Tour de France Tour de France 2024: Stage 20: Nice - Col de la Couillole, 20/07, 132.8k

[BullsFan22]

I hope that Remco can try something to get the hero or down to give him a fighting chance in the TT. It’s 1:58 now. I thought in yesterday’s stage he was gonna get, 20, 30 seconds and perhaps a few more today, which would have made for a dramatic final TT. I still hope we’ll get something so the final stage is a lose between those two.

Wow. Autocorrect really jumbled that up…

 

[gregrowlerson]

Teddy Mougacar from the break

Ivan Drago: "I will break you."

 

[tobydawq]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1814565080161280004

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Beef after yesterday's stage, so we should be on sticky bottle watch.

Maybe it's time for a Ciccone vs Buitrago thread.

 

[Colombiano Cadence]

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Beef after yesterday's stage, so we should be on sticky bottle watch.

Maybe it's time for a Ciccone vs Buitrago thread.

Well said, Santiago, “I’ve learned from you”

 

[Colombiano Cadence]

Landani said he wants to go on the attack to drop Almeida tomorrow

Revenge for his compatriot Juan

Will Remco let him? Almeida takes at least a minute off him in the TT

 

[Colombiano Cadence]

Everyone from Almeida downwards in the break. 17 minutes down should be enough for the podium boys to let them go, yeah?
I think Pog and Vingo will be happy for an easier day. It would depend if Remco wants to give it a dig at some point, so Vingo has to react. Otherwise, a coffee ride apart from the 138 riders in the break.
Pog has been as expected during this race, he's the top dog. Vingo has done amazingly well, considering his prep after the nasty crash he had, and should be super proud of his second. Remco has exceeded my expectations against top competition. He's done really well throughout the Tour, regardless if he is the right weight or not. Big well done. (I hope it all doesn't come crashing down today LOL).
I hope Carapaz manages to claim the Polka Dots, he's super in the mountains when on form.

I think Remco really wants to win tomorrow, I can’t see him risking that. I think top 3 will take it easy today. Remco might allow Landa some free reign to try and dislodge Almeida as Almeida will gut him in the TT

 

[Berniece]

I think Remco really wants to win tomorrow, I can’t see him risking that. I think top 3 will take it easy today. Remco might allow Landa some free reign to try and dislodge Almeida as Almeida will gut him in the TT

So will Pogacar, and I would honestly give the edge to Pogacar due to the technical descent which Pogacar knows inside out

 

[Eyeballs Out]

I think it's far from guaranteed that Almeida would take much (if any) time from Landa in the TT. It's stage 21 and has a profile with more up and down than flat. It will be a case of who has the most left in the tank.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Going to see some top 10 guys in the break today I hope, like Loze last year where they just let it go

 

[Red Rick]

I wonder if Pogacar will let Almeida or Yates go for the stage today

 

[Tim Cahill]

Froomey has been adorned with the key-role of 'Champion of Peace' and will ride into Nice tomorrow in white. With respect to the 'no politics' rule, I'll allow people to form their own conclusions.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1814574013697372193

 

[Ricco']

Froomey has been adorned with the key-role of 'Champion of Peace' and will ride into Nice tomorrow in white. With respect to the 'no politics' rule, I'll allow people to form their own conclusions.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1814574013697372193

I'm hoping the event starts soon enough so he won't be dropped by the professional riders.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Looking pretty much forward to the game "I'll catch your wheel" between Remco and Vingo. Vingo is doomed if Remco win this one.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Remarkable statistic: seven places in the top 9 are occupied by the three strongest teams. There's not much left for the others.

 

[topcat]

I'm hoping the event starts soon enough so he won't be dropped by the professional riders.

The stage absolutely explodes and they keep the one camera on the white knight pedalling furiously on the flat in his lowest gear.
(I'm glad we're able to salvage something from this tour.)

 

[Heston]

Buitrago from the break

 

[RobertCrawley]

Good morning, chaps and ladies!

It's a breakaway, mountain stage, and Richard Carapaz is wearing the dots. But Matteo will be there again. I think this time he wins it!

 

[RobertCrawley]

Froomey has been adorned with the key-role of 'Champion of Peace' and will ride into Nice tomorrow in white. With respect to the 'no politics' rule, I'll allow people to form their own conclusions.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1814574013697372193

Elbows out, staring at his power meter.

 

[fbjim]

Froomey has been adorned with the key-role of 'Champion of Peace' and will ride into Nice tomorrow in white. With respect to the 'no politics' rule, I'll allow people to form their own conclusions.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1814574013697372193

think he's a bit old for the white jersey tbh

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

I wonder if Pogacar will let Almeida or Yates go for the stage today

Or Ayuso, maybe?

Spoiler

Not really asking for acceptance

 

[Jungle Cycle]

De Plus ftw

 

[Rob5091]

Remarkable statistic: seven places in the top 9 are occupied by the three strongest teams. There's not much left for the others.

Which leads nicely to an article at https://velo.outsideonline.com/road...er-teams-are-transforming-the-tour-de-france/

“To win the Tour de France you need to have a budget of 50 million euro to 60 million euro,” Cofidis boss Cedric Vasseur told Velo. “If you want to have a chance to sign those riders like Pogačar and Vingegaard, and to have the domestiques and staff around to make that happen, anything under 50 million, there is no chance.”

 

[Izzyeviel]

Remarkable statistic: seven places in the top 9 are occupied by the three strongest teams. There's not much left for the others.

& That one of them would be GC G & not the one you're thinking of.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Arnaud Démare DNS today.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

G or Stephen Williams to win the stage in honour of the late Ray Reardon (a man who had balls and knew how to use them).