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I agree, that if UAE wants to win the race, they should attack one by one. Even then if MVDP collapses, Pogacar can attack behind him and drop him.

Only reason why I think they might not do that, is because in the end they want Pogacar to win and not Del Toro.

Del Toro didn't humiliate him though, more like Evenepoel humiliated himself

Yeah weird he also doesn't go for a GC result in the TDF. He doesn't show up because he loses the TDF, what a weakling.

I still expect the peloton to come back, or at least some riders to make the jump

That's true, but my assumption is that Philipsen isn't by default the best rider in that group. Now that you have Brennan, or the Pedersen from 2025 might have won that sprint in 2024.

But you never know the power and weight for sure, right?

That’s a completely different race where their two riders are always top 5 contenders. That’s not the case in MSR. First of all, Alpecin doesn’t have the team to launch MVDP like UAE launches Pogacar, not for Cipressa and not for Poggio. So I doubt MVDP is able to attack like Pogacar does, and I...

I'm not sure we would've seen Alpecin winning 3 times in a row without Pogacar.

Yes, that's what returning the favour means.

It's unfortunate Del Toro isn't riding Catalunya so Evenepoel can return the favour.

He also said after Valencia he was at 85%

Oh right, thanks for clarifying. I don't think UAE Tour is a good example of how Evenepoel performs when in shape

That was last year when he was completely knackered

This is what I heard. "It goes so far that during contract negotiations, it is mentioned that Ayuso has to ride one Grand Tour a year without Pogacar so that he is the lead rider." Not completely as I remembered it, because I thought it was 1 GT per year as leader. But apparently it's 1 GT per...