Bolder said:
tobydawq said:
Bolder said:
The decisive point for Fuglsang was having 4 teammates with him before launching the final attack. That's something you'd normally see in a GT mountain stage. He was the strongest when he needed to be but he was able to conserve a lot of energy when others were wasting it. I was disappointed that no one else count mount a real challenge but what could they have done? We've seen in Armstrong and Sky's TdF wins that the combination of strongest team and strong rider is nearly impossible to beat.
That was really not the reason he won, no.
No? Would he have still won if he had to mix it up solo? Maybe, but you can't tell me having your own train isn't an advantage on a windy, rainy day. I did 120 km in the morning from Evreux to Paris, then watched the race, and I'm still pretty knackered.
Valv.Piti already said that the team had been very disorganised throughout the race. Then they helped him in the final part but he had been largely alone for some reason.
And it's not like the riders from the other teams don't screen him from the wind either, so I can't really see the relevance of your little story at the end.
He was massively stronger than the rest. I had the feeling this week that Fuglsang was the second-biggest favourite (in my mind) for a monument I have watched. Only Nibali in Lombardia 2017 was more difficult to imagine going wrong.
And he really proved me right.