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SeriousSam said:
VMT. The final 10km set the race apart, even from the likes of GW last year, which had a slightly anti-climactic finish. This was just attacking and counter-attacking all the way to the line.TMP402 said:BigMac said:ILovecycling said:Wow,very solid!TMP402 said:
Still pissed about Sagan and Canc, it could have been even more epic
I think people are making strong cases as to how the race wouldn't have been as good ha Cance and Sagan been in the mix, but you never know.
It could only have been as good if one or both of them had joined up only in the last 15km and were as tired as the front group. For either of them just to have powered away once they caught the main group would have pleased some and still counted as a pretty good edition but deprived us of a great final few km of intrigue.
DFA123 said:VMT. The final 10km set the race apart, even from the likes of GW last year, which had a slightly anti-climactic finish. This was just attacking and counter-attacking all the way to the line.TMP402 said:BigMac said:ILovecycling said:Wow,very solid!TMP402 said:
Still pissed about Sagan and Canc, it could have been even more epic
I think people are making strong cases as to how the race wouldn't have been as good ha Cance and Sagan been in the mix, but you never know.
It could only have been as good if one or both of them had joined up only in the last 15km and were as tired as the front group. For either of them just to have powered away once they caught the main group would have pleased some and still counted as a pretty good edition but deprived us of a great final few km of intrigue.
And that only happened because all five riders felt they had a pretty much equal chance of winning, but none of them really wanted a sprint.
Yep, real life is about tradeoffs. I hate it when cars affect the race, but it's price you have to pay for the riders to be safe. If the car had to pass it should have done so slowly, racing be damned. Gun it once you're clear.Lupi33x said:
Good god. I'll just say it outright: no one else in the pro peloton avoids crashing there. No one. Well, unless you count Brumotti as a Tinkoff rider.Alexandre B. said:
killswitch said:Fab: Draw me like one of your french girls.Alexandre B. said:
That is a very elegant way to fall.
He really has stepped it up this year. He's finally become a rider deserving of a WT spot.Irondan said:Juraj Sagan 51st place.
How the hell did that happen?
VanBsr said:
. Classy indeed!killswitch said:Fab: Draw me like one of your French girls.Alexandre B. said:
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