The TDF favorites will need to drop him on the climbs, because else he's going to romp away and snatch a lot of boni seconds.What a ride again today. Such panache to his riding style as well, not afraid to attack from far away.
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The TDF favorites will need to drop him on the climbs, because else he's going to romp away and snatch a lot of boni seconds.What a ride again today. Such panache to his riding style as well, not afraid to attack from far away.
How many ITT km's are there in the TDF? Not a whole lot iirc. If he takes 5 seconds +10 seconds boni on mountain finishes, that will give him a buffer. I'm not saying he'll win the Tour, but a few of those finishes can make the difference between 3rd or 5th.If he can snatch bonus seconds on the harder climbs he's simply the better climber. Otherwise don't think there's much a guy like Bernal can do to take the boni's off him on the punchier finishes. I also don'think boni's are gonna matter for Pogacar if he can't drop the ITTers on the big climbs anyway.
Yes. I don't think he'll end up winning it, so that wasn't what i was getting it with my post. But being able to take seconds out of the competition with a late attack and boniseconds, it also gives you a tactical advantage. Not having to ride and letting the competition do the work in certain scenarios, they need to drop him, not the other way around, etc.I was mainly talking about the overall win. For lower places they can definitely make a difference, but the Tour is very hard and the ITT is very hard and I think gaps will be very big in the end.
Just looked at his schedule for the year and damn that is one full schedule.
Last year the gap from 2 to 3 was 20s, gap from 3 to 4 was 25s. These are definitely gaps that can be influenced by boni's.Bonus seconds will not be important in the TDF going by previous results - Especially if Ineos is leading the peleton who are the breakaway's best friend
Last year the gap from 2 to 3 was 20s, gap from 3 to 4 was 25s. These are definitely gaps that can be influenced by boni's.
And you don't think UAE will ride for Pogacar when they think he'll have a good shot at a stage victory? Especially when boniseconds turn out to be important. Ineos isn't the only team in the peloton.You aren't getting it - When Ineos get the lead in the TDF which is usually early in the race, they sit up and allow breakaways to take the stage.
You mean in general? Apparently none of them will ride this year's TDF. But in general, they also brought in Ardilla and Covi and McNulty so they should be able to built a strong squad around him in the future.UAE also got two new climbers or climber types as well for help in the mountains. David de la Cruz from Ineos and Joe Dombrowski from EF.
And you don't think UAE will ride for Pogacar when they think he'll have a good shot at a stage victory? Especially when boniseconds turn out to be important. Ineos isn't the only team in the peloton.
UAE also got two new climbers or climber types as well for help in the mountains. David de la Cruz from Ineos and Joe Dombrowski from EF.
What a silly statement. If you are placed withing spitting distance of the rider in front of you in GC, and there is a stage which is tailormade for you, where you can take 5 or 10 seconds on your rival as well as an extra 10 boni seconds, you would be a fool not to have your team control the race.GC riders don't need to win the stage to take time on GC rivals.
De la Cruz could never make the Ineos TDF team and neither could Dombrowski - In fact, Dombrowski has never ridden the TDF - It's not about having a team full of climbers to beat Ineos - It's about making the stages tougher before the climbs to weaken the Ineos train, so ideally, i'd give up one or two mountain domestic helpers for flat land grunt.
Surely having a couple of climbers is to protect your leader if has problems, including bike swithces etc, moving him back to the group etc
What a silly statement. If you are placed withing spitting distance of the rider in front of you in GC, and there is a stage which is tailormade for you, where you can take 5 or 10 seconds on your rival as well as an extra 10 boni seconds, you would be a fool not to have your team control the race.
You are completely correct that, like in this case, one can not help it when another is simply too dense to understand the premise. On this we can agree. Unfortunately, in this case, i have some bad news for you...And the point is when Ineos control the peleton at the TDF, once they have the yellow jersey, they let the break take the stage - It's up to other teams to defy convention, control the peleton to get bonus seconds - You can still make time on a GC rival without bonus seconds - Little I can do, if you dont understand the premise.