Recent content by MagliaNera

Yes sorry, I had originally inteded to reply to another post who asked to send Kuss and Pellizzari in breakaways... But while we're at it, I agree that they should get something better out than 4th and 6th, but 3rd and 6th might be good enough? Pellizzari is in the white jersey, which Bora at...

Both Kuss and Pellizzari are now in top 10, I don't think many teams would be happy to see them in the break. But maybe Visma can try with Tulett, or Jorgenson (currently in 10th place) could drop some time. Might be good to have him as a potential satellite rider later on anyway. Edit: sorry...

Poor Novak, no win for him?

I really don't understand Vingegaard's defensive riding here. Of course he's in the lead but not by that much, if he attacks and gains some more time that would ease off a lot of pressure if he has a bad day later on. It feels a bit like watching a football team defending their 1-0 lead halfway...

Yes, from the official roadbook: https://indd.adobe.com/view/79ac3814-d751-4266-a11f-862666ff654f The quality is a bit better in the PDF than in the viewer. Only there, I noticed the rather bizarre axis labels of stage 3, which add a nice little extra touch to the collection:

I'd almost be more worried about punctures during the TT: How many riders will really opt for a TT bike with all these muritos?

I haven't seen it posted anywhere else: a couple of days ago, the route for the upcoming UCI Gravel World Championships (11-12 October in the very south of the Netherlands) got released: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52219115 (unfortunately no nice map on their website so far, so we'll have to...

Is that reported to be a done deal? Because I thought that the reason a Movistar transfer wasn't going to happen was that they couldn't afford to buy out his current contract. But if the old contract is terminated, they might be back in the game? I think it would work for both sides, clearly...

"following differences (...) in the alignment with the team’s sporting philosophy" Pretty harsh for a "diplomatic" press release, which makes me wonder... Did he behave like he did the last days to force their hand with the contract termination?

...aaand another second place

PCS' prophetic stat of the day not long before Asgreen's attack:

Even some people at the Vuelta seem to know that this is actually a sprint stage

Yes, I mean entire races (either GC of a stage race or one-day race)

This race might be the best remaining opportunity for a French rider to finally win a WorldTour race this year (after 5 second places). (Edit: actually the first WorldTour win in almost two years - since the Bretagne classic 2023)

Just had a look at the final climb on Street View. The last kms are so shallow that it's often impossible to tell whether you're navigating up or down