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How many points is there at the finish?
That's Ewan music you're playingNizzolo to get 2nd, likely winning the sprint behind a sole winner making an unlikely attack stick to make it a bit more painful.
What is it with all the random Ponomar hype?
What is it with all the random Ponomar hype?
I know Sagan is committed to drop the bunch of incapable of climb sprinters!!!This is a hilly stage. In theory, a lots of sprinters can be dropped here. I'm pretty sure Groenewegen, Viviani, perhaps even Merlier and Ewan can be dropped here. But there is a GC stage tomorrow so I don't know how committed the teams are. Punchy stage hunters should give it a shot.
What was the OG title?For some moments I wasn't sure whether you were making fun of toby or protesting against the dot degradation or I was truely going insane.
It just said stage 2 instead of 3. Nothing spectacularWhat was the OG title?
Poggio Ewan laughs at those hills. Will Poggio Ewan be there tomorrow, though?.This is a hilly stage. In theory, a lots of sprinters can be dropped here. I'm pretty sure Groenewegen, Viviani, perhaps even Merlier and Ewan can be dropped here. But there is a GC stage tomorrow so I don't know how committed the teams are. Punchy stage hunters should give it a shot.
So you are predicting a pure bunch sprint with no fast guys getting dropped? Except perhaps the worst climbers like Groenewegen.Poggio Ewan laughs at those hills. Will Poggio Ewan be there tomorrow, though?.
Anyway, this is a sprint stage profile I like to see. With some ups and downs. Give the attackers a chance and make the sprinters and their teams work.
If Ewan has his MSR form he would be the last of the sprinters dropped, if they could drop him at all. But does he have his MSR form?So you are predicting a pure bunch sprint with no fast guys getting dropped? Except perhaps the worst climbers like Groenewegen.
I think I see it similar as you see it. A reduced bunch sprint, with some pure sprinters being dropped. But I wouldn't rule out the late attackers. I just wanted to point out, that if Ewan is as strong on the climbs as he was in M-S, it's going to be hard to drop him.So you are predicting a pure bunch sprint with no fast guys getting dropped? Except perhaps the worst climbers like Groenewegen.
Last climb features a 15% ramp at the end. There is a different of going up Hatta Dam for 200 m and going up a 15% ramp after having done 4 hills. And there is bonus seconds at the top, so there will be attacks from the puncheurs.If Ewan has his MSR form he would be the last of the sprinters dropped, if they could drop him at all. But does he have his MSR form?
Looking at Bevin's ITT result, he doesn't seem to be in a good shape.Sagan vs Nizzolo for the win with guys like Bevin and Consonni fighting for 3rd place.
Yes, but he got 2 podiums at Romandie, so his sprint was decent before the DNF.Looking at Bevin's ITT result, he doesn't seem to be in a good shape.