Paris-Nice 2022 (03/06 - 03/13)

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well, there was no pure sprinter left anyway. Philipsen, if at all, but he crashed hard yesterday. To be honest, this didn't really look like a finish Jakobsen would have had a problem with to me.

 

[KZD]

Don't think this WVA is where he was a week ago, levelwise. Maybe a little drop in shape after those training weeks on Tenerife. Or maybe the result of the crash yesterday. Hopefully nothing alarming.

Tomorrow's time trial and the mountain stsges should give us a better indication, but he seems to be lacking some explosivity.

 

[CyclistAbi]

I don’t agree that he was domestique work on either occasions. Yesterday Laporte was the clear domestique, but because three Jumbo riders managed to get away it was to Roglic his own benefit to contribute in the break with his team mates.

Today it was echelon time, and the best way to stay in the front is by riding up front. So both times to me are no domestique duties.

As a typical GC lead he would be there but doing less work.

 

[Red Rick]

well, there was no pure sprinter left anyway. Philipsen, if at all, but he crashed hard yesterday. To be honest, this didn't really look like a finish Jakobsen would have had a problem with to me.

Jakobsen even got dropped by the Gruppetto at the end. Clearly struggled

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Jakobsen even got dropped by the Gruppetto at the end. Clearly struggled

Jakobsen cannot compete in MSR in this form.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulations to Mads Pedersen for taking the win.

From Jumbo perspective van Aert was resting a bit more today. Still i guess taking a win in a sprint stage is not an easy tasks if you are not specialized for this discipline. I feel that it's a good thing both Roglič and van Aert went to PN this year. As i guess it does expose some potential weaknesses they still need to work on. Regarding the Yellow-Green strategy for the Tour. And hopefully PN to provide some useful answers too.

As for that Yellow jersey crash. At the end of a bunch sprint stage. Typical pro cycling peloton at play. Lets run a bunch of bulls and goats through a narrow road section and lets scratch our heads after. On why they end up crashing.

 

[johnymax]

Tomorrow's ITT should be very interesting. Bissegger, Van Aert, Roglič, Dennis, Küng, also Almeida, McNulty, Laporte should do well (hopefully no injuries from the crash).

Ganna certainly chose the easy way out. Decided to go to T-A at the last moment instead, with only Remco as a serious threat in a TT which was perfect to his characteristics. Well in the end he took the win, so probably a wise choice, I guess.

 

[CyclistAbi]

I am also looking forward to tomorrows ITT. Fingers crossed for a good performance from Rogla.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Ghirmay came from a serious distance behind. Impressive

 

[CyclistAbi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1501186741985763330

View: https://twitter.com/LanterneRougeYT/status/1501186741985763330

 

[Bushman]

As predicted, that last km was not just a false flat ramp. The last 300 m was kissing 9% at some point. Much better for the stronger classics rider than pure sprinters.

What? There’s absolutely no way that finish was close to 9%. Sure, it was a strongman’s effort more than a pure sprinting effort but noone goes that fast on a 9% gradient.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ghirmay came from a serious distance behind. Impressive

Yeah, he totally lost Loic's wheel in the final km and came with a lot of speed from behind.

 

[tobydawq]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1501186741985763330

View: https://twitter.com/LanterneRougeYT/status/1501186741985763330

I think that was Devil's Elbow.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Van Aert has to ride in green, which means no aerosuit for him

 

[Lequack]

Mads Pedersen sounded like he had a South Africa accent in the interview.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Mads Pedersen sounded like he had a South Africa accent in the interview.

I liked his post-race interview, he sounded like he was just having a good time. Laporte, on the other hand, was understandably stroking and checking his buttock while getting on the podium, it looked like he had sustained some road rash on the buttock during the crash.

 

[yaco]

I suspect Jumbo have ridden the three stages hard with two objectives - Setting up GC/stage victories BUT also with the view of weakening the climbers ability in stage 5 to 7.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1501186741985763330

View: https://twitter.com/LanterneRougeYT/status/1501186741985763330

Hey, that‘s one of the funniest things I ever saw in the world of cycling… Just great

 

[CyclistAbi]

I do wonder if the spectator wanted the ticked money back from the organizer.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Maybe tomorrow, in the ITT, Jumbo can achieve ranks 1-4; even better than Sunday.

I‘d wish

1 Roglic
2 Wout
3 Dennis
4 Laporte…

 

[tobydawq]

Maybe tomorrow, in the ITT, Jumbo can achieve ranks 1-4; even better than Sunday.

I‘d wish

1 Roglic
2 Wout
3 Dennis
4 Laporte…

Bisegger will not be in the top 4?

 

[Lequack]

Bisegger will not be in the top 4?

He will lap the others and this finish last.

 

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I liked his post-race interview, he sounded like he was just having a good time.

yeah, but going by his interviews in general, he seems to be a bit moody. Before the start of the race, they should tend to leave him alone .

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Bisegger will not be in the top 4?

Probably Bissegger will even win this, tomorrow… He might be the favourite.

I, however, would prefer a Jumbo 1-4, or, even more so, a Jumbo 1-7…

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Holy moly what a power sprint by Mads Pedersen.