Tour de France Tour de France 2020

[tobydawq]

It's just three days away!!!

If your mental calendar, like mine, is not fully capable of comprehending that, maybe this hymn can put you in the mood.

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

 

[Red Rick]

Going back to my post about the weather being a factor. Later in the Tour and also definitely Giro. Already looking at stage 1 finish in Nice there might be rain at the back end of the stage. Then Sunday look a big mess. Thunderstorms possible between Turini and Colmaine and 60kmh gust down towards stage 2 finish. Also on top of Col de Turini temperature will be cold as northerly winds sweep across Italy and France. Northern Alpine slope will be seeing snow around 2000m. Stage 2 will be very interesting

Breaking news.

Betting sites see strange surge of bets come in on Antonio Nibali.

 

[RedheadDane]

If your mental calendar, like mine, is not fully capable of comprehending that, maybe this hymn can put you in the mood.

My mental calendar is drunk anyway...

 

[virenque216]

Possibility of echelons towards the back end of stage 1 when riders turn it towards Nice, perfect cross winds direction and gusting 30-40kmh

 

[gregrowlerson]

Sounds like it could be the most interesting opening Tour weekend in memory, all things considered. My fingers are crossed that Landa and Porte don't lose time.

 

[tobydawq]

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[Breezy1985]

Possibility of echelons towards the back end of stage 1 when riders turn it towards Nice, perfect cross winds direction and gusting 30-40kmh

So it looks like QS are gonna win stage 1 then.

And Nairo, Tibo, Porte and Landa will all lose time

 

[Rollthedice]

So it looks like QS are gonna win stage 1 then.

And Nairo, Tibo, Porte and Landa will all lose time

Nairo? He was born in the crosswinds.

 

[Valv.Piti]

It's just three days away!!!

If your mental calendar, like mine, is not fully capable of comprehending that, maybe this hymn can put you in the mood.

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

I just got the biggest chills and for some reason, I remember back to that day in Tignes in 2007 and got very happy and sad at the same time.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Per procyclingstats:
Valverde
Mas
Soler
Cataldo
Verona
Erviti
Oliveira
Rojas

Surprised at Soler, he was awful at the Dauphine.

Probably just a training ride before the Giro lmao. He has been downright awful, hopefully he can wake up in the last week of the Tour and get some momentum for the Giro. Soler is a weird rider.

 

[BertiewasbetterthanFroome]

40/1 ew on Landa hmm

 

[hayneplane]

Bernal to ride in Luke Rowes pocket and take 5 minutes on the GC field. I jest but the reality is that he has had some outstanding performances and results in the crosswinds before so if his back is behaving I expect him to profit if the winds get up.

 

[topcat]

DQS to blow the race apart and Alaphillipe to take 10 mins on most of the field which he defends till stage 17. Valverde to wheelsuck a free ride while looking back feigning concern for the whereabouts of Mas.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

The 2020 stage predictions challenge is open:

https://forum.cyclingnews.com/threa...edictions-challenge.34654/page-5#post-2451760

 

[ice&fire]

Looking at the map it seems that the chance to have echelons in the first stage is limited to the section where they ride along the coast. How long is that? 10 km?

 

[Breezy1985]

Nairo? He was born in the crosswinds.

Green jersey favourite Nairoman

 

[Sciatic]

It's just three days away!!!

If your mental calendar, like mine, is not fully capable of comprehending that, maybe this hymn can put you in the mood.

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

It is still a little hard to believe it’s happening given what we were thinking 3 months ago!

 

[Koronin]

Per procyclingstats:
Valverde
Mas
Soler
Cataldo
Verona
Erviti
Oliveira
Rojas

Surprised at Soler, he was awful at the Dauphine.

I'm a little surprised by the inclusion of Soler as well. I'm going with Valv.Piti that training for the Giro is about the only thing that makes sense. It appears they didn't have any of the young riders on their long or short list and those are the ones that appear to be in better form. Yes he was awful at the Dauphine. I do think an in form Soler is one of the top climbers in the peloton, however he's also extremely inconsistent. Which, for me, makes him a better candidate to go after the KOM jersey than an overall victory, or be a Super Dom for someone with better consistency who can go after an overall win.

 

[Lequack]

The all new Grenadiers

See any similarities?

 

[Red Rick]

They actually made a cool kit.

That car however.....

 

[BlueRoads]

They actually made a cool kit.

That car however.....

Exactly my thinking.

They do, however, look very much like villains now. But I've always had a thing for Darth Vader.

 

[Sciatic]

They actually made a cool kit.

That car however.....

Now we can tell in the heli shots if Nairo has made the front group when the race splits up on a climb, or just another Ineos riders (it was hard to tell in some the recent races).

 

[bob.a.feet]

It's sort of like a less exciting Alpecin-Fenix kit, which isn't particularly exciting to begin with. It's not bad but it does not give me a yes feeling.

 

[Bakkie]

Cavagna replace Stybar, Knie injurie.

 

[Red Rick]

Exactly my thinking.

They do, however, look very much like villains now. But I've always had a thing for Darth Vader.

They should just stroll around in full faced helmets