I think so. He wouldnt have lost much today, if he didnt have to sacrifice himself and with the harder stages is coming he would have been one of the strongest towards the end, while others might have cracked.
I thing 5 pounds is too much, but I'm no expert at exact numbers
Of course is for something, Remco is still second on GC. Landa was signed to help him and he is here and at le Tour to sacrifice his options, and at la Vuelta to look a good GC.Yeah, it is sad to see such a great rider like Landa having to do this. He could podium this race and now having to sacrifice himself instead, for what? Sad day for Landa and cycling fans
Hopefully common sense prevails and Landa is freed in the Tour.
Depends, if Remco actually improves during the race and looses some weight before the Tour things might change.
Remco should ride Tour for stages and maybe get the yellow jersey on the opening weekend. Probably will lose it come stage 4 or some time later.
1 to 2 kg? What for? To fight for a top 10? He'll need to get rid of a lot more than that, but time is up, and that's not happening.
These top pros are eating a diet that can't really be turned up and down that easy from what I have read. When I travel often I have choice between not eating or eating something not great that's available. Don't know what Remco is generating but his watts to kilo ratio is still pretty good and the winter\ spring ramp up in volume had to collapse because of his crash and related injuries. After the close call in massive crash, Remco is not looking bad, looks to have good form despite being a little plump. 3 weeks away still.. Remco was surprisingly human in the time trial and the excellent time turned in by Roglic has to be a concern.. Don't think anyone is climbing at the quality and consistency of Pogacar. Visma looks a little scattered.
Because it wasn’t just a group ride till the last 500 meters. De Plus & Vlasov attack looked like it could somewhere and then peloton fragmented behind. At one there was action to watch at 4 points along the climb: Vlasov pushing on, Roglic in chase group, Remco sheding time in Group 3 (or 4), and watching to see how much blood Grégoire would lose by the finish line
I know we all need to love and support Landa, but it’s strange to bring this up in this race circumstance: not only is the team leadership very clear, in this case his teammate was in the yellow jersey so of course he’s going to stay to help Remco.
Canada Geeses are pests.
His form is good, his weight is not. I see plenty of pros who don't turn into Chubby Checkers after they crashed and need to stay off the bike a few weeks. It's always the same with him. And there is no way he can lose the weight needed in time to be competitive in the TDF. I had hoped he/they learned their lesson in the Vuelta, but apparently not.
Of all the races, this stage seemed the least fitting to wave the Free Landa banner (except in joking but you’re serious). Also if he was “climbing with the best” as you say why wasn’t he pulling time back on Vlasov when he was leading the Remco group?
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