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So now some real racing begins. RBH must be careful, on how they use their strength in numbers, otherwise del Toro might not crack. Stage 5 should already be an interesting one. As for Rogličes legs, interesting conundrum. Why would Rogla save so many bullets, not taking into an account he is third already and did 0 work.
Watching that finale, MVDP was basically in the wind from 450m to go. He doesn't really spend any time in the wheel of Ganna/Vendrame after closing that gap.
With that sort of strength it's tough to imagine a tactical scenario where he doesn't win this one, even without a little help from Wout.
With that sort of strength it's tough to imagine a tactical scenario where he doesn't win this one, even without a little help from Wout.
An italian style jagged sawtooth profile called stage 5:
Power break almost for certain, but will it get controlled enough for a GC involved win?
Power break almost for certain, but will it get controlled enough for a GC involved win?
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Some careers don't hav that, so yes, he is currently overrated, but he's still the people's champion, minus Red Rick..and others...lots of others...
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If anything is overrated it's my hatred of Van Aert.
I like the fellow a lot, but the team makes a lot of boneheaded decisions chasing wins with him.
He can't win from behind, he can't win from the front, we can only hope for a flat (unfortunately it appears we will need more than one flat now...maybe 4?)
Roglic, calmly, quietly rode himself into a comfortable 3rd place, 21 back from Pellizzari. Roglic is a smooth operator. And if you saw his pre race interview, guy has a great attitude.
Did you watch how easily he moved around in the sprint zone? Never out of the saddle and staying away from the crash zone. Seems like he's well in touch with what his legs can do. Pellizzari is the leader, sports the #1 for RBH and most certainly will communicate if he can't finish off the job and let Primoz do his thing.
I'm left wondering why Matteo is setting tempo and pulling Wout around? He's clearly stronger and Wout is doing well considering how few miles he's had this season.
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Can we take a moment to appreciate the extraordinary thing we have seen? Ben Healy overtook a number of people in that sprint.
Wout didn’t get out of the saddle to try to sprint; perhaps already gassed from chasing or maybe he still can’t put as much pressure in that ankle?
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Considering that the stage was quite hard a good performance from Philipsen and Lund Andresen. Sign of good legs for San Remo, but i'm not sure it is enough to survive Cipressa if Pogacar lunches there
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He seemed to be struggling on top of the final climb, but he may just have been thinking he's on the elastic and it's not gonna snap in 50 meters.
I wonder if they made the orange a little brighter than at the start of the season? They look somewhat less like a creamsicle now
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Make the most of it, it might not be around for much longer...
I was worried about the shorts, some Colombian or Venezuelan team had a skin color kit..and a German conti team had a kit that looked like coffee color with mostly milk.. Lets say when your shorts got sweaty it was X rated..not a good lookI wonder if they made the orange a little brighter than at the start of the season? They look somewhat less like a creamsicle now
Novo Nortis had light baby blue skin suits that were also terrible. Then again I was never a fan of Sky color scheme..also hated the Columbia High Road, really ugly to me.. Good to get that out of my system.
He's a good floater that doesn't waste energy. When he's in an accelerating group he spins up the rpms like a track/crit rider in smaller gears. Saves energy and when he gets out of the saddle it's Bidness time. Drove Remco nuts.
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only saw it properly now where i could pause and go back and forth
gogl had already crashed and was lying on the ground when the moto rode into him and it looks like it hit the back of his head
View: https://x.com/Eurosport_ES/status/2032091045501034869
gogl had already crashed and was lying on the ground when the moto rode into him and it looks like it hit the back of his head
View: https://x.com/Eurosport_ES/status/2032091045501034869
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Instantly reminded me of late Antoine Demoitie who was run over by a race motorbike in 2016 GW - His wife is now married to Vervaeke.
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