Martin came in too hot. I don't blame him for going hard in the Dauphine -- French team, French race etc -- but he should have saved his energy for the 3rd week rather than trying to drop the two strongest guys in the Pyrenees. He also burned a lot of matches in the La Rochelle stage after he crashed trying to chase back on in cross winds. Talented rider and a top 10 climber but made a few mistakes. With experience I think he could crack the Top 5 in a GT.
Martin came in too hot. I don't blame him for going hard in the Dauphine -- French team, French race etc -- but he should have saved his energy for the 3rd week rather than trying to drop the two strongest guys in the Pyrenees. He also burned a lot of matches in the La Rochelle stage after he crashed trying to chase back on in cross winds. Talented rider and a top 10 climber but made a few mistakes. With experience I think he could crack the Top 5 in a GT.
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In some ways I wish they had a draft. Realistically it would be impossible but it would spread more talent around instead of agents steering all their clients to 2 or 3 teams that have the most financial stability with their sponsorships.
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Oh Cavagna is such a fun rider, I would love to see him take some Monument level win one day, he's a great engine
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That's how I get through work. I actually have a lot more respect for Hatch now that I see him as a radio commentator
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I wonder what DQ is thinking, letting Cavagna do a 165 k solo break, the day before a TT seems I’ll advised?
As for the sprint Sunday, it will be dominated by the DQ and Sunweb trains, but whether Bennett, Ewan and Bol have it, after such a hard Tour, is the question.
If I was a betting man, I’d pick Kristoff...... but Pedersen taking it, on the last day in the rainbow, of course speaks to the heart
- and then there is WvA
As for the sprint Sunday, it will be dominated by the DQ and Sunweb trains, but whether Bennett, Ewan and Bol have it, after such a hard Tour, is the question.
If I was a betting man, I’d pick Kristoff...... but Pedersen taking it, on the last day in the rainbow, of course speaks to the heart
- and then there is WvA
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Off topic: You know that relief when your child does not come home, does not answer the phone and you wonder to go search for him or better not embarass him in front of his friends and then he answers the phone?
Regarding the race: of course Cavagna stands no chance, but if he won the stage, how great would that be?
Regarding the race: of course Cavagna stands no chance, but if he won the stage, how great would that be?
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Bennett has still been top on the intermediate sprints but obviously neither Ewan or Kristoff really cared about them and Sam and Sagan might be too busy trying to just finish ahead of each other tooI wonder what DQ is thinking, letting Cavagna do a 165 k solo break, the day before a TT seems I’ll advised?
As for the sprint Sunday, it will be dominated by the DQ and Sunweb trains, but whether Bennett, Ewan and Bol have it, after such a hard Tour, is the question.
If I was a betting man, I’d pick Kristoff...... but Pedersen taking it, on the last day in the rainbow, of course speaks to the heart
- and then there is WvA
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It’s not the intermediate sprints that drain them, it’s all the days fighting the time limit in the mountains.
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That's not what I meant. I was trying to judge form in the sprint which is hard because we haven't seen them all go for it together in a while
Yeah I agree that it could be someone who wouldn’t usually be able to compete with Ewan or Bennett in a normal bunch sprint who wins in Paris. They must be completely shattered
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Ewans going to beat everyone when it comes to sprint power, even if he had to fight all the time. But if there's some kind of chaos or better organised teams or lucky circumstances for someone, of course someone else might snatch it. Bol or van Aert would be my best bets in that case. Kristoff I think profitted from the weather on the first stage. Bennett would be my guess no4.
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Well, i supposed he'll take some points away for green at the intermediate sprint.
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CN Live commentary is a bit strange, the writer seems to think this is a bad situation for Bora. It doesn’t look that way to me
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The peloton has got 50km left to catch him before that, should be very doable if they commit to it.
Not much benefit if Bennett's still there though.
And betting on Sagan winning on the Champs, hm... But what else can the Boras do, might as well try at least.
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Cavagna supposedly training for the WCC ITT
The team gave him permission.
Evenepoel did the same last year in Germany with a 100k attack.
The team gave him permission.
Evenepoel did the same last year in Germany with a 100k attack.
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So... Pöstlberger actually had an anaphylactic reaction. But he's okay now.
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