Itzulia Basque Country 2023 (April 3-8)

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Think that Schmid cost Sobrero the win - Sobrero followed Schmid's wheel who stuffed up the last 600 metres.
 
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Why did Bagioli work for Schmid? He was stronger today and can sprint after such a stage. Don't get this why you still try for Schmid when he got dropped before.
Higuita favorite in this group, congrats.
 
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Never seen someone close the door so hard only to sprint that badly, but it's whatever. Nice win for Higuita after getting chopped the other day.

We're lucky yesterday way overdelivered cause this Itzulia has been very lethargic.
 
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Apr 10, 2019
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Think that Schmid cost Sobrero the win - Sobrero followed Schmid's wheel who stuffed up the last 600 metres.
Yeah, Sobrero is in great shape right now. That said, Bagioli could have won the stage if he didn't have to work for Schmid...
3rd consecutive stage top 10 for Gall.
 
Jan 10, 2019
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No he's listed for the Vuelta. Jumbo seem to not wanna use him too much as a GT domestique yet, cause they see more potential in him.

He's also not done that much in the high mountains for them either.
He's also been dropped from the Giro squad so he could focus on the classics.
 
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No he's listed for the Vuelta. Jumbo seem to not wanna use him too much as a GT domestique yet, cause they see more potential in him.

He's also not done that much in the high mountains for them either.

Wasn't it the plan that he shouldn't ride any GTs this year?
 
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Vingaard keeps going for bonus sprints because he is scared of Landa. Mikel is a man of the sport , he want to win this race in the honourable way by making an attack, not on the bonus seconds
Yet Vingo has 2 stage wins and Landa Zero.....
 
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I think tomorrow teams should attack from the beginning and test Jumbo. The stage ist perfect for that. Riding like Jayo and Ineos in the last days doesn't make sense. Vingegaard is the strongest, the only chance to beat him is chaos.
 
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I think Higuita is strong enough these days to mix it with Vingegaard and Landa tomorrow, but he starts every freakin climb back in Andalucia. I was wondering if it's him or the team as they don't have a very strong squad here, but today there postioning was very good... but Higuita was missing behind Buchmanns wheel for the most time. I think it's a peletion riding IQ thing or he doesn't take risks and then gets pushed out of place. In 3 to 4 occasions this week he was at critical points either in the wheel of Buchmann or Aleotti but then didn't go with there accelerations to drift back into the Peleton to a random wheel. Positioning also cost him a lot at Lombardia and LBL last year. Ok Bora don't have guys like Denz, Haller, Politt or Konrad here who can really push hard into a climb in the positioning battle but I thought Lipowitz and Aleotti did a good job today but Higuita seemed to be freelancing or loosing the wheel

Higuita is such a strong rider. Like e.g. Gaudu he is one of the few riders that can really mix it with the top talent on his day, but he isn't consistent enough, bad at positioning and really not on his top level in GTs. That being said he's winning a lot or getting Top results. I hope Bora brings him to the Ardennes but they need to figure out how they can guide him to the front of the race better.