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Him possibly skipping the Vuelta due to the Monument-heavy classics season is definitely not as clear cut next year as it was this year. Although yeah, the optimal prep for Worlds next year is the Canadian classics, stay in Canada, then Worlds, the lighter number of race days does indicate he is...

The Powless masterclass and Visma questionable tactics

Yeah I agree. Would've been better if that stage was in the 2nd or 3rd week.

That or Beixalis if someone is ambitious. It is very unlikely but chaos can still happen imo.

Stage 4 is Andorra is really short but it does provide launchpads for long attacks (although it is only stage 4).

From how the quick run-through of the route looked like, I'm assuming stage 20 is the queen stage?

It could be but imo, it's unlikely. Although that would be a nice replacement tbh.

McNulty is still one of the top time trialists. Also, if he's in good shape, we know what damage he's capable of doing in the mountains. It is kinda confusing though. Reports state that Yates might still do Giro-Tour (which is already a proven terrible combo for him). Obviously, if McNulty is...

Dauphine would depend on whether Vingegaard rides the Giro or not. If Vingegaard skips Giro, then I expect him to be on the Dauphine startlist. Catalunya might be trickier because there's normally no time trials there but the Barcelona stage does fit a punchy Remco attack.

No one's asking him to be a Tour leader or get any top 10 GC place or whatever. At his peak shape, he is good enough to do serious damage in the GC group on the mountains as a pure domestique. Him suffering a lot of crashes should not be a big reason for him to be left out of a Tour team.

I honestly thought next year might be the year where he gets to finally ride the Tour but with him riding Giro, it seems unlikely. A bit of a shame. Still hope he maybe gets to do Giro and Tour.

His press con from today: View: https://youtu.be/y__-yUoOm1M?si=14hJMoVdEYBkLUoK

That's what's only been revealed so far. I assume no Vuelta as well considering the Worlds suit him and he probably would want the best prep by going to the Canadian classics. I honestly also wanted the opening weekend for Pogi but I guess that can wait.

View: https://x.com/i/status/1999867047988392154 UAE's Giro squad. With Yates there and his Tour being subpar this year after riding the Giro, I think (and hope) there's a replacement for him at the Tour.

Might be Christen or maybe Narvaez.