tobydawq said:Did you see who was 10th?![]()
jaylew said:Lulu likely takes that if it's 10 meters more.
Ferminal said:Getting dropped by a peloton trying its hardest not to catch the break.
he was 7th on the stage to Uraidla last yearRobert5091 said:
Tim Booth said:he was 7th on the stage to Uraidla last yearRobert5091 said:
1 Sagan Peter
2 Impey Daryl
3 Sánchez Luis León
4 Ulissi Diego
5 McCarthy Jay
6 Devenyns Dries
7 Pozzovivo Domenico
WheelofGear said:Who would win a sprint between Pozzovivo and Porte? That is the real question.
tobydawq said:WheelofGear said:Who would win a sprint between Pozzovivo and Porte? That is the real question.
I think Porte. He would have won the three-man sprint against Fuglsang and Froome if Froome hadn't closed the door on him. Plus, he has proven his explosivity on many occasions.
Pozzovivo is much better at positioning and can in that way actually get some decent results from small group sprints but in a straight drag-race, I would expect him to lose to Porte.
It's very different, though there is some overlap.WheelofGear said:I've noticed that Pozzovivo can hold a high puncheur-pace for a long time. Sometimes up to 30-40 seconds. But if it comes down to the last couple of 100 metres, he tend to lose momentum.
"Punching" must be another technique than pure sprinting. I don't know if different muscles fibres are involved.
The could very well be a reduced sprint of 10 riders like in the last couple of editions. Evans won the stage solo in front of 10 GC riders, Gerrans outsprinted the favorite group of ten riders as well.WKA311 said:Porte, Woods, Poels, Valgren/Slagter, Sanchez, Ulissi/Pogacar, Devenyns, Impey just from the top of my head. Maybe one of the young Sunweb aussies. It should also suit Prades.
Velolover2 said:The could very well be a reduced sprint of 10 riders like in the last couple of editions. Evans won the stage solo in front of 10 GC riders, Gerrans outsprinted the favorite group of ten riders as well.WKA311 said:Porte, Woods, Poels, Valgren/Slagter, Sanchez, Ulissi/Pogacar, Devenyns, Impey just from the top of my head. Maybe one of the young Sunweb aussies. It should also suit Prades.
If he can hang on and get top 3 tomorrow, he'll probably win the overall. It's gonna be hard for Porte to get 20-30 seconds back in the headwind on Willunga.WKA311 said:Velolover2 said:The could very well be a reduced sprint of 10 riders like in the last couple of editions. Evans won the stage solo in front of 10 GC riders, Gerrans outsprinted the favorite group of ten riders as well.WKA311 said:Porte, Woods, Poels, Valgren/Slagter, Sanchez, Ulissi/Pogacar, Devenyns, Impey just from the top of my head. Maybe one of the young Sunweb aussies. It should also suit Prades.
Yes, thats the group pf riders I would expect to make up such a group. Will be interesting to see if Bevin can hang on.
DVP was never a pure sprinter. He is more comparable to Colbrelli, Cort and Trentin. Such a stage is good for him.shalgo said:Impressive that DVP was able to make it in the lead group.