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Finn84 said:If Kittel gets dropped how will the graphics work? As they usually show just a difference from front of the race to yellow jersey.
This of course, assuming the situation is
Breakaway
Peloton
Dropped riders incl. Kittel
Climbs are categorized according to many criteria, one of which is "what will be better to animate the race at this point?"Roderick said:No idea why the last climb is 3rd category and not 4rd. In the Giro this climb woudn't even be categorized
melkemugg said:I think SKY wants to show muscles and ride the big climb hard. Maybe Garmin wants to be aggressive as well. Im fairly sure that sprinters will be lost, but maybe catching up again. S strong sprinter like sagan is the obvious choice for the stage tho, but i hope for someone else.
No one believing a break can finish?
melkemugg said:snipped..
No one believing a break can finish?
Afrank said:With the crash today I think Cav will be more motivated to get a win. Plus he's been climbing very well this year and if Kittel is dropped (very likely considering his history) he should be able to still take yellow. Will be hard with Tony missing from his leadout, but I think he can pull it off. He's survived over harder stages than this before after all.
Sagan and Kristoff to also contend/take the win if Cav isn't there.
Simply The Best said:Hopefully the race breaks up early so we don't have a mass sprint to the line with yellow still up for grabs though I'm not hopeful.
SetonHallPirate said:I hate to say it, but while the roads across Corsica are great for a stage, the roads around Ajaccio are TERRIBLE for a stage finish. That being said, based on where they put the stage finish, they probably should have used the Chemin de Saint Antoine rather than the Boulevard Tino Rossi/Route des Sanguimaires for the stage finish.
Fight.The.Power said:it seems evident that the most important factor is how hard the peloton drives it)
Cookster15 said:...it will come back together before the short 1k hill prior to the finish?
TourOfTexas said:The Cat 3 climb is longer and steeper than the Cat 2? lolwut
babastooey said:With the crash today affecting certain riders health, wouldn't they need to take it easy tomorrow? And if so, would teams push the pace of Stage 2 in order to take advantage of that, whether it be for the stage win, a later starting position in the TTT, a leader's jersey, or for the overall outcome in Paris?
Does that in any way affect how teams will approach tomorrow?
Cookster15 said:Just catching up on this thread but looking at the profile of stage two what about the rather large lumps in the middle of the stage (Cat 2/3) ? Everone seems to be ignoring this. Any sort of pace in that section will shell all the sprinters I'd have thought? Or is everyone saying it will come back together before the short 1k hill prior to the finish?