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hfer07 said:today was a ZZZZZZZZZZZZ stage
even the sprint was kind of lame
Son of Amsterhammer said:Bennett was really strong there. Seemed like something happened to DG though, he never really got going, then quit!
Also Uran was already pretty strong at young age, I remember him winning a stage and finishing 10th at the Tour de Suisse at just 20 but after that he had a bad injury at Deutschland Rundfahrt, then the following year was already 2nd in Catalunya and 3rd in Lombardia showing great thing as both stage and one day racer, if there would have been the forum back then I'm pretty sure he would have overhyped as a future dominator of the scene.Koronin said:Uran seems to be the one big exception to that.Nirvana said:And Colombians usually hit their best already at very young age and then stop progressing or even start to decline at a relatively young age making the hype train even more likely to derail.
Son of Amsterhammer said:Bennett was really strong there. Seemed like something happened to DG though, he never really got going, then quit!
Zinoviev Letter said:It’s worth noting that the French sprinters don’t really seem to be competitive with the new big guns. Demare and Coquard aren’t coming close to the likes of Groenewegen, Bennett, Ewan.
I give Bernal the biggest shot, unless he has to work for KwiatkowskiAlexandre B. said:So, who will win Paris-Nice? Kwiatkowski or Bernal?
Agree, I don't think there's any need for Sky and in particular Bernal to do what they did today. Insanely talented, yes, but today was a bit forced. Let the man get a bit of a rest.Flamin said:Sky overdoing it a bit there. Slow stage and just 5k from the finish was very unlikely to cause any havoc. Take the boni (like they did) and save up for the remainder of the race. Rowe, Kwiatkowski and Bernal were very impressive once again nevertheless.
Great sprint from Bennett. Groenewegen a bit more tired from last two days I guess.
LaFlorecita said:I give Bernal the biggest shot, unless he has to work for KwiatkowskiAlexandre B. said:So, who will win Paris-Nice? Kwiatkowski or Bernal?
Valv.Piti said:Agree, I don't think there's any need for Sky and in particular Bernal to do what they did today. Insanely talented, yes, but today was a bit forced. Let the man get a bit of a rest.Flamin said:Sky overdoing it a bit there. Slow stage and just 5k from the finish was very unlikely to cause any havoc. Take the boni (like they did) and save up for the remainder of the race. Rowe, Kwiatkowski and Bernal were very impressive once again nevertheless.
Great sprint from Bennett. Groenewegen a bit more tired from last two days I guess.
1 minute seems a bit ambitious - I'm expecting around 20 to 30 seconds. Either way, I think Bernal would be able to make up even 1 minute on the final two stages. But if Kwiat is the designated leader and Bernal has to work for him, that'll be hard of course.yaco said:LaFlorecita said:I give Bernal the biggest shot, unless he has to work for KwiatkowskiAlexandre B. said:So, who will win Paris-Nice? Kwiatkowski or Bernal?
ITT will be the decider - Kwiatkowski could put a minute into Bernal.
I doubt any of them are a designated leader. That would be silly given the situation they're in at the moment.LaFlorecita said:1 minute seems a bit ambitious - I'm expecting around 20 to 30 seconds. Either way, I think Bernal would be able to make up even 1 minute on the final two stages. But if Kwiat is the designated leader and Bernal has to work for him, that'll be hard of course.yaco said:LaFlorecita said:I give Bernal the biggest shot, unless he has to work for KwiatkowskiAlexandre B. said:So, who will win Paris-Nice? Kwiatkowski or Bernal?
ITT will be the decider - Kwiatkowski could put a minute into Bernal.
Hugo Koblet said:I doubt any of them are a designated leader. That would be silly given the situation they're in at the moment.LaFlorecita said:1 minute seems a bit ambitious - I'm expecting around 20 to 30 seconds. Either way, I think Bernal would be able to make up even 1 minute on the final two stages. But if Kwiat is the designated leader and Bernal has to work for him, that'll be hard of course.yaco said:LaFlorecita said:I give Bernal the biggest shot, unless he has to work for KwiatkowskiAlexandre B. said:So, who will win Paris-Nice? Kwiatkowski or Bernal?
ITT will be the decider - Kwiatkowski could put a minute into Bernal.
Alexandre B. said:So, who will win Paris-Nice? Kwiatkowski or Bernal?