Tour de France Tour de France 2022: Stage 20 (Lacapelle-Marival – Rocamadour, 40.7k/ITT)

[RedheadDane]

Wind should be head/cross wind which gets worse during the day

I predict riders all over the route!

 

[Stelvio]

Wout is about to reach his peak after coming undercooked to the tour, so WVAFTW.

 

[Volderke]

WvA stupid again peaking in this small race, not being fresh for the Tour of Britain.

 

[sir fly]

I predict riders all over the route!

Spirit of the dot

 

[RobertCrawley]

Shouldn't Filippo Ganna be winning this one?

I feel he's done nothing whilst WvA has been racing hard every single stage, so logic says the world champion take this one. But logic isn't really a thing in this TdF so who knows.

Yes, this has Filippo Ganna written all over it. He had puncture on the first TT and lost by only 10 seconds. The World TT Champion is locked in and ready to launch.

 

[KenFiamingo]

WVA has the advantage of knowing Ganna's pacing plan and split times. Not sure how fresh Ganna came out of the Pyrenees.

 

[search]

looks too hard for Ganna to me, at least in this shape. Unless the wind is a major factor, I'd be surprised if any non-gc riders (apart from WvA, of course) finish on the podium

 

[red_flanders]

Wout is about to reach his peak after coming undercooked to the tour, so WVAFTW.

There was also the knee injury which should be healing up nicely by now...

 

[hfer07]

Pogacar to go "Ultra instinct" to take back the Yellow Jersey by 10 secs, forcing Vingeggard & JV to race the last Stage full gas to gain the jersey back


one can dream, no..?

 

[RobertCrawley]

I predict riders all over the route!

I predict lots of pedaling and some selfishness from Wout van Aert.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

I’m thinking Ganna has soft pedaled recently, to save for this TT.

 

[RobertCrawley]

I’m thinking Ganna has soft pedaled recently, to save for this TT.

The World TT Championship last year (that he defended from winning the previous year) was almost exactly the same distance as the parcours tomorrow. He knows how to ride that distance.

 

[KZD]

The World TT Championship last year (that he defended from winning the previous year) was almost exactly the same distance as the parcours tomorrow. He knows how to ride that distance.

The same goes for Van Aert that finished less than 6 seconds away from him that day

 

[topcat]

1. Ganna
2. Wtf at 20 secs
3. Pog at 30 secs

...
Vinnie at 3:57

 

[RobertCrawley]

The same goes for Van Aert that finished less than 6 seconds away from him that day

Yikes.

I will admit I've become a Wout fanboy over the course of this edition of the Tour and I would be happy to see him win. It would be hilarious, actually. But I do think Ganna is primed for this.

 

[Bonimenier]

Ganna to not finish top 5.

Teammate G winning this by a big margin.

 

[Cookster15]

I’m thinking Ganna has soft pedaled recently, to save for this TT.

That won't matter. The only way Ganna beats Wout in this form is if Wout lets him.

 

[movingtarget]

I feel like Pog and Vingegaard are both flying right now. Pog to take 40 seconds, both end up in top 4.

1. WVA
2. Pogačar
3. Ganna
4. Vingegaard
5. Küng

That will probably be the top five with maybe a a few order reversals. Surely Ganna will love this course while Quintana, Meintjes etc will hate it. Also a great course for Kung. Thomas should be top 7 or so. Would not surprise me at all if Vingegaard wins it. His form has looked even better in the second half of the race. Hope its not too hot for them.

 

[inri2000]

looks too hard for Ganna to me, at least in this shape. Unless the wind is a major factor, I'd be surprised if any non-gc riders (apart from WvA, of course) finish on the podium

Smart man, last TT in the Tour is usually about form more than anything else. Wout is the clear favorite

 

[RobertCrawley]

Laporte won a stage and lost V five seconds. Wout lost V only 4 seconds.

The sponsors must be furious that the Frenchman Laporte didn't stay back and protect the yellow jersey. What right does he have to splash their name brand on every French newspaper in the country? Does Laporte not understand that Johan Bruyneel would have sent him home for doing that? That Jumbo Jumbo dinner table must have been horribly awkward.

 

[Moondance]

https://imgur.com/a/2pwzpw5

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/2pwzpw5


Wind forcecast from a weather station a few clicks north of Rocamadour (if publicly available apps are worth anything). Mostly headwind/sidewind, but also pretty faint (1-2 BFT). Given the twisty-turny parcours I don’t think wind will be a major factor. Maybe an ever so slight advantage for earlier runners at best.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Hope Pogacar wins to salvage more from the Tour and build off of it.

 

[solo80k]

Ganna goes full berserk mode but WVA beats him by 30 seconds anyway. Froome shows his best TT since the accident and gets 3rd place on the stage.

Pog has mechanically, Jonas catches him but they both crash and DNF. Thomas wins GC.

 

[King Of The Wolds]

Wout, Ganna, Jonas, Pogi and G will top 5 the stage. The rest either won't care, won't have the legs after a brutal Tour or are minor placing GC guys who can't TT.

 

[Cookster15]

1. WvA
2. Ganna
3. Pogacar

Interested to see the time gaps.