Well, we'll find out about any GC riders caught out on the results sheet... in about 4 hours.
Not today!That being said. Philipsen makes sprints incredibly boring.
Not today!
De Lie looks slow asf. Dont mind it really if that means he might be focusing a bit more on his endurance and climbing for the big classics instead of sitting and farming Ronde van local cathedral
I think finishing his first GT even if he wasn‘t competitive will do him the world of good, 4 wins so far in his second full time season on the road is pretty good.It was a matter of time before Welsford won a WT race - He gots the raw power, although he still needs to learn more racecraft.
He does look laboured in the sprints. At least for stage 4 he had a lead out man but he seemed to drop off a little too early but since Ewan's off in the wilderness De Lie has had to take over and apart from his crash, he's been racing since January so it's not surprising the 21 year old is suffering. In September he's off to Canada, but I don't expect he'll do well there.I looked at his power on Wednesday and it was 100+ watts below his numbers before his crash. Think he didn't really train on his sprint the last few months or something cause indeed, he looks incredibly slow.
He does look laboured in the sprints. At least for stage 4 he had a lead out man but he seemed to drop off a little too early but since Ewan's off in the wilderness De Lie has had to take over and apart from his crash, he's been racing since January so it's not surprising the 21 year old is suffering. In September he's off to Canada, but I don't expect he'll do well there.