I think if Sky let EBH go FTW he will win. Otherwise i shall say Ciolek to beat Bozic and Degenkolb. The sprinters teams will be desperate to win.
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For me it seems it's the other way around. All Sky riders are told to work 100% for Wiggins. No joking around and getting lousy stage wins.Swede1 said:I think ill go with matthews just because there don't seem to be many top sprinters in this race. The best sprinters are probably ebh, degenkolb, matthews, and howard (maybe ciolek). EBH would be the obvious choice except that he seems to not care about even trying in the sprints.
taiwan said:To be clear, in California he was beaten by both of them.
Would be illogical if they let him go for the win here and not on stage 1, which suited him so much more. But I guess logic is not Sky's speciality, so we'll see. But I doubt he'll win anyway, because he certainly won't be getting any leadout.greenedge said:I think if Sky let EBH go FTW he will win. Otherwise i shall say Ciolek to beat Bozic and Degenkolb. The sprinters teams will be desperate to win.
Wilba60 said:Understand that but form is a relative word and in context. For Howard this means that coming from the World Cup on track where he had excellent speed but very little road racing to one race pre California Tour, he was going very well to be up very close to those two, who have had plenty of racing. I think he would have had a real crack at them in the final stage in California but instead did the lead out for Robbie McEwan's final race, which didn't pan out but good on him for doing that.
On top of California he had a very good prologue here and then was a bit stiff to miss the final group when he punctured 5km from the base of the final climb in Stage 1.
Who is favourite in this stage may be related to what type of finish it is and who will have team mates helping in the last 5kms. Durbridge or Meyer would seem to be the best lead out men for Howard but not sure if they will be getting Turbo to go easy in prep for the Time Trial tomorrow.
maltiv said:Would be illogical if they let him go for the win here and not on stage 1, which suited him so much more. But I guess logic is not Sky's speciality, so we'll see. But I doubt he'll win anyway, because he certainly won't be getting any leadout.
cineteq said:A typical sign of insecurity. He's up there with Cav.
TourOfSardinia said:I missed it: is there a video clip of the last Wig soundbite?
Ferminal said:Degenkolb doesn't really have the acceleration to ever be a certainty in a sprint.
Wilba60 said:Who is favourite in this stage may be related to what type of finish it is and who will have team mates helping in the last 5kms. Durbridge or Meyer would seem to be the best lead out men for Howard but not sure if they will be getting Turbo to go easy in prep for the Time Trial tomorrow.
Possibly, he meant Sunday was the day he would win the young rider's jersey. It's not clear what he meant except that he clearly didn't think he had a chance today as the course was not hilly enough to get rid of the pure sprinters.roundabout said:No way. According to our resident mountain stage expert Sunday's stage is far too difficult for riders like Gallopin.