Tour de France 2020 general thread (SPOILERS GALORE)

I'm loving the fancy RT900 disc rotors some of them have. Others are actually using the GRX ones because well 11g lighter.

Keeks

fat bloke wrote: »

What kinds of GPS headunits do the pros use? I saw an FDJ rider with a cool thin white one yesterday and Hirschi today had a cool red one. Didn't look like any Garmin I ever saw

Whichever one the team is sponsored by.....

fat bloke

ednwireland wrote: »

sigma ?
https://teamsunweb.com/equipment/sigma/

That's the one alright. Knew it wasn't a "wide-screen" srm.

Never heard of sigma.

Chips Lovell

They've actually been making bike computers since the 80s, but were very much overtaken by the likes of Garmin when the GPS era arrived.

Tim76

Mefistofelino wrote: »

Sponsored by Werthers Originals

And Alpecin

griffin100

Has the Lantern Rogue ever won green?

Shedite27

Anyone else a bit shocked by the number of fans at it this year? Most of the sprint finished have crowds fairly deep, the climbs seem to have big numbers (albeit not quite Alpe d’Huez standard). I realise it’s public space so people can do what they want but getting the Caravan out is basically asking for spectators to be out for 2 hours.

G1032

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

A few of them use the SRM PC8 I think, might be that one. You'll see a good few Garmin's and Wahoo's though

I've seen a lot of them use that alright. Just googled it. Insane money. €700 or thereabouts.

CramCycle

griffin100 wrote: »

Has the Lantern Rogue ever won green?

I don't know but it would be a hard stunt to pull off

dastardly00

CramCycle wrote: »

I don't know but it would be a hard stunt to pull off

Well Sam is making a good attempt at it... He's seventh last

Eamonnator

dastardly00 wrote: »

Well Sam is making a good attempt at it... He's seventh last

Aahh here now, no spoilers.

Eamonnator

griffin100 wrote: »

Has the Lantern Rogue ever won green?

I don't know, however Sam Bennett won the Lanterne Rouge in 2016.

lissard

I think that's a bit unfair. It's an incredibly hilly course this year, from what I can see all the sprinters inhabit the bottom few places now we're 13 stages in.

Eamonnator

griffin100 wrote: »

Has the Lantern Rogue ever won green?

The Green Jersey was introduced in 1953, since then the Lanterne Rouge hasn't won it.

retalivity

Sprinters are always near the bottom on gc anywau so wouldnt be a surprise. Although as the lantern rouge is treated as a prize in itself, many would view it cheeky to try and take the green jersey and last place. Would prob have 2nd last lose 30mims on the champs elysee just to be sure!

harringtonp

Eamonnator wrote: »

Whatever suits The organisers, it would appear.
"Clock has been reset"
The tests, at the rest day, appear now to be irrelevant, as far as two strikes and you're out, is concerned

This makes a little more sense working under the assumption that they are trying to stamp out clusters

harringtonp

Was never fully sure how the points comp worked. Looked it up and see every stage finish offer points, not just sprint ones.

On hilly stages there are usually breakaways with varied makeups so you rarely see the same name cropping up repeatedly on these stages. Which is presumably why it is sprinters rather breakaway specialists battling it out for the jersey

Speak Now

harringtonp wrote: »

Was never fully sure how the points comp worked. Looked it up and see every stage finish offer points, not just sprint ones.

On hilly stages there are usually breakaways with varied makeups so you rarely see the same name cropping up repeatedly on these stages. Which is presumably why it is sprinters rather breakaway specialists battling it out for the jersey

Also more points for winning flat stages than mountain stages.

CantGetNoSleep

I think Froome won a points jersey in one of the other GTs?

Speak Now

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

I think Froome won a points jersey in one of the other GTs?

Vuelta 2017

breezy1985

Speak Now wrote: »

Vuelta 2017

Vuelta points jersey is a joke as they have very few flat stages and dont give loads of extra points for them like in the TdF. Its usually won by Valverde or someone like that.

Unusual route this year though so might see some real sprinters

happytramp

Today's stage is the full 50 points on the line right? Despite it being far from flat.

The Buster

Does anyone know why Sagan wears different colour helmet then rest of the team. He wears white while rest of team is green. They are all sponsored by Specialised and The Sagan collection advertises a black helmet! I'm guessing it is linked to sponsorship but cant find anything

odyssey06

The Zwift ad with the Fatboy Slim track in the background is strangely hypnotic.
Cycle without rhythm/and it won't attract the worm.

happytramp

happytramp wrote: »

Today's stage is the full 50 points on the line right? Despite it being far from flat.

Yes for 'coefficient' 1 and 2 stages (today is 2) the points awarded on the line are 50-30-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 or the first 15 to cross the line.

Flat stages, coefficients 1 and 2: 50-30-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2
Hilly stages, coefficient 3: 30-25-22-19-17-15-13-11-9-7-6-5-4-3-2
Mountainous stages, coefficient 4 or 5: 20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Time trials, coefficient of 6: 20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
All intermediate sprints: 20-17-15-13-11-10- 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

REBELSAFC

Flat stages, coefficients 1 and 2: 50-30-20-18-16-14-12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2

This is classified as a "flat" stage????

retalivity

Its funny how they havent classified any of the climb from 120-155k, but classified the 2 bumps at the end

Mefistofelino

odyssey06 wrote: »

The Zwift ad with the Fatboy Slim track in the background is strangely hypnotic.
Cycle without rhythm/and it won't attract the worm.

I once beat someone unconscious with a hardback edition of " Ulysses " - It was my weapon of Joyce.

( I'll show myself out)

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That's it, both of you - out!

ednwireland

fat bloke wrote: »

That's the one alright. Knew it wasn't a "wide-screen" srm.

Never heard of sigma.

got a few old ones in my toolbox !