Evans learned his lesson from the year before while Contador went a little early.
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5-7 degrees and rain/sleet is pretty normal everywhere. But I think a big problem for the riders today was that it didn't start out like that, and that some were a bit more prepared or quicker to get themselves properly clothed than others.
Don´t know which part he's referring to. But I am in the northern part and we are still skiing.
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Well, yes, that the whole point, the weather cleared up today towards the end while it did not in 1999 (arguably it got worse as race went on).
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Seems pretty extreme. But actually I've thought about this scenario since I first noticed him at close range in a youth class licenced race; immediate thoughts were that this guy must have extremely low fat percentage and that it must hit him hard on a day when the weather is not exactly a gift for him.
I don’t know why more people can’t see this?
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Cannoth fathom 25 years have gone!
Who has activated the fast forward button!?
I want to go back home!
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All the big power teams on the podium
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he was last to abandon at least, by the look of it. No UAE riders made it to the finish. Same for Ineos, Intermarché and Jayco
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Apparently Teddy called and told them to save themselves for the Sunday labour camp.
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Also, seems not the optimal choice of clothing for these conditions tbh. Full gloves, longer / different trousers and an additional thermo vest maybe could have saved him from this. Hope he recovers fast.
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Maybe just a lukewarm bath first to defrost, ice tub later is optional.So, no need for the ice tub today then?
Folks who have the Sun up all day for months complain about the weatherAs a Norwegian, seeing this weather characterized as 'dantesque' makes me quite jealous of what you non-Arctic people see as normal.
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Looking at the state of Skeljmose, it makes you wonder how he managed to get up the last climb. Well done to him. Now get in that bath!
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Valverde also went earlier and didn’t always wait until it flattened the last 150m.
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That's awful managment by team and rider he gets off that late
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They also have no sun at all for months.
But those things are only in the northernmost parts.
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Fair enough but it still seems like quite a weird obsession you have with that climb for a very little difference.
I'm just annoyed that it prevented Sagan from having a shot in 2013.
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