Recent content by Valv.Piti

Sure, but if you can gain time, you try to gain time. No reason not to pull with Almeida and Cicco in that situation unless you were on the limit.

Good quote and right in the money. Jonas and Visma are always very picky when it comes to places to gain time, and the vast majoiry of stages are apparantly marked to just follow, and Jonas rarely deviates from the plan in the morning even when it could benefit you. Why would you not help...

Great stuff. Shape is quite good it seems, so should win one or two stages more and be able to help Almeida on the really big mountain stages. Still acted like a baby yesterday, and he celebrated like a clown, but you can't deny the talent!

Would you look at that, Ayuso wasn't in quite the horrible shape after his late call up!

Did he say that before this stage?

That doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Ayuso lost alomost 8 minutes.

I think another break, but the final climb should be a harder, but prolly not super selective either still

So what has Ayuso done in July to be so out of shape that you wouldn't be able to do a proper Vuelta knowing a month in advance that you'd do the Vuelta? I presume thats Pogacar's fault as well?

If Ayuso was actually serious here, he'd have prepared in July as if he was riding the Vuelta because he'd know that a decision would be taken right after the Tour worst case. In reality that's what happened, but with the twist that Pog even one week before Paris strongly hinted that he wouldn't...

Its not when your leader is so far off and is just straight up sitting up. Ayuso did that today, so of course you don't call Soler, your only rider in the front group apart from Almeida, down to 'pace' for literally zero reason. Ayuso had Grossschartner for moral support and thats more than he...

This is not a silly, easy route. Its not a great route, but its not really an easy one either. Ayuso got the call up more or less 4 weeks before the start right after the Tour. Considering that he should be in a decent shape in late July going into the second part of the season anyways...

I haven't keep up in this thread, but surely nobody has critisized Almeida for that and if they are, its straight up trolling. Ayuso literally sat up and lost many, many minutes. And of course thats not Soler's job either. Why in the world it be? Ayuso literally lost 7-8 minutes in 6 km, he's...

Lol

I mean Crostis is basically a cross between Finestre and Zoncolan. Can't really tell whats the hardest of the three, its really close. I think I'd go with Crostis though solely looking at the percentages.

14,5 km at 10%, screw that