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Itzulia Basque Country 2024, April 1-6

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Kirby gets a bee in his bonnet about certain riders and that is all we hear all day every day

Don't get me started on his Manny Buckman quips...He talks like he is best mates with 'Manny' and knows all his thoughts and brings him up everytime he can
At least since Hayter is there he hasn‘t mentioned Omar Fraile as a potential winner for every stage.
 
And Hayter is actually better off targetting the gc at smaller stage races than trying to sprint...
How is he going to manage that, when he is lingering at the back all day every day? One split in the peloton and he loses minutes. He is a catastrophe when it comes to positioning. Best he could do is focus on 10-20k ITT's when Ganna, Evenepoel, Roglic... aren't there.
 
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How is he going to manage that, when he is lingering at the back all day every day? One split in the peloton and he loses minutes. He is a catastrophe when it comes to positioning. Best he could do is focus on 10-20k ITT's when Ganna, Evenepoel, Roglic... aren't there.
In 2022 he won the gc in Poland and was 15th in the Dauphine. So it's not that much of a stretch to have him target easier, small stage races.

But yeah, you are't wrong when it comes to his positioning...
 
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love the sarcasm! ;)
It is no sacarmas this time

it is going to be important every second at this Itzulia. ussually when the race finished at Arrate, 10 people get there with the same or smilar time. Except Vingegard can make what he did last year, and this year he has better rivals, so really difficult, the race will be decided by bonus
 
why F1?
why not pick other sports where if u hurt yourself the game stops and we wait
Because it's cycling. Should the race stop after every crash? Ridiculous. It has never been so. Racing is racing and crashes are part of it, you race on. Now, if the peloton deems it just to not go full gas after a crash to let the race leader back in the bunch, then it's only because of a contemporary sense of "fair play," but it's not been historically the case.
 
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