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I think that Kittel and his train will get their act together and Kittel will win this one easily.
Renshaw's abandon will be a big loss for Cav. Cav's been praised a lot for his surfing through the peloton in these messy sprints, but Renshaw deserves at least 50% of that praise. EBH will have to be Cav's leadout man now
Borefest. Once again they forgot the golden rule of all flat stages: No matter how long it is, it should have been 50 km shorter.
No. Long stages = more fatigue = more attrition when it comes to hard stages. So you want the GTs to be 500km shorter?Lance Armstrong said:
jsem94 said:
All the debate about longer stages = lesser actions has been complete nonsense. A flat stage, without wind or other obstacles, will always end in a sprint, 150 km or 250 km. The only difference being that he will get into the transmission 100 km later. However, you could definitely shorten some of the flat stages in week one but that would require making the medium mountain stages and high mountain stages longer which wouldn't be a bad idea at all.
I'd gladly chop 50 km off each flat stage if it means we get one more climb in each mountain stage.
Which teams do you think have the power and the will to split the peloton? (if it's windy enough ofc)
My best guess would be Quickstep - They could secure the stage victory for Kittel and maybe Dan Martin could gain some time on the other GC riders.
My best guess would be Quickstep - They could secure the stage victory for Kittel and maybe Dan Martin could gain some time on the other GC riders.
Would be nice to see Cav-Greipel-Kittel sprint with Sagan trying to find away between (around) them.
No crashes is the priority tho.
No crashes is the priority tho.
Which Stage do u think Yates is going to take yellow on the way to winning the tour?
Currently undecided between Stage 12 and Stage 19
Currently undecided between Stage 12 and Stage 19
Winds will make everyone nervous, Quintana glues himself to Froome's wheel again so there are no worthwhile splits, then Kittel blows Greipel and Sagan away, Cav to be too far back to contest it.
Well.. the weather forecast is for winds of ~30 kph, with gusts up to 60 kph. From the northwest. Plenty of exposed roads.
This could be fun.
This could be fun.
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I can't be @rsed with another boring day from the peloton, might head out on the bike this afternoon instead
Gigs_98 said:I beg for crosswinds. It's stage 11 and until now nothing epic happened so it really is about time.
Yeah, I'm praying for crosswinds too.Stelvio said:
If not, we're going to have a boring stage.
However, it should be Coquard's day finally, that guy and his team deserve a victory (although I'd like to see winngin someone else
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