I guess it says he has the form to attack instead of recovering from crashes or disappearing from the race early. Even though he knows he will never beat Pogacar or Roglic in a finish at least he tried a few times.
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Life can be a b** sometimes. If one of the two leaders cracks a bit and the other have a mechanical we could have Uran as the winner. After that I would laugh my a** off for the rest of my life.
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I figured there might have been a bit more breakaway shenanigans in regards of the GC, but nah
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Yup, same. Although not Lemond, I'm not that old.
Pogacar losing time cos of a mechanical in the cross winds stages seems like it killed it. Without that, either Roglic would have had to attack or at least ride a bit more or Pogacar would be in yellow now.
Ineos fans got their hopes up until Kamna said not today my friends..............
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It’s sad when you consider the history of Villard des Lans. 87 was the ambush where all the GC riders put minutes into JF Bernard while Delgado and Roche broke away; 1988 Delgado demolished the field in the TT; 1989 Fignon and Mottet attacked LeMond and Delgado and put 25 seconds into the former which lead to the famous comeback on the last day...
2020 Superman gains 3 seconds in his quest for 3rd ahead of WVA.
To be fair, this just seems to be a Tour of attrition. Also I think the Green Jersey battle is harming the aggression. They’ve been going so hard from the start that it kills the climbers legs.
2020 Superman gains 3 seconds in his quest for 3rd ahead of WVA.
To be fair, this just seems to be a Tour of attrition. Also I think the Green Jersey battle is harming the aggression. They’ve been going so hard from the start that it kills the climbers legs.
Without that mechanical, Pogačar would attack a lot less and maybe Roglič a lot more.
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Fwiw, I get it that Roglic is riding the best race for him (although his own past and Dumoulins should tell him he should get a good lead before riding defensive) but as a fan, it's boring as ***. He's just another Wiggins but at least we all knew Wiggins couldn't do more. It really looks like Roglic can and he's just not bothered.
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If you are who you screenname says you are, I thought you got removed in 1996.
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Caleb Ewan got saved by 2 minutes, Cousin won't get saved today...
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Just a horrible stage design...
First few mountain stages were so early that of course everyone is scared to go.
Pyrenees were neutered but at least Marie Blanque was interesting.
Puy Mary was steep so there was some separation.
Grand Colombier would've been ok if the strongest guy wasn't already comfortable in the lead.
Tomorrow we can just hope for Pogacar to do his Ricco impression and some attacks for 3rd before the TT.
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I mean, UAE is kinda limited with what they have. Think its more on Astana and Bahrain to try something with their teams to set up their climbers, hopeuflly tomorrow
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This wasn't actually intended as a slight on Richie. I've made enough of those over time. However, probably because of his ever-increasing résumé of failures in GTs, whether his fault or not, Richie has become an incredibly timid GT rider. Much as Alejandro Valverde lights up smaller races left right and centre, then retreats into his shell and waits for the race to develop in GTs and major classics, Porte as leader is generally pretty conservative in three-week races, at odds with his more ambitious and risk-taking approach in one-week races.
When a guy who has made one real move which lasted a couple of kilometres (on Peyresourde) and a 500m counter-move attempt (on Grand Colombier) is the second most aggressive rider in the GC battle, you have problems. Because Richie hasn't done much different to previous races where he's been characterised as a conservative racer as he's passed up chances to gain time because of that fear of blowing up, which in his case is likely because he has done so spectacularly a couple of times in the past. And yet in this race, it's enough to make him stand out for his ambition compared to the other guys in the GC mix.
Pog can match him. Last time Rog attacked early he lost 4 seconds to Pog. Now the ITT comes and those seconds might matter. The pace for today's peloton was lame, nobody good would get dropped. More than 5 seconds is wishful thinking.
Roglic took a hard fall in the Dauphine...i think people are too quick to just write off things like that
- Feb 20, 2010
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Actually I like this stage design, though I wish there was less flat between the last two climbs - can't help that geographically though. It reminds me a bit of the great Pescocostanzo stage in the 2008 Giro.
However, the issue for this stage is pacing rather than the stage itself in a vacuum, I believe, though there's not much ASO could realistically have done about it as a result; this stage was never going to see meaningful GC action when placed on the eve of the all-important MTF of the race.
Well that explains why Lotto sent the rest of their team back to Ewan and Kluge. It didn’t really occur to me that they could be close to OOT. Ewan must really suck at climbing at the moment.
Wonder if Caleb had the rest day blues ? If he didn't he has no chance surviving the next few stages.
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