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Thankfully they didn't make a mistake and give NFB the jerseys that fit Van Dijk and Markus. I doubt she'll be holding on to green until the end of the race though.
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In recent years, you've been just as likely to face a TTT in a major women's race as an ITT.
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I'm struggling to remember when the last one was, is it literally the Vuelta last year ?
We've had more ITTs than TTTs lately for sure.
And by specialists I mean they had 3 national ITT champions 😃
View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJO3aRjK5_w/
View: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJO3aRjK5_w/
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I was meaning more that Unipublic would go soft on enforcing the rule vis-à-vis Cofidis for that reason, not that they would be exempt from it.
Not to mention Ellen van Dijk:
3 x World TT champion, plus 3 x World TTT champion
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Movistar with the galaxy brain strategy:
View: https://x.com/laflammerouge16/status/1919046753875046439
View: https://x.com/laflammerouge16/status/1919046753875046439
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In those situations, would it really be so hard to just push the start times by one minute?
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So did Visma wait for that rider before starting? Or did they start with that rider missing?
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They all started as soon as possible. 5 were ready from the go, one only a little delayed and I think the last rider never got contact with the rest.
Sorry I should have said current 😃 Lizzie D is of course a former world TTT champion as well
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Video (at the very end you can see the 7th rider):
View: https://x.com/MatMitchell30/status/1918991728507273321
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View: https://x.com/kelvindekker/status/1919048799864926447
DS of Movistar: "When our riders arrived, the jury was still busy with the team before us, who came onto the podium 10-20 seconds before the start. Our last rider came onto the podium 5 seconds before the start. After that, it only got worse. We weren’t on time (15 minutes), but we still had to stand there waiting…"
DS of Movistar: "When our riders arrived, the jury was still busy with the team before us, who came onto the podium 10-20 seconds before the start. Our last rider came onto the podium 5 seconds before the start. After that, it only got worse. We weren’t on time (15 minutes), but we still had to stand there waiting…"
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Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women files complaint after procedural…
Team Visma | Lease a Bike was disadvantaged during the opening stage of La Vuelta Femenina due to errors in the UCI's team time trial start procedure. The…
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This is just amateur hour. Unbelievable. And the most unbelievable thing is that they just allow the time differences to stand... when some teams were literally prevented by the UCI from getting a good result.Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women files complaint after procedural…
Team Visma | Lease a Bike was disadvantaged during the opening stage of La Vuelta Femenina due to errors in the UCI's team time trial start procedure. The…
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Both the race organisation and the UCI are just an embarassment to the sport. If *** hits the fan like that, you just delay the start. It's unbelievable to me they didn't do that.
And the current time differences still stand?! I mean? So Visma (rightfully) lodged a formal complaint, but there's no way to fix it now. My god what a joke.
And the current time differences still stand?! I mean? So Visma (rightfully) lodged a formal complaint, but there's no way to fix it now. My god what a joke.
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Latter-day Uttrup, or peak level Cavalli, skillset-wise.
I mean, hell, being on Movistar and all, Liane Lippert doesn't fit too badly given skillset and her propensity to cost herself good GC positions with a single bad day here and there, but she's far too aggressive as a racer tactically to match up to the Green Bullet.
Realistically SD Worx are the comparison DS-wise; in terms of peerless sprinting punchy finishes and being an elite climber who can also sprint atop the climbs, it'd be Vollering, but SD Worx - and Vollering both on and off the team - are OP enough that they can get more than enough wins in the biggest races despite themselves.
Delaying the start would cause too many knock on problems.
If they can't check all the bikes in time, they should skip the remaining bikes and check them after the finish.
If they can't check all the bikes in time, they should skip the remaining bikes and check them after the finish.
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