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Nothing comes for free. Evenepoel was in 1st, 2nd or 3rd place almost the entire last kilometer. If others were strong enough, they were free to do the same, and they would have been in the best position for the sprint.
Sure. It’s not surprising that Evenepoel is a level above everyone else in this race. Impressive kick from Johannesen nonetheless who came from way back and had to go around Plapp
Damn you PCS profiles...no there isn't?
It's funny how when Evenepoel wins, other people are rarely trying that hard. I mean, it's just the Tour of Norway, so why bother trying to win when you put out all the effort to stay with the front group?
Never trust a PCS profile. From this very race:
It's quite an appaling team tbh, for this parcours. Not even Devenyns, Vervaeke or Honoré. Any of those would have been an asset.
A bit surprising that Honore is not there as you would expect him to want to be riding in a race relatively close to his home country and with parcours that fit him quite well. Devenyns is almost surgically attached to Alaphillipe so not to surprising he isn't there.
You think there are many riders present in Norway who would finish closer than 90 seconds to Bernal on Zoncolan? Or riders who would win on Picon Blanco? It's a 12k 8% climb against Johannessen, Hart, Uijtdebroeks, Prades and the likes. Not Angliru against Pogacar, Roglic and Bernal.
You mean riders on the level of Nicholas Schultz?
Had Schultz finished closer than 90 seconds, then i would have meant riders like him. So not only did you misunderstand the meaning of the word ''closer'', you also managed to completely ignore the context where this would be a climb where Evenepoel suffers more than his rivals and has not proven himself in a real mountain stage. Considering Schultz' performance was not better than Evenepoel's on Zoncolan, there is no reason to assume Evenepoel would suffer more than somebody like Schultz. Hence my reference to riders who would perform better than that, riders he should ''fear''. Hence closer than 90 seconds. Closer as in, superlative of close. More close. Hope that clears things up. But thanks for reminding me why i have you on ignore to begin with.
Pedersen got dropped now yes, but Kristoff was dropped in the big climb. He's like 5 minutes behind.
Pedersen survived the climb only to be caught behind in the cross wind. Kriftoff is long gone.
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