Tour de France 2019 General Thread

Lusk_Doyle

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Is there any chance that Thomas loses time in the TT?

I'm hopeful the mountains have some GC drama

Unless he has an off day there are very, very few there that would be ahead of him on that terrain against the clock.

Inquitus

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Unless he has an off day there are very, very few there that would be ahead of him on that terrain against the clock.

Yep noone on the GC likely listing will get close.

It's been a great tour so far and like many I am no fan of Ineos, I wouldn't wish ill on them but it'd be something if there was a major mechanical losing them time and get the drama on and others back in the game. I can't see the mountains being the deciding factor the TT will crown Thomas baring disaster or if his form isn't there given recent early exits from races and training camps but from what we've seen so far he's looking good.

Also i hope Richie Porte can actually finish the tour this year regardless of placing.

retalivity

Seeing as there is no specofic thread for 2020 transfers...

Quintana to arkea is apparently done
Carapaz to ineos
Landa to bahrain
Nibali to trek
Mas/fuglsang to movistar
Viviani to cofidis
Sam Bennett to quickstep
Dumoulin to jumbo
Benoot to sunweb
Gilbert to lotto
Degenkolb to lotto

at1withmyself

Might be best to start new thread as its not Tour specific.

retalivity wrote: »

Seeing as there is no specofic thread for 2020 transfers...

Quintana to arkea is apparently done
Carapaz to ineos
Landa to bahrain
Nibali to trek
Mas/fuglsang to movistar
Viviani to cofidis
Sam Bennett to quickstep
Dumoulin to jumbo
Benoot to sunweb
Gilbert to lotto
Degenkolb to lotto

Angliru

Carapaz to Ineos is not surprising but so so disappointing.

dastardly00

Lovely photo

https://twitter.com/MBurghardt83/status/1151558415803670528

jimbobaloobob

Angliru wrote: »

Carapaz to Ineos is not surprising but so so disappointing.

Why so disappointing ?

c.p.w.g.w

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

Why so disappointing ?

Because they now have 4 genuine GC guys, 3 of whom have amassed 8 GC's between them.

Froome 6
Thomas 1
Caropaz 1

They also have bernal whose the next in line to froome and Thomas.

Their squad is proper stacked with talent. And they seem to have bottomless pockets

jimbobaloobob

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Because they now have 4 genuine GC guys, 3 of whom have amassed 8 GC's between them.

Froome 6
Thomas 1
Caropaz 1

They also have bernal whose the next in line to froome and Thomas.

Their squad is proper stacked with talent. And they seem to have bottomless pockets

That's hardly their fault though and you can't blame the riders for taking the opportunity to earn big in what can be a short lived sporting career

c.p.w.g.w

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

That's hardly their fault though and you can't blame the riders for taking the opportunity to earn big in what can be a short lived sporting career

Certainly not, I was explaining why people who don't like sky/ineos are the ones disappointed about The carapaz transfer.

I do think carapaz & bernal are going to be the froome & Wiggins for ineos.

What about Eddie? He's on the market come end of season and his young team mates have the results so will he get to stay at Ineos? If not where does he go?

c.p.w.g.w

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What about Eddie? He's on the market come end of season and his young team mates have the results so will he get to stay at Ineos? If not where does he go?

What type of rider is Eddie? Never seen him race, but judging by his build I'm imagine a climber. No chance he gets selected for the vuelta is there?

jimbobaloobob

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Certainly not, I was explaining why people who don't like sky/ineos are the ones disappointed about The carapaz transfer.

I do think carapaz & bernal are going to be the froome & Wiggins for ineos.

I get what you mean and what you were explaining.

It's always a tough one when a team has too many chiefs they all want more than what they can have. Eventually fallouts happen and they end up breaking out into rival teams again.

Itziger

What would be a good time loss for Dan in the ITT? 2 mins?

It is only 27k so you'd have to hope the climbers won't lose much.

jimbobaloobob

Itziger wrote: »

What would be a good time loss for Dan in the ITT? 2 mins?

It is only 27k so you'd have to hope the climbers won't lose much.

1-2 sec per km would prob be limit

CiarraiAbu2

Is it a case that Dan is waiting till after the time trial before making any move?

Itziger

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

1-2 sec per km would prob be limit

Really? I'd have thought that was very optimistic. between 27 and 54 secs! I'll go with 1.30 to 1.45 lost.

Lusk_Doyle

Itziger wrote: »

Really? I'd have thought that was very optimistic. between 27 and 54 secs! I'll go with 1.30 to 1.45 lost.

That looks more likely on that terrain. It's only a little bit lumpy and not for him at all really.

jimbobaloobob

i wont put on any money but we will know tomorrow. So Dan M not to loose more than 54 to Thomas/Bernal presuming they will be the GC winners from tomorrow?

cunavalos

The official letour twitter feed were having some fun with the official rider profile pics and a face ageing app. Some are easier to identify than others but it wouldn't surprise me if a certain rider in the third row was still capable of winning a world championship at that age.:D
The app must be french as they were quite kind to their compatriots and i think they forgot to update the Steve Cummings photo

MPFGLB

Quintana doesnt look much different

Angliru

Dare I say it Uran looks better there than he does now

velo.2010

^^^
Jesus, that's cruel... but probably fairly accurate!

JA does a good impression of Damon Hill. Pinot looks like he could play a grizzled middle aged detective in a film noir or something.

ILIKEFOOD

hmm missed a few stages so far.. any really exciting ones anyone would recommend me catch up with?

letape

jimbobaloobob wrote: »

i wont put on any money but we will know tomorrow. So Dan M not to loose more than 54 to Thomas/Bernal presuming they will be the GC winners from tomorrow?

Dan lost 2.26 over 31km to Thomas (3rd place on stage) in 2018 Tour TT and 1.46 over 22.5km on Chris Froome (3rd place on stage - Thomas has crashed out at that point) in 2017 so unfortunately I’d expect him to lose more than that.

Lusk_Doyle

MPFGLB wrote: »

Quintana doesnt look much different

Yes he does! He looks like one of those near perfectly preserved mummies recently discovered with skin and hair still intact!

MPFGLB

Valverde looks terrible,like he was dug up after being buried without mummification

He will definitely have hair though when old(er)....they will have perfected plugs by then

jimbobaloobob

So Rohan Dennis went missing. Did he stop off for a fresh break in someone's camper toilet?

retalivity

Spolier as im in thw wrong thread...

Looks like he has been arguing with management/ds for a while and today just said 'fcuk it'. His merida tt bike that he was supposed to use tmoro is apparently crap.
He is also apparently prone to going off the handle at smallest slight