Hilly route, strongest team f*cks up, Rui Costa wins?
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Ben Healy is the Irish version of Thomas De Gendt, when he has his day he can do some weird stuff.Hilly route, strongest team f*cks up, Rui Costa wins?
Costa is a damn idiot.
Hilly route, strongest team f*cks up, Rui Costa wins?
A winning idiot lolCosta is a damn idiot.
Brilliant, almost managed to fumble a definitive win but is saved because Healy throws everything out of the window and decides to empty the tank for podium. What a masterclass from Costa, tactical genius.Well, he just did what he had to do to win.
Brilliant, almost managed to fumble a definitive win but is saved because Healy throws everything out of the window and decides to empty the tank for podium. What a masterclass from Costa, tactical genius.
If he had taken the lead of the group, he wouldn't have won.Brilliant, almost managed to fumble a definitive win but is saved because Healy throws everything out of the window and decides to empty the tank for podium. What a masterclass from Costa, tactical genius.
Brilliant, almost managed to fumble a definitive win but is saved because Healy throws everything out of the window and decides to empty the tank for podium. What a masterclass from Costa, tactical genius.
Yet, at the same time, it would have been a completely different sprint, a sprint on explosiveness, which he always wins against Vervaeke, if he did normal turns. He got bailed out by Healy, a factor not in his control nor something he ever counted on, I am quite sure of.Considering how close Vervaeke was to winning the sprint, I doubt Costa would have won if he had led all the way to the finish.
Yet, at the same time, it would have been a completely different sprint, a sprint on explosiveness, which he always wins against Vervaeke, if he did normal turns. He got bailed out by Healy, a factor not in his control nor something he ever counted on, I am quite sure of.
We'll obviously never know, but Costa didn't look like he had plenty of power left by the end, which I assume is the explanation for how he rode the final kilometres.
Brian Holm on Danish ES had a good chuckle thinking about what PL's reaction would be to his team's performance.
The team performed great in this race though... they were by far the strongest and had strength in numbers.
Yes, mistakes were made tactically but those can be corrected. Was the radio even working? Either way, nothing that causes any concerns in a training race.
Probably more worried about Van Wilder. Was it a bad crash? Will he be out again for a few weeks/months?
Wow.. 49 riders DNF, most likely because of the bad weather.
The team performed great in this race though... they were by far the strongest and had strength in numbers.