Be interesting to see how aggressive he gets in the mountains with the Tour in mind. the TT has won him the race already as long as he avoids the usual pitfalls. He really only has to ride defensively but he won't of course.........
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as mentioned earlier on, Bora always tends to save themselves a bit when there's an ITT before a mountain stage. Schachmann also confirmed that in an interview.
Didn't see pictures of Martinez at the finish, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a more controlled effort than from O'Connor, for example, who left everything on the road.
edit: here's an interview with Martinez, but I don't speak Spanish, so no idea if he brought up anything about it
View: https://x.com/DeportesRCN/status/1791852403991470567
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No aggression expected IMO. He's sitting comfortably in the lead. He may do some small solo one day (max. a few km, maybe even tomorrow or in the Dolomites) but other than that only staying in wheels and sprinting if there's a chance for victory.
I hope not. I mean even if he uses one of the mtn stages as high intensity training he will distance the others.
Yeah I think Pogacar's TT was very good. Mou's prophecies were a bit exaggerated but 30s to Ganna in a stage like today is excellent, really.
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Top-10 in GC over the two ITTs put together (72.0 km):
- Pogi: 1h27'15" (49.5 km/h)
- Thomas +2'45"
- Martinez +3'05"
- O'Connor +3'03"
- Tiberi +2'11"
- Arensman +1'38"
- Zana +4'37"
- Bardet +5'45"
- Fortunato +6'58"
- Baudin +7'10"
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Nice to see Ganna win, he was emotional in the interview. He really suffers the pressure the italian media puts on him.
It's also interesting that Cioni said in the post race show that is numbers today were similar to those he pushed in the WCC*, actually a little less today because the slight downhill in the final made it harder to achieve high power.
* I think he was reffering to last year, but i'm not totally sure about that
It's also interesting that Cioni said in the post race show that is numbers today were similar to those he pushed in the WCC*, actually a little less today because the slight downhill in the final made it harder to achieve high power.
* I think he was reffering to last year, but i'm not totally sure about that
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Think of Pog's weight compared to Ganna's. Had the Slovenian beaten the Italian I'd have thought that's even too much for the new Merckx (which he isn't because Merckx, Hinault, Lemond could have won such a TT even against the best specialist, not to mention Indurain).
I believe because they only made that one version of the TT suit, no?
I like the two-color scheme than all pink (or all yellow). When they do the all pink or all yellow skinsuits it looks like they’re going on stage with Abba.
Thomas pushed such a big gear so am I not surprised if he may have lost some in the end vs someone like Martinez, who has finished both TTs really well tbf.
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Congrats to Filippo Ganna, I am always happy to see a TT specialist put the GC guys in their place on such a course. Magnus Sheffied was a bit disappointing.
Pog rode a very strong TT. 52.7kph for 35 minutes. Pre race predictions of 30 seconds down proved accurate. A 3:41 lead it will be interesting if anyone has the confidence to attack him in the mountains. Pogacar will likely ride within his limits now to conserve for the TdF. But there will be more pressure on his UAE team.
For best of the rest, I think most rode as expected. We thought Arensman would do a good ride, likewise Thomas rode about exactly as expected. A solid ride from Ben O'Conner on such a course. I suppose Martinez was slightly slower than expected but he still has a 39 sec gap to Thomas on GC. But really 3rd to 10th the gaps were small.
Pog rode a very strong TT. 52.7kph for 35 minutes. Pre race predictions of 30 seconds down proved accurate. A 3:41 lead it will be interesting if anyone has the confidence to attack him in the mountains. Pogacar will likely ride within his limits now to conserve for the TdF. But there will be more pressure on his UAE team.
For best of the rest, I think most rode as expected. We thought Arensman would do a good ride, likewise Thomas rode about exactly as expected. A solid ride from Ben O'Conner on such a course. I suppose Martinez was slightly slower than expected but he still has a 39 sec gap to Thomas on GC. But really 3rd to 10th the gaps were small.
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Pathetic. Bring your son to the hot seat.I have this to say
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No, but to finish higher. Sheffield was tipped for a strong ride after the first TT. But he finished only 10 secs ahead of Martinez.
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Congratulations to Filippo Ganna for winning the ITT.
At first intermediate Ganna was like no, not this again. Then slowly he started to realize this is the day he was waiting for for so long. Among GC riders Pogi in a league of his own. If Ganna would hesitate for a second, to go all in today, Pogi would have beaten him. Thomas and Arensman great in regards to GC and i feel that although Martínez lost a place he still is in a good position to take the fight to Ineos.
At first intermediate Ganna was like no, not this again. Then slowly he started to realize this is the day he was waiting for for so long. Among GC riders Pogi in a league of his own. If Ganna would hesitate for a second, to go all in today, Pogi would have beaten him. Thomas and Arensman great in regards to GC and i feel that although Martínez lost a place he still is in a good position to take the fight to Ineos.
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Yep, as Amracer says. He would likely have been 3rd without crash. At worst 4th, I think.
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Agree. I think Ganna was a bit disappointed after the first TT when Pog overhauled him at the end. Today sets the record straight.
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