Tour De France 2020

Nice. Richie paced himself for the climb well I guess.

What time will they hit the Champs today roughly?

Words of Roglic fan I found on the net, worth reading:

If sport was just a matter of numbers, technique and performance we would be happy for this Tour finale.
Unfortunately, there is also life behind these races and Primoz Roglic's is one of those worth a movie.
We could say we're excited for a 21 yr old who wins the world's most important race alone, we could say we're happy to see the only guy who showed attacks during the 21 stages in yellow jersey. Following the laws of sportsmanship we should feel satisfied by Tadej Pogacar cycling class.
But we can't, we can't do it.
Sport, the Tour de France, is life: choose who to stay with, who to follow, who to love. Till the end.
Rogla has always been our choice. An amateur became Pro, someone who exploded in the air using foot skis, one who steals milk from his son after the finish line. Asd Barbariga Franco Gomme, the provincialism of his gestures, that crooked helmet on the finish line.
Rogla is one like us.
For many it was a goosebump scene to see that Pogacar phenomenon gliding towards history.
It was devastating for us to see ′′ The Legend ′′ sitting on the asphalt, with our gaze lost in the void. It's like we sat there too, with him, watching what was happening, something not real.
Maybe it would have been too much, this path of yours would have been little human.
Yesterday sport finally came back to life after months of total anesthesia.
And we are back to feel our hearts beat hard, even if for one of the biggest disappointments of our history as Roglic fans.

Apologies if repost but..

... seems madness that Carapaz, who could cruise the flat bit, change bike early (unlike others who had to wait until being on the steep bit) and just blast the climb still managed to ship 71 seconds over 5.9km.

Lopez must've really overdone it on the flat too.

Actually what I find even more amazing than that, as Pogacar was appeared to have the best W/kg in the race, was Wout Van Aert being 3rd fastest up the climb?!

Climb is pretty short, right? Short enough to just beast mode through it for someone like Wout.

Thinking about the entire TT and his performance in it, it's not like he doesn't have extensive experience of 60 minutes of agony!

his performance yesterday wasn't atypical

Froome kind of predicted it in an interview last week didn't he?

Chris Froome's pro cycling predictions should be taken with a pinch if salt as they're obviously drug-emhanced. there's no way you're telling me he developed punditry skills like that overnight. very suspicious imo

Lels

This kills more people:

Looks like we’ll never know the exact numbers.

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pogacar-rode-without-power-meter-or-computer-for-la-planche-des-belles-filles/

Sports fans who become fans of one particular rider/driver/player are a strange breed who I have very little time for.

Pogacar was appeared to have the best W/kg in the race

I missed a couple of stages but certainly in the mountains I thought Roglic looked strongest. He seemed to be sometimes able to leave gaps to Pogacar on the harder sections. For instance on stage 17 which Lopez won (the one where Ross Kuss dropped back).

the only guy who showed attacks during the 21 stages in yellow jersey

Wut? Pog was more fighty than almost anyone. He went after three jerseys.

@fizzy.bleach gets all his expert insight here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPe5CiwzEwM&ab_channel=ChrisHorner

Dad?

Pogacar changed his bike after the timing station too

Helmet wasn’t crooked he just took off the visor he started with

That was the stage he finished looking almost as rough as yesterday; he was huffing and puffing and pale as crossing the line

Starting a fan club for Pogacar's sticky out tuft of hair

It was not meant to be a words to affinity to one sport person as a fan, but as an injection of humanity in this avalanche of people dissecting every turn of the wheel, watt count, helmet type, marginal games and talks of dubious performance of a young man, who as a kid was already showing unbelievable stats. For me it was a joy to watch and for fans of cycling all over the world it brought emotion levels that we have not seen for years. It was a man (well a boy really) vs machine. He just didn’t give a f... about it, simples.

wiggins thicc

. Agree. Not my words.

Pogacar beat Roglic on 2 stages, and lost just 15 seconds (+2 seconds) on that stage.

If he hadn’t lost the time in the crosswinds, the racing would have been different, but it was the only really meaningful time loss that Pogacar lost, which may not have been lost if he had a better team/luck.