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

[Rollthedice]

I would probably get erected if that happens, but it’s not...

I'm starting thinking DQS did the illegal feed on purpose so Ala doesn’t have to defend his jersey tomorrow -> so he can lose 10-15 minutes -> spend rest of the tour going in breaks whenever he wants -> win a few more stages -> don’t kill himself during the tour -> win WC

Lefevere finds out about the route in Imola, instructs a soigneur to feed Ala, by force if he has to, then calls the commissaire and says he saw something suspicious with a rider in yellow.

 

[fuiers]

Thomas De Gendt to win this. If not him then Landa. For gods sake Mikel. I've been waiting so long for a victory.

 

[Red Rick]

Dude you're too hyped again. Nobody's gonna nuke it on the Mourezes

I'm getting hyped about hype-otheticals man

 

[topcat]

Lefevere finds out about the route in Imola, instructs a soigneur to feed Ala, by force if he has to, then calls the commissaire and says he saw something suspicious with a rider in yellow.

Lefevere finds out the route in Imola is too hard for Ala, that it would be easier for him to win the tour and they do an illegal feed cause it was the only interesting thing in the stage. They get all the news headlines. Win-Win scenario.

 

[Big Doopie]

"...but Julian Alaphilippe, who had been shaking his legs and tightening his shoes for the past 2 km while sitting in Roglič's wheel, comes perilously close to overtaking the race favorite..."

absolutely priceless. thank you!

 

[The Barb]

I think it's kinda 50-50 whether it will be a break or not.

The best breakaway possibility is clearly Nicholas Roche. His climbing on Stages 2 and 4 was really surprisingly good and then he purposely dropped 7 minutes on Stage 5, which makes his intentions very clear for this stage.

If it's not a break though, the long drag to the finish suits a second tier contender who can escape late without the main GC guys being too worried.

 

[Tonton]

Agree with Devil's Elbow that this isn't a good use of it, and the fact they've cut some of it off to get there by an easier route is a shame, but this iis a true traceur favourite. There are so many ways to lead into here via cat.2 or cat.3 climbs just to ramp things up a bit and make it more decisive, but then with the Pyrenees having been designed all about small gaps, perhaps they're hoping for a high pace here, or perhaps, of course, they don't want any big time gaps until week 3. They could have added Roquedur-le-Haut between Cap de Coste and Le Vigan; I'm assuming they have to go via Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort as it's hosting an intermediate sprint, but from there they could use the Col du Lac to get to Sumène, or, better, the Col de Pierre Levée. From there they could either rejoin the real route at Sumène, or go to Le Vigan by a tougher route over the Col de la Tribale. None of these climbs are especially hard, but they would make it less of a cold-open. I wish Peyrefiche south was in good enough condition to descend, that would have been a perfect lead-in.

Amen...

 

[Tonton]

There is a 5km section at 9.6% average that ends at 15 to go (with a whole km averaging over 12%). It would be a shame if nothing is tried there as there is relatively little risk of getting dropped on Mont Aigoual if an attack is not successful.

I was thinking exactly that, but 15 to go is way too much with a drag that would favor a chasing group. For a second-tier GC guy, it's an opportunity not to be chased hard by Ineos/JV and get a free minute over the rest. This stage was designed in '17 with a Pozzo-Zaka duo attack in mind.

 

[Leinster]

I think it's kinda 50-50 whether it will be a break or not.

The best breakaway possibility is clearly Nicholas Roche. His climbing on Stages 2 and 4 was really surprisingly good and then he purposely dropped 7 minutes on Stage 5, which makes his intentions very clear for this stage.

If it's not a break though, the long drag to the finish suits a second tier contender who can escape late without the main GC guys being too worried.

Nobody would love to see this more than I, but seriously?

The rest of your logic I can't fault.

Like yesterday, this would have been a Dan Martin target 3 or 4 seasons ago, or Valverde up to last year. It would be perfect for Alaf if he didn't have GC ambitions.


Losing yellow might work out for QS. Cavagna, DeClerq and Asgreen can take a day off, and Bauer,* Bewley* and Juul-Jensen* can do all the work.

*Who am I kidding, it'll be Tony Martin.

 

[Breezy1985]

I think it's kinda 50-50 whether it will be a break or not.

The best breakaway possibility is clearly Nicholas Roche. His climbing on Stages 2 and 4 was really surprisingly good and then he purposely dropped 7 minutes on Stage 5, which makes his intentions very clear for this stage.

If it's not a break though, the long drag to the finish suits a second tier contender who can escape late without the main GC guys being too worried.

Defiantly looks the best of the riders who lost time. Him + Zakarin, Dan M. , Ellisonde and of course Cosnefroy for the break

 

[The Barb]

Nobody would love to see this more than I, but seriously?

The rest of your logic I can't fault.

Like yesterday, this would have been a Dan Martin target 3 or 4 seasons ago, or Valverde up to last year. It would be perfect for Alaf if he didn't have GC ambitions.


Losing yellow might work out for QS. Cavagna, DeClerq and Asgreen can take a day off, and Bauer,* Bewley* and Juul-Jensen* can do all the work.

*Who am I kidding, it'll be Tony Martin.

I hear ya. He's 36yo and hasn't won for a long time.

On the other hand:

• His form looks really good, having finished with the GC guys on Stage 2 and in the Carapaz and Higuita group on Stage 4;
• He basically tweeted that he lost time to try to get into the break today;
• His team will give him the freedom to try;
• The flat start suits him to get into the break with his power on the flat and also may mean he gets into a break without many good climbers.

I'm certainly having a few dollars on him at 25-1.

 

[Keram]

Damn I didn't realise it was that hard tbh, as in it's harder than Aubisque east side which was the final climb of the 2018 Tour.

And the best part is @Gigs_98 what I talked about earlier, a team that really, really wants to go for it nukes it on Col de Mourezes already.

Well if I want to be precise and the picture is right it is 1318 altitude on 34,5 km so 3,82%. Sorry I hyped you.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Considering the tactics the teams revealed on stage 4, i feel that Roglič going for the maillot jaune on stage 6, for that to be a realistic scenario to expect.

 

[JosephK]

My prediction for stage 6: Someone will lose.

 

[movingtarget]

Possible win for the break but they will drop time rapidly on the climbs if the pace is put on by the GC teams on especially on the second last climb. Ineos tactics should be interesting, at the moment Jumbo is the former Ineos !

 

[Lequack]

Mountain goat Wout will make short work of this

https://twitter.com/x/status/1301301777782906880

View: https://twitter.com/TonyTannousTRBA/status/1301301777782906880?s=20

 

[Pantani_lives]

I hope to see a serious GC attack in the final 20 km, but they're often so negative and controlled in the Tour that I don't want to get my hopes up too high. The bonus seconds shortly after Lusette should be a motivation.

I don't expect the break to stay away. There's much more chance for that in the Pyrenees.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

My prediction is Bernal will be without team mates before the top of Lusette.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Are we talking about the same Dan Martin that's is a notoriously terrible TTer and rouleur?

He is talking about Roche I guess..

 

[happytramp]

He is talking about Roche I guess..

"power on the flat" should have been a give away that it wasn't dan martin ☺

 

[Pantani_lives]

I don't think there's a good climber who has lost time on purpose. Poels, D. Martinez, D. Martin, Zakarin, Aru and Sivakov have lost time because of crashes or physical problems. I don't see them winning a stage.

 

[Lequack]

Today's finish again

Wout celebrates with the team

https://twitter.com/x/status/1301425869584568320

View: https://twitter.com/catourneovale/status/1301425869584568320?s=20

Backstage pass from Mitchelton Scott

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFZg4Q1TgbI

 

[Lequack]

Cofidis breakfast

Morning pics

 

[Contador86]

Tom Dumoulin, Outsider hidden behind Primoz Roglic ?

French press before Stage 6 : https://cafecremesport.com/2020/09/03/tdf-2020-tom-dumoulin-cantonne-a-un-role-de-numero-2/

For me, Primoz Roglic take the yellow jersey today ! But Dumoulin will be very strong for the end of Tour de France...

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I think Dumoulin will hang around and try to limit the damage in most mt stages and then hope he is still close enough and strong enough to strike in the final ITT. But Roglic might have a good enough lead already. If Roglic fails however... then it will be interesting how far he's behind the likes of Bernal, Pogacar etc...