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did you mean to post the entire top 24? Only 19 through 24 appeared

he think is, nobody is good enough at UAE to take back time they lose in the TT Not overhyped Del Toro. Not Yates Vingo could have been

1. Remco is a better TTer than Pog. That second ITT that Pog won was also short at 30 km 2. The gaps explode once you get past 40 km, as we've seen at the world championships, the only place where we have long ITTs any more 3. Of course mountain stages should be harder. Nobody has suggested...

Absolutely. And 2 stages should be of the same difficulty of Morzine 1983 / Sestrieres 1992

I'd like to get back to a prologue, early long TTT (~75km) and ITT (~65km), followed by the stage 19 long ITT (~60km) where recovery really comes into play If the best climber does not win, tell that climber to ride his TT bike some more so he does not lose so much time

Pog has NEVER done a successful long ITT. He trained last year at the worlds and still was absolutely mauled. Gap ballooned in the final 10km. Pog is not Pantani at the ITT. He's more akin to Contador. One of the best TTers overall but rather inconsistent

and don't forget an epic length TTT

it's not even that he was struggling. There was a headwind after the climb. Of course it would look like he was struggling. But he was struggling less than Almieda behind him

you know what, I had Pog's time off. I thought he did PDB in 36 mins. I now see it was 39:41. That threw off my calculations. Now, given the speed he was going, and the fact PDB is 1.7km shorter than ADH and about the same steepness, ADH likely is done 4:30 shorter. So Pod's pace likely would...

looked like it with his seated attack Saturday

Not if his power is greater. Against vingo, hed be vulnerable. But theres no vingo

Remco seems to have taken it up a notch compared to past years. I don't expect Pog to stand pat 8.5 W/kg. Very short unipuerto stage. Riders will be leaving the nukes at home and probably the anti matter as well. The big guns are coming out that day

If the early season is saying anything, we are in for a full on explosion of the unknown at the TDF this year Looking for a sub 30 minute ADH on stage 19

What is important is remco has been dominant so far. Hes winning everything he should win

Remco didnt go into the red. There was a headwind after the climb