- Apr 10, 2019
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If Jakub won't do well in this race against this kind of field then I don't know what Alpecin is supposed to do with him...
- Sep 26, 2020
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They just need to have the whole team sit around him every time they hit a speed bump.
- Apr 10, 2019
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That wouldn't be such a problem if he was actually good at positioning himself and wouldn't loose their wheels everytime things get hectic during the final kms of a flat stage...
You forgot to add Slovenia - Thought BEX would go to the ZLM Tour but it's impossible to ride Dauphine, Suisse, Slovenia and the ZLM tour which overlap each other, especially one week after the Giro.
- Feb 20, 2010
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The long process of winning back the lost time of stage 4 began the very next day, as more strangeness took place; race leader Óscar Quiroz blew up early and ended up losing several minutes on the main bunch, passing the race lead over to Cristián Rico who finished in a reduced group which included many of the pre-race favourites.
However, that group was itself almost eight minutes behind the day's winner, as 2019 Vuelta winner Fabio Duarte beat Hernán Aguirre and Rafael Pineda on a shootout on the final cat.2 climb as the original breakaway splintered into several pieces. Interestingly, the best of the rest was 21-year-old Edinson Callejas. A lot of teams were absolutely decimated by the pace the last couple of days, with surprisingly enough Orgullo Paísa the worst affected, losing no fewer than four of their riders on this one stage.
Stage 6, on the other hand, had a flat run-in after lengthy descent and a couple of smaller climbs, and saw the CTA team simply manage things for Cristián Rico in the leader's jersey - no use wasting energy when it isn't required, so they looked to limit losses to big guns and held the closest threats close. A 10-man escape then settled the stage, splitting itself in half along the way, and it was one hell of a strong day for Guatemala, as not one but two Guatemaltecan riders made the front quintet. In the end, 20-year-old Boyacense Juan Sossa took the stage win, outsprinting José David Castanuj, the faster of the two extranjeros. Álex Gil started his battle to get back into contention by being 3rd on the day, just ahead of Álex Julajuj who now moves in to the top 10 on GC, and Javi Jamaica. Well known names in the second group on the road included Darwin Atapuma and Óscar Sevilla, who gained around 45 seconds on the remainder of the GC mix in the process.
However, that group was itself almost eight minutes behind the day's winner, as 2019 Vuelta winner Fabio Duarte beat Hernán Aguirre and Rafael Pineda on a shootout on the final cat.2 climb as the original breakaway splintered into several pieces. Interestingly, the best of the rest was 21-year-old Edinson Callejas. A lot of teams were absolutely decimated by the pace the last couple of days, with surprisingly enough Orgullo Paísa the worst affected, losing no fewer than four of their riders on this one stage.
Stage 6, on the other hand, had a flat run-in after lengthy descent and a couple of smaller climbs, and saw the CTA team simply manage things for Cristián Rico in the leader's jersey - no use wasting energy when it isn't required, so they looked to limit losses to big guns and held the closest threats close. A 10-man escape then settled the stage, splitting itself in half along the way, and it was one hell of a strong day for Guatemala, as not one but two Guatemaltecan riders made the front quintet. In the end, 20-year-old Boyacense Juan Sossa took the stage win, outsprinting José David Castanuj, the faster of the two extranjeros. Álex Gil started his battle to get back into contention by being 3rd on the day, just ahead of Álex Julajuj who now moves in to the top 10 on GC, and Javi Jamaica. Well known names in the second group on the road included Darwin Atapuma and Óscar Sevilla, who gained around 45 seconds on the remainder of the GC mix in the process.
- May 5, 2010
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Kooij ahead of Mareczko.
Whenever there's discussion about motos being too close to the riders, it always seems to be about them being too close in front of the riders. But this is what I'm much more concerned about; we've seen (well, thankfully we didn't actually see it...) how badly that can end.
Whenever there's discussion about motos being too close to the riders, it always seems to be about them being too close in front of the riders. But this is what I'm much more concerned about; we've seen (well, thankfully we didn't actually see it...) how badly that can end.
- Oct 21, 2012
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Since when did knowing about how many points are on offer for a race become a "me thing"?
And to quote Jesper Mørkøv: "If they wanted any climbs, then need to get inside one the houses, and take the stairs."
- Sep 26, 2020
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It hasn't, but I could just hear you typing that it wasn't actually pointless.
- May 5, 2010
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I don't think any races that I get to watch live are pointless. The points are irrelevant.
- Nov 16, 2013
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It's a meh route anyway but the place on the calendar really doesn't help. They should either fit it into spring classic time (maybe coincide with Basque Tour and after Scheldeprijs when sprinters are in the area) or else run it during the Tour before Wallonie or just after Wallonie as you'll get riders doubling up there.
- Sep 28, 2014
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I'm not defending the finish as i also think it was not the best and safest design (still better than Womens Tour stage 1 imo) but I think it's what comes of racing in the netherlands and wanting to finish in the heart of the town. Tomorrow is definitely better as it finishes on a road on the outer area of the town. The other finishes look similarly twisty or similar width, but none have a large kink with about 150m or a chicane/narrowing with about 50m like stage 1. There might be echelons today as they spend quite a bit on the dijks meaning its a smaller group but typically it's on the stage where the finish can proabably accomodate the larger groups!
- Sep 20, 2017
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- Apr 10, 2019
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The tragedy with Jakub is that he has the speed/acceleration to give everyone a run for his money if there aren't more that 2 or 3 other sprint trains seriously competing for the win, but as soon as it gets more hectic he looses his leadout man's wheel and his position near the front.
- Oct 13, 2021
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- Aug 14, 2012
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Why though? He deviates a bit when following the Ineos guy and gets in the way of Kooij's leadout, but Kooij's was already out of the slipstream.
He then swerves to take the inside of the turn but that is what organizers are asking for when they put not so subtle bends on the last hundred meters of sprint stages.
He then swerves to take the inside of the turn but that is what organizers are asking for when they put not so subtle bends on the last hundred meters of sprint stages.
- Sep 20, 2017
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That's the most ridiculous relegation I've seen in a good while, perhaps not entirely coincidental that it comes when the home rider finishes second. GC battle also over unless Kooij gets dropped tomorrow.
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