I see there's still a gap of 5 seconds in the results from 15th place down. I know it doesn't change much in terms of GC but shouldn't it be neutralised because of the crash that happened inside the 3km.
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search said:I guess van Emden and Leezer did a bit of work early on?! And de Plus and Kuss are saved for the final week, so no surprise to see them taking it easyvladimir said:Nothing on Jumbo's Twitter yet, but I noticed that half the team was suddenly gone. Kuss and van Emden 9 minutes down and De Plus and Leezer at 12 minutes. So surely something must have happened!?HelloDolly said:
search said:yeah, I talked to Martens the other day, the plan is to keep de Plus and Kuss as fresh as possible for the final week
Armchair cyclist said:search said:yeah, I talked to Martens the other day, the plan is to keep de Plus and Kuss as fresh as possible for the final week
Odd that he put in the effort to get a top ten place yesterday in that case.