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He was dropped by Yates and others on San Valentino.

Zakarin was good between 2015-2017. He also had a very good win at Lago Serru in 2019 Giro after which I thought he could contend for the overall but then he disappeared (with the exception of losing a Tour stage in 2020 with horrible descending), also he never won anything big. I feel like...

Apparently Darnold has an oblique injury.

Was one of my favourite riders thanks to his aggressive style back dating back to 2016-17 and was really happy when he stole the Giro from Del Toro. He had a very good career for someone who was very inconsistent even during the GTs. Worth noting that his high level was very high though. And...

So how are the rumoured mountain stages? 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023 were better routes than the previous even years routes but 2024 was better than 2025, so maybe even year routes can be better than odd year routes nowadays?

Another awful route. Seems like both Giro and Tour are a step back from last year, not sure about Giro though, may need another look at both parcours. (worth noting that 2025 Tour was better than I initially thought, I think week 1 was great for example)

Not anything original or something but I think the route of the 2011 Tour de France could have been improved significantly by several changes whilst keeping the same start and finish towns. It is also a easy task for me in terms of returning to route design so: Stage 2 Les Essarts - Les Essarts...

When is the last time he had a bad day? 2023 Worlds TT? Or if you think that does not matter, Courchevel 2023? I think he has been on the podium of every race he has done since 2023 Lombardia with the exception of 2024 Quebec. And he races from February/March to October. On all kinds of races.

Do we really need this stage?

I thought this would be a close-ish Tour but apparently not from what we've seen. I thought Vingegaard's TT may have been just a bad day.

To be fair even Pogacar wasn't on last years absolute level (Plateau de Beille, Isola 2000 as well IIRC), but Vingegaard and Evenepoel were much worse. Leads another question about what was going on last year, and why Pogacar got affected less by what happened over the year. At least this was...

The surprise for me was Narvaez managing to hang on at Soulor, probably his best performance on a big mountain.

Same here. The whole team looked weaker compared to last year as well and Vingegaard was slower than he was in 2022 despite huge action on Spandelles that day. And he was also bad in the TT. For some reason he has very good explosivity but does not have the strength for long efforts. Last year...

What a tragedy. RIP and condolences to his family and friends. :(

Surely the last part is sarcasm.