Tour De France 2020

Excited to watch what happens today, hard course even before the final climb. The TJV domestiques have a hard day in front of them. Wouldn't be surprised to see things wittled down to the key players early.

Pogaca?
I look at this and see the Turkish word,
(Mrs mespilus is Turkish),
except the 'g' has a 'hat' on it and is unpronounced, lengthening the preceding vowel,
and the 'c' has a 'tail' to give the 'ch'.
Not implying Tadej or his family are in anyway Turkish,
but the Ottomans did rule 'some of the' Balkans and 'influenced neighbouring states'.
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/food/recipe-of-the-week-pogaca-stuffed-turkish-bread-rolls

Edited, (words in ' marks'), after being corrected by Foreigner65.
The Ottomans never ruled Slovenia.

Everywhere I go they be like "Pogacar"
When I do a ride they be like "Pogacar"
Checkin' out my clothes they be like "Pogacar"
Pogacar, Pogacar go

Pogacar wish your girlfriend was hot like me...

If I had Roglič, we would be best friends
Love would never end, it would just begin
If I had Roglič, you would be my boo
Promise to love you, trust me I'll trust you

Anyway, that was a great viaduct earlier.

Sprinters already off the back, 174km left to go...

bit of a free for all at the beginning

Is it that the strength of the Colombians is gradient? I thought their supremacy came at altitude (ie >1900m), although even moreso when it's steep at altitude...

Pogacar, comin atcha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ZoJHCefY4

Where's Sags at the moment?

Worrying flashbacks to attending TOTPs and being front row for I Want You Back....

Supremacy at altitude, but also generally lighter weight.
W/KG may be similar, but the fueling and energy demands of 6.5w/kg at a weight of 60kg (Bernal), 58/59kg of Quintana of 390w compared to the 66-67kg of some of the others, like Roglic/Pogacar at 430w.

At higher altitude, if the columbians can hold a higher percentage of their FTP compared to the heavier GC contenders, say 90% compared to 85%, they can put out 351w, compared to 365w of the less aclimatised heavier riders. 5.85 w/kg compared to 5.53w/kg, which starts to become quite a big difference.

Also lighter riders have to work slightly less hard to accelerate for attacks, so if they can make 3/4 attacks, compared to Roglic's super strong finish, they may be able to generate quite a big gap over a longer/steeper climb.

I think he is in a group behind the peleton but in front of Bennett.

The way the pace is going, the grupetto is going to going to find it hard...

They just showed the Puy de Sancy. Absolutely stunning view when I was there.

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bardet and quintana on the deck : /

I like Bardet, was hoping he might spring a surprise.

Same, been really rooting for him since Pinot exploded

I’ve always preferred him to Pinot. Must’ve a bit annoying being as good as he is but not quite good enough.

looks like he's going OK but he seemed pretty miffed / sore at the time

mollema abandoned following the same crash

Wow. A blank canvas. Like Montessori dolls for kids, this lets the imagination flourish. More shit views please. Maybe a book (or at the very least a blog/insta/tumblr).

just realised you can choose the german commentary on the samsung TV eurosport player app - handy for my listening practise (with the bonus of avoiding carltong also)

Why are Ineos at the front of the peloton?

want to be in a good position for narrow roads on the upcoming descent?

What’s German for ‘bobblehead’?

It’s in their favour for the final 40k to be hard if Bernal is feeling relatively good.