Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2020 (Tour de France)

[Olympian1010 7,973]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Considering he has been one of the main guys to fight for the overall win since long before the Tour even started, I highly doubt a secondary prize is anything more than just a sideshow for him  

Right, it’s just funny that he has a very good chance of winning that jersey without trying to. I’ll give Cosnefroy credit for managing to stay in that jersey so long, while struggling to show any real climbing prowess, but Pogacar would be a more deserving winner (or Hirschi).

[heywoodu 15,141]

3 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Right, it’s just funny that he has a very good chance of winning that jersey without trying to. I’ll give Cosnefroy credit for managing to stay in that jersey so long, while struggling to show any real climbing prowess, but Pogacar would be a more deserving winner (or Hirschi).

The best climber would be the most deserving winner  Which in my opinion is Pogacar, definitely not Hirschi. I've never been much of a fan of riders who always attack early just to get the points on the early climbs and that way go for the jersey, but I do like attackers who are actually able to make it to the end (like, indeed, Hirschi, but also Lutsenko or Alaphilippe).

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31 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Wonder if Pogacar fancies the Climber’s jersey 

I hope not. This is the last thing that is left for France. Of course they will probably give the combativity award to some French guy, but they probably also want a jersey to get over the failure of Pinaut.

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8 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Right, it’s just funny that he has a very good chance of winning that jersey without trying to. I’ll give Cosnefroy credit for managing to stay in that jersey so long, while struggling to show any real climbing prowess, but Pogacar would be a more deserving winner (or Hirschi).

Maybe Sagan should go for the polka dot in the future? At this point it seems like a more realistic goal for him ...

[dcro 10,210]

Polka dot jersey, correct me if I'm wrong here, is just a side show designed to make France win something.

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23 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

The best climber would be the most deserving winner  Which in my opinion is Pogacar, definitely not Hirschi. I've never been much of a fan of riders who always attack early just to get the points on the early climbs and that way go for the jersey, 

Here in Britain we call them “the French.”

 

Damn, everyone makes the same joke.  Go figure! 

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2 hours ago, dcro said:

Polka dot jersey, correct me if I'm wrong here, is just a side show designed to make France win something.

Yes/no. It’s just a competition for riders less likely to factor into the Yellow/Green jersey battle. I think it’s a fun little sub-competition. I always enjoy the competition between the 2-3 lesser known breakaway riders for jersey. 

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10 hours ago, dcro said:

Polka dot jersey, correct me if I'm wrong here, is just a side show designed to make France win something.

Yeah, thank the lord Richard Virenque isn't there anymore. Isn't he the confessed doper who's always been super welcome in the Tour de France whereas other, also confessed (but non-French) dopers have been banned to even get near it?  

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9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Yeah, thank the lord Richard Virenque isn't there anymore. Isn't he the confessed doper who's always been super welcome in the Tour de France whereas other, also confessed (but non-French) dopers have been banned to even get near it?  

Was always the Big Man for small prizes.

[Col_Frost 179]

11 hours ago, dcro said:

Polka dot jersey, correct me if I'm wrong here, is just a side show designed to make France win something.

If it is French didn't make very good job. Five wins in last ten years, eight in twenty years