He's got a thick Kiwi accent, surprised to hear he's an Aussie!Thanks. So....they're both Australians, again, no kiwi. Can't understand how a former pro be so confused in commentary box.
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He's got a thick Kiwi accent, surprised to hear he's an Aussie!Thanks. So....they're both Australians, again, no kiwi. Can't understand how a former pro be so confused in commentary box.
I agree with your first comment, but there's no way Woods should have pulled at all with those two being the only others in that break, and generally speaking, a great time to attack is when you're break is caught (if you can) so who cares about TPs body language. His downhill attack and attempt at catching RC and BM were matches that perhaps could have been spared, but on the other hand, some aggression made the race less boring. A bit more tactical nouse would be of huge benefit ... I wonder how much his late coming to the sport impacts thatNot if Woods keeps racing like this against this level of competition. Loved Pogacar's body language when Woods finally took a pull ....when their break had been reeled back in by the chasers due to Woods just sitting on Pogacar's and McNulty's wheels.
He blew up because he is weak. Still not recover from the last crash.Evenepoel saying he blew up because of his attack and that he let go immediately to focus on his ITT
Glad I went to be long before this race ended. Definitely not worth staying up for.
It didn't rain, though.
Doesn't mean the race is worthwhile to watch for me. I didn't watch the Tour and it didn't rain most days there either.
Sleeping was much more useful.
I think it was nice for people from Ecuador among others. A race is never universally useless even if you might not like the outcome. It's very childish to not be able to acknowledge that.
Glad I went to be long before this race ended. Definitely not worth staying up for.
As I said, I'm glad I didn't bother staying up and watching it and went to bed instead. My sleep was much more useful than the race. Also found the men's volleyball game that was on earlier today to be much more entertaining.
Clearly that's the case for you, different for others.
Anyway, do you know more about Valverde and Fraile? I can't imagine it was the motivational effect that had such a heavy impact, there were like 90-100 guys in the peloton when Fraile dropped, but maybe they are sick, too? Or was it the quarantine? Schachmann said something like they weren't let out yesterday because of the Geschke-positive, don't really know how the rules were exactly.
That's fun to see, thanks for sharing it. It's also in the spirit of pure bike racing: "Hey, race you to that telephone pole"
Why did Bernal not start? It should suit him, interesting he has chosen to skip it.
Something you actually watched was more entertaining than something you didn't? That's good to know.As I said, I'm glad I didn't bother staying up and watching it and went to bed instead. My sleep was much more useful than the race. Also found the men's volleyball game that was on earlier today to be much more entertaining.
Oh my Godness, it looks like you'll abandon us after valderde's retirement, what a piti.As I said, I'm glad I didn't bother staying up and watching it and went to bed instead. My sleep was much more useful than the race. Also found the men's volleyball game that was on earlier today to be much more entertaining.
Hey, it's the way I roll!BM=Bahrain Merida (or Bahrain McLaren)=Bauke Mollema (who was the best BM today)=Brandon McNulty.
Is it so hard just to write things out?