- May 9, 2010
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Great ride today. Awesome to see Evenepoel back in business. Such a fun rider!
- Jun 7, 2011
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Better than expected: Vlasov, Rodriguez & Tolhoek.
Worse than expected: Sivakov, Ayuso & Ciccone and basically every GC rider still not on the sheet.
Ardila didn't start?
Worse than expected: Sivakov, Ayuso & Ciccone and basically every GC rider still not on the sheet.
Ardila didn't start?
I think i know why.
@F_Cance doesn't agree
- Apr 10, 2019
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Ciccone being clearly weaker than Atwan is a bit of a surprise for me, but it's the first race of the season.Better than expected: Vlasov, Rodriguez & Tolhoek.
Worse than expected: Sivakov, Ayuso & Ciccone and basically every GC rider still not on the sheet.
Ardila didn't start?
I think i know why.
@F_Cance doesn't agree
remco is an exciting rider.
the fact that he has no finishing sprint makes him arguably even more exciting because the whole world knows he will have to drop everyone to win...and he still does.
this was a signature remco attack: just as everyone have exhausted themselves attacking, he bursts out and then TTs (reminiscent of poland stage win and others). I think it feeds the narrative of the "fans"/haters who complain that no one is "trying". That is because they already have and are at their absolute limit.
side note:
don't think ayuso was disappointing at all.
19 years old (first pro race, no?)
only a minute back.
the fact that he has no finishing sprint makes him arguably even more exciting because the whole world knows he will have to drop everyone to win...and he still does.
this was a signature remco attack: just as everyone have exhausted themselves attacking, he bursts out and then TTs (reminiscent of poland stage win and others). I think it feeds the narrative of the "fans"/haters who complain that no one is "trying". That is because they already have and are at their absolute limit.
side note:
don't think ayuso was disappointing at all.
19 years old (first pro race, no?)
only a minute back.
- Sep 2, 2011
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Lol Ayuso disappointing. You guys are unreal.
Ciccone said in an interview that he would start at a lower level this season because his Programme is so heavy between March-July.
- Apr 10, 2019
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- Jun 7, 2011
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Personally i didn't say he was disappointing. I said worse than expected, there's a big difference imho. It was the first stage, rather short after the winterbreak and you would expect him to be very motivated to show himself. The final climb was short and not very steep. I wouldn't even say it was disappointing if he lost 5 minutes. But i did expect him to be slightly better than someone like Honoré or Tolhoek. Granted, both of them did better than i would have expected as well.
- Jul 7, 2013
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Now Juan knows that keeping up with Fatacar is not enough. Try the same with Fatpoel!
- Jun 7, 2011
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I agree that Remco doesn't look very skinny atm.
i agree. he looked "compact" to put it lightly. bodes well, i hope, that he plans to shed pounds slowly while not losing watts.
- May 8, 2014
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Great start of the season for Remco. He has really become a master of timing his attack to perfection, so it becomes a one and done. One big acceleration is enough and everybody is beaten. I'm surprised Valverde didn't even try to follow. Probably wasn't strong enough. Vlasov also very good.
Edit:
I'm curious to see what impact Remco's attack would have in a bigger race with stronger teams and against the biggest GC stars. But we've come to the point where I'd back him in a short stage race against anybody but the Slovenian superstar duo. And even against them under the right circumstances, I wouldn't be shocked if he wins.
Edit:
I'm curious to see what impact Remco's attack would have in a bigger race with stronger teams and against the biggest GC stars. But we've come to the point where I'd back him in a short stage race against anybody but the Slovenian superstar duo. And even against them under the right circumstances, I wouldn't be shocked if he wins.
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Nice performance also by DSM‘s Florian Stork. He showed breakthrough performances at the two MTFs in UAE Tour 2021, and afterwards crashed heavily. He seems to be back on the way to his best shape.
Yeah, I am almost lost for words...
Top 10 or thereabouts in this race would be a very good start to the season and something to build on.
It is a decent field in this race.
- Jun 7, 2011
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- Apr 10, 2019
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- Jun 7, 2011
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- 20,309
- 28,180
- Apr 10, 2019
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- 15,990
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Yeah, but that was a race with lots of ccrosswinds action.
- Feb 21, 2019
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Great performance by Evenepoel today, can't wait to see him with this sort of shape in Tirreno, Itzulia and the Ardennes classics.
- Apr 3, 2016
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- Jun 7, 2011
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Ayuso has sucked everyone dry!
Yes, he was very good. Will be interesting to see this and next year. I have a feeling the longer climb tomorrow might be even better for him?
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