Yes, Cassani has said that they'll drop out of the race after stage 3 and fly to Japan one day later.So they won't finish the settimana ciclistica italiana?
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Yes, Cassani has said that they'll drop out of the race after stage 3 and fly to Japan one day later.So they won't finish the settimana ciclistica italiana?
IMO they should have selected Teuns as well.Probably more remarkable is that it is the first time outside a national championship that van Aert and Evenepoel are riding the same race. On the 2 previous occasions van Aert won while Evenepoel finished 3rd. I'm guessing the Belgian team could live with the same result.
Yeah, I agree. I have no idea why Van Aert is considered a top favorite. 6 km @ 10%? Good luck!
I guess it must be the incredible stupidity of the National coach! I can't find any other reason...What's the reason Mohoric is not riding in Tokyo?
Is it a Bahrain thing? No Mohoric, no Teuns, no Padun, no Poels, no Bilbao, no Colbrelli - although Caruso is going.I guess it must be the incredible stupidity of the National coach! I can't find any other reason...
Is it a Bahrain thing? No Mohoric, no Teuns, no Padun, no Poels, no Bilbao, no Colbrelli - although Caruso is going.
I doubt it is a Bahrain thing. According to the Spanish national coach, Landa wanted to go to the Olympics skiping the Tour, so he asked the team to ride Giro and Vuelta this year and the team agreed to that race schedule.Is it a Bahrain thing? No Mohoric, no Teuns, no Padun, no Poels, no Bilbao, no Colbrelli - although Caruso is going.
It's steep, but it's also 34 km from the finish. It won't necessarily be the best climber who wins the race.IMO they should have selected Teuns as well.
Evenepoel and Van Aert only have an outside chance in the road race IMO. They have never performed with the best on a climb as hard as Mikuni Pass IIRC.
Would have been better to have a third option to play with.
What's the reason Mohoric is not riding in Tokyo?
I guess it must be the incredible stupidity of the National coach! I can't find any other reason...
No it's not. It's just as much Mohorič's decision. He has ridden both Giro and Tour and he needs time off. He doesn't think the route is suitable enough to him, so it would be too much to go there strictly as a domestique. Polanc and Tratnik should do a good enough job at that.Is it a Bahrain thing? No Mohoric, no Teuns, no Padun, no Poels, no Bilbao, no Colbrelli - although Caruso is going.
bNator mentioned the betting odds for the ITT in another thread. Looks like WVA, Roglic, Evenepoel, Dennis, Ganna are the bookies' favorites to win. In that order (Betfair)
Followed by Almeida, Dumoulin and Asgreen. With Cavagna and McNulty further behind.
Küng not even in the top-10 on Betfair.
I think Ganna, Evenepoel, Van Aert , Dennis and Dumoulin will duke it out. What do you all think?
In general I think van Aert should be the favourite, obviously in form now and the route suits him well.
Why no Dennis?Ganna, Van Aert, and Roglič. I don't see anyone else winning gold
tho according to him, the ITT route has more climbing than he says he is comfortable with…(I hope not)
Roglic, Evenepoel, Almeida, Dumoulin?If he's not comfortable with it, then who of the time trialers could be?