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Velolover2

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Martinez is gonna win this if Ineos decides to drill it. They have the team to do the damage. Fraile, Thomas, Yates and Carlos.

I can't see Remco going with the real climbers here.
 
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Netserk

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10 km for the peloton:

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Bonimenier

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Eclipse said:
Linguistically perhaps :)

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6 mins already to the bunch. Interestingly the chase group are losing ground not gaining
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Probably the best thing QS can do. If Martinez thinks he'll need the boniseconds, Ineos will have to chase.
 
Eclipse

Eclipse

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Bonimenier said:
Probably the best thing QS can do. If Martinez thinks he'll need the boniseconds, Ineos will have to chase.
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I was meaning the group with Kamna, Ellisonde, Houle etc on the chase group losing time. I had presumed they'd bridge to the leaders pretty easy but they're just slipping back. Maybe the better climbers are saving to try join up on Azurki.
 
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Rackham

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Velolover2 said:
Martinez is gonna win this if Ineos decides to drill it. They have the team to do the damage. Fraile, Thomas, Yates and Carlos.

I can't see Remco going with the real climbers here.
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They'll need to do something at some point because the breakaway gap is growing, i.e. for Quick Step it's in their interest to see the breakaway get to the end & win (to take those bonus seconds). Ineos can't just sit there IMO & hope Evenepoel cracks.
 
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ice&fire

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Basque TV is already on with highlights of yesterday.
The showed live images for a few seconds with Ineos leading the peloton.
 
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Netserk

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With the depth Ineos has, they can play this in a few ways, but the sooner they'll lay down the first cards, the better.
 
Samamba

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Ideal situation with this group ahead tho. Noone dangerous for GC so Ineos needs to do all the work if they want boni's
 
Eclipse

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Rackham said:
They'll need to do something at some point because the breakaway gap is growing, i.e. for Quick Step it's in their interest to see the breakaway get to the end & win (to take those bonus seconds). Ineos can't just sit there IMO & hope Evenepoel cracks.
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I think they can let the break win? It's only 2s they need on Remco and you'd expect Martinez can do that on a day like this,

Frankly I think the safest move for Ineos is to remove Boni possibilities for Vlasov and Vingegaard given the comparatively large gap they need to close.
 
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Armchair Cyclist

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Libertine Seguros said:
Sometimes people say "LS" to reference Lotto-Soudal and I read things like "LS will be going all out for a sprint today" or "LS backing Caleb Ewan all the way" and since a lot of people abbreviate my username I sometimes think "no I'm goddamned not".
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And I spent several years thinking people were greatly overestimating my chances in Grand Tours before I realised they were talking about Contador.
 
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