Indeed. Mathieu got his initial gap thanks to Jorgenson, but del Toro gapped Mathieu because of nearly eating *** himself.
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Yeah, seriously, that‘s why he doesn‘t do Strade, he barely got up those two hills.
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It's obviously cause he knows he has 0 shot against Pogacar and going full gas in Strade isn't gonna help him by the time Sanremo, RVV and Roubaix come around.
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One day races are different than stage races, when you are competing against someone for the win who is also there for GC. Changes everything, as we saw today.
He's clearly not training for Strade so why is it a deal? He may feel like PR is at risk and that is his priority; not setting up someone else to win at Strade and sacrifice a section of his season. Today was a training day and he won the stage. He won. Pog and Wout aren't in this race.
He earned it. He's wisely riding like a GC rider and his teammate did as well.
- Feb 20, 2012
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Hindley lost almost a full minute. I guess that's it for the Red Bull trident, and instead it's probably gonna have to be Hindley on donkey duty and Roglic on long range attacks given that he's not really in stomping range and Del Toro is like 4x resistant versus stomp-type attacks.
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Look guys, I‘m not saying Van der Poel is bad, obviously if you win, you‘re really good, I‘m just saying that he wouldn‘t be good in Strade without specifically preparing for Strade.
and there's no guarantee who will win Strade. It always has a wild card feel which makes it great.
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Yes agreed, but I still think he has one or two Montmartres in him.
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Seems MVP has many people punching the air cause he won a bike race. Must be tough being a MVP detractor. I wish you all strength in these difficult times. 
He was about as good as could be expected. He doesn't like climbing sections that are longer than a few hundred meters. Cipressa and Poggio work for him because there are no steep gradients.
- Jul 7, 2013
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Yeah, MVP did well: more or less like I expected (but I thought Del Toro would edge it). I also think Pogacar was more or less as good as expected in Strade. Obviously MVP will be very hard to drop on Cipressa and Poggio but it's nothing new: after the CX season we expected him to be very strong.
And the fun will continue tomorrow with stage 3:
Are there any semi heavies in this race that could make this? Or perhaps a WVA vs MVDP battle for good old sakes.
Are there any semi heavies in this race that could make this? Or perhaps a WVA vs MVDP battle for good old sakes.
- Aug 29, 2009
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I think most will he happy with an easy stage leading to a big bunch sprint. Alpecin still has Philipsen to go for it in that case, while van der Poel likely wouldn't beat someone like Lund anyway. Visma could be interested, but probably not alone on a 220k stage.
Congratulations to Mathieu van der Poel for winning the stage.
For viewers it was spectacular but in term of riders this stage was asking for it, for crashes and injuries to occur, the toll luckily wasn't as huge as anticipated. I feel that RBH managed to get positioning right, entering on the gravel section, then it was every man for himself, on where Giulio managed to stay closer in terms of contesting the stage and Rogla managed to mitigate the losses to great extent. Position for Rogla is less ideal, then yesterday, still considering RBH has two riders in reach, on where UAE is now down to del Toro, they can play games and have fun.
For viewers it was spectacular but in term of riders this stage was asking for it, for crashes and injuries to occur, the toll luckily wasn't as huge as anticipated. I feel that RBH managed to get positioning right, entering on the gravel section, then it was every man for himself, on where Giulio managed to stay closer in terms of contesting the stage and Rogla managed to mitigate the losses to great extent. Position for Rogla is less ideal, then yesterday, still considering RBH has two riders in reach, on where UAE is now down to del Toro, they can play games and have fun.
- Apr 13, 2021
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It seems that Rogla has developed a habit of pushing youngsters ahead, Lipo, Giulio ... guiding star. Still, at some point it makes sense to put the hammer down. Deeper into the race i feel it makes sense to crack the opposition and to go after the win, not just the podium.
PCS/Flamme Rouge have decided to use a very exaggarated y axis for what should really be a sprint stage. Milan has been climbing like Kittel recently but if he doesn't make it through then it would be really disappointing.And the fun will continue tomorrow with stage 3:
Are there any semi heavies in this race that could make this? Or perhaps a WVA vs MVDP battle for good old sakes.
The wall at 181km is actually 7.5km at like 3.5%.
Jesus, even these race threads are full of taunting.
"It's always a good day when UAE lose"
"MVP will dominate MSR" in a stage where he got caught by Del Toro (there is zero correlation this stage with MSR).
Huh...
Regarding the race, what a thrilling finale! Super ride from Del Toro, MVP and Pelli. I think Del Toro closed the GC today, I don't believe Roglic can drop him.
"It's always a good day when UAE lose"
"MVP will dominate MSR" in a stage where he got caught by Del Toro (there is zero correlation this stage with MSR).
Huh...
Regarding the race, what a thrilling finale! Super ride from Del Toro, MVP and Pelli. I think Del Toro closed the GC today, I don't believe Roglic can drop him.
- Apr 30, 2011
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beautiful finish and good to see that even in these conditions the approach was perfectly fine
unexpected rain and maybe too high pressure led to some rider errors but it was quite fair
unexpected rain and maybe too high pressure led to some rider errors but it was quite fair
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