Recent content by skippo12

Pog pushing harder than necessary on the climb just to prove that he is stronger than McNulty. Now he can happily gift away the win.

Not sure what you expected. He was among the last 15-20 guys in the group. And at some point he couldn't follow the pace of Bora/Visma. Not like he dropped before the climb even started.

Vine has done more for Almeida than Soler and Ayuso combined. A little bit weird to bash him because he went for it in a 13 minute TT effort. Not to even mention that he hasn't taken any off days on non breakaway stages. Only Großschartner has been better.

Politt just added a name to the list...

Bahrain smart enough to gift the breakaway a few more seconds. Probably reduces the risk of a nuclear Visma leadout.

With the right schedule Teutenberg should easily take this. Consistency is almost Kanter'esque.

Legacy wise him being the first rider to ever podium all monuments in the same season (plus potenially worlds) is a bigger achievement than Tour+Vuelta. Smart decision to skip the Vuelta this year.

Only rider to drop Pogacar. Should have been the leader all along. Suck it Trine.

Main problem with Soler and Politt is that they cannot descend to save their life and that forced UAE to wait for Sivakov. As far as breakaway formation and climbing goes both delivered.

Obviously shouldn't retire but I doubt that he will stay with RBH. Transfer is in the best interests of both parties. Roglic can get all the freedom he wants on a different team. RBH could use some money if Evenepoel is incoming.

Ironically less dominance resulted in a more Skytrain-like approach. Control and fake pace instead of trying to blow the race apart.

If RedBull is serious about their longterm ambitions this should be the last race with Eisel and Gasparotto in the car. Monumental blunder.

All around tactical masterclass. Bora potentially throwing away the podium because they refused to pull in the valley. Visma unable to get a single satellit rider over the Madeleine. UAE doing a zone two ride to gift O'Connor the stage.

I think UAE can be happy with the situation. Roglic and Gall aren't Pogacar's problem. Only Jorgensson as a potential satellite rider for Visma. And as high as the pace is he would be caught before the top of Madeleine if Visma and VIngegaard go for it. Visma having numbers in the peleton isn't...

Sivakov and Soler in the breakaway. If one of them is in the peleton and helps Politt they catch the breakaway.