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Tour de France 2020 | Stage 13 (Châtel-Guyon - Puy Mary, 191.5 km)

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    #92
    happytramp
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    Sam well inside the cutoff but looked in bits coming up to the line. Not going to lie, nervous about the alps.


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    #93
    PatM65
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    happytramp wrote: »
    Sam well inside the cutoff but looked in bits coming up to the line. Not going to lie, nervous about the alps.

    It actually hurt to watch him struggle to the finish. Hopefully he can recover well and hang in there through the mountains.


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    #94
    Itziger
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    happytramp wrote: »
    Sam well inside the cutoff but looked in bits coming up to the line. Not going to lie, nervous about the alps.

    Sunday could be painful. I know it's not as lumpy early on but Jeez, those 3 climbs.


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    #95
    Dodge
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    happytramp wrote: »
    Sam well inside the cutoff but looked in bits coming up to the line. Not going to lie, nervous about the alps.

    The first video of him at the finish I saw someone post was so slow I thought it was in slow motion! Definitely nervous about the alps.

    Hopefully Sunday is more straight forward and a big gruppetto is formed on the first big climb


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    #96
    happytramp
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    Came in dead last with the rest of the team. Only 3min behind Sagan though... I wonder if he was really struggling more than the other sprinters or just taking it easy.


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    #97
    velo.2010
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    happytramp wrote: »
    I wonder if he was really struggling more than the other sprinters or just taking it easy.

    Serious?

    Bennett was zig-zagging all over the place on that final climb. The 15% gradient doesn't lend itself to a man of his size, but he looked to me to be extra fatigued by the fight for the green jersey. We hope that he can make it over the Alps and inside the cut off times next week.


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    #98
    happytramp
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    velo.2010 wrote: »
    Serious?

    Bennett was zig-zagging all over the place on that final climb. The 15% gradient doesn't lend itself to a man of his size, but he looked to me to be extra fatigued by the fight for the green jersey. We hope that he can make it over the Alps and inside the cut off times next week.

    Possibly extra wrecked from fighting to stay with the peloton for so long too. Strange that ewan was 5min down on him at one point but finished 3min ahead.


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    #99
    Richard Hillman
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    Really good stage today. That last climb looked like an absolute bomb. Everyone's legs bar Roglic and Pogacar were gone.


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    #100
    Eamonnator
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    When Roglic crossed the line today, I could swear, I heard a soprano burst into song.


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    #101
    [Deleted User]
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    Eamonnator wrote: »
    When Roglic crossed the line today, I could swear, I heard a soprano burst into song.

    He was probably just breaking wind from the effort :D


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    #102
    Eamonnator
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    He was probably just breaking wind from the effort :D

    No, it was a large boned woman.


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    #103
    dastardly00
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    Eamonnator wrote: »
    When Roglic crossed the line today, I could swear, I heard a soprano burst into song.

    Pogacar won the Slovenian time-trial championship at the end of June. He beat Roglic and it was an uphill course, so I wouldn't say the race is over just yet


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    #104
    Large bottle small glass
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    happytramp wrote: »
    Possibly extra wrecked from fighting to stay with the peloton for so long too. Strange that ewan was 5min down on him at one point but finished 3min ahead.

    I wouldn't discount the emotional energy the week has drained from him.

    If you read any of the rider's diary over the years the intensity of the tour, on and off the bike is what marks it out from the other Tours and races.

    The attention of winning your first stage, getting the green jersey, the pressire of being the main man in a big team,competing with Sagan etc will have taken its toll.

    Hopefully he can keep it together and survive the Alps.

    It really shows how great a champion Sagan is the way he carried that pressure over the years


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    #105
    Dr. Bre
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    The top six consists of only 2 nationalities- Slovenia and Colombia


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    #106
    dahat
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    Is Poke a Car an unofficial member of TJV?

    Roglic & himself work well and seem to have a pact made at this stage, interesting to see how it develops over the next stages.


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    #107
    Inquitus
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    Personally I think Sunday will reduce the potential winners to 2/3 probably Roglic and Pogacar, the finish is brutal and I believe bar the ITT the only true summit finish this tour.

    adb3d


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    #108
    dastardly00
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    dahat wrote: »
    Is Poke a Car an unofficial member of TJV?

    Roglic & himself work well and seem to have a pact made at this stage, interesting to see how it develops over the next stages.

    I think one of the commentators on Eurosport said the other day that Rog & Pog are very good friends and their families spend a good bit of time together


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    #109
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    Bardet out of the tour with concussion, zero surprise there should never have been left back up on his bike after the crash. Not as bad Toms Skujins that time at the tour of California but he was obviously concussed there.

    https://twitter.com/Eurosport_UK/status/1304400746272755712


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    #110
    Itziger
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    Bardet out of the tour with concussion, zero surprise there should never have been left back up on his bike after the crash. Not as bad Toms Skujins that time at the tour of California but he was obviously concussed there.

    https://twitter.com/Eurosport_UK/status/1304400746272755712

    Hadn't seen that; looks really bad and I hope they get some flack for it. Time to join the 21st century with regards concussion and riders' health.


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