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

[Grassmarket 4,261]

Kwiatkowski gets it.  Time limit will 40 mins or so.

[hckošice 16,583]

What a sprint on the finish line !  The best ever I´ve seen on the TdF

 

Carapaz in polka dot jersey woo-hoo

[Dunadan 1,103]

Clowns 

[hckošice 16,583]

Stage 18

Thursday - September 17th, 2020

h. 12:30 (GMT +2)

 

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    Meribel - La Roche sur Foron

175km - Mountains

 

 

STAGE CLASSIFICATION

 

 

  Michal KWIATKOWSKI

4:47:33

 

  Richard CARAPAZ

+0

 

  Wout VAN AERT

+1:51

 

Complete Standing

HERE

 

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GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

 

 

  Primoz ROGLIC

79:45:30

 

  Tadej POGACAR

+57

 

  Miguel Angel LOPEZ

+1:27

 

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POINTS CLASSIFICATION

 

 

  Sam BENNETT

298

 

  Peter SAGAN

246

 

  Matteo TRENTIN

235

 

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CLIMBER CLASSIFICATION

 

 

  Richard CARAPAZ

74

 

  Tadej POGACAR

72

 

   Primoz ROGLIC

67

 

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YOUTH CLASSIFICATION

 

 

  Tadej POGACAR

79:46:27

 

  Enric MAS

+3:22

 

  Valentin MADOUAS

+1:35:35

 

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LAST KILOMETER REPLAY

 

 

STAGE HIGHLIGHTS

 

[OlympicsFan 860]

Has anyone heard anything about Porte joining Ineos? I think they will come back really strong next year with Bernal, Carapaz, Yates and maybe Porte, but I am not sure who will be the leader. Also not sure if Bernal can beat Pogacar in the future. Maybe they should try to go with some young British guy like Hayter or Pidcock.

[dcro 10,211]

Wout van Aert did it again. Is he the GOAT already? Sprinting, climbing, it's all the same for him.

[Federer91 3,375]

20 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Has anyone heard anything about Porte joining Ineos? I think they will come back really strong next year with Bernal, Carapaz, Yates and maybe Porte, but I am not sure who will be the leader. Also not sure if Bernal can beat Pogacar in the future. Maybe they should try to go with some young British guy like Hayter or Pidcock.

 

Porte had a miserable time in Sky in his last tenure. I doubt he really wants to go back. But, him being 35 and saying this is his final GT being a leader, if they make a good offer, he could go finish with a good paycheck, as a domestique. 

 

Bernal is still the main guy there. I highly doubt, they will cast him aside for this one slip, especially when he is so young.  I think he is still the leader in next years Tour, but they will have a back-up for sure this time. Agree, they should have more british riders though. Even, if i don't like them at all, their strongest teams/years were, when the line-up consisted with mostly british cyclists.

[hckošice 16,583]

Stage 19

Friday - September 18th, 2020

h. 13:45 (GMT +2)

 

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    Bourg en Bresse - Champagnole

166.5km - Flat

 

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[heywoodu 16,443]

Meanwhile Jumbo-Visma's manager/team leader Merijn Zeeman has been kicked out of the Tour, after insulting a UCI employee who more or less destroyed an integral part of Roglic' bike during a control due to having no clue what he was doing.

[heywoodu 16,443]

Lukas Pöstlberger went down to the race doctor, apparently due to an insect bite/sting. A little bit later, he dropped down to the team car...and a little later he went down to the second team car, then dropped down on the side of the road, trying to catch some air. Turns out a wasp stung him in his mouth, leading to a rather strong reaction and of course an abandon.

 

By now, BORA has released a little statement saying that Pöstlberger is luckily feeling a bit better after medical treatment, so he'll be alright. Wasps, fucking assholes.

 

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