monty1104
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Sorry about yesterday's lack of preview, I drove Mildura - Melbourne straight from work and didnt get in until just after 10pm.
Good win by Navardauskas last night, somewhat salvaging Garmin's totally anonymous Tour thus far.
Stage 20: Bergerac - Perigueux
Current Jersey Leaders
Yellow: Vincenzo Nibail (AST)
White: Thibaut Pinot (FDJ)
Green: Peter Sagan (CAN)
Polkadot: Rafal Majka (TST)
Lantern Rouge: Ji Cheng (GSH)
Team: AG2R La Mondiale
General Classification after Stage 19
ITA 1 NIBALI, Vincenzo (ASTANA) 85:29:33
FRA 2 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ.fr) + 7:10
FRA 3 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 7:23
ESP 4 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR) + 7:25
FRA 5 BARDET, Romain (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 9:27
USA 6 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC RACING) + 11:34
NED 7 MOLLEMA, Bauke (BELKIN) + 13:56
NED 8 TEN DAM, Laurens (BELKIN) + 14:15
CZE 9 KONIG, Leopold (NETAPP - ENDURA) + 14:37
ESP 10 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, Haimar (TREK FACTORY RACING) + 16:25
Tonight we see the only ITT of the whole tour. Odd that there is only on and it is so late in the Tour, but nevertheless I've actually found this year's parcours rather entertaining, even though on first glance I was not entirely thrilled with it. This ITT is a little bit hilly, which brings some of the absolute gun ITT specialists back to the field a bit. The most interesting thing is the battle for 2nd, 3rd and 4th overall, with the gap from 2nd to 4th only 15 seconds. Valverde is probably the best time triallist of the three, but we've seen in past editions of the Tour that when GC is on the line, people lift.
As for the stage result itself, Tony Martin is the favourite, and rightly so. He has been anonymous since the last rest day, undoubtedly saving himself for this stage. Others to look out for are; Svein Tuft, Benat Intxausti, Jon Izaguirre, Ruben Plaza, Sylvain Chavanel, Lars Boom, Richie Porte, Michael Rogers and Luke Durbridge
Conversation regarding past cases of PED use or innuendo surrounding current riders will not be tolerated. This thread is specifically about Stage 20 of the 2014 Tour de France, so let's keep it that way.
Good win by Navardauskas last night, somewhat salvaging Garmin's totally anonymous Tour thus far.
Stage 20: Bergerac - Perigueux
Current Jersey Leaders
Yellow: Vincenzo Nibail (AST)
White: Thibaut Pinot (FDJ)
Green: Peter Sagan (CAN)
Polkadot: Rafal Majka (TST)
Lantern Rouge: Ji Cheng (GSH)
Team: AG2R La Mondiale
General Classification after Stage 19
ITA 1 NIBALI, Vincenzo (ASTANA) 85:29:33
FRA 2 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ.fr) + 7:10
FRA 3 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 7:23
ESP 4 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR) + 7:25
FRA 5 BARDET, Romain (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 9:27
USA 6 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC RACING) + 11:34
NED 7 MOLLEMA, Bauke (BELKIN) + 13:56
NED 8 TEN DAM, Laurens (BELKIN) + 14:15
CZE 9 KONIG, Leopold (NETAPP - ENDURA) + 14:37
ESP 10 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, Haimar (TREK FACTORY RACING) + 16:25
Tonight we see the only ITT of the whole tour. Odd that there is only on and it is so late in the Tour, but nevertheless I've actually found this year's parcours rather entertaining, even though on first glance I was not entirely thrilled with it. This ITT is a little bit hilly, which brings some of the absolute gun ITT specialists back to the field a bit. The most interesting thing is the battle for 2nd, 3rd and 4th overall, with the gap from 2nd to 4th only 15 seconds. Valverde is probably the best time triallist of the three, but we've seen in past editions of the Tour that when GC is on the line, people lift.
As for the stage result itself, Tony Martin is the favourite, and rightly so. He has been anonymous since the last rest day, undoubtedly saving himself for this stage. Others to look out for are; Svein Tuft, Benat Intxausti, Jon Izaguirre, Ruben Plaza, Sylvain Chavanel, Lars Boom, Richie Porte, Michael Rogers and Luke Durbridge
Conversation regarding past cases of PED use or innuendo surrounding current riders will not be tolerated. This thread is specifically about Stage 20 of the 2014 Tour de France, so let's keep it that way.
