Recent content by Valv.Piti

Would be very surprised if UAE controls for the stage win. I predicted that Pog wanted to finish the Tour yesterday and today since that was the best and most obvious stategy that he also went for last year, and he more or less did, and so I don't really think he has his eyes on this one. Still...

MTT is another discipline. Roglic for example struggles on longer and harder mountain stages, but still has the turbo to do well today. Lipo is much more of a diesel, so I still think we'd have to wait for tomorrow to really assess their level. Of course Lipo's pace was more constant yesterday...

A bit better than expected maybe, but not by much. Roglic can do these kinda time trials when he isn't great at all just like Contador used to, very similar riders in that regard

Problem is Red Bulls don't have any bulls to cook anyone. The rest of the team is just trash

As expected today. Great performance

Oh well, GG. If Jumbo wants to play hard again after Jonas' good time trial today, Remco is probably dropped on Tourmalet

The fact that top 10 is +7 minutes on a pretty standard MTF in TdF is wild

Wellens: If Pog hadn't crashed, he would have won with 4 minutes Seems my 3 minutes were on the conservative side maybe?

Problem with ditching the classics and preparing 3 GTs is unironically his own team - riders like Del Toro, Ayuso, Almeida etc. would want to lead some races. Maybe they get all the one weekers then lol

Yeah, there's really no comparison. Full gas all day, 180 km in the heat compared to 2014 where renowned GT specialist climber Fuglsang, who was also injured, was leading Tourmalet with no real break to reel in. The amount of strain on the bodies is just a worlds apart

Looking back at Trine's comments about racing too much, altitude camps and the likes puts things into perspective and really underlines how ridicolous that article was in the first place - there is absolutely no chance other than preparing 100% optimally for a race like this against Pogacar. You...

4) Full gas all day 5) Crash. I think a lot were cooked from going all out on the flats for 3+ hours yday and 2,5 hours today in the heat. Has to play a pretty big part. Ventoux will be glorious! A lot of times to look at and compare as well, although Ventoux is a weird climb with its very...

Naaah. Pog wants to win at least on one off Loze or Ventoux. Ventoux is especially easy to control

1996 was even quite tactical until Riis launched. Ofc it was also after a pan flat stage if I remember correctly.

A time trial like this is right up Roglic' alley. Remember Contador in 2013 without legs was close to winning. Obviously he wont get close to Pog, but still, top 3 is doable on that stage