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Am I right in thinking that if Sam finishes ahead of Sagan in the intermediate sprint on Sunday the jersey is secured before the Champs
Same thoughts here. Ewan doesn't need to finish the Giro. Just some stage wins. At the other hand, what else can he ride this year after the Giro? There isn't much for him, he could as well stay ther until the end.
So it's still dumb. They know he is a big threat and they didn't acknowledge / keep him in check.
Am I right in thinking that if Sam finishes ahead of Sagan in the intermediate sprint on Sunday the jersey is secured before the Champs
There is only 1 sprinter stage in the last 8 days. I think Ewan would only try to stay in the race in the final week if he hadn't won a stage.
You have to know what is a race-winning move and what likely isn't. If someone comes over the top when everyone is at or over their limit as SKA did then clearly that is a race-winning move. If Bennett was able to get over to him I doubt there is another race-winning move coming for a while (nobody would have the legs at that point) and then Devenyns comes to the front and it settles down for a few minutes until it starts over again
Someone?So effectively, as long as he loses less than 5 points to Sagan in the intermediate, the jersey is secure - baring someone getting penalised at the finish of course
Someone?
I think there's only one man, who, if he gets penalised, will it affect green jersey standings at this point.
Stage wins 1st (Bennett 2, Trentin 0, Sagan 0), then intermediate sprint wins (Bennett 2, Trentin 5, Sagan 0), then GCEven if Bennett gets relegated, Sagan would need to pick up 42 points or Trentin 56 on the stage to draw equal. It will be interesting to see if the contest the intermediate just in case lol
(Is the tie break stage wins or GC?)
If Bennett has 2 stage wins, he wins the jersey quite comfortably.Stage wins 1st (Bennett 2, Trentin 0, Sagan 0), then intermediate sprint wins (Bennett 2, Trentin 5, Sagan 0), then GC
the race? I don't expect him to finish the first week, if he's climbing like he was today.Ideally, Ewan would ride the Vuelta but I don't ride the team - By my reckoning there are seven stages which Ewan could go for at the Giro, though I don't expect him to finish the race.
the race? I don't expect him to finish the first week, if he's climbing like he was today.
A very odd statistical quirk: nobody lost places in GC today. Plenty of riders moved up a bit, but nobody was overtaken by more of the 15 late breakaway riders than the number of DNFs/DNSs that had been above them.
Reckon the green jersey is like three stage victories.
So, this didn't age well.That feeling when almost half of the breakaway is danish (sorry, proud dane), and you know they don't have a shot of winning.
Congratulations to Søren Kragh Andersen for winning stage 19. Second time Mezgec finished second in such way, still one chance left. Sprinters made the stage entertaining. Kudos to Sagan, regardless of the fact Bennett more or less won the green, Sagan not being in his best shape, at least tried something. In the past couple of stages.
GC contenders having an easy day, focused on tomorrow's TT.
If you did that data compilation yourself, I am mightily impressed!
So, this didn't age well.