At some point Remco had 30 seconds- as far the measuring is correct in the last 2kms ; he finished with only 18 seconds bonus. At some point Bennet was able to come closer to Remco. I do believe if he did not let Remco ride, he could compete.
Not a chance. He had difficulties following Evenepoel the moment he reacted to Chozas, and it's not like they didn't know Evenepoel unless Bennett has been living under a rock for 2 years. Chaves, i mean Chozas had just attacked and couldn't respond. If Bennett was able to follow, he would have.
Ah, it was much funnier before!
I've been thinking about this and there's a few things that scale squared and a few that scale cubed with height. The most basic thing that should favor bigger riders is the bike weight having a minimum. The big downside for bigger riders is blood has to travel longer between the lungs, heart and muscles, so if you literally scale up a small rider he won't be able to do the same W/kg.
You understand, that everybody is eager to race. That nobody is fatigued. That every team wants to win, considering half the season has been cut. Considering the opportunities to win, have become very limited. That everybody's goals are close by due to a compressed season (some are doing the Tour, others will do Lombardia). That given the situation, everybody who's been on altitude camp, wants to test his legs, even more so considering the opportunities to do so in prep races are limited, and those goals are closing in fast. That a lot of riders are out of a contract and want to show themselves for their team and their sponsor. That teams who still want to have their sponsor next year, want to make the most of the racing that is still left. Especially since nobody knows whether or not we'll even see any more races beyond next week, if Covid-19 crashes the party once more.
I think the GPS timing was not correct, however. Because Chavez faded rather strongly and this means Evenepoel would only have taken 5 seconds more from him on the last 1,5 km...
Sorry, totally read over it...Thank you for compressing my post/point into a more reader friendly format
Just rewatched the last 3km and I do think the timing was quite accurate. A bit inside the last km you had a big right turn followed by a big left turn. Timer said 28s when he took the right turn and that was spot on. Pretty sure Remco was kind of running out of energy at the end.
Yes, i noticed it too an hour ago, the timing was indeed rather accurate. I remember seeing him taking a right turn, and Bennett & Chaves didn't seem to be that far behind, but time was ticking away nevertheless. Not sure if it was him running out of energy (the gap compared to Chaves etc increased still) or that Bennett just launched an ultimate attack to drop Chaves and keep an upcoming Landa at bay. Or maybe a combination of the two.
He had been talking about making a signature victory celebration like Contador for example for a while, but this one was weak. I didn't like it. Comes off disrespectful.
. Could be the same with Evenepoel.the fact the he is talking about wanting his own "signature victory celebration" is really telling in regards to his arrogance. Topped off by the celebration itself.
What exactly is wrong with the principle of wanting to have a signature celebration?
No. They will have to wait with the headline "San Remco".
For F_Cance, the biggest problem is that he's Remco, lol.
Not really seeing it that way. Brushing dust off his shoulder, the dust isn't a metaphore for the other riders, as Thijsje is implying. The gesture simply means he didn't have to get very dirty to get the job done.
Nothing really. But they can both be cool or obnoxious. But then cyclists will probably never beat some other sports for obnoxious celebrations.
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