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

[sir fly]

I like Italian winetrials more than this French.
The rustic feel makes the difference.
... in this region at least.

 

[bob.a.feet]

Just because it had some hilly bits? Dumoulin was a TT specialist at the time and pushed him close.

Any TT where Aru comes 3rd is not for the specialists.

And to be fair, Dumoulin finished 4th in the Vuelta the year before and won the Arcalis stage that Tour.

 

[sir fly]

Froomey says a real power tt, Brad claims technical.
Both agree it suits Teddy.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Wiggo saying it suits Pogacar so get the house on Kung, shades of 'Roglic looks focussed before this one'.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Funny that the most exciting aspect about today is who is going to be fourth.
Still, somehow I'm a bit excited, because there could be some interesting results I can't predict.

If only Rojas was here, 4th would be guaranteed.

 

[Red Rick]

Cavendish fastest time

Spoiler

Stop The Count!!!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bol can't even win a long sprint against Cavendish

 

[BlueRoads]

Froomey says a real power tt, Brad claims technical.
Both agree it suits Teddy.

How would a tt look that doesn't suit him? Taking place in the Sahara?

 

[sir fly]

How would a tt look that doesn't suit him? Taking place in the Sahara?

With Ganna in it.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Cavendish fastest time

Spoiler

Stop The Count!!!

First one out and no one else starts, easiest victory.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wow, Froome is actually going for lanterne rouge

To be fair, I would never have expected him to go all out.

 

[wirral]

Froomedog coming in 9th of 9. That's dead last.

 

[Red Rick]

Chris Froome narrowly hangs on to his GC advantage over Mark Cavendish.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bissegger only marginally faster than Bjerg at the first intermediate.

 

[sir fly]

Who owns these vineyards?
What's the economic model behind winemaking here?

 

[RedheadDane]

So... according to PCS Juul-Jensen is stuck at the start.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So... according to PCS Juul-Jensen is stuck at the start.

Froome and Gilbert to the rescue!

 

[ice&fire]

If only Rojas was here, 4th would be guaranteed.

Landa wants the complaint form

 

[SHAD0W93]

Landa wants the complaint form

Rojas has finished 4th 52 times, Landa 18. He still has a long way to go.

 

[BlueRoads]

Bissegger's time should be quite a bit away from the winner's time.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Hatch and Smith need to understand that Bjerg vs Walscheid and Bissegger vs Walscheid are not directly comparable because Bissegger has done less of the course

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bissegger's time should be quite a bit away from the winner's time.

Yeah it looks that way. 36:30-40 or thereabouts should be beaten by a few guys.

 

[sir fly]

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.

 

[BlueRoads]

@sir fly : Looks like when people wanted to plant apple and cherry trees in the region someone said "ah, no, vineyards are more exquisite, I want some of those."

 

[Pantani_lives]

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).