Tour de France Tour de France 2020

[BlueRoads]

Does UAE not have a team-thread, yet?
Anyway, they have the new Portugese champion and the new Norwegian champion, but the two of them won't go to the Tour?

 

[Koronin]

All teams are now locked in on letour.fr (incl. substitutes) and the startlist is finalized on procyclingstats.com.

8 Danes starting this year - how many from your country?

Surprisingly 3 with a few more on the alternate list. The only one I was sure of was Sepp Kuss.

Do I get to count Spaniards since I have a bunch of friends there?
They have 18 with a few on the alternate list.

 

[Juan Pelota]

Surprisingly 3 with a few more on the alternate list. The only one I was sure of was Sepp Kuss.

Do I get to count Spaniards since I have a bunch of friends there?
They have 18 with a few on the alternate list.

Nielson Powless will be one to watch, only 23 years old. Let's see if he can stay with the lead group in the big climbs.

 

[Koronin]

Nielson Powless will be one to watch, only 23 years old. Let's see if he can stay with the lead group in the big climbs.

I like Nielson and am happy he made the Tour team. He still has time to develop as well.

 

[Leinster]

Ea

Ireland: 3 (Kelly, Roche and Kimmage).

Earley’s non-selection is a travesty.

 

[RedheadDane]

Wellens out...

(Injuries from a crash)

 

[Pantani_lives]

One possible ambush could be if Jumbo and/or Ineos send their third or fourth rider in the break, e.g. in stage 2. Imagine if Kuss or Sivakov would be a few minutes ahead of the GC favorites...

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Not sure how the lists on letour.fr were meant to correspond to the Covid secure bubbles, but Total Direct have named their team to include Burgaudeau, who wasn't listed there.

 

[Leinster]

One possible ambush could be if Jumbo and/or Ineos send their third or fourth rider in the break, e.g. in stage 2. Imagine if Kuss or Sivakov would be a few minutes ahead of the GC favorites...

That's Ronan Pensec territory. There is no earthly way Dumoulin or Roglic/Bernal or Carapaz turns a pedal in the wind to defend Gesink's/Kwiatkowski's Maillot Jaune.

 

[Gigs_98]

That's Ronan Pensec territory. There is no earthly way Dumoulin or Roglic/Bernal or Carapaz turns a pedal in the wind to defend Gesink's/Kwiatkowski's Maillot Jaune.

In fairness, Sivakov or Kuss in yellow doesn't automatically mean their leaders have to start working for them. Now I think this is an incredibly unlikely scenario too, especially on stage 2 where both Ineos and Jumbo don't need to take risks yet, but if an opportunity arises on a silver platter, crazier things have happened. In 2017 Landa very well might have taken yellow in the pyrenees if not for Froome and Kwiat working to close the gap to their own teammate. If something like that happens again, but with Sivakov instead of Landa and Bernal possibly still having back problems I'm not sure whether Ineos will trust Bernal enough to give him the same treatment as Froome.

 

[Red Rick]

In fairness, Sivakov or Kuss in yellow doesn't automatically mean their leaders have to start working for them. Now I think this is an incredibly unlikely scenario too, especially on stage 2 where both Ineos and Jumbo don't need to take risks yet, but if an opportunity arises on a silver platter, crazier things have happened. In 2017 Landa very well might have taken yellow in the pyrenees if not for Froome and Kwiat working to close the gap to their own teammate. If something like that happens again, but with Sivakov instead of Landa and Bernal possibly still having back problems I'm not sure whether Ineos will trust Bernal enough to give him the same treatment as Froome.

I don't think other teams will let Sivakov or Kuss go on stage 2. At the very least not for multiple minutes.

I think it's most likely a group of 20-50 riders will crest the Turini together, and with such a pace you don't really have a huge advantage or a large breakaway. I think Jumbo will just climb to Gesink or Van Aert's or maybe even Tony Martin if he's on a good day and with these dudes over the top no break gets minutes for free.

 

[Leinster]

I don't think other teams will let Sivakov or Kuss go on stage 2. At the very least not for multiple minutes.

I think it's most likely a group of 20-50 riders will crest the Turini together, and with such a pace you don't really have a huge advantage or a large breakaway. I think Jumbo will just climb to Gesink or Van Aert's or maybe even Tony Martin if he's on a good day and with these dudes over the top no break gets minutes for free.

Yeah, the days of Perreiro getting a half hour are long gone.

 

[topcat]

Ea

Earley’s non-selection is a travesty.

Earley was too exciting to be included in the tour de Francis

 

[Breh]

No Magnus Cort?

 

[Koronin]

Movistar said that tomorrow (Tuesday) is the soonest they will announce their Tour line up. They also said it will be 8 of the 10 riders in their "bubble" currently. Their 8 riders will come from this list of 10 riders:
Dario Cataldo, Imanol Erviti, Enric Mas Nicolau, Nelson Oliveira, Antonio Pedrero, Jürgen Roelandts, José Joaquín Rojas, Marc Soler, Alejandro Valverde y Carlos Verona Quintanilla.⠀

Now, they had confirmed awhile ago Mas and Valverde for the Tour and with Valverde going we can be fairly sure Erviti is going.

 

[Faserr]

Buchmann, Schachmann and Mühlberger are on the Startlist for Bora.
Schachmann has a clean break of his collarbone. He can ride his bike obviously with the break. Does a injury like that actually heal while riding such a hard race? The break has to be really stable .

 

[gregrowlerson]

One possible ambush could be if Jumbo and/or Ineos send their third or fourth rider in the break, e.g. in stage 2. Imagine if Kuss or Sivakov would be a few minutes ahead of the GC favorites...

Would be great for the race if both of them gained minutes, but great things like this rarely happen. Look at stage 2 of the 2010 Tour or stage 4 of the 2015 Giro. Even when it appeared that awesomeness was going to happen, it all amounted to nothing.

 

[gregrowlerson]

I don't think other teams will let Sivakov or Kuss go on stage 2. At the very least not for multiple minutes.

I think it's most likely a group of 20-50 riders will crest the Turini together, and with such a pace you don't really have a huge advantage or a large breakaway. I think Jumbo will just climb to Gesink or Van Aert's or maybe even Tony Martin if he's on a good day and with these dudes over the top no break gets minutes for free.

Current day Tony Martin leading the peloton over the Turini could be delete forum worthy

 

[Anderis]

No Magnus Cort?

He hasn't shown any form after the lockdown period.

 

[Red Rick]

Current day Tony Martin leading the peloton over the Turini could be delete forum worthy

Will probably do the Colmiane.

IMO if you wanna do crazy stuff you rip it on Colmiane already.

 

[Lequack]

 

[Scarponi]

Terrble year for Australians with only selected

 

[RedheadDane]

Terrble year for Australians with only selected

But one of those is probably gonna nap a few stage wins.

 

[Kazistuta]

Buchmann, Schachmann and Mühlberger are on the Startlist for Bora.
Schachmann has a clean break of his collarbone. He can ride his bike obviously with the break. Does a injury like that actually heal while riding such a hard race? The break has to be really stable .

Allegedly Tyler Hamilton rode an almost complete Tour in 2003 with a broken collarbone after his crash at stage one. There's various ways the fractures can affect it seems.

 

[Jspear]

I can’t tell who any of them are.