Tour de France 2020 | Stage 11 (Châtelaillon-Plage to Poitiers) - 167.5km

Good move by Bora here to make DQS chase.

neris

the 2 QS boys were fairly on the ball there to get him back

De Bhál

Sam a long way back there

Steve SilverMint

De Bhál wrote: »

Sam a long way back there

Looks good now

Yeah back on Sagan's wheel.

nc6000

Just pipped.

retalivity

Did sam throw too early?

neris

looks like he was 4th

cunavalos

Sagan could be in trouble

neris

3rd sagan 2nd

De Bhál

cunavalos wrote: »

Sagan could be in trouble

he was fairly bullish, but seemed to hold a straight line

Speak Now

neris wrote: »

3rd sagan 2nd

10 pts more then yeah?

cunavalos

De Bhál wrote: »

he was fairly bullish, but seemed to hold a straight line

it was the earlier move with WVA

Dick Turnip

Speak Now wrote: »

10 pts more then yeah?

1st - 50
2nd - 30
3rd - 20

I think

CMcsporty

Great sportsmanship between Sam & Caleb again.
Really not warming to Sagan this year.

Great finish

donfers

If Sagan gets second ahead of Sam there is literally a mm in it, hopefully that mm won't ultimately prove to be the difference in wearing the green jersey in Paris or not?

MPFGLB

Sagan push on van Aert not on imo

letape

I’d like to see a proper side on camera for that finish. Not sure how you’d split Sam and Sagan. Sagan very aggressive in the finish too. Commissaires may take a look at that.

bazermc

Send Sagan home for that. Sam a shoe in them for the green

CMcsporty

MPFGLB wrote: »

Sagan push on van Aert not on imo

I agree. I hope he is punished for it.
& Sam prospers!

c.p.w.g.w

CMcsporty wrote: »

Great sportsmanship between Sam & Caleb again.
Really not warming to Sagan this year.

Great finish

Used to be Sagan fan, this year I'm being turned off him...Caleb seems like a nice fella and Sam seems a like proper gent

De Bhál

cunavalos wrote: »

it was the earlier move with WVA

yeah, the replay looks bad enough. Luckily Van aert big enough to soak it up

BENNETT Sam 233
SAGAN Peter 218
EWAN Caleb 155

neris

letape wrote: »

I’d like to see a proper side on camera for that finish. Not sure how you’d split Sam and Sagan. Sagan very aggressive in the finish too. Commissaires may take a look at that.

overhead shot just there and looked like sam had sagan by a fraction of a milimeter

CMcsporty

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Used to be Sagan fan, this year I'm being turned off him...Caleb seems like a nice fella and Sam seems a like proper gent

He deserves a kick in the hole for that.
If Van Aert didnt keep his balance there it could have been disaster crash.

Weepsie

If Sam does what Sagan this I firmly believe people will have said that's part of racing such as when his line changed in an earlier stage.

Now, this is more blatant, but it was probably that or the barrier and a few bodies going with hin

Chips Lovell

He could be in trouble alright. You could argue that there wasn't enough room to go up Van Aert's inside and the fact that he needed to shoulder him to get by kind of proves that. There's also the question of whether it inhibited Van Aert's sprint. All part and parcel of sprinting, but so is being relegated for making a dangerous move.

MPFGLB

Not only did Sagan impede Van Aert ...Sam Bennett had to check when Van Aert move towards him

cunavalos

Its arguably a more dangerous manoevre that the one that got him disqualified in 2017 but is the lack of a crash/injury a mitigating factor?

CMcsporty

Weepsie wrote: »

If Sam does what Sagan this I firmly believe people will have said that's part of racing such as when his line changed in an earlier stage.

Now, this is more blatant, but it was probably that or the barrier and a few bodies going with hin

Thats a little presumptuous!
Not like Sagan doesnt have history either!

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We can all recognise good sporstmanship and an elbow out of the way!