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I am one of the few who enjoy TTT's BUT the course needs to be more selective - Maybe altitude will affect the racing.
| EF Pro Cycling | 18.01 |
| Deceuninck Quick Step | 18.46 |
| Team Ineos | 18.47 |
| Rally Cycling | 19.001 |
| UAE Team Emirates | 19.01 |
| EPM Scott | 19.01 |
| Movistar Team | 19.03 |
| Israel Start Up Nation | 19.22 |
| Team Medellin | 19.23 |
| Uno X Norwegian Dev Team | 19.34 |
| Seleccion Colombia Andina | 19.34 |
| Androni Giacattoli sidermec | 19.35 |
| Team Illuminate | 19.43 |
| Colombia Tierra de Atletas GW | 19.48 |
| Efapel | 19.58 |
| Orgullo Paisa | 20.03 |
| Supergiros Alcaldia de Manizales | 20.09 |
| Russian National Team | 20.13 |
| Seleccion de Ecuador | 20.14 |
| Bardiani CSF Faizane | 20.2 |
| Vini Zabu KTM | 20.21 |
| Seleccion de Venezuela | 20.27 |
| Canels Pro Cycling | 20.3 |
| Seleccion de Brasil | 20.41 |
| Amore E Vita | 20.46 |
| Team Novo Nordic | 21.08 |
| Agr Virgen Fatima Saddle | 21.29 |
EF put in an impressive TTT. Then we have 6 teams behind them are within 17 seconds of each other. That's a very close result for that set of teams.
EF had a tailor-made roster for this TTT- every rider in the team was at least a decent climber and a decent TT-er, which is invaluable on such route. Deceuninck and Ineos brought some weaker riders so they were no match for the American team in these circumstances.
EF took part in 3 TTs this season (here, Colombian nationals and Etoile de Bessèges) and won all of them.
The GC is not over, though, I can easily imagine Bernal getting 50 seconds back on the last stage or Alaphilippe to make a daring attack and gain time somewher.
EF took part in 3 TTs this season (here, Colombian nationals and Etoile de Bessèges) and won all of them.
The GC is not over, though, I can easily imagine Bernal getting 50 seconds back on the last stage or Alaphilippe to make a daring attack and gain time somewher.
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Uran was dropped on the climb midway. He lost about 3 minutes. This is his first race back since his crash.
Steimle and Lerberghe apparently. Just seen a photo on twitter that looks like it was numbers 25 and 26 dropped.
If EF didn't have Martinez and Higuita, who are in-form and good at altitude then maybe we'd have something to look forward to. Seems like GC is realistically over already.
The summit finishes of 2018 and 2019 didn't create gaps enough for a rider to make up 46 seconds, and this one isn't as hard as Alto de las Palmas last year (where the top four were 16 seconds apart).
Why on earth is there a TTT in this race? Do the race organisers have a grudge against the local teams?
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Race website has Alaphillipe, Jungels, Steimle and Lerberghe 6th-9th on GC, so Hodeg and Honore dropped.
Thanks, the photo I spotted definitely showed Steimle and Lerberghe behind, but it now looks like this was after the first 2 were dropped as Alaphilippe and Jungels were about 50m ahead.
Strange Honoré got dropped instead of Van Lerberghe, he should be a lot better uphill.
Van Lerberghe rode San Juan and it was Honoré first race of the season. It would be a simple explantion. One is just more up to speed.
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