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Boassen-Hagen gets the 20 Green points, based on the theory that half-a-dozen people ahead of him are going to drop out between now & Paris. Now the peloton’s turn....Bennett gets it, and a couple of people between him & Sagan. Bennett 129 Sagan 117

85k to go, break still has 6 mins, which is taking a bit of a risk. Obviously planning to get it all in the final climb. And of course as soon as I type it, the hammer goes down.

Worst comes to the worst we get an all-German year.

Was a bit surprised, big battle at the start then they just gave up and the break got 4 minutes. Good news for Sam Bennett, won’t be enough points for Sagan. Now 6 minutes.

Off we go.....is there going to be any racing today? Attacks off the front straight away.

But not so autonomous as to do without Govt funding, though?

Tv did not pick it up, must have been the race officials. Or Mitchelton-Scott

Fiat justitia, ruat cælum

Sorry, there are some things even God cannot do & forming a Belgian government is one of them. If you asked Him to do it, he’d soon be looking through his old notes from the time of Noah’s Ark.

A perfect recommendation for the world’s most important job, then.

Sure, but when Trump does a rally he goes out & does impro for an hour, so naturally it sometimes veers off on a tangent. It is literally over six months since Biden did a proper campaign event or a press conference.

Van Aert gets the sprint, think Bennett got one-two places over Sagan. Caleb Ewan not in it.

20k to go now, something is going to happen.

Some action! 1 KoM point awarded to the KoM jersey wearer, Cosnefroy. 50k to go.

He’s gone. Completely senile. Can only read from a teleprinter or Ipad, even when doing TV interviews, which must be carefully scripted in advance. Cannot answer a spontaneous question. Even when he is reading, if he loses his place he cannot get it back again or correct himself. Look at this clip where he loses his place. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8688775/Gaffe-prone-Joe-Biden-struggles-impact-COVID.html

No sign of any action, so for a while.

Programme for Brussels on Friday. https://brussels.diamondleague.com/en/programme-results-brussels/

5k to the sprint Bennet gets it, Sagan 4th so to virtual Green.

World Road Championships 2020 confirmed for Imola, . Race track used for the start & finish, but mainly out on the roads. Quite hilly. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/53942004 Just four events though - Senior Men & Women ITT & Road Race. 2020 UCI Road World Championships Programme Thursday, 24 September: Elite Women individual time trial Friday, 25 September: Elite Men individual time trial Saturday, 26 September: Elite Women road race Sunday, 27 September: Elite Men road race Well done tutto il mondo for pulling all that together at less than a month’s notice.

Still nothing doing today. Intermediate sprint in about 10k, so maybe some action after that.

Nobody interested in a breakaway yet - come on, minor French teams, what are you being paid for? People need to know what kind of seed potatoes they should be buying. Aha, here we go!

Good, he is now liable to be taxed on all the reconstruction costs he has incurred.

First idiot fan of the year!

Pierre Roland first to attack. Doesn’t stick.

Revisions for the 2121 timetable - No Aus or NZ legs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/53981892