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Ridiculous road furniture in the final 20km. That traffic sign left unprotected (which led to the Thomas incident) was crazy. If it had been raining, it would have been total carnage.
Milan used a pretty small gear for a sprint, is that normal for him or did he have an issue. I guess it is the latter.
I'd rather cooperate and finish second as opposed to looking at my breakaway companion and finishing 55th.
Great sprint from Pedresen, he was also quite smart getting into Gaviria's draft when Milan was exposed to the wind.
I do think it's good news that the sprint teams proved today that they aren't very strong collectively. Should mean a lot more people will be looking at going into the breakaway on stages 10 and 11, that can only make the race harder and more entertaining.
It didn't last in the end. But still an above average show by the two veterans.
I always thought De Marchi had won a stage before. And today I wish it had been Kirby.
I always thought De Marchi had won a stage before. And today I wish it had been Kirby.
Maybe De Marchi should have pulled at the end, but I still want to applaud him for not handing the victory to Clarke (although they might have been caught anyway).
Strong spritn from Pedersen, who had to close the gap to Gaviria himself, but still managed to keep Milan behind him.
Strong spritn from Pedersen, who had to close the gap to Gaviria himself, but still managed to keep Milan behind him.
Yep. Dunno if it's a record for getting the tripple in the shortest time, after first GT stage win.
Not only unmarked but unmarshalled. Weak effort from the organizers. Can't find one guy with a flag ?
I think she watched cycling since Jacques Anquetil rode his bike...
He's very vanilla, just quite bland and he looks ugly in the bike. He always robs more interesting riders of victories and in the last 2 years he only won in boring ways (worlds and gent wevelgem were good) . And yeah I also don't like these hard men sprinters who can climb, it's annoying to me watching stages where trek or someone similar is drilling the pace so you know the electric sprinters won't get back and the break won't make it. Just makes races a slow wind to an inevitable finish. I don't have any animosity to him as a person but as a rider he is like unseasoned overcooked rice
It may not have been a legendary GT stage but really enjoyed watching today, spectacular scenery and entertaining ending.
On RAI De Marchi said in the last kms tried to keep some energies for the sprint..but he think also it was the good decision because was the only way to beat faster Clarke
On Danish Eurosport they say it's the record. Too complicated for Worre to understand, though.
Tuned back in with 8k to go and the entire finale from there on out was perfectly fine, wide and untechnical, but with enough curves to prevent things from bunching up completely. You just can't avoid road furniture all day, especially not when almost all of the final 40k is in urban areas, so I don't see what RCS should have done differently aside from protecting that traffic sign.
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