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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 12-06-2020 14:45
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Indeed, De Plus looks set to win this. There's only one mountain stage and left and there aren't any big climbs before the finish.
His mountain + time - trial combo is currently the best in the game, especially from the young riders so that will make for interesting stuff in the future.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 12-06-2020 21:23
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| [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/OFh7zwr.png[/img-l] | Tour de France: Stage 19 | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/OFh7zwr.png[/img-r] |
| | | | | |  | L. De Plus |  | D. Groenewegen |  | A. Geniez |  | N. Powless |
A rather weird stage in the 19th day of racing in this year's Tour de France. Vincenzo Nibali was in the breakaway and he was the only remaining survivor at the top of the last climb but he could not held on in front of the comeback of the pack.
A very interesting pack which contained a mix of sprinters and general classification riders. It was a strange outcome as the green jersey wearer, Dylan Groenewegen was actually beaten by two climbers. But he couldn't have been too mad about it as it was his team - mate, Powless who took the win
What a Tour de France it has been for the young American. Two stage wins (3 if you count the TTT), the white jersey and quite possibly a top 5 finish.
Stage | 1. |  | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | 4h11'42 | | 2. |  | Miguel Angel Lopez | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 3. |  | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 4. |  | Ruben Guerreiro | TEAM Aeroflot | s.t. | | 5. |  | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 6. |  | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 7. |  | Jasper Philipsen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 8. |  | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 9. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 10. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 11. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 12. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 13. |  | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 14. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 15. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | 78h18'05 | | 2. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | + 1'23 | | 3. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | + 2'35 | | 4. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 3'20 | | 5. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 5'43 | | 6. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 7. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 9'25 | | 8. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 11'18 | | 9. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 11'33 | | 10. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 11'58 | | 11. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | + 12'06 | | 12. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 13'12 | | 13. |  | Louis Meintjes | Team Sunweb | + 13'19 | | 14. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 13'36 | | 15. | | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Movistar Team | + 13'42 |
| | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | 254 | | | Alexandre Geniez | Arkéa - Samsic | 85 | | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | 78h23'48 |  | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 233h32'22 |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 12-06-2020 21:35
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| | | | | | | L. De Plus | | D. Groenewegen | | A. Geniez | | N. Powless |
We finish the competitive racing of this year's Tour de France with the stage up to the mythical Mount Ventoux. Everyone was tired as they arrived the final difficulty of the race and you could tell by the way pack slowly spread across the climb.
It hasn't been the race Geoghegan Hart and Ag2r were hoping for but they still want that podium place and the Brit is the first rider to make a big move today and might quite possibly the only one as everyone else seems to be struggling
De Plus did not look comfortable, but at least he had Powless with him to give him a helping hand. Luckily for the Belgian, Froome didn't seem to be enjoying himself too much either
Froome would eventually manage to breakaway from De Plus right before the final kilometre and started gaining some significant ground as soon as the gap was made. The Lotto rider had Uran with him for company
It was too late for them to stop Geoghegan Hart from taking today's stage win and a place on the podium as Soler really struggled today, despite Nibali's best efforts to keep the Spaniard in contention
Uran leads Froome home 12 seconds behind Tao. Froome is definitely winning important time on De Plus enough, but is it quite enough to register one of the biggest surprises in recent Grand Tour history?
It's not! De Plus arrives in a group with Lopez and Bardet 1 minute and 6 seconds after Froome. De Plus keeps the yellow jersey for 13 seconds
Stage | 1. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | 4h46'17 | | 2. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 12 | | 3. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 4. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 1'18 | | 5. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 6. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 7. |  | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 1'28 | | 8. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 1'50 | | 9. | | Giulio Ciccone | Trek - Segafredo | + 1'53 | | 10. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | + 1'59 | | 11. | | Ruben Guerreiro | TEAM Aeroflot | + 3'01 | | 12. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 3'13 | | 13. | | Jimmy Colson | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 14. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 15. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | 83h05'40 | | 2. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | + 13 | | 3. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'52 | | 4. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | + 3'16 | | 5. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 6'15 | | 6. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | + 7'50 | | 7. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 9'25 | | 8. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 11'18 | | 9. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 13'28 | | 10. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 14'02 | | 11. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 15'07 | | 12. | | Louis Meintjes | Team Sunweb | + 15'20 | | 13. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | + 15'28 | | 14. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 15'54 | | 15. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 16'06 |
| | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | 254 | | | Alexandre Geniez | Arkéa - Samsic | 92 | | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | 83h11'55 | | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 247h57'34 |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 13-06-2020 12:02
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Ouuh! That was pretty close but anyway congrats on his first GT! Many more to follow for sure.  |
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Posted on 13-06-2020 12:14
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Posted on 13-06-2020 14:49
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Thanks.
It was a crazy stage. Everyone's energy levels were running out unusually fast.
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Posted on 13-06-2020 18:26
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| [img-l]https://i.imgur.com/OFh7zwr.png[/img-l] | Tour de France: Stage 21 | [img-r]https://i.imgur.com/OFh7zwr.png[/img-r] |
| | | | | | | L. De Plus | | D. Groenewegen | | A. Geniez | | N. Powless |
Jumbo did a fantastic job today as they but Groenewegen it was the best possible position as the pack took the last corner of this year's Tour de France
Groenewegen was not as fast as his team-mates though, but luckily for him neither were his main opponents for the green jersey, Demare and Philipsen
It was Peter Sagan who took a rare mass sprint win to save what has been a very quiet race from Bora. Gronewegen took a classic fourth place for him in this Tour, but it was enough to give him the second green jersey of his career
De Plus finished the stage in total safety to end what has been without a doubt the best Grand Tour in the team's history, from the number of stage wins, to the coming up on top of 4 of the 5 classifications. A fanatic maiden Grand Tour victory for De Plus and the team
Stage | 1. |  | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | 3h48'20 | | 2. | | Edward Theuns | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 3. | | Jasper Philipsen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 4. | | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 5. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 6. |  | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 7. | | Greg Van Avermaet | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 8. | | Marc Sarreau | Groupama - FDJ | s.t. | | 9. | | Tiesj Benoot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 10. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 11. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 12. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 13. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 14. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 15. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
General Classification | 1. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | 86h54'00 | | 2. | | Chris Froome | Lotto Soudal | + 13 | | 3. | | Tao Geoghegan Hart | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 1'52 | | 4. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | + 3'16 | | 5. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 6'15 | | 6. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | + 7'50 | | 7. | | Romain Bardet | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 9'25 | | 8. | | Miguel Angel Lopez | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 11'18 | | 9. | | Mikel Landa | Movistar Team | + 13'28 | | 10. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 14'02 | | 11. | | Wilco Kelderman | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 15'07 | | 12. | | Louis Meintjes | Team Sunweb | + 15'20 | | 13. | | Simon Yates | Bahrain - Merida | + 15'28 | | 14. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 15'54 | | 15. | | Steven Kruijswijk | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 16'06 | | 16. | | Giulio Ciccone | Trek - Segafredo | + 16'12 | | 17. | | Vincenzo Nibali | Mitchelton-Scott | + 17'33 | | 18. | | Ruben Guerreiro | TEAM Aeroflot | + 18'00 | | 19. |  | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Sunweb | + 20'35 | | 20. | | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | + 20'45 | | 21. | | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | + 21'15 | | 22. | | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 21'26 | | 23. | | Thibaut Pinot | Lotto Soudal | + 26'13 | | 24. | | Carlos Alberto Betancur | Movistar Team | + 28'50 | | 25. | | Alexandre Geniez | Arkéa - Samsic | + 31'20 |
Points Classification | 1. | | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | 272 | | 2. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 253 | | 3. | | Jasper Philipsen | Team Dimension Data | 253 |
KoM Classification | 1. | | Alexandre Geniez | Arkéa - Samsic | 92 | | 2. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | 46 | | 3. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | 41 |
U25 Classification | 1. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | 87h00'15 | | 2. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | + 9'39 | | 3. | | David Gaudu | Groupama - FDJ | + 14'30 |
Teams Classification | 1. | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 259h22'34 | | 2. | | Ag2r La Mondiale | | + 31'39 | | 3. |  | UAE Team Emirates | | + 50'06 |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 13-06-2020 18:45
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Wow, I guess I nearly jinxed it
Still a great result in the end. A Champs Elysses win would have been nice, but seeing the jersey haul, you had to let the others teams leave with some sort of trophy I guess
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Posted on 14-06-2020 22:09
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Both Grosu and Van Aert are still recovering after their crashes so neither of them was able to start in this year's edition follow last year's fantastic result. Additionally, Deceuninck didn't select Roglic for this race which means that Fuglsang will be the only rider starting this year with a podium in the previous two editions.
Jumbo always seem to be getting the sprint preparation after the last climb to perfection here and this year was no different. And Van Baare was able to deliver a huge result as he managed to held off Alaphilippe in order to take the win.
Results | 1. | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Jumbo-Visma | 5h49'35 | | 2. | | Julian Alaphilippe | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 3. | | Neilson Powless | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 4. | | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 5. |  | Jack Haig | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 6. | | Thibaut Pinot | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 7. | | Tadej Pogačar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 8. | | Bauke Mollema | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 9. | | Jonathan Castroviejo | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 10. |  | Jakob Fuglsang | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 11. |  | George Bennett | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 12. | | Guillaume Martin | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 13. | | Tim Wellens | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 14. | | Marc Soler | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 15. |  | Odd Christian Eiking | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. | | 16. | | Jan Bakelants | TEAM Aeroflot | s.t. | | 17. |  | Roman Kreuziger | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 18. |  | Michael Woods | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 19. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 20. | | Koen Bouwman | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
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Posted on 14-06-2020 22:13
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A split in the pack in the last kilometres saw a group of 23 riders breaking away form the rest. Jumbo put their numbers to good used and let Groenewegen's in the perfect position as he beat Gaviria for the victory in a repeat of 2019's 1-2.
Results | 1. | | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jumbo-Visma | 4h53'28 | | 2. | | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 3. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 4. | | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 5. | | Peter Sagan | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 6. | | Fabio Jakobsen | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits | s.t. | | 7. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. | | 8. |  | Silvan Dillier | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9. | | Lukasz Wisniowski | Team INEOS | s.t. | | 10. | | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 11. | | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 12. |  | Mark Padun | Bahrain - Merida | s.t. | | 13. | | Jens Keukeleire | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 14. | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Jumbo-Visma | s.t. | | 15. | | Jan Bakelants | TEAM Aeroflot | s.t. | | 16. | | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 17. | | Daniel Oss | BORA - hansgrohe | s.t. | | 18. | | Jan Polanc | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 19. | | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 1'17 | | 20. | | Remco Evenepoel | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
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Posted on 14-06-2020 22:32
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Last year's race started with the most important stages as the first two were a mountain feast, where Steven Kruijswijk took control of the race. This year we start things slowly with the flat stages first. Ackermann was the man everyone's eyes were on for those stages as he won all 3 mass sprints, with one stage going to the breakaway.
Ackermann was unbeatable in the sprints
De Plus started the race with the purpose of helping Sivakov as the Russian was looking to build form ahead of the Vuelta, but as Pavel was forced to retire after the fourth stage due to a illness, De Plus was given free reign.
And the fresh Tour de France champion showed that his hunger for victory is still intact despite his very recent success. After coming in second behind Izagirre in the 5th stage, De Plus would go on to win the only uphill finish of the race and the final time - trial to clench the overall classification victory.
De Plus is 4/5 in stage races victories this year
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | | Leader | |  | Stage 1 | | Pascal Ackermann |  | | Pascal Ackermann | | | Stage 2 | | David González |  | | Pascal Ackermann | | | Stage 3 | | Pascal Ackermann | | | Pascal Ackermann | | | Stage 4 | | Pascal Ackermann | | | Pascal Ackermann | |  | Stage 5 | | Ion Izagirre |  | | Ion Izagirre | | | Stage 6 | | Laurens De Plus |  | | Laurens De Plus | |  | Stage 7 | | Laurens De Plus | | | Laurens De Plus | |
Results | 1. | | Laurens De Plus | Team Jumbo-Visma | 29h47'30 | | 2. |  | Bob Jungels | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 45 | | 3. | | Ion Izagirre | Ag2r La Mondiale | + 58 | | 4. |  | Patrick Konrad | BORA - hansgrohe | + 1'35 | | 5. | | Marc Hirschi | Team Sunweb | + 2'13 | | 6. | | Tony Gallopin | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | + 2'59 | | 7. | | Hugh Carthy | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 3'20 | | 8. | | Lawson Craddock | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 3'29 | | 9. | | Andrea Vendrame | Bahrain - Merida | + 3'52 | | 10. | | Mark Donovan | Astana Pro Team | + 4'48 | | 11. | | Pim Ligthart | Team Total Direct Energie | + 5'12 | | 12. | | Riccardo Zoidl | CCC Team | + 5'39 | | 13. | | Gianni Moscon | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 5'42 | | 14. | | Simon Geschke | CCC Team | + 5'45 | | 15. | | Mads Pedersen | Trek - Segafredo | + 5'57 | | 16. | | James Knox | Team INEOS | + 6'01 | | 17. | | Jasha Sütterlin | Movistar Team | + 6'05 | | 18. | | Alexis Gougeard | Groupama - FDJ | + 6'26 | | 19. | | Christoph Berguige | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 6'45 | | 20. | | Lucas Hamilton | Team INEOS | + 6'59 |
| | Pascal Ackermann | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 88 |  | | Julien Bernard | Trek - Segafredo | 117 |  | | Marc Hirschi | Team Sunweb | 29h49'43 | | | Deceuninck-Quick Step | | 89h34'50 |
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Posted on 15-06-2020 00:10
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Congratulations on your maiden Tour, the whole team looks stronger after it as well
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Posted on 15-06-2020 10:54
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Thanks.
It's definitely time to turn up the difficulty for the next season
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Posted on 15-06-2020 11:01
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I could live with real life De Plus doing this
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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Posted on 15-06-2020 13:21
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Ikr. De Plus became one of my favorites after last year's real life Tour. I hope he stays with Jumbo beyond this season and gets the chance to prove himself in a Grand Tour.
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Posted on 15-06-2020 16:38
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Despite coming up short in the team time - trial, the team did a superb job of always putting Van Poppel in the perfect position for the sprints and the former Dutch champion delivered. Every single time. But with a 16 kilometres time - trial in the penultimate stage, it was impossible for him to retain the title.
Time - trials were the millstone to Van Poppel's race
Van Aert started the last stage 1 minute and 8 seconds behind Van Garderen, not even being in the top 20 of the GC. But with the help for Van Baarle and Teunissen he made the race as hard as possible every time we hit the cobbles, before making his move on the last cobbled section before the finish line.
The Belgian's attack was so strong than no one even tried to follow and with both EF and Deceuninck riders looking rather tired and at each other, Van Aert went won to win the stage with an advantage of over 1 minute and a half over the green jersey group to take the overall win.
The cobbles were key in Van Aert's success
Stage by stage breakdown | | | Winner | | | Leader | | | Stage 1 | | Danny Van Poppel | | | Nicholas Schultz |  |  | Stage 2 | | Education First |  | | Alberto Bettiol | | | Stage 3 | | Danny Van Poppel | | | Danny Van Poppel | | | Stage 4 | | Danny Van Poppel | | | Danny Van Poppel | | | Stage 5 | | Danny Van Poppel | | | Danny Van Poppel | | | Stage 6 | | Tejay Van Garderen | | | Tejay Van Garderen | |  | Stage 7 | | Wout Van Aert | | | Wout Van Aert | |
Results | 1. | | Wout Van Aert | Team Jumbo-Visma | 23h46'37 | | 2. | | Tejay Van Garderen | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 34 | | 3. | | Yves Lampaert | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 54 | | 4. | | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 58 | | 5. | | Stefan Küng | Groupama - FDJ | + 1'01 | | 6. | | Geraint Thomas | Team INEOS | + 1'03 | | 7. | | Niki Terpstra | EF Education First p/b Cannondale | + 1'04 | | 8. | | Arnaud Démare | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 1'10 | | 9. | | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | + 1'12 | | 10. | | Alex Dowsett | TEAM Aeroflot | + 1'13 | | 11. | | Patrick Bevin | UAE Team Emirates | + 1'14 | | 12. | | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Dimension Data | s.t. | | 13. | | Dylan Van Baarle | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 1'20 | | 14. | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | + 1'22 | | 15. | | Michael Matthews | Team Sunweb | + 1'24 | | 16. | | Nelson Oliveira | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 17. | | Zdeněk Štybar | Deceuninck-Quick Step | + 1'30 | | 18. | | Fabio Aru | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 19. | | Nils Politt | TEAM Aeroflot | + 1'32 | | 20. | | Filippo Ganna | Astana Pro Team | + 1'41 |
 | | Danny Van Poppel | Team Jumbo-Visma | 120 |  | | Sergio Andres Higuita | Wanty - Gobert Cycling Team | 19 |  | | Lennard Kämna | Team Sunweb | 23h47'49 | | | Team Jumbo-Visma | | 70h38'34 |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 15-06-2020 17:19
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Wow, even more great results. I guess the difficulty change for next season is definitely needed.
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 15-06-2020 17:23
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Great results lately, team is on a dominant roll. I think indeed time to up the difficulty. |
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| Berjan |
Posted on 15-06-2020 21:29
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Great results. Not very realistic, but that don't matter
Ga zo door! |
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| ember |
Posted on 15-06-2020 21:48
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Well done with the Tour, what a big, big win
Curious to see how the Vuelta goes. Have you decided the difficulty change is for next season and not starting now? I suspect you'll be the favourite going into the Vuelta, and maybe a difficulty change can make it very, very interesting.
Having said that, I really enjoy it as it is now as well. Winning Binck Bank with Van Aert and the Tour with De Plus on such stats feels normal. San Sebastian with van Baarle maybe not so much, but after all you've shown again and again that San Sebastian is quite a Jumbo speciality |
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