OlympicsFan 791 Posted September 4, 2020 #261 Share Posted September 4, 2020 3 hours ago, dcro said: I wonder if there ever was a team who attempted to break-away with 8 riders...? You know, sort of how you usually play Pro Cycling Manager... I always asked myself whether the following could work: All the riders of one team ride next to each at the front of the field on a narrow road and then one of them sprints away and his teammates ride very slowly next to each other in order to block the road so that no one can go after him ... Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 791 Posted September 4, 2020 #262 Share Posted September 4, 2020 I think Bora will go all out to win the green jersey. They realized that Buchmann won’t be able to make the podium, so they didn’t have to save energy for tomorrow and Sunday. Personally I never thought that someone like Sagan should win the green jersey because he clearly isn‘t and never has been the best sprinter, but I guess those are the rules. Once van Aert will be allowed to go for the green jersey it will be game over for Sagan. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,646 Posted September 4, 2020 #263 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Stage 7 Friday - September 4th, 2020 h. 13:25 (GMT +2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Millau - Lavaur 168km - Lumpy/Flat STAGE CLASSIFICATION Wout VAN AERT 3:32:03 Edvald BOASSON HAGEN +0 Bryan COQUARD +0 Complete Standing HERE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL CLASSIFICATION Adam YATES 30:36:00 Primoz ROGLIC +3 Guillaume MARTIN +9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POINTS CLASSIFICATION Peter SAGAN 138 Sam BENNETT 129 Wout VAN AERT 106 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLIMBER CLASSIFICATION Benoit COSNEFROY 25 Michael GOGL 12 Nicolas ROCHE 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUTH CLASSIFICATION Egan BERNAL 30:36:13 Enric MAS +9 Sergio Andres HIGUITA +28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST KILOMETER REPLAY STAGE HIGHLIGHTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,976 Posted September 4, 2020 #264 Share Posted September 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said: I always asked myself whether the following could work: All the riders of one team ride next to each at the front of the field on a narrow road and then one of them sprints away and his teammates ride very slowly next to each other in order to block the road so that no one can go after him ... It might work once, but you’d never get a chance to win a race again. Unwritten rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,646 Posted September 4, 2020 #265 Share Posted September 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Federer91 said: Oh Peter, you managed to fumble even todays sprint The whole teams works out of the window, even with the few points you took today. This was a picture perfect situation for the Sagan of the past, but allez.. in his defense we must take note that he was also not very lucky today, at the beginning of the final sprint some 300m to go his chain fell off. according to him, it was a miracle that he did not fall and it did not turn out even much worse.but Bora today was just famous. fantastic performance. Total Liquigas 2013 Albi stage copyright, sadly with unsuccessful end this time. Anyway I still don´t get all the hate towards Sagan during this tour, I mean this guy has absolutely nothing to prove to anyone, he already achieved things which only very few riders will be able to repeat. and not sure if anyone will be even able to do it in the next decades Olympian1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,812 Posted September 4, 2020 #266 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Just saw the full result now, pretty awesome by mostly the French B-sprinters like Coquard, Venturini and Hofstetter to make it to the finish in the main group. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,812 Posted September 4, 2020 #267 Share Posted September 4, 2020 7 minutes ago, hckosice said: in his defense we must take note that he was also not very lucky today, at the beginning of the final sprint some 300m to go his chain fell off. according to him, it was a miracle that he did not fall and it did not turn out even much worse.but Bora today was just famous. fantastic performance. Total Liquigas 2013 Albi stage copyright, sadly with unsuccessful end this time. Anyway I still don´t get all the hate towards Sagan during this tour, I mean this guy has absolutely nothing to prove to anyone, he already achieved things which only very few riders will be able to repeat. and not sure if anyone will be even able to do it in the next decades Where do you see hate? I just see people basically saying he's not in great shape, which is rather obvious and has nothing to do with one's personal opinion If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,193 Posted September 4, 2020 #268 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Sagan takes over the green jersey with 13th (!) place today? Green jersey is just bizarre at this point. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,976 Posted September 4, 2020 #269 Share Posted September 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, dcro said: Sagan takes over the green jersey with 13th (!) place today? 2nd place in the intermediate won it for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,812 Posted September 4, 2020 #270 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Ouch, just noticed the loss for Pogacar. I don't think it matters so much for Porte and Mollema (well for them it does, but I mean in terms of the GC in general ), but Pogacar losing that much is big...although it might mean he'll have to unleash his power early If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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