Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2020

[Federer91 2,727]

Now this is how you do hype!  

 

 

[Grassmarket 3,377]

Just catching up with the T-A from Wednesday  - there was already some fresh snow on the ground in the mountain passes, so expect some disruption for the Giro in three weeks.

[Grassmarket 3,377]

Rest day for the TdF, so the Tirreno-Adriatico gets some love.  Final day is an ITT, with anything possible with six within a minute.  TT is flat & beach-side.  Britain’s Simon Yates in the lead.

 

https://www.tirrenoadriatico.it/en/classifiche/

 

 

[heywoodu 14,940]

53 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Rest day for the TdF, so the Tirreno-Adriatico gets some love.  Final day is an ITT, with anything possible with six within a minute.  TT is flat & beach-side.  Britain’s Simon Yates in the lead.

 

https://www.tirrenoadriatico.it/en/classifiche/

 

 

And none of them being fantastic time trialists (assuming Thomas isn't nearly what he was for a few weeks once), that's gonna be interesting indeed. Impressive stage wins by Ackermann, Yates and Van der Poel so far, especially Ackermann somehow finding a way within 10 centimeters in stage one was impressive (and a reason why sprints are dangerous, but fine  )

[Grassmarket 3,377]

Top 10 just about to go off in the T-A, so 40 mins to a result.  

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Big performance from Thomas, 4th overall on the day & best of the Top 3

 

Majka loses 2nd to Thomas....

 

Yates home comfortably for the overall Blue Jersey!  

 

Filippo Ganna  of Ineos, long-term TT leader, takes the day by 18secs over Campenaerts.

 

So Ineos having a bad Tour, but looking decent for the Giro.

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This is gonna be mayhem. I truly wonder what whoever designed this smoked  

[Olympian1010 7,951]

4 hours ago, heywoodu said:

 

This is gonna be mayhem. I truly wonder what whoever designed this smoked  

Ah cool! I’ve always wanted a downhill time trial. I might have to actually watch the Giro now.

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Young British talent Tom Pidcock & Aussie old lag Richie Porte join Ineos.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/54292652

[heywoodu 14,940]

40 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Young British talent Tom Pidcock & Aussie old lag Richie Porte join Ineos.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/54292652

Wow, I had not expected Porte to go back there. He's finally given up 100% now on winning a GT and is satisfied with having reached the podium in the TdF this year?

 

And too bad to see such a talent like Pidcock go there, but yeah that was to be expected. Laurens de Plus was signed as well and, apart from Pidcock probably their biggest hit, Dani Martinez. Again a shame, I'd have liked Martinez to get chances to develop into a nice attacking rider instead.