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Only 4 riders dropped last lap, and one of those was a puncture. Feels like Amstel, where the bunch will still be 50+ at the end, but most of those guys will have nothing left.

Yeah, can't help thinking about how similar it was to Valverde's tactics when he tries to ruin a chase. crazy that they rode so inefficiently that AVV rode the circuits quicker than any of them, despite being solo for 70k Moolman-Pasio got her best ever result in the worlds, and it's mainly...

Deignan attacking on every rise killed all the chasers legs and helped make sure that Annemiek would win

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cycling/48373976

It's not a problem on an individual level, and we got good racing without those guys attacking, so it wasn't even a problem on a macro level. Just, I think the supporting cast added nothing to the race this year, in a way which stands out compared to the past few years, and despite the race...

It's really weird how, for a great tour, the top 15 has so many anonymous riders, being harsh, only 4 of them have really done anything beyond follow wheels

His teammates all waited for him, the Slovenia team were all 50 seconds back at the end of the lap

Re: Re: He was in the initial selection, but as they have to pay their own way, plenty of South African riders decided not to race. They were even told they had to pay for support staff until dimension data stepped in to support the team.

Lol, there are 25 riders left and they're still on the first circuit

Re: Yeah, I'd back Zubeldia, if you were to focus on non grand tour results Dan Martin is probably my choice

Only Valverde and Landa were in the front group, so there was no one who could wait.

The criticism that they might still the sport to dictators seems a bit off base as cycling has managed to do that plenty by itself.

Re: Kelly with the same double in 1991 and 1992?

Re: Re: Maybe, but that's in part because in slalom the leader goes last. The first few times I watched downhill/Super G I remember being very surprised that they started celebrating when there was still over half the racers left to start. I got used to it after a while, but it really bit...

Re: Re: Sure, the obvious defence is presumably something along the lines of: 1) He normally takes 400 mcg a day, 1/4 of the maximum amount 2) As he was suffering more than usual he increased this dosage to the maximum daily amount, 1600 mcg 3) Unbeknown to Froome, his quarterly maximum...