Critérium du Dauphiné 2025, June 8 - 15

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Bolder

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Salvarani said:
Great observations.

And yes, Vinge looked alright riding his own tempo on the climb. Composed as you say. The facial expressions only happened when he got close to the finish line.
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He looked "alright," not easy and settled. At one point he narrowed the gap to around 7-10 seconds and then Pog just upped the tempo a bit and it was 15-20 seconds. Making that junction would have been a huge psychological boost if nothing else. What I saw was Pog not bothered a bit after a 5 second effort to drop Jonas. If Jonas could have caught Pog he would have.

I'm still not sure, however, why Pog gave up 15 seconds in the last 500 meters. Anything could happen today; seems odd not to push hard to the line. So either Jonas saved one last burst of energy or Pog bonked a tiny bit or lost focus. Sure, Pog likely has no problems with Jonas/Visma today and even attacks at the end for the stage/GC combo, but that was essentially a small gift to Jonas yesterday.
 
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Bolder said:
I'm still not sure, however, why Pog gave up 15 seconds in the last 500 meters. Anything could happen today; seems odd not to push hard to the line. So either Jonas saved one last burst of energy or Pog bonked a tiny bit or lost focus. Sure, Pog likely has no problems with Jonas/Visma today and even attacks at the end for the stage/GC combo, but that was essentially a small gift to Jonas yesterday.
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It was mostly arrogant I think, a spit on the face of the competition, look how easy it is I'm not even pushing it to the max. Also it was a bit stupid, what if he has some problem today towards the end of the stage and loses a few minutes. They chase like crazy and pog goes überalien on the final climb, but Jonas ends up winning with 40s+bonuses, then that "show off" would have costed him the whole race. It's very unlikely, but anything can always happen. So not smart to gift free seconds to the competition.
 
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Bolder said:
I'm still not sure, however, why Pog gave up 15 seconds in the last 500 meters. Anything could happen today; seems odd not to push hard to the line.
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He rode yesterday like he doesnt consider JV an equal anymore. He's always been anxious to take every little advantage he can get against him. Now I think he's confident the game is all on his raquet. Also, its clear his main aim for the dauphine was to verify his level is there with that being clear on friday his main goal now is just to make sure not to overexcert himself and put his shape in jeopardy.
 
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