Recent content by Squire

As per usual, from my handful of riders in Itzulia, Decomble crashed hard in stage 1 and Kockelmann probably did the same as he was the only one to finish behind Decomble.

This is a good discussion to read. I share your incredulity at the lack of inventiveness from non-Pog teams, but I'm not sure how they should actually approach it. The main difference from some years back is that the Pog types have data (and fuel) that tell them they can sustain a prolonged...

This guy got destroyed by Froome in July 2015. https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider.asp?riderid=38209

There's an indication that your flat-ish cobbles race might not be tactical enough when the gaps are bigger than a 200 km Alpine shark teeth profile.

4th year in a row that the race is brute-forced from the final Kwaremont/Paterberg combo, with no suspense in the last 20 km. It's getting a bit meh, despite record number of big name challengers this year.

Van Aert did the O'Connor.

Haven't seen Hagenes all day. Maybe he peaked early.

They are 2026-ing. It's getting worse. One Movistar rider followed by two Red Bull riders who are just patrolling.

Spent their entire team chasing Jambaljamts.

Van Aert constantly at the team car. Doesn't he have teammates who can handle his logistics?

A shame there aren't any really strong riders in the morning breakaway. With this gap they could have gone quite far.

Entire Cofidis team in the second group.

Bjerg confirming that everybody starts looking like Marc Soler when on the front of the UAE train.

Tim Naberman's loyal disciples nicely positioned near the front!

Okay, I have completely cleared my schedule for today. The fridge has good stuff in it. The heater is switched on. It's Ronde time. Let's go!