Tour de France 2020 | Stage 6 (Le Teil - Mont Aigoual, 191 km)

[Devil's Elbow]

Not this good, and not on mountains as tough as this one.

The hard part of the climbing is still to come though.

 

[spalco]

...there is almost a feeling of desperation to Ineos.

"isn't this how we do things?"

i could be wrong.

Not sure if I'm going to buy an archaic, stupid as ***, overpriced burn-the-rainforest car now if even their cycling team sucks.

 

[Big Doopie]

no way break survives.

not sure what the commentators are talking about...

hmm, may have to eat my words. ineos seems like they are slowing down, as if hoping to put J-V to sleep.

 

[RedheadDane]

Damn my autistic literalmindedness!

Ritter: There must be a reason [Latour] is lying down here.
Me: * Halfway expecting him to be lying out among the trees *

And Neilson got more "pow" than his name suggests.

 

[fuiers]

Herrada not having the best of days.

 

[Lexman]

Herrada didn't expect that...

 

[bob.a.feet]

...there is almost a feeling of desperation to Ineos.

"isn't this how we do things?"

i could be wrong.

I think you're right.

Everytime Ineos go to the front I think 'here we go again', but, with the exception of Occitanie, they've ended up blowing themselves up and isolating Bernal. They said they'd be adopting a different strategy for the Tour this year and it is still early days, but it just seems to be the same but worse. I do think, however, that Bernal will come into form later in the race. Wether or not the rest of the team will be strong I'm not so sure.

 

[Big Doopie]

powless doing too much.

 

[Simurgh]

Just tuned in, did I miss something or has it been quiet as I feared?

 

[Red Rick]

Ineos going super slow. Clearly not riding to attack.

I think Jumbo should just hammer it.

 

[Wvv]

C'mon buddy.

 

[Gigs_98]

Yeah looking like the classic Ineos false pace so far

 

[Brumdog66]

Once Van Baarle drops off the pace will go up

 

[fuiers]

Van Avermaet is looking very strong for that finish. That last climb suits him.

 

[Big Doopie]

gap going out!!

 

[skippo12]

No way. When did they do this before? Or are you refering to Froome in 2011?

I am refering to stages where Froome struggled but Ineos/Sky still set a high pace to prevent attacks. Teams rarely attack them when the full train is at the front.

 

[broppo]

van Baarle is not such a great climber, i wonder what ineos is doing here, everyone will thank them after the stage lol.

 

[fuiers]

ARU!

 

[SafeBet]

Break still has a chance.

 

[Rollthedice]

Aruuuuuu!

 

[Red Rick]

Imagine going so slow that Aru attacks without pulling faces

 

[Mayomaniac]

Aru is alive!

 

[TomLPC]

Well done Fabio.

 

[Gigs_98]

Aru...interesting

 

[topcat]

Aru attack. They won't see him again till Imola.