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Nope, I need you convinced.
It may suffice to really tire Bennet (and Morkov) so they won't be competitive on intermediates and in ParisStop trying to make 'out of time limit' happen - it's not going to happen!
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All the late attackers were motorpaced beyond belief, it was especially obvious with Kämna, but all the others that made it to the front were as well.He was closing every gap lol
15s for a late attacker is insane. Either the worst chase ever, or some serious motopacing, or both.
It seemed way too punchy for Bernal. Sporza commentators said it was Kwiat.Was that really Bernal who attacked in the finale? If yes that was an interesting way to waste energy
Oh, that explains everything.
It was, but I feel bad for him that he was basically singled out as a joke of a GPM winner that necessitated revamping the format. I'd say he's more of a legit King of the Mountains than some who've won GT GPMs in the last 20 years. There are a few GPM riders who are similar in level to him since - Nicolas Edet, Simon Clarke, Matt Lloyd, Omar Fraile - while he's more of a climber than Fabian Wegmann or Luís León Sánchez (who is a reasonable enough climber with better results overall obviously, but is more of an all-terrain guy and not somebody you'd call real KOM fodder but precisely the kind of rider the KOM was instituted to give the climbers something to do to fight against), and apart from two short bursts he's more of a climber than Thomas Voeckler, and more prominent than Geoffrey Bouchard. Anthony Charteau is not the calibre of KOM of the years preceding him - Rasmussen, Soler, Kohl, Pellizotti being the original winners of those awards (we know about the cleanup operation of cycling 2006-8 affecting 75% of those) - but simultaneously he is not the joke of a rider he was made out to be and I felt it unfair that Prudhomme basically justified changing the KOM not by recognising the flaws in the current system relative to the designs he was presenting, but by basically saying Charteau was a joke.True, but he was able to hold it together and win. Highlight of his career.
Any info why C, Ewan lost so much time?
It seemed way too punchy for Bernal. Sporza commentators said it was Kwiat.
He dropped very early and had to ride the whole stage with only his teammates around.Any info why C, Ewan lost so much time?
He got dropped early in the race after Bora pushed the pace to unhinge Bennett, and then he rode in with a grupetto.Any info why C, Ewan lost so much time?
It was, but I feel bad for him that he was basically singled out as a joke of a GPM winner that necessitated revamping the format. I'd say he's more of a legit King of the Mountains than some who've won GT GPMs in the last 20 years. There are a few GPM riders who are similar in level to him since - Nicolas Edet, Simon Clarke, Matt Lloyd, Omar Fraile - while he's more of a climber than Fabian Wegmann or Luís León Sánchez (who is a reasonable enough climber with better results overall obviously, but is more of an all-terrain guy and not somebody you'd call real KOM fodder but precisely the kind of rider the KOM was instituted to give the climbers something to do to fight against), and apart from two short bursts he's more of a climber than Thomas Voeckler, and more prominent than Geoffrey Bouchard. Anthony Charteau is not the calibre of KOM of the years preceding him - Rasmussen, Soler, Kohl, Pellizotti being the original winners of those awards (we know about the cleanup operation of cycling 2006-8 affecting 75% of those) - but simultaneously he is not the joke of a rider he was made out to be and I felt it unfair that Prudhomme basically justified changing the KOM not by recognising the flaws in the current system relative to the designs he was presenting, but by basically saying Charteau was a joke.
Why did Jumbo chase after Hirschi, Sagan and GVA?
i didn't think it was but I could be wrong.Was that really Bernal who attacked in the finale? If yes that was an interesting way to waste energy
Bernal forgot Ala isn't his main adversary this TourBernal attacked after Alaphilippe, so I guess they were told to get to the front to keep an eye on things.
Yeah, I thought the style looked like Carapaz, but I'm not sure either.i didn't think it was but I could be wrong.
Told you so...There's no way Bettiol or Keukeleire can win this stage.
Maybe they just really took it easy but honestly at this point I wonder how Ewan wants to make it through the Alps. Stage 18 is gonna be a nightmare and a half for himSo the Lotto Grupetto finished at almost 29 mins. What would be the cutoff on a stage like this?