now, if he cannot take 40 seconds out of Pog and Vingo in a 33km flat ITT, he does not deserve to take yellow anyways
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Well, this would never ever have happened with Pat calling the shots 😉Weeeellll, let's not go THAT far...
Don’t think taking yellow is completely gone as the hilly stages are an opportunity if the team are willing to attack them.
No offense but imho with Jonas/Visma and Pog looking so strong, Remco isn't going anywhere on any of those stages. The only stage Remco really has any sort of advantage is the TT, otherwise Jonas/Visma and Pog/UAE are more than a match for Remco/Soudal in virtually any terrain. Not saying he shouldn't attack for podium chances, certainly he's still in that fight and it would be fun to watch him get away with the Big Two, just doubt he'll be given the slightest bit of rope with respect to the yellow. As always, I could be wrong!
Game over for podium me thinks. He will lose more time in the next 9 days. Ah well
Edit: except the ITT of course
Edit: except the ITT of course
He had a great and maybe unique chance to win yellow today. Nah, they messed up tactically, has nothing to do with Remco not wanting to win.
I tend to agree with you but equally it’s his best terrain and an area where he can advance against Almeida/Gall etc who don’t have any great record in hilly classics parcours.
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It would have been nice had remco been in the first echelon. That way he could have taken time on all of his podium rivals.
As it stands, only Mas & Jorgenson of the GC rivals ahead of him.
And yes i'm aware Pogacar and Vingegaard were at the front as well. But the way I see it Remco is fighting for third this year.
Not a perfect start, but all in all nothing problematic happened. He did not crash. Roglic, Almeida, Rodriguez, Thomas in same time.
Arensman, Adam yates, Simon Yates lost minutes.
Also in the offchance that Remco is actually in it to win it. 39 sec prob. won't make the diffrence. This will be a minutes tour.
As it stands, only Mas & Jorgenson of the GC rivals ahead of him.
And yes i'm aware Pogacar and Vingegaard were at the front as well. But the way I see it Remco is fighting for third this year.
Not a perfect start, but all in all nothing problematic happened. He did not crash. Roglic, Almeida, Rodriguez, Thomas in same time.
Arensman, Adam yates, Simon Yates lost minutes.
Also in the offchance that Remco is actually in it to win it. 39 sec prob. won't make the diffrence. This will be a minutes tour.
He loses time again because of bad positioning.
He doesnt like the fight for position or have trouble handeling it. Maybe a fear of crashing.
He doesnt like the fight for position or have trouble handeling it. Maybe a fear of crashing.
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This wasn't cause of bad positioning. Soudal as a whole decided nothing was gonna happen, and formed as a group further down the peloton. Not the smartest of moves from the team. But no man overboard.
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disgusted...I'll wait for another year. *** crap
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Remco says "We fell asleep a bit." Not sure why you wouldn't be ready on Stage 1 of the TDF.
We fell asleep a bit
I haven't watched the live detail of the gap forming. Your point is spot on if they weren't close enough to JV to grab a wheel. The DS should be (maybe was) screaming about the impending crosswind. In those type of races there should be 2 teammates in front of Remco. If not; his move is to get on Jonas' or Tadej's closest wheel.
Much of the time a good team, collaborating with another can have riders engineer the gap. That almost all of UAE and Alpecin were right there and made the gap suggests that might have been an on-the-road alliance. One team alone can't do it.
PS: Watched the helicopter shot, not much definition of who didn't pursue but there is a group of rider's on the windward side that just soft pedaled long enough to force the field apart. All the guys on the leeward side waited....until solo efforts weren't going to close. For QS to suggest they didn't expect wind must mean they were riding with their eyes closed. Remco rode off the pavement on the leeward side several KM before the split and ended up further back. Sorry, Remco: that's all on you.
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The job of the DS was simple....another reason why Remco is clearly not on a serious GC team right now.
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Gotta imagine Bruyneel just shaking his head at how they run this team.
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Tour has def. begun. I can see your points, at the same time you all are exaggerating .
Zulle once lost 5 minutes in stage 2, and still finished 2nd place.
Zulle once lost 5 minutes in stage 2, and still finished 2nd place.
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The way he rode today says otherwhise. Crosswinds and he decides to postion himself towards the back
The Belgians are fuming.I don't think anyone here is thinking he can't podium, but I don't blame anyone here for thinking this already puts paid to what already was a very small chance of him winning. And aside from crashing out, it's the absolute worst way to start the race, not just from a time lost perspective but psychologically as well. He's shown he can bounce back from adversity, which I expect him to do, but damn, so unnecessary.
Again, Merlier was in the same spot. He didn't want to win either?The way he rode today says otherwhise. Crosswinds and he decides to postion himself towards the back
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