Exactly if he had attacked earlier on the other stages he could have pulled more time. Worrying his biggest attack yielded only 2 secondsPremierAndrew said:If I was yates, I'd be concerned by how strong Dumoulin suddenly looked today
ontheroad said:I'd make Dumoulin favourite after today but Yates is clearly the best climber in the race. He needs another 1:30 on Dumoulin for the expected TT loss.
PremierAndrew said:If I was yates, I'd be concerned by how strong Dumoulin suddenly looked today
Not so sure about that. I don't think Pinot and Pozzovivo are much behind him on the real climbs. Yates has just been a lot smarter so far, which makes his climbing form seem better than it is.ontheroad said:I'd make Dumoulin favourite after today but Yates is clearly the best climber in the race. He needs another 1:30 on Dumoulin for the expected TT loss.
Cance > TheRest said:Not so sure about that. I don't think Pinot and Pozzovivo are much behind him on the real climbs. Yates has just been a lot smarter so far, which makes his climbing form seem better than it is.ontheroad said:I'd make Dumoulin favourite after today but Yates is clearly the best climber in the race. He needs another 1:30 on Dumoulin for the expected TT loss.
No, the two factors are unrelated in this case.Climbing said:Cance > TheRest said:Not so sure about that. I don't think Pinot and Pozzovivo are much behind him on the real climbs. Yates has just been a lot smarter so far, which makes his climbing form seem better than it is.ontheroad said:I'd make Dumoulin favourite after today but Yates is clearly the best climber in the race. He needs another 1:30 on Dumoulin for the expected TT loss.
It's easy to be smarter when you're stronger! :lol:
PremierAndrew said:If I was yates, I'd be concerned by how strong Dumoulin suddenly looked today
Pozzovivo isn't the best at anything, which is why he rarely ever wins.craigmalone said:I think Pozzo could eat into a lot of time on Zoncolan tbh. He's the best climber there for that sort of gradient over such a long time