How do you know he will struggle in the real mountains?He will struggle in the long mountains; he isn’t a real GC threat yet imo. But he was undoubtedly the strongest. Bud is a beast in the making, taking step by step. Awesome ride.
Nobody knows, he's probably just assuming based on his age and inexperience would be my guess. But I think every who doesn't take Del Toro seriously from now will make a big mistake, because I think he's the favorite at this very moment. He was on an exceptional day today obviously, he's allround, so the only question for me would be the 3 high mountain stages and maybe team tactics. But everyone else has question marks as wellHow do you know he will struggle in the real mountains?
I only knew this guy was really strong, but these interviews demonstrate he's an affable cool cat as well. I'll be hoping he continues to do well.
Been looking for someone to root for in this race. Very quick to laugh and easygoing.I only knew this guy was really strong, but these interviews demonstrate he's an affable cool cat as well. I'll be hoping he continues to do well.
The RAI commentary of Garzelli and Panchani highly praised Wout for his tenacity not to abandon the Giro when things looked break. Never mentioned that he was wheelsucking, rather was just at the limit. After the race, interviewed Wout said he was suffering behind Del Toro and just gave everything to hang on up to Piazza del Campo in the hopes of winning the sprint, because he knew the Mexican would get the maglia rossa. Seems legit.Been looking for someone to root for in this race. Very quick to laugh and easygoing.
Always interesting to see how much less the actual riders worry about tactics and wheelsucking than the fans. They get it.
This looks so performative though. I don't necessarily mean they don't mean it, but it just looks so performative. It's not for them, but for the camera forwarded to us who watch them. Maybe in a world they wouldn't have to act a certain way in front of the cameras they still would do it. But here we are watching them feed us.Del Toro is a pure, exceptional talent. Today was just awesome. Even Wout taking the knee to show respect, and him getting the win—just cool. Thumbs up all around!
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YourThis looks so performative though. I don't necessarily mean they don't mean it, but it just looks so performative. It's not for them, but for the camera forwarded to us who watch them. Maybe in a world they wouldn't have to act a certain way in front of the cameras they still would do it. But here we are watching them feed us.
Tbh, the current situation shouldn't be that difficult tactically. Del Toro defends, and Ayuso does not need to wait for Del Toro. It helps there's a TT on Tuesday to give more information before any decisions need to be made.I am curious to see how UAE will proceed. Del Toro in pink was certainly not plan A. Yesterday Jens Voigt, as a motorcycle reporter for Eurosport/TNT, said that Del Toro's spare bike was in the middle of the car. That would indicate that he is in 4th-5th place in the team hierarchy and that the spare bike for the best riders are on the outside.
UAE now has 4 riders in the top 10, so either they actively drive with all 4 and let them attack. Or you settle on 2 leaders. But it's hard to say at the moment. Del Toro, Ayuso, McNulty have not yet proven that they can win 3 weeks. Yates is certainly not plan A at the moment. So it remains to be seen whether Del Toro gets support - and whether he can do 3 weeks. The future looks promising. However, there are slowly too many possible captains at UAE.
It's really quite simple, two guys gave it their all, one got the stage, the other the maglia rossa. Both went to the limit in different ways, both got a prize. They thus were temporarilly brothers in arms and, temporarilly, affectionate comrades...until the war resumes.This looks so performative though. I don't necessarily mean they don't mean it, but it just looks so performative. It's not for them, but for the camera forwarded to us who watch them. Maybe in a world they wouldn't have to act a certain way in front of the cameras they still would do it. But here we are watching them feed us.
TLDR: just autistic knee jerk reaction and musings. No hate.Yourtinfoil hatthinking would make more sense if V-LB posted instead of UAE. "Even though its fake, they could still mean it"...what?!
Yes, there are cameras everywhere and most of it ends up on social media (sometimes manipulated with AI), but real things still happen. In fact, it would have been weird if they didn't interact afterward. Were TP and MvdP also acting after those races when they were joking around?
But they look so awkward 😬 🤣It's really quite simple, two guys gave it their all, one got the stage, the other the maglia rossa. Both went to the limit in different ways, both got a prize. They thus were temporarilly brothers in arms and, temporarilly, affectionate comrades...until the war resumes.
I don't think they had the energy or desire to "do one for the audience on camera" fake take. Besides they embraced immediately after the finish, which amidst the tumult was so fleating that it was bearly caught on camera. Being on the teams they are, they should hate eachother. Instead we saw mutual joy and respect, because two champions put on an exceptional show in a race that will go down in the chronicles for this year. The genuine embraces arrose spontaneously as a result.My musing on cameras is much more just musings, even if I believe there's science to back up that people change in front of a camera.
I'd go with Roglic first Del Toro second and Ayuso third, and small gaps which cause UAE fans to really question that they didn't completely go with just one leader from the beginning of the second week on. TT can totally change this though.I’m on the Del Toro pulling a Damiano Cunego hype train with Ayuso third and Roglic second.
He raced the WC U23 ITT last year, which was longer.It's gonna be the longest TT distance he's ever done. Like in the high mountains, we don't know yet what he's capable of in these TT's.