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I was thinking exactly the same thing, although it is so erratic at times that I wouldn't bet anything on it.

GC Wise I don´t expect much from Red Bull. Hindley is out of form and Pellizzari is to young to be at his best at two GTs, even if that case a top 5 it´s not easy. But if they are smart they have potential two win stages with this startlist and parcours. Sobrero and Aleotti looks in great shape...

Zwiehoff deserves it for his selfless job as a domestique in almost every race, but Adrià deserved even more for his recent win and his results over this 2 years. I suppose they tink he can score more results in other races but still strange to pick another rouleaur like Koch.

Boichis being promoted to the WT (as someone mentioned the other day) makes perfect sense. He had a very good performance today in the Czech Republic, and he already finished fifth at the Planche de Belles Filles in Alsace, in addition to winning the puncheurs' race in Croatia in March and...

Honestly, with this year's Vuelta route, I have the feeling Primoz would be in contention even with the Giro and Tour de France under his legs. It seems designed for his current version (he's still at his best on single-climb stages), but maybe that would also mean speeding up his final as a...

I'd say that unless Lorenzo Finn wins the Avenir, he could be kept in the rookie team for another year without any problem. I'm more intrigued by what they're going to do with Donati, Tuckwell, and Boichis. Due to their age, they could move up already, and they will for sure receive offers from...

IMO it is not a bad climb for Rogla at all, but if i have to pick two stages that suit him the most for me are the Mountain TT (ideal fresh 25-30 min effort) and the Ventoux one, not the perfect climb but the stage profile is good for him.

He looked good in the first passage but again without any punch in the last climb, it´s like he is forbidden to go over 500w, I suppose it´s just bad legs but is weird.

Despite today's performance, I still think he'll be better than most of the riders currently ahead of him in the GC in the time trial and the mountains, a bit like Simon Yates or Derek Gee in the Giro, but who knows, maybe it's just copium. The only good thing is that now the German fans can't...

He was even worse in stage 2 last year, no punch, 0 risk taken and very undercooked in general, but he was a bit better in Stage 4, much better in TT and close to his best in Stage 11. I expect a similar thing this year, but we will see…

I hope Bora fans, and German fans in general, don't jump on the bandwagon if, for whatever reason, Roglic survives the first week and proves he has podium legs (I think the latter is quite likely if the former happens), because in general in every social platform, you tend to show little...

Jasch is a good name but If they want a german (not expensive) rider they should go after Anton Schiffer, he was amazing yesterday and is climbling great this year. By the way, they have never been interested in Miguel Heidemann for the donkey work, flat and TTs? In my opinion, they've had...

I understand it's a strange lineup, but I don't know why so many cycling fans see the team as having abandoned all intentions in the GC and going to prepare a super train for the sprints and going stage-hunting in general. It's quite obvious that what they're looking for is to maximize...

To be fair Pithie had several mechanicals and crashes in crucial moments of MSR, E3, DDV and PR , yes, all of them except de Ronde (he was in first big group) and GW (working hard for Meeus trying to follow Pedersen and others moves) but before all that incidents he looked not superb but in...

My team would be: Roglic, Lipo, Vlasov/DFM, Van Gils, Adrià, Fisher-Black, Pithie, Van Poppel. Between Vlasov and DFM, I'd choose the one who's in the least bad shape right now. Also, if Sobrero does something in the rest of Switzerland, he's a possibility instead of Fisher-Black. I assume...