I'd really love to do something creative here, but, it's just too hard to not go for the same old, even though Dk One is 6 points ahead of me and I have to risk something in order to achieve that. Unfortunately the tried and trusted "pick Demi Vollering at all times" technique has had two problems this season: 1) she has not done every race, and 2) she's a lot less of an 'alternative' pick now that she isn't sharing a team with Anna van der Breggen, so more people are picking her as well as me.
However, I've put my eggs in that basket so I'm picking Demi Vollering for GC. Along with Cille, too, as it came down to a straight battle between her and Lucinda Brand and I went heart over head. I just don't trust that the key climbers I was thinking of for wildcards, like Magnaldi and Aalerud, will not lose time relative to Cecilie before we even get to Norefjell, and the other climber that stood out from the startlist for me was Fisher-Black, who is a teammate of Demi. Lippert is pretty good uphill, but usually on smaller climbs and to my mind not enough to rate her over Uttrup on a climb of that size. Well, and Mikayla Harvey, but I feel I need to see a couple more reliable outings from her before I'm willing to play that card.
Stagehunter? Well, they just gave the Cannibal reason to be out for revenge.
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