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Yeah, and I want to say in advance, I'm happy with what happened in the race.
But the counterargument is, that that's one of the ways how pro road racing is a team sport.
You might not want to hurt your chances with a premature attack, but the DS can decide to gamble one way or the other with some of his riders.
And Valgren, who is a strong guy obviously, but not super-human showed it is possible to get away even at the peak of tempo.
42x16ss said:Very true. With the notable exception of easily ridden editions of Milan-San Remo and 220km+ pancake flat Tour stages you need to be having a very good day just to get a seat at the table, let alone a chance to play your cards once you get past 220-230kms in a race like this.
I was never a pro, but I raced NRS long enough to race several editions of races like Melbourne-Warrnambool and Grafton-Inverell to know that you don’t find out if you’ve got the legs to have a real chance until around 200kms in and you don’t want to risk not being there to find out by riding wastefully
Yeah, and I want to say in advance, I'm happy with what happened in the race.
But the counterargument is, that that's one of the ways how pro road racing is a team sport.
You might not want to hurt your chances with a premature attack, but the DS can decide to gamble one way or the other with some of his riders.
And Valgren, who is a strong guy obviously, but not super-human showed it is possible to get away even at the peak of tempo.