There'll be a fair amount of Road Rash after this stage
I've never seen as many fallers in one race.
The winner of the stage was UAE team sprinter was Noway's Alexander Kristoff
A few months off and they all forget how to ride in a bunch :rolleyes:
2nd stage today. Yet another start and finish at Nice. But today course is different from yesterday, as this contains a mountain stage with two passages at over 1,500m.
(30-08-2020 12:45 )Charlemagne Wrote: [ -> ]2nd stage today. Yet another start and finish at Nice. But today course is different from yesterday, as this contains a mountain stage with two passages at over 1,500m.
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And a great finish over the last 1KM Julien Alaphilippe was outstanding perhaps a podium contender ?
Good to see Adam Yates up there today, I don't know if he didn't have the legs, but If he was trying for a stage win he need to take a punt & take it on earlier, as Alaphilippe was always going to beat him on the run in.
Today's stage 3 is a 198km ride from Nice to Sisteron up the famous Route Napoleon.
good to see Yates in top 3, but he has to take a stage win soon to keep in contention and more than likely the mountain stages will be tough.
While it would be nice to see another British rider win it, I think it has been quite some time since there has been a French winner of the race, and I wonder if it would be a boost for the French people and French sport in general if there was a French win.
Unless there's a change of heart is has already been decided that Yates will only be looking for stage wins & not GC.
Mildly moist again. Let's see if they manage to keep it upright.