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Congratulations to Kasper Asgreen for winning the stage from a breakaway.
Nice stage, especially enjoyed the Slovenian part, lovely crowd. The crash unfortunately ruined it for some, was looking forward to a stage win battle in between Rogla and Ciccone, due to Ciccone abandoning it will now be less fun. UAE now with at best two leaders remaining and all in all GC favourites still rather close so week three should be good.
Nice stage, especially enjoyed the Slovenian part, lovely crowd. The crash unfortunately ruined it for some, was looking forward to a stage win battle in between Rogla and Ciccone, due to Ciccone abandoning it will now be less fun. UAE now with at best two leaders remaining and all in all GC favourites still rather close so week three should be good.
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- Nov 5, 2013
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I also have to wonder if seeing the Pink Jersey in the bunch, gave Visma the mental go-ahead to ride as hard as they did?
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When they seen the yellow jersey, of Yates, that gave them wings. Hard to blame them, it's happening through the whole race, for example on stage 9 groups ahead pulled as hard as they could. Do remember some even bragging about it after. So don't expect much gifts on this race, no real respect involved.
- Aug 30, 2010
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DelToro riding with experience of a person beyond his age. He deserves this success.
Why would he deserve it or not deserve it? It’s not an award or honorary degree; he get’s what he accomplishes on the road, nothing more or less.
- Mar 12, 2009
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Simon Yates is no 2 in GC after being top 10 on 1 stage. No 5 to Siena. That's pretty remarkable.
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Because you will get rewarded for making the right decisions. [[content deleted]]
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there's a pothole right in the apex there, visible from the front view, not at all visible from mid pack
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What else do you need?
Close fight for GT, super crazy Mads, Wout back in business, crazy time trial, Ayuso mad, ridiculous circuits...
- Mar 20, 2022
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Different standards. This Giro has been bad, unfortunately for us, some teams (specially Ineos, Lidl) are trying to give us entertainment but the route sucks really bad. So Vegni is the one to blame. And don't forget you said we didn't have a dull stage until now. C'mon, we already had 5 or 6 stages without any significant action.
- Mar 5, 2023
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Brian Holm on Danish Eurosport saying he had a talk with Asgreen about how he dropped his two compatriots in the finale yesterday (which wasn't shown on the broadcast).
He said he was in front on the last descent but didn't gap them there, and he wanted to get away from them, because he didn't know either rider so didn't want a sprint to the line.
He explained when they hit the flat (he was still in front) he was thinking "I can't stand up, if they see me stand up they will react with an acceleration" - so he purposefully dropped the hammer sitting down through a corner, got 5 meters, then the same through a roundabout right after, still sitting down, pulled it out to 10 meters - and then he was gone.
Pretty cool insight into how the riders think on the fly
He said he was in front on the last descent but didn't gap them there, and he wanted to get away from them, because he didn't know either rider so didn't want a sprint to the line.
He explained when they hit the flat (he was still in front) he was thinking "I can't stand up, if they see me stand up they will react with an acceleration" - so he purposefully dropped the hammer sitting down through a corner, got 5 meters, then the same through a roundabout right after, still sitting down, pulled it out to 10 meters - and then he was gone.
Pretty cool insight into how the riders think on the fly
- Sep 2, 2011
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If you have Discovery+ / Eurosport you can watch the attack on the multiscreen feed. Very smart from him.Brian Holm on Danish Eurosport saying he had a talk with Asgreen about how he dropped his two compatriots in the finale yesterday (which wasn't shown on the broadcast).
He said he was in front on the last descent but didn't gap them there, and he wanted to get away from them, because he didn't know either rider so didn't want a sprint to the line.
He explained when they hit the flat (he was still in front) he was thinking "I can't stand up, if they see me stand up they will react with an acceleration" - so he purposefully dropped the hammer sitting down through a corner, got 5 meters, then the same through a roundabout right after, still sitting down, pulled it out to 10 meters - and then he was gone.
Pretty cool insight into how the riders think on the fly
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This book has an interesting chapter on the distinction between earning and deserving.
Meanwhile, I don't think we need rancour here about two terms that are, in common speech, pretty much interchangeable.
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