no, no, it is absolutely the way to go. QS did it throughout last year's vuelta to take away bonus possibilities from Rog.
my point is that only 18 months ago, no one believed Remco would ever be able to sprint at all.
my point is that only 18 months ago, no one believed Remco would ever be able to sprint at all.
- Aug 31, 2019
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Ayoso is something special.
Skjelmose got the overall win in his hands, but its not over.
Remcos form is not very good, as we’ve seen 3 days in a row. Seems unrealistic to expect him deliver a normal level TT on Sunday.
Skjelmose got the overall win in his hands, but its not over.
Remcos form is not very good, as we’ve seen 3 days in a row. Seems unrealistic to expect him deliver a normal level TT on Sunday.
- Jul 18, 2020
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- May 5, 2010
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His Covid-TT was good enough to win... So, I'm not really counting him out.
- Mar 5, 2023
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- 12,180
He's clearly gotten faster since, we saw that in the Giro too.
The best riders work on their weaknesses, much like Froome used to be a crap descender, and ended up using it as a weapon.
- Aug 31, 2019
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Yes but winning and taking back the time he need is two different things. Doesn’t matter if he win and 5 guys are within 15 seconds and Skjelmose is one of them.
- Jun 7, 2011
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And Evenepoel in questionable form gaining 50+ seconds on Ayuso yesterday tells us something about natural talent on different climbs, right?
OMFG lol.
Clearly worse how? Yesterday he was dropped repeatedly but came back, in the end he lost over a minute to Gall. Today he lost over a minute to Ayuso, 22 seconds to Gall and 28 seconds to Skjelmose who mainly rode away on the descent. He was just as bad as he was yesterday. Nothing more, nothing less.
- Dec 27, 2015
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- Aug 31, 2019
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I think he went off on the descent but can't be 100% sure
Hopefully it's a bit lost in translation and it's just surface injuries because that tweet doesn't sound promising at all
Someone's saying he had to be airlifted and there are pictures of a helicopter
wasn't he in front of Remco? or did i misunderstood that from a few pages before.
Yesterday at least 10 riders were better than Ayuso. Not just Evenepoel. Today Ayuso was by far the best. So yes, that does tell us something about his talent for this particular type of climb. It's a different ballgame, one which (apparently) Ayuso is naturally really good at.
- Sep 20, 2017
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Nothing new for Powless to ride like an idiot in a stage race, yet he is more sensible in a one day race.
- Jun 7, 2011
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Exactly, so Ayuso getting dropped by your grandma yesterday, must tell us something about his natural talent on such a climb.
Neither is in form, they will not be able to perform consistently.
So yes, because Skjelmose was in front of Remco group.
so i'm assuming Remco group saw the result of that crash.. (So its not unlikely he took in more safety after seeing it)
- Aug 29, 2009
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maybe, yeah, but he also wasn't exactly in great company. Cian isn't a good descender, at least, and Teuns didn't have much to fight for.
- Apr 26, 2023
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These results may not speak about Ayuso or Remco's talent, but this take speaks a lot about your ability to distinguish aleatory effects on rider performances
Remco needs to win tomorrow in the uphill sprint on the classics stage in order to get within striking distance for the TT Sunday.
His awful descent put him behind the 8 ball
His awful descent put him behind the 8 ball
- Apr 26, 2023
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Let's hope they both make it out of this. This crazy fast descends are always scary to watch
Not saying he would have descended like Savoldelli, but loosing 10seconds less for example.. (If that crash changed their opinion on the descend)
- May 10, 2015
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Damn I'm annoyed by Ewan possibly being out for the Tour and then you read about Mader. A million times worse. Hoping he's somewhat ok.
- Sep 20, 2017
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Evenepoel now claiming this descent was too dangerous to race. Which is absolutely stupid, because a) this descent finish has been used repeatedly in the past, and b) if this descent was too narrow, sinuous, steep or in any other way technical then we can't have descents anywhere because this road was wider and in better shape than your average HC climb. Yes, I understand emotions are high after what appears to have happened to Mäder, but simply not doing descent finishes is not the solution.
I think Evenepoel's performances are quite consistent, actually. He's been pretty much the same level all race. Not great, not awful either.
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