They did a lap of the finish beforehand and now I see why they were excited/concerned about the finish.
Something bad is certainly going happen.
I'm glad I was wrong.
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They did a lap of the finish beforehand and now I see why they were excited/concerned about the finish.
Something bad is certainly going happen.
Alpecin would never....A bit of a *** move from the Alpecin rider to deliberately try to block Merlier, but without that he would still have launched too early and lost
Wtf was Merlier doing.
Zingle, Girmay And Capiot in the top 5 lmao.
Girmay almost crashed out Zingle
Capiot > Demare
Ewan already complaining about his train or?
He's actually happy with his train but the form is not there at the moment. He was on Merlier's wheel coming to the final corner but lost his position yet again.
This year?Thanks. Must be adopting the Nibali approach to Tour build-up this year.
Oh lol they're actually banning it... for 'focusing on performance more than its intended purpose'.I hope they ban these helmets ASAP. I don't care if they're 0.78% faster, they are so ridiculously ugly that they're bringing the sport into disrepute.
From now on there should be a design committee at UCI that has a veto for any new aero equipment.
and it would have worked with oodles of time to spare if it weren't for that pesky phillipsen. Love that he had time to look over his shoulder, give up, catch his breath, then decide to grit it out for second.Starting your sprint at 350 meters probably is not a good idea, Merlier.
agreed, although I honestly think he was just trying to get in phillipsen's draft and wasn't aware of zingleGirmay relegated, probably the right decision.
What goes around, comes around. Couldn't happen to a nicer fella.Allegedly the commissaires barraged Cavendish today rather than allowing draft after the mechanical due to a falling out they had in the UAE tour. Unsure of the exact nature but words were exchanged, Brian Smith on twitter with Bruyneel also chiming in now openly accusing them of lacking impartiality.
it's not even uae tour-level badAverage speed 33.3 kmh after the first hour. And that is for the breakaway, having a 11 minute lead over the peloton. It's hard to believe (info from Procyclingstats)..
Zoccarato is up there for Pozzovivo to bridge over to just after he's overtaken Vingegaard ... On the other hand, this is how normal human beings would race 200 + km and not "junior racing" style.Average speed 33.3 kmh after the first hour. And that is for the breakaway, having a 11 minute lead over the peloton. It's hard to believe (info from Procyclingstats)..
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