Recent content by sam6

Thanks - although I think you got the swing slightly wrong in the Yates overtaking Del Toro scenario, cause Abbulf would have no change and I would gain 125 points. But it does sound like I need Carapaz to overtake Del Toro, and if he does, I would have a decent chance. But yeah, a lot can...

It looks like an exciting finish! Thanks for doing all this again I'm curious how big a swing is needed for me to overtake the top 2? If, for example, Del Toro were to drop to third and Yates and Carapaz were to be first and second, would that put me in the lead? Or do I need some stage points...

More likely is that Ineos try to attack with Bernal, doesn't drop anyone and then Carapaz counters and takes more time

The safest place he could be is at the front of the race though, if he is attacking then he won't stuck behind a crash. We saw this last year in a Giro stage where he attacked on a tiny climb on a sprint stage, and everyone criticised him for wasting energy and he said he did it to avoid the...

Pogi will win on the Champs-Élysées solo in the yellow jersey in front of a charging peloton. It's the last stage, so he doesn't have to save energy, and we all know he won't be able to resist. Could also be exciting if he is 20 seconds down on Vingegaard and he can plausibly take this time...

Does anyone in the area have any snow cannons? And if so, would they mind using them on the descent of San Pellegrino? Just something to mean they have to shorten the route and turn it into a summit finish

I don't see why it's too tough for Pedersen. There aren't too many climbs on those gravel sectors, and he has come second in Flanders, which has much more climbing than this and tougher climbs than this finish. Plus, he had an easy day today

Funny that the most influential factor in the leaderboard so far is Richard Carapaz bringing in points by finishing 7th on a sprinters stage! Just as I predicted when I picked him!

Bernal is cheap and has shown he has improved on last year, where he was 3rd in Catalunya. He could well be top 5. I picked Hindley and Caruso, but didn't think they'd be automatic. Caruso is 37 and past his best. I can't see him winning a stage or finishing above about 8th overall. I picked...

So my team is pretty similar to others but not as similar to it was with TRiley in Vuelta Zijlaard looks like a good pick so good spot to those who picked him, I missed him off all my shortlists but looking at his profile now I think you 6 will be rewarded for noting those 2 results in Tirreno...

Surely Evenepoel has to be the favourite. I know how had a bad LBL but there are 2 ITTs and that is a lot of time he can put into the field. I suspect the race will be similar to Algarve, but with Evenepoel instead of Vingegaard. Almeida may win the MTF but Evenepoel will put enough time in the...

How many have also podiumed in all 3 grand tours and worlds? I believe only Pogi and Merckx. But (Eddy) Merckx never podiumed in the Olympic road race which Pogi did in 2021 so I think that Pogi is the only rider to have podiumed in all 10 of the biggest races

Valverde never won Amstel though, despite riding it most years and it being in the period where he peaked for. I don't see that he would have been able to win Flanders, had he targeted it properly, when he couldn't win Amstel which suited him much better and he did target. You say he could...

He won a totally flat TDF ITT in 2021 against top-form Van Aert, Kung etc. I know it's insane to compare Paris-Roubaix to a 30km ITT but it shows he has won top-level races where he is weight is of no advantage And, even on Sunday most of the time he gained was on the flat since he was riding...

They were bad because it was totally one-sided and not cause of the route. I don't think they could have prepared a reasonable route such that it would have been a competitive race with those startlists