kiddy Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 7 hours ago, jaggyness said: Also this from Froome suddenly seems very apt He obviously thought Roglic had peaked to early, again, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 These guys have a cheek. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Bennett takes the win on the Champs Elysee to seal the green jersey in style.Pogacar wins the yellow, white and polka-dot jerseys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 [emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23]These guys have a cheek.Though I did think the line up with all the Slovenians in the race was a nice touch. Roglic could easily have been forgiven for saying no to that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 The Gendarmes are apparently investigating Quintanas team? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkie84 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 On 19/09/2020 at 02:50, jaggyness said: How do people feel about bonus seconds at the tour? I'll be honest, personally, I wish they'd get rid of them. Weirdly don't bother me at the other two grand tours but I guess it's just I always grew up in tours without them. Plus I always felt it presented a truer picture of who was deservedly at the top of the overall. I get what you mean about the time gaps, it feels a bit artificial, especially when for a lot of this race, the leader was only there because of the time bonuses. Would have been more exciting without them. On the other hand, on stages where leaders go head to head, it makes it more exciting. If leaders riding are on each other’s wheels, it is very difficult to get enough of a gap to gain even 1 second , so when their isn’t time bonuses, they don’t offer race flat out to the line. With the time bonus, even being a tyre widths in front can net a few precious seconds. It also means leaders are more likely to go for stage wins , challengers join breakaways etc. Jury still out for me but I would be leaning towards keeping them as they can lead to more interesting racing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 World TT champ Chloe Dygert had a really bad crash as she tried to defend her title yesterday. She tweeted a picture of the damage, feel free to go and search it out if you like. [emoji33] The crash is in the highlights here. World Road Championships: Anna Van der Breggen wins world time trial after Chloe Dygert crash - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/cycling/54287091 ETA: she had no chance, apparently her back tyre punctured as she was going round a downhill right hander. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Some mighty impressive signings by ineos for next year. Porte, De Plus and Martinez for mountains and Tom pidcock looks like he can do just about anything. Kind of looks like the end of Thomas as a grand tour leader. Martinez, Carapaz, Bernal, Sivakov and arguably Dennis would, you imagine, all be ahead of him in the Ineos pecking order. ETA: never mind Yates who I forgot was also joining! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, jaggyness said: Some mighty impressive signings by ineos for next year. Porte, De Plus and Martinez for mountains and Tom pidcock looks like he can do just about anything. Kind of looks like the end of Thomas as a grand tour leader. Martinez, Carapaz, Bernal, Sivakov and arguably Dennis would, you imagine, all be ahead of him in the Ineos pecking order. ETA: never mind Yates who I forgot was also joining! Thomas just posted a decent ITT at the World Champ's. Comes 4th ahead of Dennis but behind Ganna, Van Aert & Keung. Edited September 25, 2020 by kiddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Thomas just posted a decent ITT at the World Champ's. Comes 4th ahead of Dennis but behind Ganna, Van Aert & Keung.Yes I know, it was more from an all round point, including age, that I think G's leading days at ineos are numbered. Ganna is the natural successor to Kiriyenka at ineos. Every squad needs a big engine for flat stages or those with potential cross winds. See declercq and Martin as almost always picked as prime examples. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Impressive stuff from Anna Van Der Breggen yesterday to ride away from the field and add the road race to her TT title. This was a superb bit of camera work though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Alaphillipe did exactly the same as Van der Breggen yesterday and broke away on the final climb and stayed clear to win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 So happy to see the win come from a show of flamboyance, from a class rider. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Marc Hirschi continues his good form as he takes Fleche Wallone in the last 50m of the Mur du Huy. Amstel Gold follows the Dutch stages of the Binckbank Tour, in being cancelled due to #covid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve McQueen Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 EF's Giro jersey is interesting! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Can't wait for the giro. The weather plus the scenery and racing should make it an absolute belter of a race. The three timetrials obviously have a big bearing on the overall winner but the third week looks utterly brutal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Alaphillipe wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Or at least he thought he had, Roglic pipped him on the line after he celebrated too early. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Here's the photo finish, it got worse for Alaphillipe as he was relegated to 5th fir his move across in the sprint. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Here's the photo finish, it got worse for Alaphillipe as he was relegated to 5th fir his move across in the sprint. Can easily see why the WC was relegated to 5th. He defo impeded Hirschi & Pogacar's sprints.He has since apologised, acknowledging it better to be relegated from 2nd than 1st.Don't think he'll ever make the same mistake, on the line again? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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