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I'll repeat what I said last year with Pog instead of Bernal.
I get that such a young rider only enters one GT per season to avoid burn out, but 1 GT win + 1 GT podium > 1 GT win, no matter what GTs are on each side of the equation.
So at Het Volk Greg was so scared that he out sprinted him, and at GW and E3 he was even more scared that he dropped him earlier...
Look, I like Sagan way more than Van Avermaet, but there's no chance he was the stronger one in the spring of 2017.
Humble guy..OK I found it,
Van Avermaet: 'I was the smartest rider rather than the strongest' | Cyclingnews.com
Belgian credits strategy over strength after second straight Omloop victorywww.cyclingnews.com