Il Lombardia 2021 (October 9th)

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Congrats to Poga :beercheers: that's how is done: by a courageous & bolt attack from afar going all the way to the finish line. Also congrats to Masnada for doing what a bike racer is supposed to do, instead of waiting for a lost cause to happen..
truly disappointed by the chasers for playing the "mind games" within 10k to finish -so they got what they deserved by being cowards.
 
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Of course, and that was great too. Thats why Nibali is high up there when it comes to legends of the sport, at least for me.

A little longer ago, Valverde won his fourth monument. A shorter while ago, he was World Champion.
 
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I kinda understand Bardet skipping pulls on the flat, he was the worst sprinter in that group (besides Jonas, but he was riding for Roglic).
 
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Feb 24, 2014
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Tough to dare to follow Pogačar when he takes off.
And the mix in the group just wasn't the right one to hold him on acceptable distance by the top.
Congrats to Masnada. After the bridging, it was too much to expect a complete turnaround.
 
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That's why I still wonder if Masnada was meant to pull where Almeida pulled. Because if you wanted Almeida to last really long he has to go at his own pace (yoyo just like Remco). I don't know how else Almeida would have "waved" for otherwise?
 
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What a race we had, just caught a replay. At one point it really seemed like there might be a sprint finish but the final 35kms were just pure racing. Great race, great winner, great Tadej!


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View: https://twitter.com/VelonCC/status/1446872997214707724?s=20
 
Aug 9, 2021
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Rewatching it now; to me it seems like Almeida drops Remco, then Pog goes, then Almeida waves back at his teammates to chase Pog as he cannot do it himself.

I think Pog maybe waited for Remco to get dropped? Who else would have chased Pog?

QS should be really lucky Masnada was as strong as he was because the tactics was so weird! Had they counted on Masnada it would have made more sense, but now really Masnada saved all of their asses while riding for himself.
 
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Rewatching it now; to me it seems like Almeida drops Remco, then Pog goes, then Almeida waves back at his teammates to chase Pog as he cannot do it himself.

I think Pog maybe waited for Remco to get dropped? Who else would have chased Pog?

QS should be really lucky Masnada was as strong as he was because the tactics was so weird!

I just think Pog dared to go for it and when nobody could follow he gave it all.
 
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Also, once again L'Equipe embarassed La Gazzetta when it came to giving a big race the pre-race hype it deserved and this time it even was an RCS race...
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