Tour de France 2020 | Stage 8 (Gazeres-sur-Geronne - Loudenvielle

[tobydawq]

i actually rode it last summer myself. and bales both directions.

bales is more fun.

I don't think I could have made it over Balès. But I aim to one day return and tear them a new one!

 

[slosada]

On a scale of 1 to Colombian host broadcaster how excited will you get when Quintana attacks here.

I think the record of Colombia in the Pyrenees is abysmal, when compared to the Alps.
And Quintana is supposedly still licking his wounds (nursing his knee to be precise). So, I would be absolutely surprised.
In exciting terms I would be 0.7 Colombian broadcaster units (I don't know, it would be like the sports presenter in the evening news)

 

[perico]

Relevant:

View: https://youtu.be/6WRqxW9Jyt8

I won’t ever forget that day.

 

[Big Doopie]

I don't think I could have made it over Balès. But I aim to one day return and tear them a new one!

has anyone done lac de cap-de-long climb in the same area? not a TDF climb because it is restricted in terms of being in a national park, but it looks amazing... next time...

 

[BlueRoads]

I'll be a Colombian host broadcaster. Or Shakira:
Like the empires of the world unite
We are alive
And the stars make love to the universe
You're my wildfire every single night, eh, day,
We are alive
...
Wooo wooo
And I'm like woo woo

 

[Escarabajo]

Trek has to try something. Mollema would be better on a downhill finish than Porte probably.

They are still close.

 

[Jagartrott]

There will be a good fight for the breakaway. Least controversial prediction ever: Cosnefroy will try being in it.

 

[Anderis]

Finally some mountains for the GC guys to rest a bit after today's effort.

 

[topt]

Roglic will attack 1km before the top of Peyresourde

 

[ice&fire]

Roglic will attack 1km before the top of Peyresourde

But.. will he mess his chain?

 

[Eclipse]

More seriously I really think we may see Bardet taking a punt tomorrow.

He's flying under the radar and not hyped with good reason, but he's at least been in good enough shape to not have dropped time so far so may be able to live long enough if it's just at a decent tempo. Meanwhile he's exactly the sort of rider that might be let go because nobody will take his chances seriously and we all know he's happy to absolutely bomb it down a descent.

One good day of legs and he gets a moment in yellow and that would probably make his tour / year a success.

 

[RedheadDane]

Finally some mountains for the GC guys to rest a bit after today's effort.

Would be kind of fun if all the GC action happened in the flat stages. This is a weird year after all...

 

[Mayomaniac]

I feel sorry for Pogi and Landa, but now at least some guys have an incentive to attack on the next 2 stages.

 

[Jacques (7 ch)]

ala to out-sprint everyone at top of Peyresourde for the bonus and then pull a froome (only way better) on the descent, all the time while tightening his shoes

If Ala tightens his shoes one more time I swear he will end up with fewer toes than Vietto and Apo Lazarides.

 

[Red Rick]

I won’t ever forget that day.

Me neither.

They mention Zubeldia.

 

[Earns1985]

There will be a good fight for the breakaway. Least controversial prediction ever: Cosnefroy will try being in it.

Also interesting will be if GC riders will try to place teammates in it...

 

[Leinster]

has anyone done lac de cap-de-long climb in the same area? not a TDF climb because it is restricted in terms of being in a national park, but it looks amazing... next time...

Genuinely the most beautiful bike ride I've ever done. It's spectacular. And the little restaurant at the dam had the most delicious grilled trout you could imagine.


I did it before gravel biking was a thing. Every now and then I check the satellite images on google, and I can't help thinking there's a route through, somehow, from Oredon to the west side of the Tourmalet, which would just be the most epic ride.

 

[BlueRoads]

So it's been seven stages so far, three of them won by the Jumblebees. Will they make it 4/8 tomorrow?

 

[Escarabajo]

Potential riders in the breakaway: Soler, Aru, Barguil, Carthy, Izaguirre, Nieve, Martinez, Formolo, and maybe one from jumbo and 1 from Ineos.

 

[tobydawq]

So it's been seven stages so far, three of them won by the Jumblebees. Will they make it 4/8 tomorrow?

I THINK you mean the Jumblebeebots, Mrs. Roads.

 

[Anderis]

I bet for a reduced bunch sprint:

1. Van Aert
2. Van Avermaet
3. Alaphilippe

 

[Anderis]

Potential riders in the breakaway: Soler, Aru, Barguil, Carthy, Izaguirre, Nieve, Martinez, Formolo, and maybe one from jumbo and 1 from Ineos.

Problem is that there are no climbs early in the stage so pure climbers might struggle and we may see a breakaway of similar composition to the one on stage 6.

 

[fuiers]

Well. This will not be the day when Mikel Landa gets a stage win. May he stay on his bike to fight another day. Break will win and GVA will finish 3rd or 4th.

 

[Koronin]

Potential riders in the breakaway: Soler, Aru, Barguil, Carthy, Izaguirre, Nieve, Martinez, Formolo, and maybe one from jumbo and 1 from Ineos.

Has Soler actually dropped enough time yet to be let go into a break?

By the way, anyone know how good of a decender Enric Mas is?

 

[Earns1985]

Problem is that there are no climbs early in the stage so pure climbers might struggle and we may see a breakaway of similar composition to the one on stage 6.

In last tours we often had breakaways with more then 40 riders on mountain stages (ok more the mountain stages in the end). If this will happen tomorrow, also climbers like them will be in..