Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 20: Belfort - Le Markstein, 133.5k

[ChewbaccaDefense]

I hate the flares so much...I swear I would be tempted to deposit one up the arse of the person who lit it.

 

[HelloDolly]

Pidcock will burn the descents

Can the peoples favourite keep up with him ??

 

[Samamba]

Harper will come back too (riding a good Tour), not sure about the rest.

 

[Rollthedice]

Pinot already in the front group. There is still hope for him to win the stage but watch out for Pidcock.

Unfortunately I think Pog eyes the stage and a few others from the main group. Don't see the break making it.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Pidcock will burn the descents

Can the peoples favourite keep up with him ??

He's not my favorite and I'm peoples.

 

[topcat]

Shizen hausen.

Is that German?

Yes, controlled by France

 

[tobydawq]

Nice bridge by TP to the TP group. Unfortunately, it seems like TP wants to win today, so they will probably be caught.

 

[yaco]

What do you want them to do, just throw away his GC he fought for 3 weeks?

Need to be better rules about it. Concussion protocol --> possibiliy to be brought back behind the car or something.

I've already posted that you sit in the medical car for 20 minutes and then do a concussion test based on baseline results from the riders pre-season test - of course this only works in stage races.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Said Kuss was about 1 minute off the peloton, the Durango kid has a 6 minute advantage to Martin at the start so perhaps he can ride himself into it.

Panic and fear amongst the Australians in the bunch as they realise it's stopped raining at Old Trafford, play to restart in 15 minutes.

 

[Didinho]

If Van Gils can better his 2nd place on the Grand Colombier by beating Pidcock, Skjelmose and Pinot today it would be one hell of a stage win.
He’s very lovable in his interviews, became an instant fan.

But UAE has other plans.

 

[Netserk]

As expected, the stage didn’t favour any proper GC moves before Petit-Ballon. So it can’t quite score a top mark.

 

[Reynard]

UAE and Jumbo already lost quite a few domestique will be interesting to see if they can control it until the last climbs.

Ineos not looking in great shape. if Rodriguez struggles there's not much help. Only Fraile was by his side on the climb. I wonder if Bora and Jayco try something to move up.

 

[Valv.Piti]

As expected, the stage didn’t favour any proper GC moves before Petit-Ballon. So it can’t quite score a top mark.

Nope, I actually thought many of the low top-10 riders would go on the move today though.

But this is still almost as good as it gets so far, apart from the crashes.

 

[Miha81]

But UAE has other plans.

Question remains for who?

 

[bob.a.feet]

Tadej, I'll give you a tenner if you tell your boys to stop riding.

 

[HelloDolly]

cant UAE let them go ?????

 

[Samamba]

UAE just ruining it for Pinot to get beaten by Vingegaard in the end. Sad.

 

[HelloDolly]

Adam Blythe ...why oh why oh why is he on GCN

 

[Aimar16]

If Pogacar wins today, he'll still have a chance tomorrow to get his usual three stage win / GT

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

UAE can't be riding that hard, there's still a large peloton there.

 

[Reynard]

No heart for cycling fans those UAE guys. Unfortunately that's modern cycling a few riders and teams who want to have it all... a few years ago no top team would have give a F*ck about this stage win.

 

[Tim Cahill]

It is quite odd that they're drilling it for Pogacar given his form instead of letting a few of their boys get in the break, unless they think it was just a hunger knock and not a long term reflection of form or lack of training base.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Christian VdV said Van Hooydonck is with Sepptimus to help him to the finish, but Sepptimus is not looking good.

 

[Netserk]

Laporte’s job is over at the bottom of Petit-Ballon, he might as well drill until then.

 

[Reynard]

UAE can't be riding that hard, there's still a large peloton there.

65 riders roundabout...and it's still Bjerg pulling a lot.

Politt is still there. He will be just a cheat code for UAE next year. Could be there guy to counter the horse power Jumbo have with Nathan and Laporte - of course they still won't have WvA but still