. Not something you would expect from a team like DQS.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Yates in yellow, I bet Mitchelton had not expected that.

Guess we'll see a pretty aggressive Alaphilippe tomorrow

 

[RedheadDane]

More surprising to me that the team fed him at that point. What went wrong there?

That is, I said he's going to hand it to Primoz this evening in the WC-thread, but I did not expect this turn...

Yeah, not like there was a whole lot of stress making it necessary with an extra feed...

 

[happytramp]

Very surprising that the jury dared to give the French chouchou a time punishment.

What happened? I missed it.

 

[BlueRoads]

Conspiracy: The French want him to win the WC, for that he needs to be rested, so they made DQS think it was allowed to feed him there, but it wasn't!