5/10
Dull edition IMO. With about 8-9km to go, I had hopes GVA and Sagan would catch them but when I saw all the motorbikes in front of the leading duo, it was clear they will never catch them as they were rightfully taking advantage of that.
Otherwise:
1. Kristoff: the strongest guy won
2. Terpstra: No chances against Kristoff but made the winning break and deserved 2nd
3. GVA: Perhaps the strongest of the top 4 but missed the winning move
4. Sagan: I think he did not get slower but GVA and Kristoff definitely got faster. Still 3-6 years younger than the top 3.
5. Benoot: Nice result
6-13 Meh
14 Thomas + SKY = wrong tactics. This is not a MTF tour stage
15. Greipel Wow Very nice showing and wondering if he would be able to follow the winning break if he did not burn too many matches with his pointless attacks.
Dull edition IMO. With about 8-9km to go, I had hopes GVA and Sagan would catch them but when I saw all the motorbikes in front of the leading duo, it was clear they will never catch them as they were rightfully taking advantage of that.
Otherwise:
1. Kristoff: the strongest guy won
2. Terpstra: No chances against Kristoff but made the winning break and deserved 2nd
3. GVA: Perhaps the strongest of the top 4 but missed the winning move
4. Sagan: I think he did not get slower but GVA and Kristoff definitely got faster. Still 3-6 years younger than the top 3.
5. Benoot: Nice result
6-13 Meh
14 Thomas + SKY = wrong tactics. This is not a MTF tour stage
15. Greipel Wow Very nice showing and wondering if he would be able to follow the winning break if he did not burn too many matches with his pointless attacks.