Very strong but he was going pull for pull on the flats with 2 far superior sprinters for way too long, I think he realised a few K out and decided to throw in some attacks, but you're never dropping them on the flat. Change of approach for De Ronde needed surely, ride the climbs full gas then stop dead if they're still with you at the end maybe, allow a group behind to start coming back and see who blinks first, although I'm not sure his pride would allow it. There is no path to victory in bringing either Van Aert or VDP with him to the line, unfortunately by the time he realised it was too late in the day.
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I think he can drop them all in de Ronde, unless team strength becomes too big a factor.
You're probably old enough to remember having watched, but isn't the last Tour winner to have actually won a cobbled classic Hinault, not Merckx?Thank you for assuming that I'm young!
Ah poor Geraint, I knew no one would remember him. He was right to change career and become an author. I wonder what became of him...
Yes, in 1981. There’s a few of us here who were experts back then.
I'm just a fan of revisionist history, where we erase the parts of our past that don't fit the narrative we want to believe in.
He said: Pog was the only one trying in the end
BH did all his damage in the late '70s-mid '80s so I'm definitely old enough, but we only got the TdF in the USA back then.
It is was a year before he won his 1st Tour, but in 1985 Lemond was 7th in Ronde and 4th at Roubaix. That’s still not as impressive as what Pogacar is doing.
It's funny that Hinault's name comes up, and since Merckx's name has been high-jacked ...
First E3: Tadej came in there with an axe, willing and able to shake the tree or cut it down. Wout and Matthieu could have watched each other a little bit too much on the final attack, Pog's gamble was a smart one in my view, I like the move and I also like the spot.
Tadej Pogcar is absolutely amazing...heck, he's the only one who can roglic Roglic. If he can keep his puppy dog instincts in check, not chase every single butterfly, he's pretty much unstoppable. And that's a tribute to Wout, that win for him must be so special...
...First E3: Tadej came in there with an axe, willing and able to shake the tree or cut it down. Wout and Matthieu could have watched each other a little bit too much on the final attack, Pog's gamble was a smart one in my view, I like the move and I also like the spot.
Tadej Pogcar is absolutely amazing...heck, he's the only one who can roglic Roglic. If he can keep his puppy dog instincts in check, not chase every single butterfly, he's pretty much unstoppable. And that's a tribute to Wout, that win for him must be so special...
That would have been the last hurrah before the arrival of big(ger) money and the whole points system Verbruggen introduced brought in more specialisation, wouldn't it? LeMond and Fignon were also going toe-to-toe with the cobblers, not just focusing solely on the Tour, weren't they? Teams seem to have grown so big and strong now they can afford to let their GC riders take on the classics as well, turning back the years.
It was what you expect the runt of the break to do, get away in the final five kilometres and avoid getting whipped in the sprint.
He needs a team. Both WVA and MVDP had very strong domestiques deep into the race forcing Pogacar to do far more chasing.
UAE need to try and get Wellens/Trentin in a break 120km out in the Ronde.
Trying (to attack), obviously.
Of course he had to... the others was content on relying on their sprint. Thats what I said?
I wasnt saying what you seem to have interpreted all on your own. That they wasnt trying.
Fixating on one sentence instead of looking at the context of what was said, is never a good idea.
If you think I was downplaying the others or something, that was not the intention at all.
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He tried to attack at least 2-3 times in the last 3km.
You also seem to not understand the full context or what was actually said. Thought you were smarter.
I wasnt saying the others werent trying. They played to their strengths to try to win this race. Taking their chances in a sprint, knowing it was gonna be between the two of them and Pog likely getting third if he wasnt able to drop them. Which he couldnt do yesterday, he was closed down by them both.
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And demonstrating a bit of cognitive dissonance
This is just rude... and ironically, you fit the bill better.
But that is not what you said
Thats not what I meant, which should be obvious if you had continue to read. Maybe you have trouble comprehending too many words. I wrote the above in my first post...
I also didnt say the others werent trying.
I'm curious about the economic history of the sport. Do you know how much budgets changed back then?
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