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Vanmarcke got dropped in the final part up redoute when Dillier set the pace but could regain contact on the flat part after the climb. Two climbs later, he got dropped again but could come back because of a good descent and some help from Tankink.
When he regained contact for the second...
They relied on Sep getting up front in a small group, but no-one in his wheel wanted to ride on with him after he accelerated on multiple cobbled sections
Why are people disappointed in Vanmarcke? He was the only one of the big guys to attack multiple times on the cobbles and to try and bridge to Boonen. It isn't his fault that cancellara etc. didn't want to cooperate to close the gap... In a post race interview he said he was pretty disappointed...
LuLu won't be riding for Belkin next season, they gave him the money he would earn in 2014-15 in may already and he's free to sign for another team. Still unknown where he'll ride next year.
Because the Pinarello product development is being done by Sky and Sky doesn't want Movistar to benefit from their innovations. That's why Movistar (or at least their leaders) is (are) still on the graal tt bikes and not on the new bolide, which was developed by Sky engineers. The problem...
Delahaye said in an interview that mollema and gesink aren't that different at all and both train/ride on feeling as well as with a srm. In fact, he said he has more data availible from mollema than gesink. The only difference is that gesink sometimes puts his data gathered that day on twitter.