Critérium du Dauphiné 2025, June 8 - 15

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Jul 8, 2017
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I don't quite agree to the monuments analogy.

The "top" is wider in the monuments (especially when you consider all 5)

In stage racing there is only 2 (3 if you add flat'ish stage races (and Evenepoel)).
Yes, I could agree with you.
I should have referred to spring classics.

But the main point stays.
MVDP would have 11 or 12 monuments without Pogacar and that wouldn't be much better.
 
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Feb 8, 2023
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I know reading facial expressions is a fool’s game but Pogacar looked so easy there while Vingegaard was dying on the bike. Pogacar was also checking his power meter the whole time it really looked like he was purposely riding within himself vs Vingegaard going all out.
 
May 29, 2019
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He didn't get his own bottle, he got a bottle for Sivakov, then rode casually all the way to the front and handed it off and had a chat with him - to then casually slot back into position in the group.

Maybe you should have watched the race afterall?

Is there a word in Danish for that? Maybe something in the line of Kuss with an additional e and an additional umlaut?
 
Jul 16, 2015
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Agreed, he fought back much better today.

They can still have hope for the last mountains stages at the Tour and the fatigue of a 3 week race hitting Pogacar.

It's a small hope - but it's there.

It seemed like Pog was toying with Vingegaard a bit there. Just measuring his effort according to the gap behind.

Lipowitz closed down 10 seconds or so on Pog at the end as well.
 
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Popi supreme as always. Doesn't even look tired.

Vinge way better than yesterday, time distance to the rest show that.

Remco over 2 minutes back. Yikes.
 
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Evenepoel solid, but not good enough for 3rd place.
After him saying he was in TdF shape i was expecting a bit more.
At the same time his results are in line with last year. Only Lipo relegating him to 4th this time around in the dauphine.

I like evenepoel, but uphill he'll probably always be behind Pogacar and Vingegaard. He's gonna need to take time on mid-mountain stages. Find a way to raid those.
 
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Now he‘s really started softpedalling, probably for the mental knock of celebrating in sight.
Tomorrow he will drop back just to get the chance to attack and drop Vingegaard again at the finish on flat roads.

But he still isn't the arrogant one of the two.
 
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