[QUOTE=ZHVelo;21634715]Yea, although the bookies still have Bernal as a slight favorite for the TdF.
While for the Criterium de Dauphine Roglic is absolute favorite. Makes no sense, why do they think Roglic is going to win Dauphine but not the Tour. The Tour is even more in his favor, given it has a ITT and TTT, and he has proven he can win a 3 week GT already, so....[/QUOTE]
roglic or bernal could absolutely win the dauphine but the tendency in the tdf warm-up races has been not to show all your cards for the big boys and to concentrate
more on the little things/teamwork that will pay off for the tdf. to that end, i can see thomas or pogacar or dumou or sivakov or soler or porte (or about 20 other riders...damn
race is stacked!) winning the dauphine. roglic and bernal (and quintana, etc) will want to finish in the top ten every day but i don't think any of them are super keen
to go deep into the red winning a stage/holding onto a jersey/winning the overall but who knows? this year has thrown a monkey wrench into things and it may end
up being a grab as much as you can classics-style vs the usual being patient and biding your time gt-style since race(s) could be cancelled at any moment.
Last edited by diphthong; 08-11-20 at 08:21 PM.