- Feb 20, 2010
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- May 5, 2010
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I don't understand at all why most of the teams even race here. Of course the parcours is also not as good as it could be, but basically every team has no other plan than a sprint where they have no chance against Philipsen and co after such a lackluster race.
Uno-X, Ag2r, Arkea, Total Energy, Ef , Lotto - why not make the race harder? They should make the parcours harder again but often the race is what you make out of it. The generally bad field also contributes to this situation. No Ineos, Jumbo, Movistar or Quick-Step here. The German races are really quite bad - hopefully the Deutschland Tour gets put in WT in a few years. It's quite entertaining because they don't have to follow the Frankfurt and Hamburg constraints.
Uno-X, Ag2r, Arkea, Total Energy, Ef , Lotto - why not make the race harder? They should make the parcours harder again but often the race is what you make out of it. The generally bad field also contributes to this situation. No Ineos, Jumbo, Movistar or Quick-Step here. The German races are really quite bad - hopefully the Deutschland Tour gets put in WT in a few years. It's quite entertaining because they don't have to follow the Frankfurt and Hamburg constraints.
- May 5, 2010
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To make things a bit more interesting, they have timed it so the finish will be more-or-less simultaneous with the stage in Festival Elsy Jacobs.
- Aug 29, 2009
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- 7,063
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Philipsen took a break after Turkey and didn't train much for the past two weeks. So not sure he's really gonna be that superior
- Sep 20, 2017
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Based on how he was climbing today his form seems fine...
- May 5, 2010
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- Oct 13, 2021
- 2,570
- 3,317
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- May 5, 2010
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Because he's the (podium) King of Frankfurt? Last time he didn't finish on the podium was 2013, when he didn't ride, so he had a bit of an excuse...
- Oct 13, 2021
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- 3,317
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- Sep 20, 2017
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Kristoff has won this race four times, and in a bigger bunch sprint he might still be a tiny bit better.
Girmay also hasnt raced in a month or so. Prep race before the Giro.
Girmay looked completely done. Barely managed to get out of Bahrain's wheel to do his leadout.
I thought it was a decent lead out for Kristoff, but Kristoff didn’t accelerate as fast as Bennett. You can see in the overhead shot that he loses 5 meters or so ,then has to wind it up again, and he finished strong. Maybe just bad timing as Ghirmay isn’t that experienced as a leadout rider?
- Jul 10, 2014
- 14,991
- 25,986
- 28,180
You actually get 300 UCI point for winning a normal sprint stage? Pretty generous.
That will relieve a lot of pressure on Bennett. It’s no fun at all for a big name sprinter when you get a few months into a season without a win.
- May 10, 2015
- 13,588
- 12,869
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His own fault according to him (and the images confirm this). Couldn't follow Van Gils' and Janse van Rensburgs wheel in the last few kms because of tired legs. Janse van Rensburg (great first ride from him) did make it to the front in the last km but sadly De Lie wasn't with him.
Still an impressive sprint for someone with bad legs tho.
- Jul 2, 2011
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thanks didn't hear or read his reaction, indeed Van Rensburg did a great ride there
- Jul 27, 2009
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- 2,506
- 23,180
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