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Unfortunately, too late to edit this to include an ironic wink emoji..
Unfortunately, too late to edit this to include an ironic wink emoji..
First.. for the obvious grampa Rui Costa is flying this year..
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bubM8fvLbY0
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While that’s true, if Jumbo just picked a leader and had the other rider work for them, they would’ve caught Pidcock. And it turns out they were both faster than Costa up the last climb, so they would’ve been in a really good position to win. You can’t let one guy being a nuisance ruin a numerical advantage like that.
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Yeah, but Rui Costa is the kind of guy who might be playing possum, only to drop you on the last climb. Still, when you have numbers in a group you have to work.
It helps that you don't one rider that is both one and two levels above the rest.
True, and Benoot's annoyance with Valter was quite obvious, but Valter looked to me a bit over-enthusiastic, his first WT race for Jumbo and really wanting to leave an impression. Also, Benoot didn't win the sprint, although he was surprisingly close given his total lack of explosiveness.
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great race with the result up in the air until 2k to go or so. i really had no idea who would win with 20, 10k to go. i think everyone in that 2nd group was just destroyed and couldn't commit to a chase because they didnt have the legs. except rui costa, he's a tool, hope he enjoys his 4th place.
For a guy on the comeback trail who's already won 3 races this year it was especially lame.
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He really looks like a phenom indeed. It's not easy to do well in the Hilly Classics straightaway.
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Rui Costa racing negatively with good legs, meant that Valter should have sacrificed himself for Benoot and just go as hard at the front to pull them within striking distance of Pidcock.
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Which is why he has better palmares than his raw physical ability would suggest!
He wasn’t the strongest in the group, another team had two guys there, his actual best chance was to leech.
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Riding is not only about legs. Mind and cunning are a (big) part of the deal.
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Jumbo threw the race today after watching it back. I can’t believe they didn’t sacrifice Valter or Benoot to win, Rabofail still persists.
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Rui Costa would easily win the TV series Traitors
Still feel for Purito at the worlds in Tuscany in 2013
I thought his crash was going to cost Ineos
Remember that he crashed at a key section of the race too. Brilliant ride from Madouas today.
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I mean that was just sound tactics by Rui Costa. It was Valverde who *** that up.
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Well, clearly Benoot felt as if Valter should have been the one sacrificing himself.
Pidcock's descending skills are going to win him more races. Very nice win.
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