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Might be just because there's no point in remembering boring races.
Apparently G had no feeling in his right hand when changing gears. That weather was a bit brutal tbh.
Hard to really gauge form when the weather is so extreme that the end results seemed to be more influenced by how well their bodies reacted to the conditions than how good their climbing legs currently are.
Hja, have to disagree. You can check the average speed on final climb. Very fast, for such a long climb. That was good indication of climbing performance
I would suggest the stage demonstrated both yes it was fast, but clearly some riders were struggling with the conditions.
I'd be pushing harder too in that weather. Anything to warm up!
Just finished watching the stage. Wow, so many LOLs today.
First I have to say, I'm very happy for Woods. He is in the shape of his life right now. Too bad he crashed in Itzulia. I would have liked to see, how he had fared against Rogla and Pogi on climbs most suited to him. I expect big things from him going forward.
Like many have said, it was vintage Thomas what happened to him in the last 100m. I was in between of feeling sorry for him or laugh, so I did both. Having said that, I've never imagined, I'd be this excited, when I saw him riding this well today. Really. I've never particularly cared about him, but when he disappeared from the Soler/Porte group and then after a couple of minutes we suddenly saw him chasing Woods, it put a huge smile on my face. I guess I just want him and Ineos to be very competitive in the Tour to put up a good fight. And after today I'm positive they'll be competitive. Thomas is on the right track, Carapaz lately rarely misjudges his preparation for a GT, Tao showed big improvement in LBL and Porte will be his usual self.
Ride of the day for Cort. He was immense today. But luckily for the organisers, he got caught. Imagine what would have happened, if he won today and wins the GC tomorrow.
First I have to say, I'm very happy for Woods. He is in the shape of his life right now. Too bad he crashed in Itzulia. I would have liked to see, how he had fared against Rogla and Pogi on climbs most suited to him. I expect big things from him going forward.
Like many have said, it was vintage Thomas what happened to him in the last 100m. I was in between of feeling sorry for him or laugh, so I did both. Having said that, I've never imagined, I'd be this excited, when I saw him riding this well today. Really. I've never particularly cared about him, but when he disappeared from the Soler/Porte group and then after a couple of minutes we suddenly saw him chasing Woods, it put a huge smile on my face. I guess I just want him and Ineos to be very competitive in the Tour to put up a good fight. And after today I'm positive they'll be competitive. Thomas is on the right track, Carapaz lately rarely misjudges his preparation for a GT, Tao showed big improvement in LBL and Porte will be his usual self.
Ride of the day for Cort. He was immense today. But luckily for the organisers, he got caught. Imagine what would have happened, if he won today and wins the GC tomorrow.
Be careful what you wish for - good fight may end in the win.
Joke!
It's good to see him all good again!
Well, it wasn't that exciting until today's stage. And today there was almost no chance for the stage to be boring. Every time you have a combination of a hard stage and extremely bad weather, you have a recipe for a good stage. Seriously, I can't remember when was the last time we had a bad stage with rain, cold and demanding stage/race profile.
Also Ben O'Connor, what a ride. This has to be his best climbing performance by a huge margin. Does he particularly like cold and wet conditions, does anybody know?
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He’s from Perth, I’d imagine even seeing the rain has a similar novelty value to him as it does to my Californian kids, and he’s just delighted to get to spend a day riding his bike through every puddle in Switzerland.
I think he can. His TT is bad of course, but I trust only Thomas and Porte to jump him. The others behind him are also mediocre TT riders or are too far behind.
Soler also has a good shot at overtaking him, imo.
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If Soler has good form he can do a good time trial. His Paris-Nice win was partly because of a very good time trial putting him back into contention. His issue, yet again, is his inconsistency. (Which is why I still think he'd make a great stage hunter.)
going by the radar, rain should come around 13:30-14:00 today. Could mix things up quite a bit for the GC contenders
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