2019 Tour de France
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Nailing my colours to a mast. I'll be following Greg van Avermaert and the CCC team because they ride Giants and have a kiwi.
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@SynicBast said in 2019 Tour de France:
I'll be following Jumbo because George is effectively second in line for GC if the number 1 goes down and is considered to still be a top 10 GC prospect and this tour is one where climbers like him will shine
Not this time, apparently.
George is one of the few that didn't finish the first stage with the peleton - four minutes down and already out of contention (I haven't seen or read anything that he crashed, so assuming losing time on purpose). That bodes well that if Kruiswijk doesn't do well, George will get a chance somewhere to ride for a stage win.
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@Chris-B said in 2019 Tour de France:
@SynicBast said in 2019 Tour de France:
I'll be following Jumbo because George is effectively second in line for GC if the number 1 goes down and is considered to still be a top 10 GC prospect and this tour is one where climbers like him will shine
Not this time, apparently.
George is one of the few that didn't finish the first stage with the peleton - four minutes down and already out of contention (I haven't seen or read anything that he crashed, so assuming losing time on purpose). That bodes well that if Kruiswijk doesn't do well, George will get a chance somewhere to ride for a stage win.
Edit: and with a bit more research, I see that he's been credited just 10 seconds down, so he must have been involved in the same crash inside 2kms of the finish that took down Groenwagen and others.
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@Chris-B said in 2019 Tour de France:
@Chris-B said in 2019 Tour de France:
@SynicBast said in 2019 Tour de France:
I'll be following Jumbo because George is effectively second in line for GC if the number 1 goes down and is considered to still be a top 10 GC prospect and this tour is one where climbers like him will shine
Not this time, apparently.
George is one of the few that didn't finish the first stage with the peleton - four minutes down and already out of contention (I haven't seen or read anything that he crashed, so assuming losing time on purpose). That bodes well that if Kruiswijk doesn't do well, George will get a chance somewhere to ride for a stage win.
Edit: and with a bit more research, I see that he's been credited just 10 seconds down, so he must have been involved in the same crash inside 2kms of the finish that took down Groenwagen and others.
Yep they were together when it happened
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Massive performance by TJV to set the next three weeks up for Kruiswijk and Bennett to take advantage of. They had to tow George for most of that. Being a little 58kg weed isn’t much help in a TT.
Going into Stage 3 with 20 seconds on Ineos is an excellent position to be in. Only trouble is that they are expected to lead now.
Mention for Paddy Bevan as well. His CCC team are only 10 secs behind the Ineos boys as well. -
my god that team must be fizzing at the mo..
obviously good mood in the camp - saw they were taking the pi$$ outta GB by saying they were only starting with 7 riders as he couldn't do sh*t.. anyway he was fine - his TT has improved heaps he was pulling through
they lost a rider within the first 10km which makes it even more impressive
and my god how sexy is that Bianchi tt bike. my wife doesn't understand.. but i feel comfortable expressing these opinions with some random blokes on the interwebs ha
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@WillieTheWaiter the Bianchi's they are riding today are pretty sweet too. I love that colour.
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TJV give up the yellow straight away.
Not quite sure why a rider of Aliphillipe's quality was allowed to make a break near the end of the stage unless TJV decided to let him.Aliphillippe leading, Van Aert at 20 secs, Kruijswijk at 25 (so is George)
Bevan had a crash today and is well down (not even sure if he finished tbh)
Edit: Results up now and Bevan dropped about 14 minutes. Silver lining is that if he recovers and waits for the right stage now he could have a crack at a stage win without the peleton worrying about him.
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Something of note will definitely happen tonight!
There's several scenarios under which George could end up wearing (more) yellow tomorrow - depending on how TJV decide to use him.
Most likely one is if they use him to try to pull some Ineos teeth and Ineos don't bite. Though if I were TVS, I'd be reasonably conservative and hope to use him just to pace Kruiswijk to the finish line.
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Should be a fun stage.
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Paddy Bevan out with a couple of fractured ribs
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