Tour de Pologne 2020

[The Hegelian]

Oh

My

God....

He's doing in WT what he used to do as a junior. The hype has actually been understated!! There's no way I thought he would be taking wins like this in his first year. Wow.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Oh

My

God....

He's doing in WT what he used to do as a junior. The hype has actually been understated!! There's no way I thought he would be taking wins like this in his first year. Wow.

2nd year

...much more normal, hahaha.

 

[JosephK]

While his wins this year have all been lesser stage races, the idea that somehow others didn’t want to win them...well...I guess I’ll just say that doesn’t come off as a particularly astute comment.

Yes. Just today, Fuglsang sure looked like he was interested in winning the stage.

 

[The Hegelian]

2nd year

...much more normal, hahaha.

Yep, but it was almost like a stagiaire year until San Sebastian....

 

[yaco]

Would have liked him today in stage 2 of L'Ain where Jumbo Visma drilled the last two climbs - How he would have reacted would be interesting.

 

[dutchdescent]

Would have liked him today in stage 2 of L'Ain where Jumbo Visma drilled the last two climbs - How he would have reacted would be interesting.

He'd still win by the looks of it..

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Would have liked him today in stage 2 of L'Ain where Jumbo Visma drilled the last two climbs - How he would have reacted would be interesting.

He would have attacked where Kruijswijk attacked and stayed away, would be my guess.

 

[CTQ]

Richard Carapaz out of the race:

The Ecuadorian was holding the race lead when he went down, and despite finishing the stage the decision has been taken to withdraw him from the race to speed up his recovery process ahead of a busy programme.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Richard Carapaz out of the race:

The Ecuadorian was holding the race lead when he went down, and despite finishing the stage the decision has been taken to withdraw him from the race to speed up his recovery process ahead of a busy programme.

Looked like he only had some scratches, bumps and bruises, but it's perfectly understandable. Today nothing was going to change anyway in GC.

 

[Panda Claws]

I watched him when I was a kid, but was too young to make any useful comment about it now. I can however comment on the lamentations of the Belgians for the next 20 years as a GT successor to Merckx failed to appear.

I always found these lamentations funny. Belgium simply does not produce GT riders. Merckx was ann extreme outlier in this regard.

 

[Red Rick]

I always found these lamentations funny. Belgium simply does not produce GT riders. Merckx was ann extreme outlier in this regard.

They still don't. Evenepoel is just a failed football player.

 

[DNP-Old]

They still don't. Evenepoel is just a failed football player.

Be afraid, Van Wilder, Vansevenant and Uijtdebroeks are coming.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Be afraid, Van Wilder, Vansevenant and Uijtdebroeks are coming.

Van Wilder is a failed swimmer, Vansevenant is a failed farmer. What could go wrong?

 

[RedheadDane]

Van Wilder is a failed swimmer, Vansevenant is a failed farmer. What could go wrong?

What did Uijtdebroeks fail at? Failing?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Be afraid, Van Wilder, Vansevenant and Uijtdebroeks are coming.

And if it weren't for unfortunate events we could've added Lambrecht to this list

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

And if it weren't for unfortunate events we could've added Lambrecht to this list

He was such a special rider as well. Maybe Junior Lecerf can fill that void. He even looks a bit like Bjorg.

 

[BlueRoads]

What did Uijtdebroeks fail at? Failing?

Stripping

 

[Red Rick]

Van Wilder is a failed swimmer, Vansevenant is a failed farmer. What could go wrong?

I think farmboie is a decent meme to roll with tbh. Just like the ski jumping thing.

Having the same name as the 3 time Laterne Rouge winner is also a massive plus

 

[red_flanders]

I always found these lamentations funny. Belgium simply does not produce GT riders. Merckx was ann extreme outlier in this regard.

They have produced 18 winners of the Tour....but it’s been a while...

 

[Panda Claws]

They have produced 18 winners of the Tour....but it’s been a while...

It is not about how many they won it is about how many different riders won it. Which is 10, and only 2 after WWII Merckx and Van Impe.
Ill grant you that I originally wanted to add that Belgium basically does not produce GT winners SINCE WWII.

In other words don't complain about not getting GT winners since Merckx since he was the outlier.

Does Slovakia suddenly have 5 monument winners because of Sagan? And should they therefore expect more monument winners soon?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

It is not about how many they won it is about how many different riders won it. Which is 10, and only 2 after WWII Merckx and Van Impe.
Ill grant you that I originally wanted to add that Belgium basically does not produce GT winners SINCE WWII.

In other words don't complain about not getting GT winners since Merckx since he was the outlier.

Does Slovakia suddenly have 5 monument winners because of Sagan? And should they therefore expect more monument winners soon?

Euh, this doesn't make sense.

 

[Red Rick]

Belgians can win the Tour, all fine as long as they don't win the WC before us.

 

[RedheadDane]

Belgians can win the Tour, all fine as long as they don't win the WC before us.

"Us" being...?

 

[Red Rick]

"Us" being...?

The runner ups of 1974, 1978, and 2010.

Spoiler

I'm Dutch.

 

[red_flanders]

It is not about how many they won it is about how many different riders won it. Which is 10, and only 2 after WWII Merckx and Van Impe.
Ill grant you that I originally wanted to add that Belgium basically does not produce GT winners SINCE WWII.

In other words don't complain about not getting GT winners since Merckx since he was the outlier.

Does Slovakia suddenly have 5 monument winners because of Sagan? And should they therefore expect more monument winners soon?

Easy there Panda. I was having a chuckle about the Belgians complaining about the lack of Tour wins. My uncle was grumbling about it all through the 70s and 80s.

Fortune in the Tour comes and goes. Belgium and France will have future winners.