Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 20: Libourne – Saint-Émilion, 30.8 km (ITT)

[BlueRoads]

Head says Pogacar.
Heart says Küng (no stage win yet).
Pelvis says Van Aert.
Heels say M. A. Lopez (but they're terrible at predicting).

I really don't dare to ask my pelvis.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Head says Pogacar.
Heart says Küng (no stage win yet).
Pelvis says Van Aert.
Heels say M. A. Lopez (but they're terrible at predicting).

One might call them your Achilles' heels then.

I'd like Küng to win, too, but I'm not sure he will be good enough today.

 

[BlueRoads]

Devenyns with a pretty good time - does that tell us Cattaneo will be far up there?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Devenyns with a pretty good time - does that tell us Cattaneo will be far up there?

A top 5 would not surprise me.

 

[Cagalitroso]

I really don't dare to ask my pelvis.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Asgreen with a strong start.

 

[sir fly]

Asgreen going for it in all seriousness.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Asgreen going for it in all seriousness.

He lost a second to Bissegger where he needed to increase his lead, so he will definitely not win the stage now. It could be good enough for a top 3 perhaps, if Pogacar decides not to take any risks.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Hope Pog does take risks!

 

[BlueRoads]

Hope Pog does take risks!

He won't. But maybe it will still be enough.
But somehow I don't think Pogacar will win this, he just doesn't have the incentive compared to some others. My money would be on Küng.

 

[KZD]

This time from Asgreen will be really tough to beat. 51km/h is the same average Pogačar did in the first TT.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Hope Pog does take risks!

Sure, and in this weather the corners won't be difficult anyway.

Asgreen kept the speed up till the end.

 

[sir fly]

He lost a second to Bissegger where he needed to increase his lead, so he will definitely not win the stage now. It could be good enough for a top 3 perhaps, if Pogacar decides not to take any risks.

It's the middle section where Bissegger and Bjerg were exceptional.
Match them there and you're within a shot of victory.

 

[JosefK]

Asgreen very good effort. Should be good enough for top 5 or maybe podium.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Küng has taken 10 seconds on Asgreen already

 

[sir fly]

"You can't polish a turd..." is that what I've heard from Wiggins?
Gem.

 

[Leinster]

35' seems to be out of reach looking at the speeds so far.

So, basically, winemakers use their own grapes, if I've caught it properly.

Are you talking in general, or specifically the Bordeaux area?

I live in wine country. Some winemakers do the whole process themselves from root to bottle, but it’s a big operation to do all that. Small makers will contract out parts of the process; you can hire someone to do pretty much any single stage of it.

Some makers here charge a premium for “Estate grown” wines, rather than wine made with fruit from their back-of-beyonds vineyards, or that they’ve bought in from other growers.

 

[Leinster]

This time from Asgreen will be really tough to beat. 51km/h is the same average Pogačar did in the first TT.

That was 0.5 kmh faster than anyone else. I suspect this route is a bit faster.

 

[Vroome.exe]

Kung will be +11.37 at the end.

 

[Leinster]

Kung hitting 70kmh on the flat. Must be a fierce tailwind, but even so…

 

[Pantani_lives]

We're in Saint-Émilion. You can't expect the commentators to stay sober.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bjerg said his main objective was to beat Cort, so job well done for him.

 

[KZD]

That was 0.5 kmh faster than anyone else. I suspect this route is a bit faster.

It is a bit flatter than the first time trial but everyone is more tired now so I don't expect the average speed to be higher

 

[Leinster]

Bjerg said his main objective was to beat Cort, so job well done for him.

Asgreen is still bitter about Vingo edging him for best Dane on stage 5.

 

[Leinster]

Why even put a camera on Dan Martin in a TT?