Tour de France 2019: stage 13 individual time trial – live!

Geraint Thomas among favourites for 27.2km stage in PauDominant Vos wins La Course after powerful finishEmail Barry or tweet @bglendenning with your thoughts 2.51pm BST An email: “In my young naïve state (up until 48 years old), I always used to think that every rider went full gas on a TT, thinking that as they were professional sportsmen, they must be trying to win,” writes Simon Thomas. |It gradually dawned on me that only probably 20% of the field are actually trying today – the rest are having a bit of a useful workout. You can’t go too slow though. Hiroki Nishimura, a Japanese development rider, actually suffered the indignity of missing the time cut on the 8km prologue at this year’s Giro. Imagine that happening to Sagan today!” Sagan has just rolled down the ramp from the starting hut – I suspect he won’t miss the cut. 2.49pm BST More on the tactics of Ineos v the tactics of Mitchelton Scott. “Just on Simon Yates, I think there’s a balance to be had between saving yourself and stretching the legs into some good form,” writes Conor Lundy. “Yates (Simon) had a disappointing Giro and just didn’t seem to have the form.“Yesterday would have been a good boost for him and the team to know he has good legs. It would have been of no use to Adam Yates if Simon had waited until a critical stage before finding out he wouldn’t be able to help. That’s one possibility. The other is that he just likes racing bikes and his team likes their racers to race. Anyone But Ineos!” Continue reading…
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