Pretty sure EBH will be dropped soon, the race has been too hard for too long for him. Mainly because all he can eat during races are rice cakes. Not enough energy...
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and only Boonen Sagan and Freire have a chanceDekker_Tifosi said:Sprinters left in the peloton:
Haussler
Boonen
Rowe
Freire
Degenkolb
Sagan
Swift
Hagen
Bozic
Davis
Roelandts
thats all (and ofcourse semi sprinters as Moser etc, but that list is too long)
Waterloo Sunrise said:If Sagan had bothered to turn up in form, this would be a Vos style predictable walk over.
Dekker_Tifosi said:Ofcourse not. I told you so beforehand. I can do that climb on the outer blade.
And if I can do it on the outerblade, it can never cause a selection for the pro's
goggalor said:I hope Nordhaug will be free to attack, and won't have to slave for EBH. He can't force a sprint on his own anyway.
Red Rick said:Is there a harder hill they could've used on the circuit?
Dekker_Tifosi said:Sprinters left in the peloton:
goggalor said:I hope Nordhaug will be free to attack, and won't have to slave for EBH. He can't force a sprint on his own anyway.
Falken said:Surely Nibali will try something soon.
User Guide said:not much slipstream for stannard there