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Both Carapaz and Del boy plus the geniuses in the team cars underestimated Simon big time before the stage. To be fair, Yates has not shown anything remotely close to what he was about to do on Finestre. Carapaz was solely focused on Del boy hence that very early attack and forcing a mano a...
So, Simon is doing a Zubeldia the whole Giro then has one of those days where he's the best climber in the world (pre Pog/Jonas era) rewriting his own Finestre legacy. But I don't think it would have been possible to win the Giro without the suicidal attack of Carapaz.