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Just needs an half-decent lead out and I think a win is coming his way in this Tour... if he manages to take advantage of the few remaining opportunities.
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He'll be very happy if/when Rickaert returns to his old self next year after his injuries. Especially since he won't have to share him with Merlier anymore.
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Finally that TdF stage wins. A lot more to come in the future.
Survived the climb at the front, looked strong there. First victory in the Tour after 8 times podium, so deserved this one! Champs-Elysées next!
Third bunch sprint win, and finally a stage win too.
Well deserved. Appeared already to be one of the fastest in both of the opening sprint stages, but started from far due to a bad lead out and badly taken corners.
It seems he is climbing better than ever too. Hang on pretty far in Longwy and Lausanne. Good indications for Wollongong or Belgium will go all-in for WVA?
It seems he is climbing better than ever too. Hang on pretty far in Longwy and Lausanne. Good indications for Wollongong or Belgium will go all-in for WVA?
A sprinter in the bunch allows Van Aert better options as an attacker.
The top reply from his 2nd place post up is a really cool dude!
No doubt about that!
No.
But for example 8 stage victories would be considered 'many' by 99 % of the peloton.
Saitama Criterium is a race made for sprinters and Philipsen was the stronger fast man in the race.
Like in 2017 where Froome and Barguil tried relentlessly but in the end the Manx Missile beated some locals in fine form in the figure of Fumiyuki Beppu and Yusuke Hatanaka, fearless riders who knew the route like the back of their hands, or like in 2019 when Yukiya Arashiro was the natural winner as the fastest rider of the trio of him, Bernal and Roglic, today Philipsen was the natural winner in this route which favors sprinters attacking with two slow dudes.
The only exception is 2018, when Valverde (despite what the official Saitama Criterium website says, giving the win to Sagan) won in another display of his traditional all or nothing attacking style, carrying in the form from the World Championships to beat Geraint Thomas, Yukiya Arashiro and more importantly, Vincenzo Nibali, who retires without a single podium in Saitama Criterium.
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