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Only one other rider even stayed attached for a short time (Gregoire) and that was off a very suboptimal leadout.

Does their nation host a world tour stage race? Have they won a race in 2025 or 2026?

Philipsen got dropped cold very early on the Cipressa even before the pace got hot so that card fell out of the deck long before they could choose whether to play it or not.

I agree that it surely plays better for MVDP to try and snap close a Del Toro attack utilising the fact he has the best explosive 20 second power in the world rather than having to reel him in once a 100 metre gap has opened.

Having a great start to the season. Winning even though he said h was a little disappointed with his form suggests there is plenty of room for development ahead of the bigger races to come.

Great win for Lenny M. Still hard to see how he becomes a consistent GC contender for 1 weeks let alone 3 weeks but he is showing his best is good enough to net some prestigious wins in his career.

Nice action on the climb but this stage just reinforced my feeling every year that it would be an absolute banger of a stage if they lopped off 50km or so of the stage and ended it 2nd time across the finish line giving enough time for a well organised chase to be viable but strong attackers to...

Were the high DNF rate today due to the low time cutoff ahead of the final circuit loop?

Ever ridden on the roster when a teammate won a grand tour or monument?

I picked the latter thinking Giulio would be too limited by the stacked roster of leaders at RBH to get enough opportunities to score. Turns out he has just forced his way through with weight of performance on the road and would have been a great pick 🤦‍♂️

Judging by the live ticker on PCS he has been like the energiser bunny today. He has monster form. Could end up as shades of 2021 which was an outrageously good race but left Wout, Mathieu and Tadej all a little jaded for the classics after.

It could have been in his interest to keep the pace high and potentially gain another 8-10 seconds on GC rivals.

I certainly agree that the parcours presented an opportunity to thin the field down significantly but ended up passive instead.

Very surprising how weak the sprint field is considering they were going to have two great chances at the start of the race.

Is it based on team classification rather than best rider placement on GC?