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

[Grassmarket 3,408]

1 hour ago, Monzanator said:

 

@hckosiceThese wild cards can be given to non-Elite teams though?

 

I believe even CCC was given once a wild card to Giro d'Italia IIRC (that was pre-BMC merger when CCC was still a truly Polish team by the roots) but former Giro winner Tonkov was a member of the team which probably made the whole thing easier.

Ordinarily Arkea-Samsic would not get near the TdF, but they have the Quintana brothers so.... 

[hckošice 14,826]

Stage 4

Tuesday - September 1st, 2020

h. 13:25 (GMT +2)

 

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    Sisteron - Orcieres-Merlette   

160.5km - Mountain

 

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[Grassmarket 3,408]

100k to go, getting into the hilly bit now.  Got your usual breakaway snaffling up the points.

 

Sam Bennett got the intermediate bonus, so is now equal with Sagan on points but way down on time, so unless he does something in the end....

 

Today’s futile, pointless, doomed solo bid for glory will be staged by Nils Politt 

[bmo 194]

About 65km to go. We have 6 riders in the breakaway. None of them are contenders in the GC. All 4 jerseys are in the peloton still.

[Federer91 2,793]

I will go with a Pogacar win today. 

[Grassmarket 3,408]

Nasty crash for Tiesj Benoot from the leading group.  Fortunately the grass is very lush!  About €4000 worth of damage for the bike.  

[dcro 10,210]

He did a nice grind though.

[Grassmarket 3,408]

All the specialist sprinters out the back with 20k to go.

[Gianlu33 4,567]

Frist real climb of the Tour

 

[Grassmarket 3,408]

Pierre Roland first to attack.  Doesn’t stick.